2005 Publications

Book Chapters

Egerton, JR Foot-rot and other foot conditions. Diseases of Sheep, Third Edition Blackwell Science pp 243 - 249

Refereed Journal Articles

Begg DJ, O'Brien R, Mackintosh CG, Griffin JF. Experimental infection model for Johne's disease in sheep. Infect Immun. 2005 Sep;73(9):5603-11.

Begg DJ & Griffin JF. Vaccination of sheep against M. paratuberculosis: immune parameters and protective efficacy. Vaccine. 2005 Oct 10;23(42):4999-5008.

Eppleston J, Reddacliff L, Windsor PA, Links I, Whittington R. (2005) Preliminary observations on the prevalence of sheep shedding Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis after 3 years of a vaccination program for ovine Johne’s disease (OJD). Aust. Vet. J. 83: 611-612.

Holyoake PK. The impact of air quality on animal health. Manipulating Pig Production Xth Proceedings of the Australasian Pig Science Association JE Paterson, November, 2005 p 120 – 131.

Marsh IB and Whittington RJ. 2005. Deletion of an mmpL gene and multiple associated genes from the genome of the S strain of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis identified by representational difference analysis and in silico analysis. Mol Cell Probes. 19 (6): 371-384.

McConnell CS and House JK. 2005 Infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis vaccine development. Australian Veterinary Journal 2005 83: 8, 506-510.75

Rast L and Whittington RJ (2005). Longitudinal study of the spread of ovine Johne’s disease in a sheep flock in southeastern New South Wales. Australian Veterinary Journal 83: 227-232.

Reddacliff LA, Beh K, McGregor H, and Whittington RJ. (2005) A preliminary study of possible genetic influences on the susceptibility of sheep to Johne’s disease. Australian Veterinary Journal 2005 83: 7,435-441

Richardson G, Links I, Windsor P. (2005). Gudair (OJD) self-inoculation: a case for early debridement. Lessons from Practice. Med. J. Aust.183 (3): 151-152.

Sheriff JC, Kotze AC, Sangster NC, Hennessy DR. (2005) Effect of ivermectin on feeding by Haemonchus contortus in vivo. Veterinary Parasitology 128, 341-346

von Samson-Himmelstjerna G, Harder A, Sangster NC, Coles GC. (2005) Efficacy of the two cyclooctadepsipeptides PF1022A and emodepside against anthelminti- resistant nematodes in sheep and cattle. Parasitology 130, 343-347

Windsor PA, Bush RD, Links I, Eppleston, J. (2005) Injury caused by self-inoculation with a vaccine of a Freund’s complete adjuvant nature (GudairTM) used for control of ovine paratuberculosis. Aust. Vet. J. 83: 216-220.

Whittington RJ, Marsh, IB and Reddacliff. LA. 2005. Survival of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in dam water and sediment. Appl Environ Microbiol 71:5304-8.

Conference Papers & Published Abstracts

Begg D and Griffin F. Immune parameters and vaccine efficacy in Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis experimentally infected sheep. 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis in Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005. pp.26

Begg D, Bosward K, de Silva K, Di Fiore L, Taylor D and Whittington R. (2005) ELISPOT – new methods for detecting IFN-γ. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 48-50

Bosward K, Begg D, de Silva K, Di Fiore L, Taylor D, Emery D and Whittington R. Optimisation of the interferon-gamma assay to maximise responses to M. ptb. antigen in sheep. 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005 pp.97

Bosward KL, Begg D, de Silva K, Di Fiore L, Taylor D and Whittington R. (2005) Manipulation of the Interferon – gamma assay to maximise responses to M.ptb antigen in sheep. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 32-33

Browne S, de Silva K, Whittington R and Emery D. Apoptosis in sheep exposed to Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis. Apoptosis and Immunity Conference, Cairns, May 2005.

Browne S, de Silva K, Whittington R, Emery D. Ovine apoptotic responses to Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis. 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005. pp. 27

Browne S, de Silva K, Whittington R and Emery D. (2005) Apoptotic responses during the pathogenesis of ovine Johne’s disease. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 44-47

Bush RD. (2005). The economic impact of ovine Johne’s disease infection on sheep farms. In: Proceedings of the Australian Sheep Veterinary Society Annual Meeting, Gold Coast, 15: 123-128.

Bush R.D., Windsor P.A., Toribio J-A.L. (2005) The on-farm biological and financial impact of OJD in Australia. In: Proceedings, 6th International Sheep Veterinary Congress, Crete, June 2005. pp. 152-153.

Bush RD, Toribio J-ALML, Windsor PA and Webster, SR. (2005). Modelling the on-farm financial impact of ovine Johne’s disease in Australia. In: Book of abstracts and scientific program, 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen. pp 49.

Bush RD, Windsor PA and Toribio J-ALML. (2005). Biological and financial losses due to ovine Johne’s disease in 12 infected flocks in Australia. In: Book of abstracts and scientific program, 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen. pp 132.

Bush RD, Toribio J-ALML, Windsor PA. and Webster, S.R. (2005). Financial modelling of the impact of OJD. In: Ovine Johne’s Disease Harvest Year - Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, December 2005. pp 152-200

Demeler J, Sangster N, Gill J & von Samson G. .Site of resistance to the macrocyclic lactone anthelmintics in trichostrongyloids. Proceedings of the British Society for Parasitology, Nottingham, April 2005 pp39

Demeler J, Sangster N, von Samson G. The site of resistance to the macrocyclic lactone anthelmintics in sheep Helminths. Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, Christchurch, October 2005. p276.

de Silva K, Carter N, Taylor D, Di Fiore L, Whittington R and Emery D. Proliferative responses in peripheral blood and lymph node cells in the early stages of ovine Johne’s disease. 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005. pp.28

de Silva K, Begg D, Di Fiore L, Taylor D, Emery D, and Whittington R. (2005) Early cellular responses in ovine Johne’s disease. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 40-43

Dhand NK, Whittington RJ, Toribio J-ALML (2005) Identification of risk factors for OJD prevalence level in Australian sheep flocks, (Abstract poster no. 193), 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 14-17, 2005, page 133

Dhand NK, Eppleston J, Whittington R and Toribio J-ALML. (2005) Risk factors for OJD prevalence in infected flocks. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 144-151

Di Fiore L, Taylor D, de Silva K, Bosward K, Begg D, Emery D and Whittington R. Identification of differentially expressed genes in uninfected and Mycobacterium paratuberculosis (M. ptb.) infected sheep. 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005. pp.79

Di Fiore L, Taylor D, de Silva K, Bosward K, McGregor H and Whittington R. (2005) Gene expression signals from the host. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 60-61

Dukkipati VSR, Blair HT, Murray A, Garrick DJ, Whittington RJ, Reddacliff LA, Eppleston J and Windsor P (2005). Extensive polymorphism at nine immunologically significant microsatellite marker loci in Merino sheep. In: Lamont, SJ, Rothschild MF, Harris DL (eds.) Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Genetics of Animal Health, Iowa State University, Ames July 13-15, p. 106

Eppleston J, Reddacliff L, Windsor P, Whittington R, and Jones S. (2005). Efficacy of a killed Mycobacterium paratuberculosis vaccine for the control of OJD in Australian sheep flocks. In: Proceedings, 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, August.2005 p. 43.

Goldsmith K, Begg D, Di Fiore L and Whittington R. (2005) Detection of Mycobacteria from blood. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 51-54

Gumber S, Eamens G and Whittington RJ. “Validation of ELISA kit for assessment of the humoral immune response in Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infected sheep and goats. 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis at Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005. pp. 103

Gumber S, Eamens G and Whittington R. (2005) Evaluation of a Pourquier ELISA kit in relation to agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) test for assessment of the humoral immune response in sheep and goats with and without Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infection. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 34-38

Holyoake PK. What do we know of pregnancy loss during seasonal infertility? Proceedings of the Australian Association of Pig Veterinarians Conference, Gold Coast, May 2005. p13-17

Holyoake PK. Proliferative enteritis-have we learnt anything? Proceedings of the Australian Association of Pig Veterinarians Conference, Gold Coast, May 2005, p156-151

Holyoake P, Cutler R, Fahy T, Hall W, Buddle R, Bara M and Pollard. R Development of an Australian undergraduate course in pig health and production. Proceedings of the AVA Educators conference, Gold Coast, May 2005

Houweling PJ, Cavanagh JA, Windsor PA, Mitchell NJ, Palmer DN, Raadsma HW, Tammen I. (2005) CLN5; the causative gene for NCL in Australian Devon cattle. A large animal model for Finnish variant NCL. International Conference on NCL, Helsinki, June 2005. p. 69.

Marsh IB, Bannantine JP, Tizard ML and Whittington RJ. Genomic and proteomic comparative study of the sheep and cattle strains of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 8-14, 2005. pp.72

Marsh I. Review of the Molecular Biology, Microbiology, and Culture section of the 8ICP. Meat and Livestock Australia, Harvest Year Conference, Adelaide, Australia, December 8-9, 2005

Marsh I, Whittington R, Reddacliff L and Eamens G. (2005) Hybridisation capture PCR and direct PCR on pooled faecal samples. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 21-27

Marsh I, Bannantine J, Tizard M and Whittington R. (2005) Genomic and proteomic comparative study of the sheep and cattle strains of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 159-173

McGregor H, Nichols P and Whittington R. An investigation of the subclinical and clinical effects of OJD on production parameters in Australian Merinos – poster presentation – 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis. Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005. pp. 140

McGregor H, Abbott KA., Whittington RJ. Development of grazing management strategies for the control of ovine Johne’s disease. Proceedings 6th International sheep veterinary congress. June 2005.219-220

McGregor H, Whittington RJ, Windsor PA. A comparison of the efficacy of Gudair vaccine for protection against ovine Johne’s disease in sheep aged 3 months and 8 months at vaccination. Proceedings 6th International sheep veterinary congress. June 2005.220-221

McGregor H, Whittington RJ, Windsor PA. (2005) A comparison of the efficacy of Gudair vaccine for protection against OJD in sheep aged 3 months and 8 months at vaccination. In: Proceedings, 6th International Sheep Veterinary Congress, Crete, June 2005. p. 220-222.

McGregor, H. (2005) Grazing management options for the control of OJD. Invited speaker. MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide

McGregor H, Abbott K, Dhungyel O and Whittington R. (2005) Development of grazing management strategies for the control of ovine Johne’s disease. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 128-134

McGregor H. 2005 OJD research update and options for control. Invited speaker. Victorian OJD Producer Group – Omeo. Melbourne, November 2005.

McGregor H. 2005 OJD research update and options for control. Invited speaker. Wesfarmers Landmark, May 2005.

McGregor H. 2005 Bestwool seminar series. Teleconference Invited speaker. April 2005.

McMaster K, Rowe T, Bosward K, Sangster N. Kinetics of Haemonchus contortus infection in sheep. World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, Christchurch, October 2005. p170.

Miller Y, Collins A, Smits R and Holyoake T. Improving the performance of gilt progeny. Proceedings of the University of Sydney Post-graduate Conference, Camden November 2005

Pouliopoulos J, Welschinger R, Deva AK, Dixon RJ, Cossart YE, Vickery K. (2004) The Effect of Bursectomy and Thymectomy on DHBV Infection. In Jilbert AM et al. (eds) Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium of Viral Hepatitis and Liver Diseases. Pp 344-347. Sydney: Australian Centre for Hepatitis Virology

Power M, Gunaratnam K, Sangster N. RNAi and target discovery 4: towards RNA interference in adult Trichostrongylus colubriformis World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, Christchurch, October 2005. p185.

Rast L and Whittington RJ. 2005 Longitudinal study of the spread of ovine Johne’s disease in a sheep flock in Southeastern New South Wales, Australia. 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005. pp. 143

Rast L and Whittington RJ. (2005) Within flock spread of OJD – a case study from a sheep flock located in southeastern New South Wales. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 135-143

Reddacliff L, Eppleston J, Windsor P, Whittington R and Jones S. (2005) Efficacy of a killed Mycobacterium paratuberculosis vaccine for the control of OJD in Australian sheep flocks. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 86-97

Rood JI, Kennan RM, Han X, Parker D, Wong D, Davies JK, Dhungyel OP, Whittington RJ and Egerton JR (2005). Fimbrial biogenesis, protease secretion and virulence in the ovine footrot pathogen, Dichelobacter nodosus. Proceedings of the Australian Society for Microbiology Annual Conference, Canberra, July.

Rowe T, McMaster K, Husband A, Sangster N. Analysis of the sheep/Haemonchus contortus relationship. World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology, Christchurch, October 2005. p198.

Schembri N, Sithole F, Toribio J-A and Holyoake T. Improving the traceability of pigs sold in peri-urban areas. Poster presentation at the Australian Biosecurity CRC Conference, Perth, November 2005

Schembri N, Hart K, Petersen R and Whittington R (2005). Trading patterns and disease risk factors in pigs in the Sydney basin. Proceedings of the Australian Association of Pig Veterinarians Conference, Gold Coast, Queensland May 2005. pp. 106-111.

Sevilla I, singh SV, Garrido JM, Aduriz G, Rodriguez S, Geijo MV, Whittington RJ, Saunders V, Whitlock RH and Juste RA. Molecular typing of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis strains from different hosts and regions. 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005. pp. 88

Singh SV, Sevilla I, Juste RA, Whittington RJ, Kumar V, Gupta VK, Bhatiya AK, Singh AV. Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis (bison type) genotype infecting goat population in India. 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005. pp. 88

Sithole F, Schembri N, Holyoake T and Toribio J-A. Use of saleyard data to quantify pig movements in peri-urban areas. Proceedings of the Australian Biosecurity CRC Conference, Perth, November 2005

Stewart DJ, Stiles PL, Horvatic B, Bruce KL, McWaters PG, Vaughan JA, Beddome GJ, Michalski WP, Whittington RJ, Lambeth C, Windsor PA, Reddacliff LA, McGregor H, Dhungyel OP, Cousins DV, Francis BR, Butler R, Salmon DD, Roberts CF, MacFarlane J, Gavey L, Badman R, Sergeant ESG, Jasenko I and Jones SL. (2005) Validation of the gamma-interferon test for diagnosis of ovine Johne’s disease. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 28-31

Taylor D, de Silva K, Di Fiore L and Whittington R. Gene expression and survival of M. paratuberculosis infected macrophages. 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005. pp.40

Taylor D, Gumber S, de Silva K, Goldsmith K, Di Fiore L, Begg D and Whittington R. (2005) Molecular approaches to studying the host-parasite interaction. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 62-64

Toribio, J-ALML and Sergeant ESG. 2005 Comparison o fmethods for estimation of OJD prevalence from pooled faecal samples. 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen, Denmark, August 2005. pp. 144

Toribio JA, Forsyth H, Malikides N and Whittington RJ (2005). Veterinary public health management at the University of Sydney. Proceedings of the Food Safety and Epidemiology Branches of the New Zealand Veterinary Association. NZVA Conference 30 May – 1 June 2005, Wellington. VetLearn, Massey University, Palmerston North. pp 33-38. Invited speaker (Whittington).

Toribio JA, Forsyth H and Whittington RJ (2005). Progression of Veterinary Public Health Management - University of Sydney. Australian College of Veterinary Scientists Annual Meeting, Gold Coast, June 2005.

Whittington R, Moloney B and Taragel C. (2005) Epidemiology of ovine Johne’s disease cross species transmission and survival of the organism in the environment. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 122-127

Whittington R (2005). Johne’s disease – an Australian perspective. Proceedings of the Food Safety and Epidemiology Branches of the New Zealand Veterinary Association. NZVA Conference 30 May – 1 June 2005, Wellington. VetLearn, Massey University, Palmerston North. pp 123-142. Invited plenary speaker.

Windsor PA. (2005) Control of OJD by vaccination. In: Proceedings 15 of the Australian Sheep Veterinary Society Annual Meeting – Gold Coast Conference, May 2005. p.129-133.

Windsor PA. (2005) Research into vaccination against OJD in Australia. In: Proceedings, 6th International Sheep Veterinary Congress, Crete, June 2005. p. 109-111.

Windsor PA. (2005) Use of on-line resources in virtual teaching and learning in sheep medicine. In: Proceedings, 6th International Sheep Veterinary Congress, Crete, June 2005. p. 329-331.

Windsor PA. (2005) Exploiting the value of the communication task. Workshop on enhancing the extramural training experience for 5th year veterinary science interns. Partner Practices Seminar, University of Sydney, Faculty of Veterinary Science, July 2005.

Windsor PA. (2005) The Rural Public Practice Extramural Rotation: where to from here? Presentation to NSW District Veterinarians Annual Conference, Tamworth, September 2005.

Windsor PA., Eppleston J. (2005) Prevention and control of paratuberculosis at the herd level. Report on theme 3a of the 8th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Copenhagen. Meat and Livestock Australia, October, 2005.

Windsor PA. (2005) Research into vaccination against paratuberculosis. Presentation to the Mini-Symposium on Paratuberculosis at the US Annual Animal Health Association Meeting, Hershey, PA, USA, November 4-5 2005.

Windsor PA. (2005) Overview of paratuberculosis in Australia. Presentation to the Mini-Symposium on Paratuberculosis at the US Annual Animal Health Association Meeting, Hershey, PA, USA, November 4-5 2005.

Windsor PA. (2005) Gaining producer buy-in of paratuberculosis control programs. Presentation to JD subcommittee meeting of US Annual Animal Health Association, Hershey, PA, USA. November 6 2005.

Windsor PA. (2005) Review of phalaris intoxications in Australia. Meeting of Australian Society for Animal Production and Australian Grasslands Society. Tocal College, Patterson, November 16 2005.

Windsor PA. (2005) Vaccination against Paratuberculosis: International perspectives. Harvest Year Symposium on Paratuberculosis, Meat and Livestock Australia, Adelaide, December 8-9 2005.

Windsor PA , Eppleston J. (2005) Paratuberculosis: Prevention and control at the herd level. Harvest Year Symposium on Paratuberculosis, Meat and Livestock Australia, Adelaide, December 8-9 2005.

Zhong L, Taylor DL and Whittington RJ. (2005) Proteomic analysis of sheep serum by SELDI TOF-MS: Identification of putative biomarkers of ovine Johne’s disease. Proceedings of the MLA OJD Harvest Year Conference, 8-9 December, 2005, Adelaide. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney pp. 55-59

Other

Non-Referred Conference Papers

Goldsmith K. Detection of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis from blood of subclinically and clinically infected sheep. Postgraduate Conference, TheUniversity of Sydney, 31st October 2005.

Gumber S. Evaluation of a Pourquier ELISA kit for assessment of the humoral immune response in sheep and goats with and without M. paratuberculosis infection. Postgraduate Conference, The University of Sydney on 31st October 2005.

Hamilton SA. An approach to modelling avian influenza in the Australian poultry industry. Postgraduate Conference, The University of Sydney 1 November 2005

Marsh IB, Bannantine JP, Tizard ML, and Whittington RJ. Genomic and proteomic comparative study of the sheep and cattle strains of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Postgraduate Conference, The University of Sydney, 31 October – 1 November, 2005.

McGregor H. Aspects of the biology, transmission and control of OJD. Postgraduate Conference, The University of Sydney, 31 October – 1 November, 2005.

Schembri N, Sithole F, Toribio J-A and Holyoake T. Peri-urban and regional surveillance for biosecurity for the pig industry in eastern Australia. Proceedings Postgraduate Conference, The University of Sydney, 31 October – 1 November, 2005

Zhong L. Biomarker identification for Ovine Johne's Disease using SELDI-TOF MS. Postgraduate Conference, The University of Sydney, 31st October 2005

Refereed Journal Papers In Press (and submitted)

Bush RD, Windsor PA, Toribio J-A. (2005) Losses due to ovine Johne’s disease in 12 infected flocks in NSW. Aust.Vet.J 83: in-press.

Bush RD, Toribio J-A, Windsor PA. (2005) Determining the impact of malnutrition and other causes of losses of adult sheep in 12 flocks during drought. Aust.Vet.J. 83: in-press.

Cavanagh JAL, Tammen I, Bateman JF, Savarirayan R, Windsor PA, Nicholas F, Raadsma HW. (2005) Mutations in Aggrecan cause chondrodysplasia in Dexter cattle. Nature: submitted November 2005.

Clift K, Fahy VA and Holyoake PK Maternal vaccination strategies as an aid to the control of Glasser’s disease in weaner pigs (submitted to Aust Vet J 2005)

Gumber S, Eamens G and Whittington RJ. Evaluation of a Pourquier ELISA kit in relation to agar gel immunodiffusion (AGID) test for assessment of the humoral immune response in sheep and goats with and without Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infection. Submitted to Veterinary Microbiology (September 2005)

Eppleston J, Windsor PA. (2005). Vaccination site lesions in sheep following administration of GudairTM for the control of ovine paratuberculosis – post-farm economic impacts at slaughter. Aust. Vet. J. 83: submitted May 2005.

Gurung RB, Dhungyel OP, Tshering P and Egerton JR. (2005). The use of autogenous Dichelobacter nodosus vaccine to eliminate clinical signs of virulent footrot in a sheep flock in Bhutan. The Veterinary Journal (article in Press).

Gurung RB, Tshering P, Dhungyel OP, and Egerton JR. (2005). Distribution and prevalence of footrot in Bhutan. The Veterinary Journal (article in Press).

Holyoake PK, Stevenson J, Moran C, Stokes R, Kirk EP, Sugo E and Hawthorne WJ. The occurrence of congenital heart defects in an inbred herd of pigs in Australia. Aust Vet J. (accepted for publication Sept 2005)

Holyoake PK, and Callinan APL. How effective is Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae vaccination administered to pigs less than three weeks of age? J Swine Health and Production (accepted for publication October 2005)

Latter MR, Wilkins JF, Latter B, Windsor PA. (2005). Genetics of dwarfism in Angus cattle. Aust. Vet. J. 83: in-press.

Latter MR, Windsor PA. (2005). Morphology and growth of Australian dwarf Angus cattle. Aust. Vet. J. 83: submitted June 2005.

Marsh IB, Bannantine JP, Paustian ML, Tizard ML, Kapur V and Whittington RJ. 2005. Genomic comparison of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis sheep and cattle strains by using microarray hybridization. J. Bacteriology Submitted.

McClelland DJ, Kirkland PD, Rose K, Dixon RJ, Smith N. (2005) Serological Responses of Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia), Indian antelope (Antilope cervicapra), Wallaroos (Macropus robustus), and Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) to an inactivated encephalomyocarditis virus. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine (in press)

McGreevy PJ. Dixon RJ. (2005) The teaching of animal welfare at the University of Sydney's Faculty of Veterinary Science. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (in press)

Mohler VL, Heithoff DM, Mahan MJ, Walker KH, Hornitzky MA, McConnell CS, Shum LWC, House JK. 2005 Cross-protective immunity in calves conferred by a DNA adenine methylase deficient Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium vaccine. Vaccine (article in press)

Power ML, Sangster NC, Slade M, Veal DA. (2005) Patterns of Cryptosporidium oocysts shedding by eastern grey kangaroos inhabiting an Australian watershed. Applied & Environmental Microbiology.(in press)

Sangster NC, Song J, Demeler J. Resistance as a tool for discovering and understanding targets in parasite neuromusculature. Parasitology (in press)

Vickery K, Welschinger R, Pouliopoulos J, Dixon R, Cossart Y. Identification of T cell epitopes associated with immunity within the surface protein of duck hepatitis B virus. Journal of Viral Hepatitis (in press).

Windsor PA. (2005). Ultrastructural findings in ovine segmental axonopathy of Merino sheep. Aust. Vet. J. 83: in-press.

Windsor PA, Cavanagh JAL, Tammen I. (2005). Hydrops foetalis associated with pulmonary hypoplasia in Dexter calves. Aust. Vet. J. 83: submitted March 2005.

Windsor PA, Eppleston J. (2005). Vaccination site lesions in sheep following administration of GudairTM vaccine used in the control of ovine paratuberculosis – adverse reactions on-farm. Aust. Vet. J. 83: submitted May 2005.

Windsor PA. (2005). Research into vaccination against ovine Johne’s Disease in Australia. Small Ruminant Research: in-press. Available on-line at www.sciencedirect.com.

Research reports, Scientific reports and rural press

Toribio J-A, Dhand N and Whittington R. (2005) Final report for the project “Identification of Risk Factors for OJD Infection-Level in Sheep Flocks (OJD.038) submitted to Meat and Livestock Australia on 30 June 2005

Whittington RJ and McGregor H (2005). Epidemiology of ovine Johne’s disease 2 – pasture contamination level and age susceptibility. Meat and Livestock Australia, North Sydney. 49 pp.

Windsor PA. (2005) A longitudinal study of OJD and the effects of whole flock vaccination with Gudair; whole flock OJD vaccination at Merrill. Final Report, MLA Project 015, Meat and Livestock Australia, November 2005.

Windsor PA. (2005). Vet Talk. Inherited diseases, the bigger problem. The Land, Rural Press, February 10th 2005.

Windsor PA. (2005). Why inherited diseases occur in cattle. Australian Dexter Association Dexter Bulletin 66, Autumn, page 1.

Windsor PA. (2005). Vet Talk. OJD moves over for mulesing. The Land, Rural Press, May 26th 2005.