Peer reviewed papers - 2014
* Aguilo, N., Toledo, A.M., Lopez-Roman, E.M., Perez-Herran, E., Gormley, E., Rullas-Trincado, J., Angulo-Barturen, I., Martin, C., 2014. Pulmonary Mycobacterium bovis BCG vaccination confers dose-dependent superior protection compared to that of subcutaneous vaccination. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 21, 594-597. [DOI link]
Aznar, I., Frankena, K., More, S.J., Whelan, C., Martin, W., Gormley, E., Corner, L.A.L., Murphy, D., De Jong, M.C.M., 2014. Optimising and evaluating the characteristics of a multiple antigen ELISA for detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection in a badger vaccine field trial. PLoS One 9, e100139. [DOI link]
Byrne, A.W., Acevedo, P., Green, S., O'Keeffe, J., 2014. Estimating badger social-group abundance in the Republic of Ireland using cross-validated species distribution modelling. Ecological Indicators 43, 94–102. [DOI link]
Byrne, A.W., Quinn, J.L., O'Keeffe, J.J., Green, S., Sleeman, D.P., Martin, S.W., Davenport, J., 2014. Large-scale movements in European badgers: has the tail of the movement kernel been underestimated? Journal of Animal Ecology 83, 991-1001. [DOI link]
Byrne, A.W., White, P.W., McGrath, G., O'Keeffe, J., Martin, S.W., 2014. Risk of tuberculosis cattle herd breakdowns in Ireland: effects of badger culling effort, density and historic large-scale interventions. Veterinary Research 45, 109. [DOI link]
Canty, M.J., Scanlon, A., Collins, D.M., McGrath, G., Clegg, T.A., Lane, E., Sheridan, M.K., More, S.J., 2014. Cadmium and other heavy metal concentrations in bovine kidneys in the Republic of Ireland. Science of the Total Environment 485/486, 223-231. [DOI link]
Canty, M.J., Fogarty, U., Sheridan, M.K., Ensley, S., Schrunk, D.E., More, S.J., 2014. Ergot alkaloid intoxication in perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne): an emerging animal health concern in Ireland? Irish Veterinary Journal 67, 21. [DOI link]
Clegg, T.A., Morrissey, T., Geoghegan, F., Martin, S.W., Lyons, K., Ashe, S., More, S.J., 2014. Risk factors associated with increased mortality of farmed Pacific oysters in Ireland during 2011. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 113, 257-267. [DOI link]
Cowley, D.J.B., Graham, D.A., Guelbenzu, M., Doherty, M.L., More, S.J., 2014. Aspects of bovine herpesvirus 1 and bovine viral diarrhoea virus herd-level seroprevalence and vaccination in dairy and beef herds in Northern Ireland. Irish Veterinary Journal 67, 18. [DOI link]
Devitt, C., Kelly, P., Blake, M., Hanlon, A., More, S.J., 2014. Dilemmas experienced by government veterinarians when responding professionally to farm animal welfare incidents in Ireland. Veterinary Record Open 1, E000003. [DOI link]
Doherty, M., More, S.J., Mee, J., 2014. Significant milestone for the Irish Veterinary Journal. Irish Veterinary Journal 67, 23. [DOI link]
Doherty, N., More, S.J., Somers, J., 2014. Risk factors for lameness on 10 dairy farms in Ireland. Veterinary Record 174, 609. [DOI link]
Geraghty, T., Graham, D.A., Mullowney, P., More, S.J., 2014. A review of bovine Johne’s disease control activities in 6 endemically infected countries. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 116, 1-11. [DOI link]
* Gormley, E., Corner, L.A.L., Costello, E., Rodriguez-Campos, S., 2014. Bacteriological diagnosis and molecular strain typing of Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium caprae. Research in Veterinary Science 97, S30-S43. [DOI link]
Harley, S., Boyle, L.A., O’Connell, N.E., More, S.J., Teixeira, D.L., Hanlon, A., 2014. Docking the value of pigmeat? Prevalence and financial implications of welfare lesions in Irish slaughter pigs. Animal Welfare 23, 275-285. [DOI link]
* Killick, K.E., Magee, D.A., Park, S.D.E., Taraktsoglou, M., Browne, J.A., Conlon, K.M., Nalpas, N.C., Gormley, E., Gordon, S.V., MacHugh, D.E., Hokamp, K., 2014. Key hub and bottleneck genes differentiate the macrophage response to virulent and attenuated Mycobacterium bovis. Frontiers in Immunology 5, 422. [DOI link]
* Magee, D.A., Conlon, K.M., Nalpas, N.C., Browne, J.A., Pirson, C., Healy, C., McLoughlin, K.E., Chen, J., Vordermeier, H.M., Gormley, E., MacHugh, D.E., Gordon, S.V., 2014. Innate cytokine profiling of bovine alveolar macrophages reveals commonalities and divergence in the response to Mycobacterium bovis and Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection. Tuberculosis 94, 441–450. [DOI link]
* McClune, D.W., Marks, N.J., Wilson, R.P., Houghton, J.D.R., Montgomery, I.W., McGowan, N.E., Gormley, E., Scantlebury, M., 2014. Tri-axial accelerometers quantify behaviour in the Eurasian badger (Meles meles): towards an automated interpretation of field data. Animal Biotelemetry 2, 5. [DOI link]
McGrath, G., Clegg, T.A., More, S.J., 2014. Recent spatial changes in bovine tuberculosis in the Republic of Ireland. Veterinary Record 175, 45. [DOI link]
* McLoughlin, K.E., Nalpas, N.C., Rue-Albrecht, K., Browne, J.A., Magee, D.A., Killick, K.E., Park, S.D.E., Hokamp, K., Meade, K.G., O’Farrelly, C., Gormley, E., Gordon, S.V., MacHugh, D.E., 2014. RNA-seq transcriptional profiling of peripheral blood leukocytes from cattle infected with Mycobacterium bovis. Frontiers in Immunology 5, 396. [DOI link]
* Murphy, D., Costello, E., Aldwell, F.E., Lesellier, S., Chambers, M.A., Fitzsimons, T., Corner, L.A.L., Gormley, E., 2014. Oral vaccination of badgers (Meles meles) against tuberculosis: Comparison of the protection generated by BCG vaccine strains Pasteur and Danish. The Veterinary Journal 200, 362-367. [DOI link]
Richardson, I.W., Bradley, D.G., Higgins, I.M., More, S.J., McClure, J., Berry, D.P., 2014. Variance components for susceptibility to Mycobacterium bovis infection in dairy and beef cattle. Genetics Selection Evolution 46, 77. [DOI link]
# Sheridan, M., Good, M., More, S.J., Gormley, E., 2014. The impact of an integrated wildlife and bovine tuberculosis eradication program in Ireland. In Zoonotic tuberculosis: mycobacterium bovis and other pathogenic mycobacteria, 323-340, 3rd edition, Thoen, C.O., Steele, J.H., Kaneene, J.B., (editors), Wiley-Blackwell, Iowa, USA. [DOI link]
*** Sleeman, D.P., Collins, D.M., Davenport, J., 2014. Where and when badger (Meles meles) road casualties occurred in the Four Area Study. Irish Naturalists’ Journal 33, 119-123. [Link]
Zintl, A., McGrath, G., O'Grady, L., Fanning, J., Downing, K., Roche, D., Casey, M., Gray, J.S., 2014. Changing epidemiology of the tick-borne bovine parasite, Babesia divergens. Parasites & Vectors 7 (Suppl 1), 08. [DOI link]
Zintl, A., McGrath, G., O'Grady, L., Fanning, J., Downing, K., Roche, D., Casey, M., Gray, J.S., 2014. Changing incidence of bovine babesiosis in Ireland. Irish Veterinary Journal 67, 19. [DOI link]
# CVERA Board of management
* The TB Diagnostics and Immunology Research Centre and The Badger Vaccine Project
** DAFM Veterinary Laboratory Service
*** UCC School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences
**** School of Natural Sciences, Trinity College Dublin
