Selected Papers by VLA Scientists
Food and Environmental Safety
Aktan I, La Ragione RM,
Woodward MJ 2007
Colonisation, persistence, and tissue tropism
of Escherichia coli O26 in conventionally
reared weaned lambs.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73
(3) 691-698.
Anjum MF 2007
Revealing the mosaic nature of Salmonella
genomes using microarrays.
In: Rhen M (ed); Maskell D (ed); Mastroeni P
(ed); Threlfall J (ed), Salmonella: molecular
biology and pathogenesis, Horizon
Bioscience, Wymondham, 2007, 169-190.
Anjum MF, Tucker JD, Sprigings A,
Woodward MJ, Ehricht R 2006
Use of miniaturized protein arrays for
Escherichia coli O serotyping.
Clinical and Vaccine Immunology 13 (5) 561-
567.
Buckley AM, Webber MA, Cooles S,
Randall LP, La Ragione RM,
Woodward MJ, Piddock LJ 2006
The AcrAB-TolC efflux system of Salmonella Enterica serovar Typhimurium plays a role in
pathogenesis.
Cellular Microbiology 8 (5) 847-856.
Caprioli A, Morabito S, Scheutz F, Chart H,
Oswald E, Brigotti M, Monnens L, Aspan A,
La Ragione R, Low C, Newell D 2006
Pathogenesis of verocytotoxin/Shiga toxinproducing
Escherichia coli infection.
Emerging Infectious Diseases 12 (8).
Chen L, Geys H, Cawthraw S, Havelaar A,
Teunis P 2006
Dose response for infectivity of several
strains of Campylobacter jejuni in chickens.
Risk Analysis 26 (6) 1613-1621.
Coldham NG, Randall LP, Piddock LJV,
Woodward MJ 2006
Effect of fluoroquinolone exposure on the
proteome of Salmonella Enterica serovar
Typhimurium.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 58
(6) 1145-1153.
Cook AJC, Miller AJ, O’Connor J,
Marier EA, Williamson SM, Hayden J,
Featherstone CA, Twomey DF,
Davies RH 2006
Investigating Salmonella infection on
problem pig farms (ZAP level 3) - case
studies in England.
Pig Journal (58) 190-203.
Danaher M, Howells LC, Crooks SRH,
Cerkvenik-Flajs V, O’Keefe M 2006
Review of methodology for the
determination of macrocyclic lactone
residues in biological matrices.
Journal of Chromatography B 844 (2) 175-
203.
Davison HC, Sayers AR, Smith RP,
Evans SJ, Weaver JP, Pascoe SJS,
Davies RH 2006
Risk factors associated with the Salmonella
status of dairy farms in England and Wales.
Veterinary Record 159 (26) 871-880.
Gresham A, Done S, Livesey C, MacDonald S, Chan D, Sayers R, Clark C,
Kemp P 2006
Survey of pigs’ kidneys with lesions
consistent with PMWS and PDNS and
ochratoxicosis. Part 1: concentrations and
prevalence of ochratoxin A.
Veterinary Record 159 (22) 737-742.
Gresham A, Done S, Livesey C, MacDonald S, Chan D, Sayers R, Clark C,
Kemp P 2006
Survey of pigs’ kidneys with lesions
consistent with PMWS and PDNS and
ochratoxicosis. Part 2: pathological and
histological findings.
Veterinary Record 159 (23) 761-768.
Hopkins KL, Liebana E, Villa L,
Batchelor M, Threlfall EJ, Carattoli A
2006
Replicon typing of plasmids carrying CTX-M
or CMY beta-lactamases circulating among
Salmonella and Escherichia coli isolates.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 50
(9) 3203-3206.
Kosmider R Kelly L Evans S, Gettinby G
2006
A statistical system for detecting Salmonella
outbreaks in British livestock.
Epidemiology and Infection 134 (5) 952-960.
La Ragione RM, Best A, Clifford D,
Weyer U, Johnson L, Marshall RN,
Marshall J, Cooley WA, Farrelly S, Pearson GR, Woodward MJ 2006
Influence of colostrum deprivation and
concurrent Cryptosporidium parvum infection on the colonisation and persistence
of Escherichia coli O157:H7
in young lambs.
Journal of Medical Microbiology 55 (7) 819-
828.
Lee MD, Newell DG 2006
Campylobacter in poultry: filling an
ecological niche.
Avian Diseases 50 (1) 1-9.
Liebana E, Batchelor M, Hopkins KL,
Clifton-Hadley FA, Teale CJ, Foster A,
Barker L, Threlfall EJ, Davies RH 2006
Longitudinal farm study of extendedspectrum
beta-lactamase-mediated
resistance.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 44 (5) 1630-
1634.
Martinez-Urtaza J, Echeita A, Liebana E 2006
Phenotypic and genotypic characterisation of
Salmonella Enterica serotype Paratyphi B
isolates from environmental and human
sources in Galicia, Spain.
Journal of Food Protection 69 (6) 1280-
1285.
McCarthy ND, Colles FM, Dingle FE,
Bagnall MC, Manning G, Maiden MCJ,
Falush D 2007
Host-associated genetic import in
Campylobacter jejuni.
Emerging Infectious Diseases 13 (2) 267-
272.
McNally A, Dalton T, La Ragione RM,
Stapleton K, Manning G, Newell DG 2006
Yersinia enterocolitica isolates of differing
biotypes from humans and animals are
adherent, invasive and persist in
macrophages, but differ in cytokine secretion
profiles in vitro.
Journal of Medical Microbiology 55 (12)
1725-1734.
Papadopoulou C, Cook AJC,
Iversen J, Snow L, Bushnell M,
Rycroft AR 2006
The occurrence and impact upon
reproductive performance of health events
and prolonged acclimatisation - a
longitudinal study at Stotfold Pig
Development Unit.
Pig Journal (58) 86-98.
Pleydell EJ, Brown PE, Woodward MJ,
Davies RH, French NP 2007
Sources of variation in the ampicillin-resistant Escherichia coli concentration in the faeces
of organic broiler chickens.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73
(1) 203-210.
Randall LP, Cooles SW, Coldham NC,
Stapleton KS, Piddock LJV,
Woodward MJ 2006
Modification of enrofloxacin treatment
regimes for poultry experimentally infected
with Salmonella Enterica serovar
Typhimurium DT104 to minimize selection of
resistance.
Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 50
(12) 4030-4037.
Schlosser PM, Borghoff SJ, Coldham NG, David JA, Ghosh SK 2006
Physiologically-based pharmacokinetic
modeling of genistein in rats, part 1: model
development.
Risk Analysis 22 (2) 483-500.
Sharpe RT, Livesey CT 2006
Lead poisoning in cattle and its implications
for food safety.
Veterinary Record 159 (3) 71-74.
Sharpe RT, Livesey CT, Davies IH,
Jones JR, Jones A 2006
Diazinon toxicity in sheep and cattle arising
from the misuse of unlicensed and out-ofdate
products.
Veterinary Record 159 (1) 16-19.
Small A, James C, James S, Davies R,
Liebana E, Howell M, Hutchison M,
Buncic S 2006
Presence of Salmonella in the red meat
abattoir lairage after routine cleansing and
disinfection and on carcasses.
Journal of Food Protection 69 (10) 2342-
2351.
Small A, James C, Purnell G, James S,
Davies R, Howell M; Hutchison M, Buncic S
2006
Serotypes and antimicrobial resistance of
Salmonella Enterica on red meat carcasses
and in the lairages after cleaning, in the
south-west of England.
In: 52nd International Congress of Meat
Science and Technology, 13-18 August
2006, 341-342.
Stacey KF, Parsons DJ, Christiansen KH, Burton CH 2007
Assessing the effect of interventions on the
risk of cattle and sheep carrying Escherichia
coli O157:H7 to the abattoir using a
stochastic model.
Preventive Veterinary Medicine 79 (1) 32-45.
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.
Wales A, Breslin M, Davies R 2006
Assessment of cleaning and disinfection in
Salmonella-contaminated poultry layer
houses using qualitative and semiquantitative
culture techniques.
Veterinary Microbiology 116 (4) 283-293.
Wales A, Breslin M, Davies R 2006
Semiquantitative assessment of the
distribution of Salmonella in the
environment of caged layer flocks.
Journal of Applied Microbiology 101 (2) 309-
318.
Webber M, Buckley AM, Randall LP,
Woodward M, Piddock LJV 2006
Overexpression of marA, soxS and acrB in
veterinary isolates of Salmonella Enterica
rarely correlates with cyclohexane tolerance.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 57
(4) 673-679.
West DM, Sawyer J 2006
Freezing complete polymerase chain reaction
master mix reagents for routine molecular
diagnostics.
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
18 (6) 580-582.
Wooldridge M, Hartnett E, Cox A,
Seaman M 2006
Quantitative risk assessment case study:
smuggled meats as disease vectors.
Revue Scientifique et Technique 25 (1) 105-
117.

