UCD One Health Publications

2023

A preliminary analysis of the variation in circulating 25-hydroxycholecalciferol concentrations in peri-partum spring-calving dairy cows
Ryan, N.J., Brewer, A., Chapwanya, A., et al, Vet Res Commun
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Can Ingoing Contact Chains and other cattle movement network metrics help predict herd-level bovine tuberculosis in Irish cattle herds?
Tratalos, J.A., Fielding, H.R, Madden, J.M et al, Prev Vet Med
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Understanding technology acceptance in smart agriculture: A systematic review of empirical research in crop production
Thomas, R.J, O'Hare, G. & Coyle, D, Technol Forecast Soc Change
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Re-evaluation of the existing health-based guidance values for copper and exposure assessment from all sources
More, S.J., Bampidis, V., Benford, D., et al., EFSA Journal
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2022

Comparative gene expression study highlights molecular similarities between triple negative breast cancer tumours and feline mammary carcinomas
Sommerville, L., Howard, J., Evans, S., et al., Vet Comp Oncol
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A comparative analysis of extracellular vesicles (EVs) from human and feline plasma
Howard, J., Wynn, K., Moldenhauer, E., et al., Sci Rep
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Facilitating stakeholder involvement in Comparative Oncology research: A qualitative analysis of key stakeholder opinions and perceptions
Bollard, S.M., Howard, J., Curtin, K., et al., Vet Comp Oncol
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Teaching Sustainable Food Systems Engineering in the times of a Pandemic
Polanska, M.E., Akkermans, S., Bhonsale, S., et al. IFAC-PapersOnLine
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Simulating partial vaccine protection: BCG in badgers
Smith, G.C., Barber, A., Breslin, P., et al., Prev Vet Med
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Emergence of Congenital Chagas Disease in Ireland
Stone, R.G., Gavin, P., Chiodini, P., et al., Pediatr Infect Dis J
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The Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Babesia divergens in Ixodes ricinus Nymphs Collected from Farm-and Woodland Sites in Ireland
McKiernan, F., Flattery, A., Browne, J., et al., Pathogens
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Meta-analysis: A useful tool to assess infection prevalence and disease ecology of Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato in nymphal ticks in North-Western Europe with recommendations for a standardised approach to future studies
Walsh, R., Gormally, M., Zintl, A., Carlin, C. Parasite Epidemiol Control
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SARS-CoV-2 variant trends in Ireland: Wastewater-based epidemiology and clinical surveillance
Reynolds, L.J., Gonzalez, G., Sala-Comorera, L., et al. Sci Total Environ
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Capacity of a Bayesian model to detect infected herds using disease dynamics and risk factor information from surveillance programmes: A simulation study
Mercat, M., van Roon, A.M., Santman-Berends, I., et al. Prev Vet Med
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Antimicrobial resistance and genomic diversity of Campylobacter jejuni isolates from broiler caeca and neck skin samples collected at key stages during processing.
Emanowicz, M., Meade, J., Burgess, C., et al., Food Control
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Sale of UK's Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre
Glover, R.E., Roberts, A.P, Singer, A.C, Kirchhelle, C. BMJ
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Babesia and Theileria Identification in Adult Ixodid Ticks from Tapada Nature Reserve, Portugal
Fernandez, N., Revuelta, B., Aguilar, I., et al. Pathogens
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Prevalence of Salmonella spp. in slaughter pigs and carcasses in Irish abattoirs and their antimicrobial resistance
Deane, A., Murphy, D., Leonard, F.C., et al. Ir Vet J
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Shotgun metagenomic sequencing of bulk tank milk filters reveals the role of Moraxellaceae and Enterobacteriaceae as carriers of antimicrobial resistance genes
Rubiola, S., Macori, G., Chiesa, F., et al. Food Res Int
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First detection and molecular characterisation of a pigeon aviadenovirus A and pigeon circovirus co-infection associated with Young Pigeon Disease Syndrome (YPDS) in Turkish pigeons (Columba livia domestica)
Sahindokuyucu, I., Turkmen, M.B., Sumer, T., et al. Vet Med Sci
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Selenium-Enriched Mushroom Powder Enhances Intestinal Health and Growth Performance in the Absence of Zinc Oxide in Post-Weaned Pig Diets
Conway, E., Sweeney, T., Dowley, et al. Animals
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Paediatric hospital admissions for psychiatric and psychosocial reasons during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
McDonnell, T., Conlon, C., McNicholas, F. et al. Int Rev Psychiatry
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Evidence for local and international spread of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis through whole genome sequencing of isolates from the island of Ireland
Perets, V., Allen, A., Crispell, J., et al. Vet Microbiol
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Prevalence and levels of Campylobacter in broiler chicken batches and carcasses in Ireland in 2017–2018
Lynch, H., Franklin-Hayes, P., Koolman, L., et al. Int J Food Microbiol
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State of the art review of Big Data and web-based Decision Support Systems (DSS) for food safety risk assessment with respect to climate change
Talari, G., Cummins, E., McNamara, O'Brien, J. Trends Food Sci Technol
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Coprostanol as a Population Biomarker for SARS-CoV-2 Wastewater Surveillance Studies
Reynolds, L.J., Sala-Comorera, L., Faheem Khan, M., et al. Water
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A GIS study to rank Irish agricultural lands with background and anthropogenic concentrations of metal(loid)s in soil
Nag, R., O'Rourke, S.M., Cummins, E. Chemosphere
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Phylodynamic analysis of an emergent Mycobacterium bovis outbreak in an area with no previously known wildlife infections
Rossi, G., Crispell, J., Brough, T., et al. J Appl Ecol
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Critically important antimicrobial resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Irish farm effluent and their removal in integrated constructed wetlands
Prendergast, D.M., O'Doherty, A., Burgess, C.M., et al. Sci Total Environ
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Prevalence of Mycobacterium bovis in milk on dairy cattle farms: An international systematic literature review and meta-analysis
Collins, A.B., Floyd, S., Gordon, S.V., Moore, S.J. Tuberculosis (Edinb)
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Quantitative microbial risk assessment associated with ready-to-eat salads following the application of farmyard manure and slurry or anaerobic digestate to arable lands
Nag, R., Russell, L., Nolan, S., et al. Sci Total Environ
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A comparative risk ranking of antibiotic pollution from human and veterinary antibiotic usage – An Irish case study
Monahan, C., Harris, S., Morris, D., Cummins, E. Sci Total Environ
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Feed to fork risk assessment of mycotoxins under climate change influences - recent developments
Chhaya, R.S., O'Brien, J., Cummins E. Trends Food Sci Technol
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Protective immunity against tuberculosis in a free-living badger population vaccinated orally with Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette–Guérin
Gormley, E., Ni Bhuachalla, D., Fitzsimons, T. et al. Transbound Emerg Dis
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Conflicts between agriculture and biodiversity conservation in Europe: Looking to the future by learning from the past
Lecuyer, L., Alard, D., Calla, S., et al. Adv Ecol Res
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Human health risk assessment of lead (Pb) through the environmental-food pathway
Nag, R., Cummins, E. Sci Total Environ
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Ranking of potential hazards from microplastics polymers in the marine environment
Yuan, Z., Nag, R., Cummins, E. J Hazard Mater
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Optimising predictive models to prioritise viral discovery in zoonotic reservoirs
Becker, D., Albery, G.F., Sjodin, A.R., et al. Lancet
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Human health concerns regarding microplastics in the aquatic environment - From marine to food systems
Yuan, Z., Nag, R., Cummins, E. Sci Total Environ
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Comparative gene expression study highlights molecular similarities between triple negative breast cancer tumours and feline mammary carcinomas
Sommerville, L., Howard, J., Evans, S., Kelly, P., McCann, A. Vet Comp Oncol
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Risk factors and assessment strategies for the evaluation of human or environmental risk from metal(loid)s - A focus on Ireland
Nag, R., O'Rourke, S.M., Cummins, E. Sci Total Environ
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Is there a association between road building and bovine tuberculosis herd risk? A three time-point study in Ireland, 2011-2019
Barroso, P., Breslin, P., McGrath, G., Madden, J.M., Tratalos, J.A., More, S.J., Ryan, E., Byrne, W.A., Barrett, D. Prev Vet Met
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On the importance of integrating comparative anatomy and One Health perspectives in anatomy education
Bhattacharjee, S., Davies, D.C., Holland, J.C., Holmes, J.M., Kilroy, D., McGonnell, I.M., Reynolds, A.L. J Anat
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Minimizing errors in RT-PCR detection and quantification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA for wastewater surveillance
Ahmed, W., Simpson, S.L., Bertsch, P.M., Bibby, K., Bivins, A., et al. Sci Total Environ
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2021

Waves of attention: patters and themes of international antimicrobial resistance reports, 1945-2020
Overton, K., Fortane, N., Broom, A., Raymond, S., Gradmann, C., Oruba, E.S.F, Podolsky, S.H., Van Katwyk, S.R., Zaman, M.H., Kirchhelle, C. BMJ Glob Health
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Protective immunity against tuberculosis in a free-living badger population vaccinated orally with Mycobacterium bovis Bacille Calmette–Guérin
Gormley, E., Ni Bhuachalla, D., Fitzsimons, T., O'Keeffe, J., McGrath, G., Madden, J.M., Fogarty, N., Messam, L.L.M., Murphy, D., Corner, L.A.L. Transbound Emerg Dis
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Bisphenol a and metabolites in meat and meat products: Occurrence, toxicity, and recent development in analytical methods
Siddique, M.A.B., Harrison, S.M., Monahan, F.J., Cummins, E., Brunton, N.P. Foods.
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Quantitative microbial human exposure model for faecal indicator bacteria and risk assessment of pathogenic Escherichia coli in surface runoff following application of dairy cattle slurry and co-digestate to grassland
Nag, R., Nolan, S., O'Flaherty, V., Fenton, O, Richards, K.G., Markey, B.K., Whyte, P., Bolton, D., Cummins, E. J Environ.
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Evaluation of pathogen concentration in anaerobic digestate using a predictive modelling approach (ADRISK)
Nag, R., Auer, A., Nolan, S., Russell, L., Markey, B.K., Whyte, P., O'Flaherty, V., Bolton, D., Fenton, O., Richards, K.G., Cummins, E. Sci Total Environ.
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The Irish Johne's Control Programme
Gavey, L., Citer, L., More, S.J., Graham, D. Front Vet Sci.
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Population mobility trends, deprivation index and the spatio-temporal spread of coronavirus disease 2019 in ireland
Madden, J.M., More, S.J., Teljeur, C., Gleeson, J., Walsh, C., McGrath, G. IJERPH
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Risk assessment of Escherichia coli in bioaerosols generated following land application of farmyard slurry
Nag, R., Monahan, C., Whyte, P., Markey, B.K., O'Flaherty, V., Bolton, D., Fenton, O., Richards, K.G., Cummins, E. Sci Total Environ
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Household vulnerability to food insecurity and the regional food insecurity gap in Kenya
Korir, L., Rizov, M., Ruto, E., Walsh, P.P. Int J Environ Res Public Health
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Cow-level prevalence and risk factors for estrus detection inaccuracy in seasonal calving pasture-based dairy cows
Kelly, E.T., McAloon, C.G., O'Grady, L., Furlong, J., Crowe, M.A., Beltman, M.E. Theriogenolgy
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Service design for climate-smart agriculture
O'Grady, M., Langton, D., Salinari, F., Daly, P., O'Hare, G. Inf Process Agric. 
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Host-directed editing of the SARS-CoV-2 genome
Mourier, T., Sadykov, M., Carr, M.J., Gonzalez, G., Hall, W.W., Pain, A. Biochem Biophys Res Commun.
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Diagnosis of respiratory disease in preweaned dairy calves using sequential thoracic ultrasonography and clinical respiratory scoring: Temporal transitions and association with growth rates
Rhodes, V., Ryan, E.G., Hayes, C.J., McAloon, C., O'Grady, L., Hoey, S., Mee, J.F., Pardon, B., Earley, B., McAloon, C.G. J Dairy Sci.
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Feeding marine polysaccharides to alleviate the negative effects associated with weaning in pigs
O'Doherty, J.V., Venardou, B., Rattigan, R., Sweeney, T. Animals (Basel).
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Mapping global prevalence of acinetobacter baumannii and recent vaccine development to tackle it
Ma, C., McClean, S. Vaccines (Basel).
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There is no market for new antibiotics: This allows an open approach to research and development
Todd, M.H., Klug, D.M., Idiris, F.I.M., Blaskovich, M.A.T, von Delft, F., Dowson, C.G., Kirchhelle, C., Roberts, A.P., Singer, A.C. Wellcome Open Res. 
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A novel high-content screening approach for the elucidation of C. jejuni biofilm composition and integrity
Whelan, M.V.X., Simpson, J.C., O'Croinin, T. BMC Microbiol
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A pilot study on the prevalence of lice in Irish beef cattle and the first Irish report of deltamethrin tolerance in Bovicola bovis
McKiernan, F., O'Connor, J, Minchin, W., O'Riordan, E., Dillon, A., Harrington, M., Zintl, A. Ir Vet J
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The Irish Programme to Eradicate Bovine Viral Diarrhoea Virus—Organization, Challenges, and Progress
Graham, D., More, S.J, O'Sullivan, P., Lane, E., Barrett, D., Lozano, J.M., Thulke, H.H., Verner, S., Guelbenzu, M. Front Vet Sci.
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Timing of transcriptomic peripheral blood mononuclear cell responses of sheep to Fasciola hepatica infection differes from those of cattle, reflecting different disease phenotypes
Niedziela, D.A., Naranjo-Lucena, A., Molina-Hernandez, V., Browne, J.A., Martinez-Morenao, A., Perez, J., MacHugh, D.E., Mulcahy, G. Front Immunol.
doi: 1(opens in a new window)0.3389/fimmu.2021.729217

Evaluation of the in vitro effects of the increasing i clusion levels of yeast-glucan, a casein hydrolysate and its 5 kDa retentate on selected bacterial populations and strains commonly found in the gastrointestinal tract of pigs
Venardou, B., O'Doherty, J.V., McDonnell, M.J., Mukhopadhya, A., Kiely, C., Ryan, M.T., Sweeney, T. Food Funct.
doi: (opens in a new window)10.1039/d0fo02269a

Johne's Disease in dairy cattle: An immunogenetic perspective
Mallikarjunappa, S., Brito, L.F., Pant, S.D., Schenkel, F.S., Meade, K.G., Karrow, N.A Front Vet Sci.
doi: (opens in a new window)10.3389/fvets.2021.718987

Decay of infectious SARS-CoV-2 and surrogates in aquatic environments
Sala-Comorera, Reynolds, L.J., Martin, N.A., O'Sullivan, J.J., Meijre, W.G., Fletcher, N.F. Water Res.
doi: 1(opens in a new window)0.1016/j.watres.2021.1177090 

Outbreak of acute larval cyathostominosis - A 'perfect storm' of inflammation and dysbiosis
Walshe, N., Mulchay, G., Crispie, F., Cabrera-Rubio, R., Cotter., Jahns, H., Duggan., V. Equine Vet J.
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Bacterial and bacteriophage antibiotic resistance in marine bathing waters in relation to rivers and urban streams
Sala-Comorera, L., Nolan, T.M., Reynolds, L.J., Venkatesh, A., Cheung, L., et al. Front Microbiol.
doi: (opens in a new window)10.3389/fmicb.2021.718234

Modelling transmission and control of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis within Irish dairy herds with compact spring calving
Biemans, F., Romdhane, R.B., Gontier, P., Fourichon, C., Ramsbottom, G., More, S.J., Ezanno, P. Prev Vet Med.
doi: (opens in a new window)10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105228