Peer reviewed papers - Pre 2004
Collins, J.D., 2001. Tuberculosis in cattle: new perspectives. Tuberculosis 81, 17-21. [DOI link]
Collins, J.D., 1999. Tuberculosis in cattle: reducing the risk of herd exposure. UK Vet 5, 35-39. [Link]
Collins, J.D., 1999. Tuberculosis in cattle: interpretation and application of tuberculin test and post-mortem data. UK Vet 5, 40-44. [Link]
Collins, D.M., de Lisle, G.W., Collins, J.D., Costello, E., 1994. DNA restriction fragment typing of Mycobacterium bovis isolates from cattle and badgers in Ireland. Veterinary Record 134, 681-682. [DOI link]
** Costello, E., O'Grady, D., Flynn, O., O'Brien, R., Rogers, M., Quigley, F., Egan, J., Griffin, J., 1999. Study of restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis and spoligotyping for epidemiological investigation of Mycobacterium bovis infection. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 37, 3217-3222. [Link]
** Costello, E., O'Reilly, P.F., Yearsley, D.K., O'Grady, D.P., O'Reilly, L.M., Collins, J.D., Monaghan, M.L., Bassett, H.F., 1997. A study of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the diagnosis of tuberculosis in cattle. Irish Veterinary Journal 50, 35-38. [Link]
** Costello, E., Quigley, F., Flynn, O., Gogarthy, A., McGuirk, J., Murphy, A., Dolan, L., 1998. Laboratory examination of suspected tuberculous lesions detected on abattoir post mortem examination of cattle from non-reactor herds. Irish Veterinary Journal 51, 248-250. [Link]
Dolan, L.A., Lynch, K., 1992. Badgers and bovine tuberculosis. Irish Veterinary Journal 45, 133-135. [Link]
** Egan, J., Leonard, N., Griffin, J., Hanlon, A., Poole, D., 2001. A survey of some factors relevant to animal welfare on 249 dairy farms in the Republic of Ireland / data on housing, calving and calf husbandry. Irish Veterinary Journal 54, 388-392. [Link]
Eves, J.A., 1999. Impact of badger removal on bovine tuberculosis in east County Offaly. Irish Veterinary Journal 52, 199-203. [Link]
Flanagan, P.A., Kelly, G., 1996. A study of tuberculosis breakdowns in herds in which some purchased animals were identified as reactors. Irish Veterinary Journal 49, 704-706. [Link]
* Gormley, E., Collins, J.D., 2000. The development of wildlife control strategies for eradication of tuberculosis in cattle in Ireland. Tubercle and Lung Disease 80, 229-236. [DOI link]
* Gormley, E., Costello, E., 2003. Tuberculosis and badgers: New approaches to diagnosis and control. Journal of Applied Microbiology 94, 80-86. [DOI link]
Grange, J.M., Collins, J.D., O’Reilly, L.M., Costello, E., Yates, M .D., 1990. Identification and characterisation of Mycobacterium bovis isolated from cattle, badgers and deer in the Republic of Ireland. Irish Veterinary Journal 43, 33-35. [Link]
Griffin, J.M., Hahesy, T., Lynch, K., Salman, M.D., McCarthy, J., Hurley, T., 1993. The association of cattle husbandry practices, environmental factors and farmer characteristics with the occurrence of chronic bovine tuberculosis in dairy herds in the Republic of Ireland. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 17, 145-160. [DOI link]
Griffin, J.M., Martin, S.W., Thorburn, M.A., Eves, J.A., Hammond, R.F., 1996. A case-control study on the association of selected risk factors with the occurrence of bovine tuberculosis in the Republic of Ireland. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 27, 75-87 [DOI link] and 27, 217-229. [DOI link]
Griffin, J.M., Dolan, L.A., 1995. The role of cattle-to-cattle transmission of Mycobacterium bovis in the epidemiology of tuberculosis in cattle in the Republic of Ireland: A review. Irish Veterinary Journal 48, 228-234. [Link]
Griffin, J.M., O'Reilly, P.J., 2003. Epidemiology and control of an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Republic of Ireland in 2001. Veterinary Record 152, 705-712. [DOI link]
Hammond, R.F., McGrath, G., Martin, S.W., 2001. Irish soil and land-use classifications as predictors of numbers of badgers and badger setts. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 51, 137-148. [DOI link]
Healy, A.M., Hanlon, A.J., Weavers, E., Collins, J.D., Doherty, M.L., 2002. A behavioural study of scrapie-affected sheep. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 79, 89-102. [DOI link]
Healy, A.M., Weavers, E., McElroy, M., Gomez-Parada, M., Collins, J.D., O’Doherty, E., Sweeney, T., Doherty, M.L., 2003. The clinical neurology of scrapie in Irish sheep. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 17, 908-916. [Link]
** Leonard, N., Egan. J., Griffin, J., Hanlon, A., Poole, D., 2001. A survey of some factors relevant to animal welfare on 249 dairy farms in the Republic of Ireland Part 2: Data on incidence of disease, culling and biosecurity measures. Irish Veterinary Journal 54, 454-456. [Link]
Martin, S.W., Eves, J.A., Dolan, L.A., Hammond, R.F., Griffin, J.M., Collins, J.D., Shoukri, M.M., 1997. The association between the bovine tuberculosis status of herds in the East Offaly Project Area, and the distance to badger setts, 1988-1993. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 31, 113-125. [DOI link]
* Monaghan, M.L., Doherty, M.L., Collins, J.D., Kazda, J.F., Quinn, P.J., 1994. The tuberculin test. Veterinary Microbiology 40, 111-124. [DOI link]
* Monaghan, M.L., Quinn, P.J., Kelly, A.P., McGill, K., McMurray, C., O'Crowley, K., Bassett, H.F., Costello, E., Quigley, F., Rothel, J.S., Wood, P.R., Collins, J.D., 1997. A pilot trial to evaluate the gamma-interferon assay for the detection of Mycobacterium bovis infected cattle under Irish conditions. Irish Veterinary Journal 50, 229-232. [Link]
Olea-Popelka, F.J., Griffin, J.M., Collins, J.D., McGrath, G., Martin, S.W., 2003. Bovine tuberculosis in badgers in four areas in Ireland: does tuberculosis cluster? Preventive Veterinary Medicine 59, 103-111. [DOI link]
Ó Máirtín, D., Williams, D.H., Dolan, L., Eves, J.A., Collins, J.D., 1998. The influence of selected herd factors and a badger-intervention tuberculosis-control programme on the risk of a herd-level trade restriction to a bovine population in Ireland. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 35, 79-90. [DOI link]
Ó Máirtín, D., Williams, D.H., Griffin, J.M., Dolan, L.A., Eves, J.A., 1998. The effect of a badger removal programme on the incidence of tuberculosis in an Irish cattle population. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 34, 47-56. [DOI link]
* Southey, A., Costello, E., Gormley, E., 2002. Detection of Mycobacterium bovis infection and production of interleukin-2 by in vitro stimulation of badger lymphocytes. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 87, 73-78. [DOI link]
* Southey, A., Sleeman, D.P.S., Dalley, D., Lloyd, K., Chambers, M., Hewinson, R.G., Gormley, E., 2001. Immunological responses of Eurasian badgers (Meles meles) vaccinated with Mycobacterium bovis BCG (Bacille Calmette Guerin). Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology 79, 197-207. [DOI link]
* Southey, A. K., Sleeman, D.P., Gormley, E., 2002. Sulfadimethoxine and rhodamine B as oral biomarkers for European badgers (Meles meles). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 38, 378-384. [Link]
* Whyte, P., McGill, K., Collins, J.D., Gormley, E., 2002. The prevalence and PCR detection of Salmonella contamination in raw poultry. Veterinary Microbiology 89, 53-60. [DOI link]
* 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
