Challenges and priorities for modelling livestock health and pathogens in the context of climate change
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Özkan, Ş., Vitali, A., Lacetera, N., Amon, B., Bannink, A., Bartley, D. J., …Kipling, R. P. (2016)
Challenges and priorities for modelling livestock health and pathogens in the context of climate change. Environmental Research, 151, 130-144. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2016.07.033
Climate change has the potential to impair livestock health, with consequences for animal welfare, productivity, greenhouse gas emissions, and human livelihoods and health. Mo...
MAPK Activation Is Essential for Waddlia chondrophila Induced CXCL8 Expression in Human Epithelial Cells
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Storrie, S., Longbottom, D., Barlow, P. G., & Wheelhouse, N. (2016)
MAPK Activation Is Essential for Waddlia chondrophila Induced CXCL8 Expression in Human Epithelial Cells. PLOS ONE, 11(3), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0152193
Background
Waddlia chondrophila (W. chondrophila) is an emerging agent of respiratory and reproductive disease in humans and cattle. The organism is a member of the order Chla...
Evidence of members of the Chlamydiales in bovine abortions in England and Wales
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Wheelhouse, N., Mearns, R., Willoughby, K., Wright, E., Turnbull, D., & Longbottom, D. (2015)
Evidence of members of the Chlamydiales in bovine abortions in England and Wales. Veterinary Record, 176, 465. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.103075
Despite the economical importance and welfare issues associated with bovine abortion, as well as the potential zoonotic implications, the rate of diagnosis remains low with a ...
Chlamydia-related Organisms: Infection in Ruminants and Potential for Zoonotic transmission
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Wheelhouse, N., & Longbottom, D. (2015)
Chlamydia-related Organisms: Infection in Ruminants and Potential for Zoonotic transmission. Current Clinical Microbiology Reports, 2(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40588-014-0011-x
The chlamydiae are a diverse group of obligate intracellular Gram-negative bacteria that are known to infect a wide variety of host species and are responsible for a wide rang...
Chlamydia in cases of bovine abortion in Ireland
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Wheelhouse, N., Longbottom, D., & O'Donovan, J. (2014)
Chlamydia in cases of bovine abortion in Ireland. Veterinary Record, 174(22), 560-561. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.g3567
We report the findings of a preliminary investigation into chlamydial involvement in cases of bovine abortion in Ireland. Chlamydia abortus has long been recognised as a known...
An unusual presentation of Chlamydia pneumoniaeinfection in a Royal Python (Python regius)
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Cope, I., Wheelhouse, N., Pocknell, A., Dagleish, M., & Summers, B. (2014)
An unusual presentation of Chlamydia pneumoniaeinfection in a Royal Python (Python regius). Veterinary record case reports, 2(1), https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreccr-2014-000086
Chlamydia species are a relatively newly recognised and emerging pathogen in reptile species. Chlamydia pneumoniae has been reported to cause infections in several snake speci...
Diagnosing the causes of ruminant abortion: where are we now?
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Wheelhouse, N., & Dalgleish, M. (2014)
Diagnosing the causes of ruminant abortion: where are we now?. Veterinary Journal, 201(3), 243-244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2014.05.042
Risk factors associated with Lawsonia intracellularis in English pig farms
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Bae, J. K., Wieland, B., Sait, M., Longbottom, D., Smith, D. G. E., Alarcon, P. & Wheelhouse, N. (2013)
Risk factors associated with Lawsonia intracellularis in English pig farms. Veterinary Journal. 197(3), 707-11. doi:10.1016/j.tvjl.2013.03.020. ISSN 1090-0233
Porcine proliferative enteropathy (PPE) caused by the bacterium Lawsonia intracellularis causes considerable economic loss to the pig industry. The objective of this study was...
Genome Sequence of Lawsonia intracellularis Strain N343, Isolated from a Sow with Hemorrhagic Proliferative Enteropathy
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Sait, M., Aitchison, K., Wheelhouse, N., Wilson, K., Alex Lainson, F., Longbottom, D., & Smith, D. G. E. (2013)
Genome Sequence of Lawsonia intracellularis Strain N343, Isolated from a Sow with Hemorrhagic Proliferative Enteropathy. Genome Announcements, 1(1), https://doi.org/10.1128/genomeA.00027-13
Lawsonia intracellularis is the etiological agent of proliferative enteropathy (PE), causing mild or acute hemorrhagic diarrhea in infected animals. Here we report the genome ...
Chlamydia in cases of cattle pneumonia in Scotland
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Wheelhouse, N., Longbottom, D., & Willoughby, K. (2013)
Chlamydia in cases of cattle pneumonia in Scotland. Veterinary Record, 172(4), 110. https://doi.org/10.1136/vr.f469