2023

Busin, V. , Geddes, E. , Robertson, G., Mitchell, G., Skuce, P., Waine, K., Millins, C. and Forbes, A. (2023) A study into the identity, patterns of infection and potential pathological effects of rumen fluke and the prevalence of co-infections with liver fluke in cattle and sheep. Ruminants, 3(1), pp. 27-38. (doi: 10.3390/ruminants3010004)

2022

Gandy, S. , Kilbride, E., Biek, R. , Millins, C. and Gilbert, L. (2022) No net effect of host density on tick-borne disease hazard due to opposing roles of vector amplification and pathogen dilution. Ecology and Evolution, 12(9), e9253. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.9253) (PMID:36091342) (PMCID:PMC9448966)

Thomas, K. M. et al. (2022) Prospective cohort study reveals unexpected aetiologies of livestock abortion in Northern Tanzania. Scientific Reports, 12, 11669. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15517-8) (PMID:35803982) (PMCID:PMC9270399)

2021

Gandy, S. , Kilbride, E., Biek, R. , Millins, C. and Gilbert, L. (2021) Experimental evidence for opposing effects of high deer density on tick-borne disease pathogen prevalence and hazard. Parasites and Vectors, 14(1), 509. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-05000-0) (PMID:34593023) (PMCID:PMC8485466)

Haining, H., Hollyer, J., Crawford, D., Bell, F. , Gamino, V. and Millins, C. (2021) What is your diagnosis? Fine needle aspirate biopsy from a skin mass on the distal metatarsus of a dog. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 50(3), pp. 462-464. (doi: 10.1111/vcp.12939) (PMID:34346092)

Albuquerque, C., Pagnossin, D., Landsgaard, K., Simpson, J., Brown, D., Irvine, J., Candlish, D., Ridyard, A. E. , Douce, G. and Millins, C. (2021) The duration of antibiotic treatment is associated with carriage of toxigenic and non-toxigenic strains of Clostridioides difficile in dogs. PLoS ONE, 16(5), e0245949. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245949) (PMID:33979349) (PMCID:PMC8115768)

Millins, C. et al. (2021) Emergence of Lyme disease on treeless islands in Scotland, UK. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(2), pp. 538-546. (doi: 10.3201/eid2702.203862) (PMID:33496237) (PMCID:PMC7853560)

2020

Dickinson, E. R., Millins, C. and Biek, R. (2020) Sampling scale and season influence the observed relationship between the density of deer and questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs. Parasites and Vectors, 13, 493. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04369-8) (PMID:32993763) (PMCID:PMC7526098)

2019

Busin, V. , Geddes, E. , Robertson, G., McGoldrick, J., Mitchell, G., Skuce, P., Wayne, K., Millins, C. and Forbes, A. (2019) The Identity, Prevalence and Associated Pathology of Adult Rumen Fluke in South West Scotland. BAVP Winter Meeting 2019, Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, 5-6 Dec 2019.

Francesio, A., Durand, A., Viora, L. , Orr, J. , Millins, C. and José‐López, R. (2019) Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging findings of a cerebellar medulloblastoma in a heifer. Clinical Case Reports, 7(1), pp. 94-99. (doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1925) (PMID:30656017) (PMCID:PMC6332746)

Ward, P. M. , McLaughlan, G., Millins, C. , Mullen, D. and McBrearty, A. R. (2019) Leishmaniosis causing chronic diarrhoea in a dog. Veterinary Record Case Reports, 7(1), e000768. (doi: 10.1136/vetreccr-2018-000768)

2018

Millins, C. et al. (2018) Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen. Parasites and Vectors, 11, 621. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3200-2) (PMID:30514350) (PMCID:PMC6278045)

McNaught, K. , Morris, J. , Lazzerini, K., Millins, C. and José‐López, R. (2018) Spinal extradural T-cell lymphoma with paraneoplastic hypereosinophilia in a dog: clinicopathological features, treatment, and outcome. Clinical Case Reports, 6(6), pp. 999-1005. (doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1503) (PMID:29881551) (PMCID:PMC5986171)

McNaught, K.A., Morris, J., Lazzerini, K., Millins, C. and José-López, R. (2018) Spinal Extradural T-cell Lymphoma with Paraneoplastic Hypereosinophilia in a Dog: Clinicopathological Features, Treatment and Outcome. 4th British Veterinary Neurology Society (BVNS) Annual Meeting, Birmingham, UK, 04 Apr 2018.

2017

Millins, C. , Gilbert, L., Medlock, J., Hansford, K., Thompson, D. B.A. and Biek, R. (2017) Effects of conservation management of landscapes and vertebrate communities on Lyme borreliosis risk in the United Kingdom. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1722), 20160123. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0123) (PMID:28438912) (PMCID:PMC5413871)

2016

Millins, C. , Gilbert, L., Johnson, P. , James, M., Kilbride, E., Birtles, R. and Biek, R. (2016) Heterogeneity in the abundance and distribution of Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) in Scotland: implications for risk prediction. Parasites and Vectors, 9, 595. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1875-9) (PMID:27876087) (PMCID:PMC5084683)

Millins, C. L. , Brereton, A. and Everest, D. (2016) The role of invasive grey squirrels as hosts of selected viruses, bacteria and parasites; implications for conservation and public health. In: Shuttleworth, C. M., Lurz, P. W.W. and Gurnell, J. (eds.) The Grey Squirrel: Ecology and Management of an Invasive Species in Europe. European Squirrel Initiative: Bangor, UK, pp. 173-191. ISBN 9780954757649

2015

Fournié, G., Goodman, S. J., Cruz, M., Cedeño, V., Vélez, A., Patiño, L., Millins, C. , Gibbons, L. M., Fox, M. T. and Cunningham, A. A. (2015) Biogeography of parasitic nematode communities in the Galápagos giant tortoise: implications for conservation management. PLoS ONE, 10(9), e0135684. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135684) (PMID:26332126) (PMCID:PMC4567182)

Millins, C. , Magierecka, A., Gilbert, L. , Edoff, A., Brereton, A., Kilbride, E., Denwood, M., Birtles, R. and Biek, R. (2015) An invasive mammal (the gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis) commonly hosts diverse and atypical genotypes of the zoonotic pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81(13), pp. 4236-4245. (doi: 10.1128/AEM.00109-15) (PMID:25888168) (PMCID:PMC447589)

2014

Millins, C., Howie, F., Everitt, C., Shand, M. and Lamm, C. (2014) Analysis of suspected wildlife crimes submitted for forensic examinations in Scotland. Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 10(3), pp. 357-362. (doi: 10.1007/s12024-014-9568-1)

2011

Millins, C., Reid, A., Curry, P., Drebot, M. A., Andonova, M., Buck, P. and Leighton, F. A. (2011) Evaluating the use of house sparrow nestlings as sentinels for West Nile Virus in Saskatchewan. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11(1), pp. 53-58. (doi: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0235)

2010

Brook, R. K., Kutz, S. J., Millins, C., Veitch, A. M., Elkin, B. T. and Leighton, T. (2010) Evaluation and delivery of domestic animal health services in remote communities in the Northwest Territories: a case study of status and needs. Canadian Veterinary Journal: Revue Veterinaire Canadienne, 51(10), pp. 1115-1122.

Shrubsole-Cockwill, A. N., Millins, C., Jardine, C., Kachur, K. and Parker, D. L. (2010) Avian pox infection with secondary Candida albicans encephalitis in a juvenile golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 24(1), pp. 64-71. (doi: 10.1647/2009-010R.1)

Millins, C., Hill, J. E. and Wobeser, G. (2010) Intracellular yeasts in endothelial cells of a great blue heron (Ardea Herodias). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 22(1), pp. 131-134. (doi: 10.1177/104063871002200128)

Articles

Busin, V. , Geddes, E. , Robertson, G., Mitchell, G., Skuce, P., Waine, K., Millins, C. and Forbes, A. (2023) A study into the identity, patterns of infection and potential pathological effects of rumen fluke and the prevalence of co-infections with liver fluke in cattle and sheep. Ruminants, 3(1), pp. 27-38. (doi: 10.3390/ruminants3010004)

Gandy, S. , Kilbride, E., Biek, R. , Millins, C. and Gilbert, L. (2022) No net effect of host density on tick-borne disease hazard due to opposing roles of vector amplification and pathogen dilution. Ecology and Evolution, 12(9), e9253. (doi: 10.1002/ece3.9253) (PMID:36091342) (PMCID:PMC9448966)

Thomas, K. M. et al. (2022) Prospective cohort study reveals unexpected aetiologies of livestock abortion in Northern Tanzania. Scientific Reports, 12, 11669. (doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-15517-8) (PMID:35803982) (PMCID:PMC9270399)

Gandy, S. , Kilbride, E., Biek, R. , Millins, C. and Gilbert, L. (2021) Experimental evidence for opposing effects of high deer density on tick-borne disease pathogen prevalence and hazard. Parasites and Vectors, 14(1), 509. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-021-05000-0) (PMID:34593023) (PMCID:PMC8485466)

Haining, H., Hollyer, J., Crawford, D., Bell, F. , Gamino, V. and Millins, C. (2021) What is your diagnosis? Fine needle aspirate biopsy from a skin mass on the distal metatarsus of a dog. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 50(3), pp. 462-464. (doi: 10.1111/vcp.12939) (PMID:34346092)

Albuquerque, C., Pagnossin, D., Landsgaard, K., Simpson, J., Brown, D., Irvine, J., Candlish, D., Ridyard, A. E. , Douce, G. and Millins, C. (2021) The duration of antibiotic treatment is associated with carriage of toxigenic and non-toxigenic strains of Clostridioides difficile in dogs. PLoS ONE, 16(5), e0245949. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0245949) (PMID:33979349) (PMCID:PMC8115768)

Millins, C. et al. (2021) Emergence of Lyme disease on treeless islands in Scotland, UK. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 27(2), pp. 538-546. (doi: 10.3201/eid2702.203862) (PMID:33496237) (PMCID:PMC7853560)

Dickinson, E. R., Millins, C. and Biek, R. (2020) Sampling scale and season influence the observed relationship between the density of deer and questing Ixodes ricinus nymphs. Parasites and Vectors, 13, 493. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-020-04369-8) (PMID:32993763) (PMCID:PMC7526098)

Francesio, A., Durand, A., Viora, L. , Orr, J. , Millins, C. and José‐López, R. (2019) Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging findings of a cerebellar medulloblastoma in a heifer. Clinical Case Reports, 7(1), pp. 94-99. (doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1925) (PMID:30656017) (PMCID:PMC6332746)

Ward, P. M. , McLaughlan, G., Millins, C. , Mullen, D. and McBrearty, A. R. (2019) Leishmaniosis causing chronic diarrhoea in a dog. Veterinary Record Case Reports, 7(1), e000768. (doi: 10.1136/vetreccr-2018-000768)

Millins, C. et al. (2018) Landscape structure affects the prevalence and distribution of a tick-borne zoonotic pathogen. Parasites and Vectors, 11, 621. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-018-3200-2) (PMID:30514350) (PMCID:PMC6278045)

McNaught, K. , Morris, J. , Lazzerini, K., Millins, C. and José‐López, R. (2018) Spinal extradural T-cell lymphoma with paraneoplastic hypereosinophilia in a dog: clinicopathological features, treatment, and outcome. Clinical Case Reports, 6(6), pp. 999-1005. (doi: 10.1002/ccr3.1503) (PMID:29881551) (PMCID:PMC5986171)

Millins, C. , Gilbert, L., Medlock, J., Hansford, K., Thompson, D. B.A. and Biek, R. (2017) Effects of conservation management of landscapes and vertebrate communities on Lyme borreliosis risk in the United Kingdom. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 372(1722), 20160123. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0123) (PMID:28438912) (PMCID:PMC5413871)

Millins, C. , Gilbert, L., Johnson, P. , James, M., Kilbride, E., Birtles, R. and Biek, R. (2016) Heterogeneity in the abundance and distribution of Ixodes ricinus and Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu lato) in Scotland: implications for risk prediction. Parasites and Vectors, 9, 595. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-016-1875-9) (PMID:27876087) (PMCID:PMC5084683)

Fournié, G., Goodman, S. J., Cruz, M., Cedeño, V., Vélez, A., Patiño, L., Millins, C. , Gibbons, L. M., Fox, M. T. and Cunningham, A. A. (2015) Biogeography of parasitic nematode communities in the Galápagos giant tortoise: implications for conservation management. PLoS ONE, 10(9), e0135684. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0135684) (PMID:26332126) (PMCID:PMC4567182)

Millins, C. , Magierecka, A., Gilbert, L. , Edoff, A., Brereton, A., Kilbride, E., Denwood, M., Birtles, R. and Biek, R. (2015) An invasive mammal (the gray squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis) commonly hosts diverse and atypical genotypes of the zoonotic pathogen Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81(13), pp. 4236-4245. (doi: 10.1128/AEM.00109-15) (PMID:25888168) (PMCID:PMC447589)

Millins, C., Howie, F., Everitt, C., Shand, M. and Lamm, C. (2014) Analysis of suspected wildlife crimes submitted for forensic examinations in Scotland. Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology, 10(3), pp. 357-362. (doi: 10.1007/s12024-014-9568-1)

Millins, C., Reid, A., Curry, P., Drebot, M. A., Andonova, M., Buck, P. and Leighton, F. A. (2011) Evaluating the use of house sparrow nestlings as sentinels for West Nile Virus in Saskatchewan. Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, 11(1), pp. 53-58. (doi: 10.1089/vbz.2009.0235)

Brook, R. K., Kutz, S. J., Millins, C., Veitch, A. M., Elkin, B. T. and Leighton, T. (2010) Evaluation and delivery of domestic animal health services in remote communities in the Northwest Territories: a case study of status and needs. Canadian Veterinary Journal: Revue Veterinaire Canadienne, 51(10), pp. 1115-1122.

Shrubsole-Cockwill, A. N., Millins, C., Jardine, C., Kachur, K. and Parker, D. L. (2010) Avian pox infection with secondary Candida albicans encephalitis in a juvenile golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos). Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 24(1), pp. 64-71. (doi: 10.1647/2009-010R.1)

Millins, C., Hill, J. E. and Wobeser, G. (2010) Intracellular yeasts in endothelial cells of a great blue heron (Ardea Herodias). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 22(1), pp. 131-134. (doi: 10.1177/104063871002200128)

Book Sections

Millins, C. L. , Brereton, A. and Everest, D. (2016) The role of invasive grey squirrels as hosts of selected viruses, bacteria and parasites; implications for conservation and public health. In: Shuttleworth, C. M., Lurz, P. W.W. and Gurnell, J. (eds.) The Grey Squirrel: Ecology and Management of an Invasive Species in Europe. European Squirrel Initiative: Bangor, UK, pp. 173-191. ISBN 9780954757649

Conference or Workshop Item

Busin, V. , Geddes, E. , Robertson, G., McGoldrick, J., Mitchell, G., Skuce, P., Wayne, K., Millins, C. and Forbes, A. (2019) The Identity, Prevalence and Associated Pathology of Adult Rumen Fluke in South West Scotland. BAVP Winter Meeting 2019, Moredun Research Institute, Edinburgh, 5-6 Dec 2019.

McNaught, K.A., Morris, J., Lazzerini, K., Millins, C. and José-López, R. (2018) Spinal Extradural T-cell Lymphoma with Paraneoplastic Hypereosinophilia in a Dog: Clinicopathological Features, Treatment and Outcome. 4th British Veterinary Neurology Society (BVNS) Annual Meeting, Birmingham, UK, 04 Apr 2018.