Journal articles

Vitamin B12 absorption and metabolism in milk-fed lambs (with J R. Sedcole, J M. Furlong, and A R. Sykes), New Zealand Veterinary Journal (2009)

AIM: To quantify aspects of absorption and retention of vitamin B12 from milk in pre-ruminant...

 
The buccal cytome and micronucleus frequency is substantially altered in Down’s syndrome and normal ageing compared to young healthy controls (with Philip Thomas, Sarah Harvey, and Michael Fenech), Mutation Research/Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis (2008)
The buccal micronucleus cytome assay was used to investigate biomarkers for DNA damage, cell death...
 
Digestion and enzymes (with Rachel Arthur), Journal of Complementary Medicine (2007)
The mainstream treatment of a small number of medical conditions has for some time included...
 
Acute and chronic stress, Journal of Complementary Medicine (2006)
Stress triggers fight/flight response with physiological changes including: – upregulation of heart rate, BP, breathing,...
 
Analysis of corrinoids in ovine tissues (with R J. Kelly, J M. Furlong, and A R. Sykes), Biomedical Chromatography (2006)
Corrinoids from various ovine tissue samples (liver, blood, small intestinal fluid and faeces) were analysed...
 
Vitamin B12, Journal of Complementary Medicine (2006)
The usefulness of vitamin B12 in clinical practice is commonly underrated, particularly in agerelated diseases....
 
Vitamin C (with Rachel Arthur), Journal of Complementary Medicine (2006)
Summary the first nutritional disease ever identified was scurvy, which was endemic in Europe in...
 
Development of a method for the separation of corrinoids in ovine tissues by HPLC (with R J. Kelly and A R. Sykes), Biomedical Chromatography (2005)
A method has been developed using a combination of high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and a...
 
A critical evaluation of serum methylmalonic acid and vitamin B12 for the assessment of cobalt deficiency of growing lambs in New Zealand (with J R. Sedcole, J M. Furlong, and A R. Sykes), 52 (2004)

AIM: To derive reference ranges for serum methylmalonic acid

(MMA) for the diagnosis of...

 
Changes in serum concentration of methylmalonic acid and vitamin B12 in cobalt-supplemented ewes and their lambs on two cobalt deficient properties (with J R. Sedcole, J M. Furlong, N D. Grace, Stephen D. Williams, G Sinclair, and A R. Sykes), New Zealand Veterinary Journal (2004)

AIM: To determine concurrent changes in serum methylmalonic

acid (MMA) and vitamin B12 concentrations...

 
Concurrent changes in serum vitamin B12 and methylmalonic acid during cobalt or vitamin B12 supplementation of lambs while suckling and after weaning on properties in the South Island of New Zealand considered to be cobalt deficient (with J R. Sedcole, J M. Furlong, N D. Grace, Stephen D. Williams, G Sinclair, J D. Hicks, and A R. Sykes), New Zealand Veterinary Journal (2004)
AIM: To compare serum analyses of vitamin B12 and methylmalonic acid (MMA) as indices of...
 

Conference publications

Vitamin B12: an undervalued vitamin, School of Health and Human Sciences Papers (2000)
 
MMA and cobalt deficiency diagnosis, Proceedings of the 29th Seminar of the Society of Sheep and Cattle Veterinarians NZVA (1999)
 
Metabolic consequences and metabolic indicators of vitamin B12 deficiency (with R J. Kelly and A R. Sykes), Proceedings from the 28th Seminar of the Society of Sheep and Cattle Veterinarians NZVA (1998)