About Us
Founded in 1985, Ridgeway Research is a Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) accredited and Good Clinical Practice (GCPv) compliant Contract Research Organisation owned and directed by Maggie Fisher, an internationally recognised, experienced and highly regarded veterinary parasitologist and animal research scientist.
The combination of a flexible approach and innovative strategies allows us to provide cost effective solutions for simple or complex projects across a wide range of disciplines without compromising on quality and the application of sound and ethical scientific principles. We want to work in partnership with your organisation and understand that this can only be achieved if you have complete confidence in the quality and integrity of our studies.
We welcome visits on site to discuss any aspect of the work or to incorporate additional study procedures if required. We have a successful, dedicated and multi–disciplinary team at your disposal and we welcome your active participation and enquiries as the study progresses.
We are committed to incorporating Reduction, Replacement and Refinement (The 3 R's) into studies wherever possible and welcome collaboration in this area.
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Facilities
Ridgeway Research can offer extensive in-house facilities which include:
- Individual and group housing for large numbers of animals
- On site office and laboratories
- Expert staff
- Archival facilities
Facilities are available for housing animals individually, in groups or grazing.
Quality Assurance
Quality Assurance (QA) procedures undertaken at Ridgeway ensure that study data is thoroughly and methodically recorded, presented and verified. Ridgeway Research scientific data and reports are underpinned by the application of sound scientific and QA principles.
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Study and Design
Ridgeway Research can offer the following studies to meet your exacting requirements:
- Safety/ tolerance of pharmaceutical products
- Efficacy studies
- Dose confirmation studies
- Endo and Ecto parasitological investigations
For each study we offer:
- Study design and protocol development
- Data collection
- Data management
- Final study report
- Preparation of master study files
- Regulatory affairs
- Statistical analysis using SAS 9.1
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Services
Services can be tailored to your specific requirements and can include:- Plan and study design
- Expert report writing
- Technical writing
- On site or off site studies
- Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) or Good Clinical Practice (GCPv) compliant studies
- Cattle
- Sheep
- Pigs
- Horses
- Chickens
- Turkeys
- Pheasants
- Ducks
- Fish
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Recent Studies
Protozoals
- Efficacy of in-feed anti-coccidials in turkeys in a commercial setting
- Culture of avian malaria
- We have worked to develop humane end-points for coccidiosis in turkeys
Trematodes
- Safety and efficacy of an anthelmintic combination pour-on against F. hepatica and Cooperia oncophora in cattle
- Efficacy evaluation of a novel Fasciola hepatica vaccine formulation in cattle
Nematodes
Sheep
- Efficacy of a novel anthelmintic combination against adult Haemonchus contortus and Cooperia oncophora
- Dose confirmation of a novel anthelmintic combo against immature Trichostrongylus axei and Cooperia curticei
- Dose confirmation of a novel anthelmintic combo against Nematodirus battus
- Dose confirmation of a novel anthelmintic combo against immature nematodes
- Dose confirmation of a novel anthelmintic combo against naturally acquired gastrointestinal nematodes
- Dose confirmation of a novel anthelmintic combo administered to helminth-naive sheep harbouring larval stages of susceptible nematodes
- Dose confirmation of a novel anthelmintic combo administered to sheep harbouring anthelmintic resistant nematodes
- Field safety and anthelmintic efficacy of novel anthelmintic combo
Cattle
- Efficacy of long acting anthelmintics against natural infections of internal parasites in a commercial setting
- Safety and efficacy of an anthelmintic combination pour-on against Fasciola hepatica and Cooperia oncophora
Pigs
- Safety and efficacy of in feed anthelmintics against artificial infection Ascaris suum in fattening pigs
- Safety and efficacy of in water benzimidazole against a naturally acquired infection of Ascaris suum
Chickens
- Efficacy of anthelmintic against natural infections of nematodes
Horses
- Anthelmintic efficacy in horses
Ectoparasite studies
- Efficacy of endectocide against natural sheep scab infestation
- Efficacy of ectoparasiticide against natural louse infestation in ponies
- Efficacy of endectocide against natural louse infestation in sheep and cattle
Pharmacokinetics
- Target animal safety bioequivalence and tissue residue studies
- Target animal safety of in-feed coccidiostat in ducks and pheasants
- Target animal safety of pour on anthelmintics in cattle
- Bioequivalence of pour on anthelmintics in cattle
- Tissue residue study of pour on anthelmintics in cattle
- Pharmacokinetics of anthelmintics in cattle
Vaccine studies
- Safety and efficacy of the concurrent administration of vaccines in cattle
- Efficacy evaluation of a novel Fasciola hepatica vaccine formulation in cattle
- Safety of an overdose of a vaccine in pregnant and pre-breeding heifers
Field studies
- Field efficacy of a 0 + 8 week strategic program of anthelmintic pour on compared to a long acting anthelmintic against naturally acquired nematode infection in 1st year grazing cattle
Epidemiological Studies
- The importance of worm egg counts and the vital role they play in the future of equine worming programmes
- Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites particularly Toxocara canis in dogs entering boarding and rescue kennels in England
- Prevalence of gastrointestinal parasites particularly Toxocara cati in cats in England
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