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2008 Publications

Refereed Journal Papers

  • Begg DJ, Whittington RJ. 2008 Experimental animal infection models for Johne's disease, an infectious enteropathy caused by Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. The Veterinary Journal. 2008 May;176(2):129-45. Epub 2007 Apr 20. Review.
  • Bush, R.D., Windsor, P.A., Toribio, J-A.L.M.L. and Webster, S.R. (2008). Financial modelling of the potential cost of ovine Johne’s disease and benefit of vaccination in southern New South Wales. Aust. Vet. J. 86: 398-403
  • Crockford M, Jones JB, McColl K and Whittington RJ (2008). Comparison of three molecular methods for the detection of Pilchard herpesvirus in archived paraffin-embedded tissue and frozen tissue. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 82: 37-44.
  • Dennis M.M., M.C. Antognoli, F.B. Garry, H.L. Hirst, J.E. Lombard, D.H. Gould, M.D. Salman. Association of severity of enteric granulomatous inflammation with disseminated Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis infection and antemortem test results for paratuberculosis in diary cows. Veterinary Microbiology, 2008, 131: 154-163.
  • Dennis M.M., T.D. O’Brien, T. Wayne, M. Kiupel, M. Williams, B.E. Powers. Hyalinizing pancreatic adenocarcinoma in six dogs. Veterinary Pathology, 2008, 45(4): 475-483.
  • Dennis M.M., S.N. Nelson, G.H. Cantor, D.A. Mosier, J.E. Blake, R.J. Basaraba. Necropsy Findings of 23 Endurance Sled Dog Deaths Associated with the 1994-2006 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Races. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 2008, 232 (4): 564-573.
  • Dhungyel, O.P., Lehmann, D.R., Whittington, R.J., 2008, Pilot trials in Australia on eradication of footrot by flock specific vaccination. Vet Microbiol 132, 364-371.
  • Dixon RM, Dixon RJ, Constable SE 2007 “The Development of Best Practice Adult Educational Programs to Indigenous People in Australian Rural and Remote Communities” The International Journal Of Diversity in Organisations Communities And Nations (online journal) vol 7
  • Han X, Kennan RM, Davies JK, Reddacliff LA, Dhungyel OP, Whittington RJ, Turnbull L, Whitchurch CB and Rood JI. (2008). Twitching motility is essential for virulence in Dichelobacter nodosus. Journal of Bacteriology 190: 3323-3335.
  • Hernandez-Jover M, Schembri N, Toribio J-A LML and Holyoake PK. “Biosecurity risks associated with current identification practices of producers trading pigs at livestock sales” (2008) Animal 2 (11):1692-1699
  • Hernández-Jover M, M. Wu, N. Schembri, P. K. Holyoake, and J.-A.L.M.L. Toribio Technical note: “Evaluation of the official identification system for pigs for sale in New South Wales” (2008) Journal of Animal Science : 86: 472-475
  • Highfield, L.D., Ward, M.P., Laffan, S.W. Representation of animal distributions in space: how geostatistical estimates impact simulation modeling of foot-and-mouth disease spread. Veterinary Research, 2008;39:17.
  • Holyoake PK, Collins AM, Donahoo M, Lising R and Emery D. “Identifying obstacles to reducing the use of antibiotics to control proliferative enteropathy” (accepted for publication in the Australian Veterinary Journal, June 2008)
  • Kumar P, Singh SV, Bhatiya AK, Sevilla I, Singh AV, Whittington RJ, Juste RA, Gupta VK, Singh PK, Sohal JS, and Vihan VS (2007). Juvenile capri-paratuberculosis (JCP) in India: incidence and characterization by six diagnostic tests. Small Ruminant Research 73:45-53.
  • Kumar S, Singh SV, Sevilla I, Singh AV, Whittington RJ, Juste RA, Sharma G, Singh PK and Sohal JS (2008). Lacto-prevalence, genotyping of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis and evaluation of three diagnostic tests in milk of naturally infected goat herds. Small Ruminant Research 74: 37-44.
  • Lomax, S., Shiel, M., Windsor, P.A. (2008) Impact of topical anaesthesia on pain alleviation and wound healing in lambs following mulesing. Aust. Vet. J. 86:159-169
  • Maloney BJ and Whittington RJ (2008). Cross species transmission of ovine Johne’s disease from sheep to cattle: an estimate of prevalence in exposed susceptible cattle. Australian Veterinary Journal 86: 117-123.
  • Sharma G, Singh SV, Sevilla I, Singh AV, Whittington RJ, Juste RA, Kumar S, Gupta VK, Singh PK, Sohal JS, Vihan VS (2008). Evaluation of indigenous milk ELISA with m-culture and m-PCR for the diagnosis of bovine Johne's disease (BJD) in lactating Indian dairy cattle. Research in Veterinary Science 84: 30-37.
  • Taylor DL, Zhong L, Begg DJ, de Silva K, Whittington RJ. 2008 Toll-like receptor genes are differentially expressed at the sites of infection during the progression of Johne's disease in outbred sheep. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 2008 Jul 15;124(1-2):132-51. Epub 2008 Mar 8.
  • Ward, M.P., Maftei, D., Apostu, C., Suru, A. Geostatistical visualisation and spatial statistics for evaluation of the dispersion of epidemic highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1. Veterinary Research, 2008; 39:22.
  • Ward, M.P., Maftei, D., Apostu, C., Suru, A. Association between outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 and wild bird populations. Zoonoses and Public Health, doi: 10.1111/j.1863-2378.2008.01150.x
  • Ward, M.P., Maftei, D., Apostu, C., Suru, A. Estimation of the basic reproductive number (RO) for epidemic highly pathogenic avian influenza subtype H5N1 spread. Epidemiology and Infection, doi:10.1017/S0950268808000885.
  • Ward, M.P. Equine West Nile virus disease occurrence and the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, doi:10.1016/j.pre-vetmed.2008.10.003
  • Ward, M.P., Wittich, C.A., Fosgate, G.T., Srinivasan, R. Environmental risk factors for equine West Nile virus disease cases in Texas. Veterinary Research Communications, doi: 10.1007/s11259-008-9192-1.
  • Whittington RJ, Crockford M, Jordon D and Jones B (2008). Herpesvirus that caused epizootic mortality in 1995 and 1998 in pilchard, Sardinops sagax neopilchardus (Steindachner), in Australia is now endemic. Journal of Fish Diseases 31: 97-105.
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Refereed Conference Papers

  • Al-Qasab SE, Reichel M, Hall C, Johnson M, Windsor P, Jenkins D, Su C, Dubey J, Ellis J (2008) First isolation of Toxoplasma gondii from the brain of a dog in Australia and its biological and molecular characterization. ASP & ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology Annual Conference, Glenelg, SA, July.
  • Becker JA, Dennis MM, Tweedie A, Gilligan D and Whittington RJ (2008). Susceptibility of Australian native freshwater fish to epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus (EHNV) and the epidemiology of EHNV in the Murray Darling river basin. Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture June 22-26, Taipai, Taiwan. Asian Fisheries Society, p42.
  • Constable S., Brown G., Dixon RM and Dixon RJ, 2008 “Healing the Hand that Feeds You: Exploring Solutions for Dog and Community Health and Welfare in Australian Indigenous Cultures” International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Monash University Centre, Prato, Tuscany, Italy from 22 to 25 July 2008
  • Constable S., Dixon RM and Dixon RJ, 2008 “For the Love of Dog: The Human-Animal Bond in Rural and Remote Australian Indigenous Communities.” International Society for Anthrozoology Conference 2008 : Human Animal Bond: Theory, Research & Practice, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada, August 13-15, 2008
  • Constable S, Dixon RM, Dixon RJ 2008 “Approaches to Community Education in two rural and remote indigenous communities: two case studies” AMRRIC Conference Darwin 14th October
  • Constable S., Brown G., Dixon RM and Dixon RJ, 2008 “Healthy Dogs Healthy Communities” Queensland Health Animal Management Officer and Environmental Health Worker Workshop, Cairns October 21st
  • Dennis MM, Becker JA, Tweedie A and Whittington RJ (2008). Susceptibility of Australian native freshwater fish to epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus. Proceedings of the Australian Society for Veterinary Pathology and C.L. Davis Foundation Australia Annual Conference July 3-6, Surfers Paradise, p. 101.
  • Dennis MM and Whittington RJ (2008). Conceptualization of the Australian Consortium for Animal Disease Diagnosis. Proceedings of the Australian Society for Veterinary Pathology and C.L. Davis Foundation Australia Annual Conference July 3-6, Surfers Paradise, p. 130.
  • Dennis M and Whittington RJ (2008). Emerging and endemic aquatic animal diseases in Australasia. In: Rose K and Hall J (Eds.) Diagnostic Pathology of the Diseases of Aquatic, Aerial and Terrestrial Wildlife 2008. Wildlife Pathology Short Course 21-24 August 2008 Proceedings. Taronga Conservation Society, Sydney. pp. 214-229. Invited paper.
  • Dennis MM and Whittington RJ (2008). Conceptualisation of the Australian Consortium for Animal Disease Diagnosis. Proceedings of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists Annual Meeting. Veterinary Pathology 45: 755.
  • Dennis MM, Becker JA, [[bold||Tweedie A] and Whittington RJ (2008). Susceptibility of Australian native freshwater fish to epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus. Proceedings of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists Annual Meeting. Veterinary Pathology 45: 775.
  • Dennis MM, Becker JA, Tweedie A, Landos M and Whittington RJ (2008). Evaluation of PCR for cyprinid herpesvirus 2 and megalocytivirus in retail ornamental fish mortalities. Proceedings of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists Annual Meeting. Veterinary Pathology 45: 774.
  • Dhungyel O and R Whittington, 2008. Sequential specific or target vaccination to control and eradicate multiple serogroup Dichelobacter nodosus footrot infection in small ruminants. Proceedings of the 15th Symposium and 7th Conference on Lameness in Ruminants, June 2008, Kuopio, Finland. Pp70-74.
  • Dhungyel O and R Whittington, 2008. Progress with Targeted footrot vaccine development. Proceedings of the Australian Sheep Veterinarian Conference, September 2008, Geelong. Pp 106-111.
  • Dhungyel O and Whittington R (2008). Sequential specific or target vaccination to control and eradicate multiple serogroup Dichelobacter nodosus infection in small ruminants. Proceedings of the Footrot Symposium, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, 11-12 November 2008. NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange. pp. 80-81. Invited paper
  • Hick P, Taylor D, Begg D, Bosmans J, Schipp G, Humphrey J, Melville L and Whittington R (2008). Investigation of the epidemiology of betanodavirus infection in hatchery reared barramundi (Lates calarifer) using real time RT-PCR. Proceedings of the 7th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture June 22-26, Taipai, Taiwan. Asian Fisheries Society, p. 192.
  • Hick P, Taylor D, Begg D, Tweedie A, Bosmans J, Schipp G, Humphrey J, Melville L and Whitington RJ (2008). The effect of sample preparation on the sensitivity of a real-time reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction assay for betanodavirus. Australasian Aquaculture 2008 Conference, Brisbane 6th August. Invited presentation.
  • King J, Jenkins D, Slapeta J, Windsor PA (2008) Investigating the role of wildlife and wild canids in transmission of Neospora caninum. Australian Veterbrate Pest Management Conference, Darwin, NT, June
  • King J, Jenkins D, Ellis J, Windsor PA, Slapeta J (2008) Are Australian dingos definitive hosts for Neospora caninum. ASP & ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology Annual Conference. Glenelg, SA, July.
  • Lomax S, Shiel M, Windsor PA (2008) Topical Analgesia for reducing pain of castration and tail docking in sheep.Australian Sheep Veterinary Society. Annual Conference, Geelong, Victoria, September 20th.
  • Shiel M, Lomax S, Windsor PA (2008) Topical Analgesia for reducing pain in sheep husbandry. Australian Sheep Veterinary Society. Annual Conference, Geelong, Victoria, September 20th.
  • Ward, M 2008 Manpower Requirements for the Veterinary Profession: the Academic and Public Health Perspective. Australian Veterinary Association Annual Conference. Plenary Session, May 29, 2008. Perth, Australia
  • Ward M, 2008 Experiences in One Medicine: West Nile virus, leptospirosis, bird flu and syndromic surveillance”. Keynote Speaker, Inaugural Meeting of the NSW Chapter of the Australasian Epidemiology Association. September 5, 2008, Sydney, Australia.
  • Whittington RJ and Chong R (2008). Imported ornamental fish diseases, quarantine and the role of veterinary pathologists. Proceedings of the Australian Society for Veterinary Pathology and C.L. Davis Foundation Australia Annual Conference July 3-6, Surfers Paradise, pp. 98-100.
  • Whittington RJ (2008). Monotremes. In: Rose K and Hall J (Eds.) Diagnostic Pathology of the Diseases of Aquatic, Aerial and Terrestrial Wildlife 2008. Wildlife Pathology Short Course 21-24 August 2008 Proceedings. Taronga conservation Society, Sydney. pp. 214-229. Invited and fully funded speaker.
  • Whittington R, Becker J, Dennis M, Tweedie A, Ritchie Z, Kawaji S, Asmus M and Gilligan D (2008). Susceptibility of Australian native freshwater fish to epizootic haematopoietic necrosis virus. Proceedings of the Murray Darling Basin Commission Freshwater Fish Strategy Conference, Canberra September 9-10.
  • Whittington RJ, Becker J and Dennis MM (2008). Iridoviruses, ornamental fish quarantine and conservation of threatened freshwater fish in Australia. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of the Wildlife Disease Association Australasia, September 20-26, Kioloa. p. 9.
  • Whittington R, Dhungyel O and Hill A (2008). Defining the spectrum of virulence. Proceedings of the Footrot Symposium, Elizabeth Macarthur Agricultural Institute, 11-12 November 2008. NSW Department of Primary Industries, Orange. pp. 76-79. Invited speaker
  • Windsor P, Eppleston J and Whittington RJ (2008). Updating the efficacy of vaccination for control of ovine paratuberculosis in Australia. Proceedings of the Australian Sheep Veterinarians 2008 Conferences (Marcus Oldham and Perth) 18: 112-115.
  • Windsor PA, Eppelston J, Whittington R (2008) The efficacy of vaccination for ovine paratuberculosis in Australia. Australian Sheep Veterinary Society. Annual Conference, Geelong, Victoria, September 21st.
  • Windsor PA (2008) Infectious bovine abortion in Australia. Australian Veterinary Association Regional Conference. Wagga Wagga, NSW, November 1st.
  • Windsor PA (2008) Investigating congenital defects in cattle in Australia. Australian Veterinary Association Regional Conference. Wagga Wagga, NSW, November 1st.
  • White P, Windsor PA, Toribio JAL (2008) Acorn calf disease in Australia. Australian Association of Cattle Veterinarians, Annual Conference. Geelong, Victoria, November 21st.
  • Windsor PA (2008) Bovine Neospora research in Australia. Australian Association of Cattle Veterinarians, Annual Conference. Geelong, Victoria, November 21st.
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Other Scientific Reports

  • Windsor PA (2008) Final report SRA AH2006/077, ‘Identifying research priorities for the development for the beef industry in Cambodia and Lao PDR with special reference to animal health interventions’. Australian Center for International Agricultural Research, March.
  • Windsor P (2008) Reducing the toll of ovine Johne’s disease. Feedback. MLA, January-February, p 2
  • Windsor PA, Tammen I, Cavanagh J (2008) The case of a Dexter Bulldog calf from a presumptive Lowline Angus. The Dexter Bulletin 77: 12
  • Windsor PA (2008) Is pain management on farms inevitable? Vets Diary in The Land, Rural Press, April 10.