School of Life and Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions
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Can early host responses to mycobacterial infection predict eventual disease outcomes?
Published 2013-01-01Diagnostic tests used for Johne’s disease in sheep either have poor sensitivity and specificity or only detect disease in later stages of infection. Predicting which of the infected sheep are likely to become infectious ...Open AccessArticle -
Anthropogenic and environmental risk factors for rabies occurrence in Bhutan.
Published 2012-01-01Anthropogenic and environmental factors were assessed as predictors of sub-districts in Bhutan that reported rabies in domestic animals during the period 1996−2009. Rabies surveillance data were retrieved from the Veterinary ...Open AccessArticle -
Rabies virus strains circulating in Bhutan: implications for control.
Published 2011-01-01We report a molecular epidemiological study of rabies virus strains circulating in animal populations in Bhutan, and investigate potential origins of these viruses. Twenty-three rabies virus isolates originating from dogs ...Open AccessArticle -
Comparative study of the commonly used virulence tests for laboratory diagnosis of ovine footrot caused by Dichelobacter nodosus in Australia.
Published 2013-01-01Footrot in sheep and goats is expressed as a spectrum of clinical entities ranging from benign, which is a self limiting interdigital dermatitis to highly virulent, in which severe under running of the horn of the hoof ...Open AccessArticle -
Pig producers' perceptions of the Influenza Pandemic H1N1/09 outbreak and its effect on their biosecurity practices in Australia.
Published 2012-01-01The Influenza Pandemic (H1N1/09) virus was first reported in humans in Mexico in April 2009 and a pandemic level was declared on 11th of June 2009 by the World Health Organization (Chan, 2009; WHO, 2009a). Public misconceptions ...Open AccessArticle