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Emily’s research activity focuses on two main areas, companion animal thermal biology and preparing students for veterinary practice.

Emily’s thermal biology research project utilises the  Programme and originally explored the risk factors for and veterinary management of heat-related illness in dogs.  The Hot Dogs research project involves collaboration between members of the VetCompass research group and clinical colleagues, and is currently evaluating the use of the VetCompass Clinical Grading Tool for Heat-related Illness in Dogs using quality improvement methods to trial the tool in Vets Now emergency veterinary clinics in the UK. In 2024 Emily was awarded a PhD by publication for her work advancing the epidemiology and clinical grading of heat-related illness in UK dogs, and was supervised by Dr Anne Carter (SRUC), Dr Dan O’Neill, and Dr Louise Gentle (NTU).

2024

Beard, S., Hall, E. J., Bradbury, J., Carter, A. J., Gilbert, S., & O’Neill, D. G. (2024). Epidemiology of heat-related illness in dogs under UK emergency veterinary care in 2022. Veterinary Record, 194(11), 1–11.

Carter, A. J., Hall, E. J., Bradbury, J., Beard, S., Gilbert, S., Barfield, D., & O’Neill, D. G. (2024). Post-exercise management of exertional hyperthermia in dogs participating in dog sport (canicross) events in the UK. Journal of Thermal Biology, 103827.

2023

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., Bradbury, J., Beard, S., Gilbert, S., Barfield, D., & O’Neill, D. G. (2023). Cooling Methods Used to Manage Heat-Related Illness in Dogs Presented to Primary Care Veterinary Practices during 2016–2018 in the UK. Veterinary Sciences, 10(7), 465.  

Bradbury, J., Hall, E. J., Carter, A., & O’Neill, D. G. (2023). Canine heat-related illness – new perspectives from recent research. Companion Animal, 28(7), 2–5.

2022

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., Chico, G., Bradbury, J., Gentle, L. K., Barfield, D., & O’Neill, D. G. (2022). Risk Factors for Severe and Fatal Heat-Related Illness in UK Dogs—A VetCompass Study. Veterinary Sciences, 9(5), 231.

Hall, E. J., Baillie, S., Hunt, J. A., Catterall, A. J., Wolfe, L., Decloedt, A., Taylor, A. J., & Wissing, S. (2022). Practical Tips for Setting Up and Running OSCEs. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education.

Hall, E. J., Radford, A. D., & Carter, A. J. (2022). Surveillance of heat-related illness in small animals presenting to veterinary practices in the UK between 2013-2018. Open Veterinary Journal, 12(1), 5–16.

2021

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., & Farnworth, M. J. (2021). Exploring Owner Perceptions of the Impacts of Seasonal Weather Variations on Canine Activity and Potential Consequences for Human–Canine Relationships. Animals, 11(11), 3302.

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., Bradbury, J., Barfield, D. & O’Neill, D. G. (2021). Proposing the VetCompass clinical grading tool for heat-related illness in dogs. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 6828.

Hall, E. J. (2021). Keeping your Cool Monitoring Body Temperature. Veterinary Nursing Journal, 36(1), 19-23.

2020

Kershaw, T., Hall, E. J., Dobbs, P., Liptovszky, M. & Strong, V. (2020). An Exploration of the Value of Elective Health Checks in UK Zoo-Housed Gibbons. Animals, 10(12), 2307.

Simpson, A., Hall, M., & Hall, E. J. (2020). Reflecting on holding high-stakes OSCE style assessments in a COVID-19 environment. Veterinary Nursing Journal, 35(8), 246-250.

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., & O’Neill, D. G. (2020). Dogs don’t die just in hot cars – exertional heat related illness (heatstroke) is a greater threat to UK dogs. Animals, 10(8), 1324.

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., & O’Neill, D. G. (2020). Incidence and risk factors for heat-related illness (heatstroke) in UK dogs under primary veterinary care in 2016. Scientific Reports, 10(1), 9128.

Carter, A. J., Hall, E. J., Connolly, S. L., Russell, Z. F., & Mitchell, K. (2020). Drugs, dogs, and driving: the potential for year-round thermal stress in UK vehicles. Open Veterinary Journal, 10(2), 216–225.

2019

Hall, E. J., Simpson, A., Imrie, H., & Ruedisueli, N. (2019). Time-constrained scenario-based practical examinations (TSPEs): an alternative to OSCEs? Veterinary Nursing Journal, 34(6), 154–158.

Hall, E. J., Carter, A. J., Stevenson, A. G., & Hall, C. (2019). Establishing a Yard-Specific Normal Rectal Temperature Reference Range for Horses. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 74, 51–55.

2018

Carter, A. J., & Hall, E. J. (2018). Investigating factors affecting the body temperature of dogs competing in cross country (canicross) races in the UK. Journal of Thermal Biology, 72, 33–38.

2017

Hall, E. J., & Carter, A. (2017). Establishing a reference range for normal canine tympanic membrane temperature measured with a veterinary aural thermometer. Veterinary Nursing Journal, 32(12), 369–373.

Hall, E. J., & Carter, A. J. (2017). Comparison of rectal and tympanic membrane temperature in healthy exercising dogs. Comparative Exercise Physiology, 13(1), 37–44.

Emily teaches on the Postgraduate Certificate, Diploma and MSc in Veterinary Education, with a focus on assessment and feedback, employability for veterinary professionals and interprofessional education. Emily is also part of the RVC interprofessional education (IPE) team, supporting IPE initiatives that enable veterinary and veterinary nursing students to learn from and with both professions to support better understanding of each other’s roles. She also supervises student research projects across a range of topics related to veterinary education and companion animal thermal biology.

• Hot Dogs - investigating the epidemiology and recognition of heat-related illness in dogs presenting to UK veterinary practices.

  

  This project began by exploring risk factors for heat-related illness in UK dogs and has been extended to develop and evaluate a novel clinical grading tool that aims to improve recognition and management of this potentially fatal condition.

  Understanding the risk factors for heat-related illness is an important step in developing improved mitigation strategies to help protect canine welfare in the face of advancing climate change. 

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