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Overview

Richard D. Murray is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work spans several subfields, including public health, environmental and occupational health, reproductive medicine, physiology, epidemiology, and cell biology.

The researcher's main topics focus on sperm and testicular function, reproductive biology and fertility, reproductive biology and impacts on aquatic species, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, diet, metabolism, and disease, and reproductive physiology in livestock.

Recent publications by Richard D. Murray include:

  • Extender development for optimal cryopreservation of buck sperm to increase reproductive efficiency of goats (2025), Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • RNA-seq analysis reveals transcriptome changes in livers from Efcab4b knockout mice (2025), Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports
  • Lipidomic Landscapes of Cryopreserved Sperm from Alpine and Spanish-Creole Bucks (2025), Animals
  • Investigating how the GRADE Evidence to Decision (EtD) framework is used in Clinical Guidelines: a scoping review protocol (2023), HRB Open Research
  • Two-pore channel protein 2-mediated calcium release promotes angiopoietin 2 secretion by regulating Rab46-dependent Weibel-Palade body trafficking (2025), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The researcher frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • Journal of Animal Science (2 publications)
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science (1 publication)
  • Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports (1 publication)
  • Animals (1 publication)
  • HRB Open Research (1 publication)

Frequent co-authors associated with Richard D. Murray include:

  • Mustafa Hitit
  • Mustafa Bodu
  • Olivia Chika Greenwood
  • Erdoğan Memili
  • Lynn McKeown

Best Publications

  • Incidence and prevalence of lameness in dairy cattle

    M. J. Clarkson;D. Y. Downham;W. B. Faull;J. W. Hughes

  • Epidemiology of lameness in dairy cattle: description and analysis of foot lesions

    R. D. Murray;D. Y. Downham;M. J. Clarkson;W. B. Faull

  • Characterization of Novel Bovine Gastrointestinal Tract Treponema Isolates and Comparison with Bovine Digital Dermatitis Treponemes

    Nicholas J. Evans;Jennifer M. Brown;Richard D. Murray;Brian Getty

  • Subjective and Objective Assessment of Pain and Discomfort Due to Lameness in Dairy Cattle

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  • Three unique groups of spirochetes isolated from digital dermatitis lesions in UK cattle.

    Nicholas J. Evans;Jennifer M. Brown;Ibrahim Demirkan;Richard D. Murray

  • Association of Unique, Isolated Treponemes with Bovine Digital Dermatitis Lesions

    Nicholas J. Evans;Jennifer M. Brown;Ibrahim Demirkan;Prem Singh

  • The immune status of the bovine uterus during the peripartum period.

    J. Singh;R.D. Murray;G. Mshelia;Z. Woldehiwet

  • Effects of lameness on the behaviour of cows during the summer.

    SA Hassall;WR Ward;RD Murray

  • Epidemiology of lameness in dairy cattle: the influence of cubicles and indoor and outdoor walking surfaces.

    W. B. Faull;J. W. Hughes;M. J. Clarkson;D. Y. Downham

  • Some aspects of immunology of the bovine uterus related to treatments for endometritis.

    G.S Dhaliwal;R.D Murray;Z Woldehiwet

  • Behaviour of lame and normal dairy cows in cubicles and in a straw yard.

    SS Singh;WR Ward;K Lautenbach;RD Murray

  • Behaviour of first lactation and adult dairy cows while housed and at pasture and its relationship with sole lesions

    SS Singh;WR Ward;K Lautenbach;JW Hughes

  • Bovine digital dermatitis: Current concepts from laboratory to farm.

    N.J. Evans;R.D. Murray;S.D. Carter

  • Treponema pedis sp. nov., a spirochaete isolated from bovine digital dermatitis lesions

    Nicholas J. Evans;Jennifer M. Brown;Ibrahim Demirkan;Richard D. Murray

  • California mastitis test scores as indicators of subclinical intra-mammary infections at the end of lactation in dairy cows.

    A.L. Bhutto;R.D. Murray;Z. Woldehiwet

  • Serological evidence of spirochaetal infections associated with digital dermatitis in dairy cattle.

    I Demirkan;R.L Walker;R.D Murray;R.W Blowey

  • Association between bovine digital dermatitis treponemes and a range of 'non-healing' bovine hoof disorders.

    N. J. Evans;R. W. Blowey;D. Timofte;D. R. Isherwood

  • High-Level Association of Bovine Digital Dermatitis Treponema spp. with Contagious Ovine Digital Dermatitis Lesions and Presence of Fusobacterium necrophorum and Dichelobacter nodosus

    L. E. Sullivan;S. R. Clegg;J. W. Angell;K. Newbrook

  • A mixed-effects time-to-event analysis of the relationship between first-lactation lameness and subsequent lameness in dairy cows in the UK.

    W.M Hirst;R.D Murray;W.R Ward;N.P French

  • The frequent detection of a treponeme in bovine digital dermatitis by immunocytochemistry and polymerase chain reaction

    I. Demirkan;S. D. Carter;R. D. Murray;R. W. Blowey

  • Udder shape and teat-end lesions as potential risk factors for high somatic cell counts and intra-mammary infections in dairy cows

    Abdul L. Bhutto;Richard D. Murray;Zerai Woldehiwet

  • Structure and function of the bovine fetomaternal unit in relation to the causes of retained fetal membranes.

    A. P. McNaughton;R. D. Murray

  • Reduced conception rates in dairy cattle associated with serological evidence of Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo infection

    G S Dhaliwal;R D Murray;H Dobson;J M Montgomery

  • Host and environmental reservoirs of infection for bovine digital dermatitis treponemes.

    Nicholas J. Evans;Dorina Timofte;Dorina Timofte;Diana R. Isherwood;Jennifer M. Brown

  • Some relationships between spirochaete infections and digital dermatitis in four UK dairy herds

    R.D Murray;D.Y Downham;I Demirkan;S.D Carter

  • Effects of milk yield, and calving to first service interval, in determining herd fertility in dairy cows

    G.S. Dhaliwal;R.D. Murray;H. Dobson

  • Reproductive performance of dairy herds infected with Leptospira interrogans serovar hardjo relative to the year of diagnosis.

    G. S. Dhaliwal;R. D. Murray;W. A. Ellis

  • The effect of dry cow therapy and internal teat-sealant on intra-mammary infections during subsequent lactation.

    A.L. Bhutto;R.D. Murray;Z. Woldehiwet

  • Quantitative unbiased estimates of endometrial gland surface area and volume in cycling cows and heifers.

    G.S Dhaliwal;R.D Murray;E.M Rees;C.V Howard

Frequent Co-Authors

Stuart D. Carter
Stuart D. Carter University of Liverpool
Nicholas Evans
Nicholas Evans Australian National University
C. Anthony Hart
C. Anthony Hart University of Liverpool
Richard J. Birtles
Richard J. Birtles University of Salford
Robert Smith
Robert Smith University of Liverpool
Nigel P. French
Nigel P. French Massey University
Peter J. Cripps
Peter J. Cripps University of Liverpool
Robert M. Christley
Robert M. Christley University of Liverpool
Martin J. Green
Martin J. Green University of Nottingham
A. de Kruif
A. de Kruif Ghent University

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