• Emergence of Salmonid Alphavirus Genotype 2 in Norway—Molecular Characterization of Viral Strains Circulating in Norway and Scotland 

  Hjortaas, Monika J.; Fringuelli, Elena; Monjane, Aderito L.; Mikalsen, Aase B.; Jonassen, Christine M.; Savage, Paul D. (MDPI, 2021-08-06)

  Pancreas disease (PD) and sleeping disease (SD), caused by an alphavirus, are endemic in European salmonid aquaculture, causing significant mortality, reduced growth and poor flesh quality. In 2010, a new variant of salmonid ...
• Small Non-coding RNA Expression Following Respiratory Syncytial Virus or Measles Virus Infection of Neuronal Cells 

  Bakre, Abhijeet A.; Duffy, Catherine; Abdullah, Hani’ah; Cosby, S. Louise; Tripp, Ralph A. (Frontiers Media, 2012-09-03)

  Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) or measles virus (MeV) infection modifies host responses through small non-coding RNA (sncRNA) expression. We show that RSV or MeV infection of neuronal cells induces sncRNAs including ...
• Diagnosis of sheep fasciolosis caused by Fasciola hepatica using cathepsin L enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) 

  Lopez Corrales, Jesús; Cwiklinski, Krystyna; De Marco Verissimo, Carolina; Dorey, Amber; Lalor, Richard; Jewhurst, Heather; McEvoy, Amanda; Diskin, Michael; Duffy, Catherine; Cosby, S. Louise; Keane, Orla M.; Dalton, John Pius (Elsevier, 2021-07-06)

  Fasciolosis, a global parasitic disease of agricultural livestock, is caused by the liver fluke Fasciola hepatica. Management and strategic control of fasciolosis on farms depends on early assessment of the extent of ...
• Badger territoriality maintained despite disturbance of major road construction 

  Gaughran, Aoibheann; Mullen, Enda; MacWhite, Teresa; Maher, Peter; Kelly, David J.; Kelly, Ruth; Good, Margaret; Marples, Nicola M. (PLOS ( Public Library of Science), 2021-09-03)

  Road ecology has traditionally focused on the impact of in-situ and functional roads on wildlife. However, road construction also poses a major, yet understudied, threat and the implications for key aspects of animal ...
• Development of polymorphic markers in the immune gene complex loci of cattle 

  Bakshy, K.; Heimeier, D.; Schwartz, J.C.; Glass, E.J.; Wilkinson, S.; Skuce, Robin A.; Allen, Adrian; Young, J.; McClure, J.C.; Null, D.J.; Hammond, J.A.; Smith, T.P.L.; Bickhart, D.M. (Elsevier, 2021-03-06)

  The addition of cattle health and immunity traits to genomic selection indices holds promise to increase individual animal longevity and productivity, and decrease economic losses from disease. However, highly variable ...
• A new phylodynamic model of Mycobacterium bovis transmission in a multi-host system uncovers the role of the unobserved reservoir 

  O'Hare, Anthony; Balaz, Daniel; Wright, David M.; McCormick, Carl; McDowell, Stanley W.J.; Trewby, Hannah; Skuce, Robin A.; Kao, Rowland r. (Public Library of Science, 2021-06-25)

  For single host pathogens, pathogen genetic data have been transformative for understanding the transmission and control of many diseases, particuarly rapidly evolving RNA viruses. However garnering similar insights where ...
• Bio-Fabrication of Human Amniotic Membrane Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles and the Wet/Dry HAM Dressing Membrane for Wound Healing 

  Ramasamy, Palaniappan; Krishnakumar, Ramachandran; Rekha, Ravichandran; Vaseeharan, Baskaralingam; Saraswathi, K.; Raj, Mohan; Hanna, Robert E.B.; Brennan, Gerard P.; Dayanithi, Govindan; Vijayakumar, Sekar (Frontiers Media, 2021-07-28)

  The preparation of unique wet and dry wound dressing products derived from unprocessed human amniotic membrane (UP-HAM) is described. The UP-HAM was decellularized, and the constituent proteins were cross-linked and ...
• Bioinformatic Analysis of the Campylobacter jejuni Type VI Secretion System and Effector Prediction 

  Robinson, Luca; Liaw, Janie; Omole, Zahra; Xia, Dong; van Vliet, Arnoud H.M.; Corcionivoschi, Nicolae; Hachani, Abderrahman; Gundogdu, Ozan (Frontiers Media, 2021-06-29)

  The Type VI Secretion System (T6SS) has important roles relating to bacterial antagonism, subversion of host cells, and niche colonisation. Campylobacter jejuni is one of the leading bacterial causes of human gastroenteritis ...
• Foodborne Pathogen Campylobacter 

  Corcionivoschi, Nicolae; Gundogdu, Ozan (MDPI, 2021-06-08)
• Mixtures of natural antimicrobials can reduce Campylobacter jejuni, Salmonella enterica and Clostridium perfringens infections and cellular inflammatory response in MDCK cells 

  Balta, Igori; Marcu, Adela; Linton, W. Mark R.; Kelly, Carmel A.; Gundogdu, Ozan; Stef, Lavinia; Pet, Ioan; Ward, Patrick; Deshales, Myriam; callaway, Todd; Sopharat, Phittawat; Gradisteanu-Pircalabioru, Gratiela; Corcionivoschi, Nicolae (Springer, 2021-06-07)

  Background: The classification of natural antimicrobials as potential antibiotic replacements is still hampered by the absence of clear biological mechanisms behind their mode of action. This study investigated the ...
• Relative abundance of Mycobacterium bovis molecular types in cattle: a simulation study of potential epidemiological drivers 

  Trewby, Hannah; Wright, David M.; Skuce, Robin A.; McCormick, Carl; Mallon, Thomas R.; Presho, Eleanor L.; Kao, Rowland R.; Haydon, Daniel T.; Biek, Roman (BMC, 2017-08-22)

  Background: The patterns of relative species abundance are commonly studied in ecology and epidemiology to provide insights into underlying dynamical processes. Molecular types (MVLA-types) of Mycobacterium bovis, the causal ...
• Control of Nematodirus spp. infection by sheep flock owners in Northern Ireland 

  McMahon, Connor; Edgar, Hillary W.J.; Barley, Jason; Hanna, Robert E.B.; Brennan, Gerard P.; Fairweather, Ian (BMC, 2017-10-19)

  Background To address a lack of information on the control of ovine helminth parasites in Northern Ireland (NI), a number of research projects have been undertaken, dealing with gastrointestinal nematodes, tapeworms and ...
• Fine-mapping host genetic variation underlying outcomes to Mycobacterium bovis infection in dairy cows 

  Wilkinson, S.; Bishop, S.C.; Allen, Adrian; McBride, S.H.; Skuce, Robin; Bermingham, M.; Woolliams, J.A. (BMC, 2017-06-24)

  Background: Susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis infection in cattle is governed in part by host genetics. However, cattle diagnosed as infected with M. bovis display varying signs of pathology. The variation in ...
• The in vitro and ex vivo effect of Auranta 3001 in preventing Cryptosporidium hominis and Cryptosporidium parvum infection 

  Ch Stratakos, Alexandros; Sima, Filip; Ward, Patrick; Linton, Mark; Kelly, Carmel; Pinkerton, Laurette; Stef, Lavinia; Pet, Ioan; Iancu, Tiberiu; Pircalabioru, Gratiela; Corcionivoschi, Nicolae (BMC, 2017-08-31)

  Background: Cryptosporidium is a major cause of diarrhea worldwide in both humans and farm animals with no completely effective treatment available at present. In this study, we assessed the inhibitory effect of different ...
• The in vitro and in vivo effect of Carvacrol in preventing Campylobacter infection, colonisation and improve chicken broilers productivity 

  Kelly, Carmel; Gundogdu, Ozan; Pircalabioru, Gratiela; Cean, Ada; Scates, Pam; Linton, Mark; Pinkerton, Laurette; Magowan, Elizabeth; Stef, Lavinia; Simiz, Eliza; Pet, Ioan; Stewart, Sharon; Stabler, Richard; Wren, Brendan; Dorrell, Nick; Corcionivoschi, Nicolae (Mary Ann Liebert, 2017-06-01)

  The current trend in reducing the antibiotic usage in animal production imposes urgency in the identification of novel biocides. The essential oil carvacrol, for example, changes the morphology of the cell and acts against ...
• Needle-free delivery of measles virus vaccine to the lower respiratory tract of non-human primates elicits optimal immunity and protection 

  de Swart, Rik L.; de Vries, Rory D.; Rennick, Linda J.; van Amerongen, Geert; McQuaid, Stephen; Verburgh, R. Joyce; Yuksel, Selma; de Jong, Alwin; Lemon, Ken; Nguyen, D. Tien; Ludlow, Martin; Osterhaus, Albert D.M.E.; Duprex, W. Paul (Nature Research, 2017-08-01)

  Needle-free measles virus vaccination by aerosol inhalation has many potential benefits. The current standard route of vaccination is subcutaneous injection, whereas measles virus is an airborne pathogen. However, the ...
• Bovine tuberculosis visible lesions in cattle culled during herd breakdowns: the effects of individual characteristics, trade movement and co-infection 

  Byrne, Andrew W.; Graham, Jordon; Brown, Craig; Donaghy, Aoibheann; Guelbenzu Gonzalo, Maria; McNair, James; Skuce, Robin A.; Allen, Adrian; McDowell, Stanley W.J. (Springer, 2017-12)

  Background: Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, remains a significant problem for livestock industries in many countries worldwide including Northern Ireland, where a test and slaughter regime has ...
• A Review of the Strain Diversity and Pathogenesis of Chicken Astrovirus 

  Smyth, Victoria J. (MDPI, 2017-02-10)

  Although a relatively recently emerged virus, identified only in 2004 as a separate species of avian astrovirus, chicken astrovirus (CAstV) has been associated with poor growth of broiler flocks, enteritis and diarrhea and ...
• Detection of Tetrodotoxin Shellfish Poisoning (TSP) Toxins and Causative Factors in Bivalve Molluscs from the UK 

  Turner, Andrew D.; Dhanji-Rapkova, Monika; Coates, Lewis; Bickerstaff, Lesley; Milligan, Steve; O'Neill, Alison; Faulkner, Dermot; McEneny, Hugh; Baker-Austin, Craig; Lees, David N.; Algoet, Myriam (MDPI, 2017-08-30)

  Tetrodotoxins (TTXs) are traditionally associated with the occurrence of tropical Pufferfish Poisoning. In recent years, however, TTXs have been identified in European bivalve mollusc shellfish, resulting in the need to ...
• Intestinal microbiota profiles associated with low and high residual feed intake in chickens across two geographical locations 

  Siegerstetter, Sina-Catherine; Schmitz-Esser, Stephan; Magowan, Elizabeth; Wetzels, Stefanie Urimare; Zebeli, Qendrim; Lawlor, Peadar G.; O'Connell, Niamh E.; Metzler-Zebeli, Barbara U. (Public Library of Science, 2017-11-15)

  Intestinal microbe-host interactions can affect the feed efficiency (FE) of chickens. As inconsistent findings for FE-associated bacterial taxa were reported across studies, the present objective was to identify whether ...

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