Selected Papers by VLA Scientists
Emerging Diseases and Welfare
Barlow AM 2006
Hemlock poisoning in pigs.
Pig Journal (57) 254-258.
Barlow AM, Monies RJ 2006
Bovine tuberculosis in pigs in Cornwall and
the west of England.
Pig Journal (58) 204-211.
Bates P 2006
Controlling ectoparasites.
Sheep Farmer 25 (3) 16-21.
Bisdorff B, Milnes A, Wall R 2006
Prevalence and regional distribution of scab,
lice and blowfly strike in Great Britain.
Veterinary Record 158 (22) 749-752.
De las Heras M, Ortin A, Benito A,
Summers C, Ferrer LM, Sharp JM 2006
In-situ demonstration of mitogen-activated
protein kinase Erk 1/2 signalling pathway in
contagious respiratory tumours of sheep and
goats.
Journal of Comparative Pathology 135 (1)
1-10.
Delahay RJ, Carter SP, Forrester GJ,
Mitchell A, Cheeseman CL 2006
Habitat correlates of group size, bodyweight
and reproductive performance in a highdensity
Eurasian badger (Meles meles)
population.
Journal of Zoology 270 (3) 437-447.
Done SH 2006
Summary of the proceedings of the 19th
International Pig Veterinary Society Congress
held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 16th-
19th July 2006.
Pig Journal (58) 220-268.
Featherstone C, Reichel R,
Gaudie C, Done SH 2006
Oesophageal muscular hyperplasia and
hypertrophy: a response to cardial stenosis
caused by parakeratosis and ulceration.
Pig Journal (57) 231-239.
Gaudie C, Wragg P, Done S,
Toszeghy M 2006
Porcines, abortion and arcobacters - a
summary.
Pig Journal (58) 99-107.
Gear RNA, Bacon NJ, Langley-Hobbs S,
Watson PJ, Woodger N, Herrtage ME
2006
Panniculitis, polyarthritis and osteomyelitis
associated with pancreatic neoplasia in two
dogs.
Journal of Small Animal Practice 47 (7) 400-
404.
Gough RE, Drury SE, Culver F,
Britton P, Cavanagh D 2006
Isolation of a coronavirus from a greencheeked
Amazon parrot (Amazon
viridigenalis Cassin).
Avian Pathology 35 (2) 122-126.
Harwood D 2007
The investigation of abortion in goats and
the potential causes.
Goat Veterinary Society Journal (23) 40-45.
Harwood D 2007
UK goat disease surveillance - an update.
Goat Veterinary Society Journal (23) 3-5.
Harwood D 2006
VLA welfare observations associated with
endemic disease in England and Wales.
Cattle Practice 14 (3) 161-165.
Jackson G, Bidewell CA,
Woodger NGA, Williamson SM,
Higgins RJ, Frossard JP, Brown IH,
Ryan JBM, Robertson S, Naidu B,
Banks M, Drew TW, Cook AJC 2006
Viral pneumonia in pigs in England and
Wales 1999-2005.
Pig Journal (58) 166-181.
Jarmin S, Manvell R, Gough RE, Laidlaw SM, Skinner MA 2006
Avipoxvirus phylogenetics: identification of a
PCR length polymorphism that discriminates
between the two major clades.
Journal of General Virology 87 (8) 2191-
2201.
Jarmin SA, Manvell R, Gough RE, Laidlaw SM, Skinner MA 2006
Retention of 1.2 kbp of ‘novel’ genomic
sequence in two European field isolates and
some vaccine strains of fowlpox virus
extends open reading frame fpv241.
Journal of General Virology 87 (12) 3545-
3549.
Lindberg A, Brownlie J, Gunn GJ, Houe H,
Moennig V, Saatkamp HW, Sandvik T, Valle PS 2006
The control of bovine viral diarrhoea virus in
Europe: today and in the future.
Revue Scientifique et Technique 25 (3) 961-
979.
Marriott L, Willoughby K, Chianini F,
Dagleish MP, Scholes S, Robinson AC,
Gould EA, Nettleton PF 2006
Detection of Louping ill virus in clinical
specimens from mammals and birds using
TaqMan RT-PCR.
Journal of Virological Methods 137 (1) 21-
28.
McAuliffe L, Lawes J, Bell S,
Barlow A, Ayling R, Nicholas R 2006
The detection of Mycoplasma (formerly
Eperythrozoon) wenyonii by 16S rDNA PCR
and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis.
Veterinary Microbiology 117 (2-4) 292-296.
Mearns R 2007
Abortion in sheep 1. Investigation and
principal causes.
In Practice 29 (1) 40-46.
Michael E, Malecela-Lazaro MN, Kabali C,
Snow LC, Kazura JW 2006
Mathematical models and lymphatic filariasis
control: endpoints and optimal interventions.
Trends in Parasitology 22 (5) 226-233.
Milnes AS, Binns SH, Oliver SL,
Bridger JC 2007
Retrospective study of noroviruses in samples
of diarrhoea from cattle, using the Veterinary
Laboratories Agency’s Farmfile database.
Veterinary Record 160 (10) 326-330.
Monies RJ 2006
Tuberculous pneumonia and BVD in housed
calves.
Government Veterinary Journal 16 (1) 81-86.
Otter A, Cranwell M 2007
Differential diagnosis of diarrhoea in adult
cattle.
In Practice 29 (1) 9-19.
Pritchard GC 2006
Bulk milk antibody testing: where are we
now?
Cattle Practice 14 (3) 175-179.
Reichel R, Gaudie C, Done SH,
Teale CJ 2006
Swine dysentery and antibiotic resistance.
Pig Journal (58) 212-217.
Scott K, Chennels DJ, Campbell FM,
Hunt B, Armstrong D, Taylor L, Gill BP,
Edwards SA 2006
The welfare of finishing pigs in two
contrasting housing systems: fully-slatted
versus straw-bedded accommodation.
Livestock Science 103 (1-2) 104-115.
Simpson VR, Birtles RJ, Bown KJ, Panciera RJ,
Butler H, Davison N 2006
Hepatozoon species infection in wild red
squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris) on the Isle of
Wight.
Veterinary Record 159 (7) 202-205.
Snow LC, Cook AJC 2006
Analysis of a single farm outbreak of
postweaning multisystemic wasting
syndrome (PMWS) using routine production
data to identify individual and group-level
risk factors for disease.
Proceedings Society of Veterinary
Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine,
Exeter, 29-32 March 2006, 50-60.
Snow LC, Bockarie MJ, Michael E 2006
Transmission dynamics of lymphatic filariasis:
vector-specific density dependence in the
development of Wuchereria bancrofti infective larvae in mosquitoes.
Medical and Veterinary Entomology 20 (3)
261-272.
Twomey DF, Griffiths PC,
Horigan MW, Hignett BC, Martin TP 2006
An investigation into the role of
Chlamydophila spp. in bovine upper
respiratory disease.
Veterinary Journal 171 (3) 574-576.
Twomey DF, Campbell I, Cranwell MP, Nettleton PF, Sayers G 2006
Multisystemic necrotising vasculitis in a
pygmy goat (Capra hircus).
Veterinary Record 158 (25) 867-869.
Twomey DF, Boon JD, Aktan I,
La Ragione RM, Higgins RJ, Preston GD
2007
Streptococcus bovis biotype I
meningoencephalitis in an alpaca (Lama
pacos) cria.
Veterinary Record 160 (10) 337-339.
Twomey F, Cook A, Miller A, Armstrong D, Gayford P, Howell M 2007
The zoonoses action plan for the control of
Salmonella in finishing pigs.
Government Veterinary Journal 17 (1) 28-31.
Watson PJ, Scholes SFE, Smith RP 2006
Characteristics, prevalence and aetiology of
lesions of the oral mucosa in adult sheep.
Veterinary Record 158 (20) 687-689.
Williamson SM, Gaudie C 2006
Leptospira serovars in UK pigs project
OD0214 activities at VLA regional
laboratories.
Pig Journal (58) 108-111.
