2018/2019
Aznar, I., Frankena, K., More, S.J., O’Keeffe, J., McGrath, G., de Jong, M.C.M., 2018. Quantification of Mycobacterium bovis transmission in a badger vaccine field trial. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 149, 29-37. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Barrett, D., Parr, M., Fagan, J., Johnson, A., Tratalos, J., Lively, F., Diskin, M., Kenny, D., 2018. Prevalence of Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus (BVDV), Bovine Herpes Virus 1 (BHV 1), Leptospirosis and Neosporosis, and associated risk factors in 161 Irish beef herds. BMC Veterinary Research 14, 8. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Byrne, A.W., O’Keeffe, J., Buesching, C.D., Newman, C., 2019. Push and pull factors driving movement in a social mammal: context dependent behavioral plasticity at the landscape scale. Current Zoology 65, 517-525. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Clegg, T.A., Doyle, M., Ryan, E., More, S.J., Gormley, E., 2019. Characteristics of Mycobacterium bovis infected herds tested with the interferon-gamma assay. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 168, 52-59. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
* Coad, M., Doyle, M., Steinbach, S., Gormley, E., Vordermeier, M., Jones, G., 2019. Simultaneous measurement of antigen-induced CXCL10 and IFN-γ enhances test sensitivity for bovine TB detection in cattle. Veterinary Microbiology 230, 1-6. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Clegg, T.A., Good, M., Hayes, M., Duignan, A., McGrath, G., More, S.J., 2018. Trends and predictors of large tuberculosis episodes in cattle herds in Ireland. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 5, 86. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Downs, S.H., Parry, J.E., Upton, P.A., Broughan, J.M., Goodchild, A.V., Nuñez-Garcia, J., Greiner, M., Abernethy, D.A., Cameron, A.R., Cook, A.J., de la Rua-Domenech, R., Gunn, J., Pritchard, E., Rhodes, S., Rolfe, S., Sharp, M., Vordermeier, H.M., Watson, E., Welsh, M., Whelan, A.O., Woolliams, J.A., More, S.J., Clifton-Hadley, R.S., 2018. Methodology and preliminary results of a systematic literature review of ante-mortem and post-mortem diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 153, 117-126. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Downs, S.H., More, S.J., Goodchild, A.V., Whelan, A.O., Abernethy, D.A., Broughan, J.M., Cameron, A., Cook, A.J., de la Rua-Domenech, R., Greiner, M., Gunn, J., Nuñez-Garcia, J., Rhodes, S., Rolfe, S., Sharp, M., Upton, P., Watson, E., Welsh, M., Woolliams, J.A., Clifton-Hadley, R.S., Parry, J.E., 2018. Evaluation of the methodological quality of studies of the performance of diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis using QUADAS. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 153, 108-116. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Doyle, R., Clegg, T.A., McGrath, G., Tratalos, J., Barrett, D., Lee, A., More, S.J., 2018. The bovine tuberculosis cluster in north County Sligo during 2014-16. Irish Veterinary Journal 71, 24. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
** Flynn, O., Gallagher, C., Mooney, J., Irvine, C., Ducatez, M., Hause, B., McGrath, G., Ryan, E., 2018. Influenza D Virus in cattle, Ireland. Emerging Infectious Diseases 24, 389-391. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Good, M., Bakker, D., Duignan, A., Collins, D.M., 2018. The history of in vivo tuberculin testing in bovines: tuberculosis a “One Health” issue. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 5, 59. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
* Gormley, E., Corner, L.A.L., 2018. Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium bovis infection: the badger model as a paradigm for understanding tuberculosis in animals. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 4, 247. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
* Gormley, E., Corner, L.A., 2018. Wild animal tuberculosis: stakeholder value systems and management of disease. Frontiers in Veterinary Sciences 5, 327. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Graham, D.A., King, D., Clegg, T.A., O’Neill, R.G., 2019. Investigation of the potential for sera from cattle persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus to generate false-negative antibody ELISA results in pooled serum from seropositive and seronegative cattle. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 31, 284–288. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Houtsma, E., Clegg, T.A., Good, M., More, S.J., 2018. Further improvement in the control of bovine tuberculosis recurrence in Ireland. Veterinary Record 183, 622. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
* Infantes-Lorenzo, J.A., Dave, D., Moreno, I., Anderson, P., Lesellier, S., Gormley, E., Dominguez, L., Balseiro, A., Gortázar, C., Dominguez, M., Salguero, F.J., 2019. New serological platform for detecting antibodies against Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in European badgers. Veterinary Medicine and Science 5, 61–69. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
* Jenkins, A.O., Gormley, E., Gcebe, N., Fosgate, G.T., Conan, A., Aagaard, C., Michel, A.L., Rutten, V.P.M.G., 2018. Cross reactive immune responses in cattle arising from exposure to Mycobacterium bovis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 152, 16-22. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Lambkin, K., Hamilton, J., McGrath, G., Dando, P., Draxler, R., 2019. Foot and Mouth Disease atmospheric dispersion system. Advances in Science and Research 16, 113-117. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
* Malone, K.M., Rue-Albrecht, K., Magee, D.A., Conlon, K., Schubert, O.T., Nalpas, N.C., Browne, J.A., Smyth, A., Gormley, E., Aebersold, R., MacHugh, D.E., Gordon, S.V., 2018. Comparative 'omics analyses differentiate Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis and reveal distinct macrophage responses to infection with the human and bovine tubercle bacilli. Microbial Genomics 2018, 4. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
McAloon, C.G., Doherty, M.L., Whyte, P., Verdugo, C., Toft, N., More, S.J., O’Grady, L., Green, M.J., 2019. Low accuracy of Bayesian latent class analysis for estimation of herd-level true prevalence under certain disease characteristics - An analysis using simulated data. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 162, 117-125. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
McAloon, C.G., Roche, S., Ritter, C., Barkema, H.W., Whyte, P., More, S.J., O’Grady, L., Green, M.J., Doherty, M.L., 2019. A review of paratuberculosis in dairy herds – Part 1: Epidemiology. The Veterinary Journal 246, 59-65. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
McAloon, C.G., Roche, S., Ritter, C., Barkema, H.W., Whyte, P., More, S.J., O’Grady, L., Green, M.J., Doherty, M.L., 2019. A review of paratuberculosis in dairy herds – Part 2: On-farm control. The Veterinary Journal 246, 54-58. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
McGrath, G., More, S.J., O’Neill, R., 2018. Hypothetical route of the introduction of Schmallenberg virus into Ireland using two complementary analyses. Veterinary Record 182, 226. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
McGrath, G., Tratalos, J.A., More, S.J., 2018. A visual representation of cattle movement in Ireland during 2016. Irish Veterinary Journal 71, 18. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Meyer, A., McAloon, C.G., Tratalos, J.A., More, S.J., Citer, L.R., Graham, D.A., Sergeant, E.S.G., 2019. Modeling of alternative testing strategies to demonstrate freedom from Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis infection in test-negative dairy herds in the Republic of Ireland. Journal of Dairy Science 102, 2427-2442. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Mooney, J., Lynch, M.R., Prescott, C.V., Clegg, T., Loughlin, M., Hannon, B., Moore, C., Faulkner, R., 2018. VKORC1 sequence variants associated with resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides in Irish populations of Rattus norvegicus and Mus musculus domesticus. Scientific Reports 8, 4535. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
More, S.J., 2019. Can bovine TB be eradicated from the Republic of Ireland? Could this be achieved by 2030? Irish Veterinary Journal 72, 3. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
More, S.J., 2019. Perspectives from the science-policy interface in animal health and welfare. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 6, 382. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
More, S.J., Houtsma, E., Doyle, L., McGrath, G., Clegg, T.A., de la Rua-Domenech, R., Duignan, A., Blissitt, M.J., Dunlop, M., Schroeder, P.G., Pike, R., Upton, P., 2018. Further description of bovine tuberculosis trends in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, 2003–2015. Veterinary Record 183, 717. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Munita, M.P., Rea, R., Martinez-Ibeas, A.M., Byrne, N., McGrath, G., Munita-Corbalan, L.E., Sekiya, M., Mulcahy, G., Sayers, R.G., 2019. Liver fluke in Irish sheep: prevalence and associations with management practices and co-infection with rumen fluke. Parasites & Vectors 12, 525. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Murray, G.M., More, S.J., Clegg, T.A., Earley, B., O’Neill, R.G., Johnston, D., Gilmore, J., Nosov, M., McElroy, M.C., Inzana, T.J., Cassidy, J.P., 2018. Risk factors associated with exposure to bovine respiratory disease pathogens during the peri-weaning period in dairy bull calves. BMC Veterinary Research 14, 53. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Naranjo-Lucena, A., Munita Corbalán, M.P., Martínez-Ibeas, A.M., McGrath, G., Murray, G., Casey, M., Good, B., Sayers, R., Mulcahy, G., Zintl, A., 2018. Spatial patterns of Fasciola hepatica and Calicophoron daubneyi infections in ruminants in Ireland and modelling of C. daubneyi infection. Parasites & Vectors 11, 531. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Naranjo Lucena, A., Munita Corbalán, M.P., Martínez-Ibeas, A.M., McGrath, G., Sayers, R., Mulcahy, G., Zintl, A., 2018. Validation of a spatial liver fluke model under field conditions in Ireland. Geospatial Health 13, 641. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Nuñez-Garcia, J., Downs, S.H., Parry, J.E., Abernethy, D.A., Broughan, J.M., Cameron, A.R., Cook, A.J., de la Rua-Domenech, R., Goodchild, A.V., Gunn, J., More, S.J., Rhodes, S., Rolfe, S., Sharp, M., Upton, P.A., Vordermeier, H.M., Watson, E., Welsh, M., Whelan, A.O., Woolliams, J.A., Clifton-Hadley, R.S., Greiner, M., 2018. Meta-analyses of the sensitivity and specificity of ante-mortem and post-mortem diagnostic tests for bovine tuberculosis in the UK and Ireland. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 153, 94-107. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
O’Connor, J.T., Byrne, J.P., More, S.J., Blake, M., McGrath, G., Tratalos, J.A., McElroy, M.C., Kiernan, P., Canty, M.J., O’Brien-Lynch, C., Griffin, J.M., 2018. Using an epidemiological framework and bovine spongiform encephalopathy investigation questionnaire to investigate suspect bovine spongiform encephalopathy cases: an example from a bovine spongiform encephalopathy case in Ireland in 2015. Veterinary Record 182, 168. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Reardon, F., Graham, D., Clegg, T.A., Tratalos, J.A., O’Sullivan, P., More, S.J., 2018. Potential infection-control benefit of measures to mitigate the risk posed by Trojan dams in the Irish BVD eradication programme. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 157, 78-85. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Reardon, F., Graham, D.A., Clegg, T.A., Tratalos, J.A., O’Sullivan, P., More, S.J., 2018. Quantifying the role of Trojan dams in the between-herd spread of bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDv) in Ireland. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 152, 65-73. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Rosen, L.E., Fogarty, U., O’Keeffe, J.J., Olea-Popelka, F.J., 2019. Monitoring European badger (Meles meles) reproduction under evolving bovine tuberculosis management in Ireland. European Journal of Wildlife Research 65, 97. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
** Ryan, E.D., Wrigley, K., Hallinan, A., McGrath, G., Clegg, T.A., 2018. Antibodies to Coxiella burnetii in Irish bulk tank milk samples. Veterinary Record 182, 550. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
* Schoening, J.M., Corner, L.A.L., Messam, L.L.M., Cassidy, J.P., Wolfe, A., 2018. Environmental dust inhalation in the European badger (Meles meles): Systemic distribution of silica-laden macrophages, pathological changes, and association with Mycobacterium bovis infection status. PLoS One 13, e0190230. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Sergeant, E.S.G., McAloon, C.G., Tratalos, J.A., Citer, L.R., Graham, D.A., More, S.J., 2019. Evaluation of national surveillance methods for detection of Irish dairy herds infected with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis. Journal of Dairy Science 102, 2525-2538. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Thulke, H.-H., Lange, M., Tratalos, J.A., Clegg, T.A., McGrath, G., O'Grady, L., O'Sullivan, P., Doherty, M.L., Graham, D.A., More, S.J., 2018. Eradicating BVD, reviewing Irish programme data and model predictions to support prospective decision making. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 150, 151-161. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Tratalos, J.A., Barrett, D.J., Clegg, T.A., O'Neill, R.G., McGrath, G., Lane, E.A., More, S.J., 2018.Sampling methodology to maximise the efficient use of national abattoir surveillance: using archived sera to substantiate freedom from bluetongue virus infection in Ireland. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 5, 261. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Tratalos, J.A., Thulke, H.-H., Graham, D.A., Gonzalo, M.G., More, S.J., 2018. Decision support beyond total savings - Eligibility and potential savings for individual participants from changes in the national surveillance strategy for bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) in Ireland. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 155, 38-44. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
van Roon, A.M., Santman-Berends, I.M.G.A., Graham, D., More, S.J., Nielen, M., Madouasse, A., Mercat, M., Fourichon, C., Gethmann, J., Frössling, J., Lindberg, A., Correia-Gomes, C., Gunn, G.J., Sauter-Louis, C., Henry, M.K., van Duijn, L., van Schaik, G., 2019. STOC Free: an innovative framework to compare probability of freedom from infection in heterogeneous control programmes. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 6, 133. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
* Whiteoak, A.M., Ideozu, J., Alkathiry, H., Tomlinson, A.J., Delahay, R.J., Cowen, S., Mullineaux, E., Gormley, E., Birtles, R.J., Lun, Z.R., Hide, G., 2018. Investigation into the genetic diversity in toll-like receptors 2 and 4 in the European badger Meles meles. Research in Veterinary Science 119, 228-231. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Willeberg, P.W., McAloon, C.G., Houtsma, E., Higgins, I., Clegg, T.A., More, S.J., 2018. The herd-level sensitivity of abattoir surveillance for bovine tuberculosis: simulating the effects of current and potentially modified meat inspection procedures in Irish cattle. Frontiers in Veterinary Science 5, 82. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
Yatabe, T., More, S.J., Geoghegan, F., McManus, C., Hill, A.E., Martínez-López, B., 2018. Can biosecurity and local network properties predict pathogen species richness in the salmonid industry? PloS One 13, e0191680. (opens in a new window)[DOI link]
* The TB Diagnostics and Immunology Research Laboratory
** DAFM Veterinary Laboratory Service
*** UCC School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
**** School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin