Selected Papers by VLA Scientists
Food and Environmental Safety
Aktan I, Carter B, Wilking H, La Ragione RM, Wieler L, Woodward MJ, Anjum MF 2007
Influence of geographical origin, host animal and stx gene on the virulence characteristics of Escherichia coli O26 strains.
Journal of Medical Microbiology 56 (11) 1431-1439.
Aktan I, La Ragione RM, Pritchard GC, Woodward MJ 2007
Prevalence of attaching and effacing Escherichia coli serogroup O103 in orphan lambs on an open farm in eastern England.
Veterinary Record 161 (11) 386-388.
Allen VM, Weaver H, Ridley AM, Harris JA, Sharma M, Emery J, Sparks N, Lewis M, Edge S 2008
Sources and spread of thermophilic campylobacter spp. during partial depopulation of broiler chicken flocks.
Journal of Food Protection 71 (2) 264-270.
Anjum MF, Mafura M, Slickers P, Ballmer K, Kuhnert P, Woodward MJ, Ehricht R 2007
Pathotyping Escherichia coli by using miniaturized DNA microarrays.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73 (17) 5692-5697.
Arnold ME, Ellis-Iversen J, Cook AJC, Davies RH, McLaren IM, Kay ACS, Pritchard GC 2008
Investigation into the effectiveness of pooled fecal samples for detection of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli O157 in cattle.
Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 20 (1) 21-27.
Barnes HA, Bagnall MC, Browning DD, Thompson SA, Manning G, Newell DG 2007
Gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase has a role in the persistent colonization of the avian gut by Campylobacter jejuni.
Microbial Pathogenesis 43 (5-6) 198-207.
Best EL, Lindstedt BA, Cook A, Clifton-Hadley FA, Threlfall EJ, Liebana E 2007
Multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeat analysis of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovar Typhimurium: comparison of isolates from pigs, poultry and cases of human gastroenteritis.
Journal of Applied Microbiology 103 (3) 565-572.
Carrique-Mas JJ, Bedford S, Davies RH 2007
Organic acid and formaldehyde treatment of animal feeds to control salmonella: efficacy and masking during culture.
Journal of Applied Microbiology 103 (1) 88-96.
Carter B, Wu GH, Woodward MJ, Anjum MF 2008
A process for analysis of microarray comparative genomics hybridisation studies for bacterial genomes.
BMC Genomics 9:53.
Ellis-Iversen J, Smith RP, Van Winden S, Paiba GA, Watson E, Snow LC, Cook AJC 2008
Farm practices to control E.coli O157 in young cattle - a randomised controlled trial.
Veterinary Research 39:03.
Elvers KT, Helps CR, Wassenaar TM, Allen VM, Newell DG 2008
Development of a strain-specific molecular method for quantitating individual campylobacter strains in mixed populations.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74 (8) 2321-2331.
Enne VI, Cassar C, Sprigings K, Woodward MJ, Bennett PM 2008
A high prevalence of antimicrobial resistant Escherichia coli isolated from pigs and a low prevalence of antimicrobial resistant E.coli from cattle and sheep in Great Britain at slaughter.
FEMS Microbiology Letters 278 (2) 193-199.
Evans S, Powell L 2008
Campylobacter.
In: Pattison M (ed) et al, Poultry Diseases, Saunders Elsevier, London, 6th ed, 181-190.
Garcia-Migura L, Liebana E, Jensen LB 2007
Transposon characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) and dissemination of resistance associated with transferable plasmids.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 60 (2) 263-268.
Garcia-Migura L, Liebana E, Jensen LB, Barnes S, Pleydell E 2007
A longitudinal study to assess the persistence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) on an intensive broiler farm in the United Kingdom.
FEMS Microbiology Letters 275 (2) 319-325.
Hanlon N, Coldham N, Gielbert A, Kuhnert N, Sauer MJ, King LJ, Ioannides C 2008
Absolute bioavailability and dose-dependent pharmacokinetic behaviour of dietary doses of the chemopreventive isothiocyanate sulforaphane in rat.
British Journal of Nutrition 99 (3) 559-564.
Havelaar AH, Braunig J, Christiansen K, Cornu M, Hald T, Mangen MJJ, Molbak K, Pielaat A, Snary E, Van Pelt W, Velthuis A, Wahlstrom H 2007
Towards an integrated approach in supporting microbiological food safety decisions.
Zoonoses and Public Health 54 (3-4) 103-117.
Hopkins KL, Batchelor MJ, Anjum M, Davies RH, Threlfall EJ 2007
Comparison of antimicrobial resistance genes in nontyphoidal salmonellae of serotypes enteritidis, hadar, and virchow from humans and food-producing animals in England and Wales.
Microbial Drug Resistance 13 (4) 281-288.
Hopkins KL, Maguire C, Best E, Liebana E, Threlfall EJ 2007
Stability of multiple-locus variable-number tandem repeats in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium.
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 45 (9) 3058-3061.
Karatzas KAG, Randall LP, Webber M, Piddock LJV, Humphrey TJ, Woodward MJ, Coldham NG 2008
Phenotypic and proteomic characterization of multiply antibiotic-resistant variants of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium selected following exposure to disinfectants.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74 (5) 1508-1516.
Karatzas KAG, Webber MA, Jorgensen F, Woodward MJ, Piddock LJV, Humphrey TJ 2007
Prolonged treatment of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium with commercial disinfectants selects for multiple antibiotic resistance, increased efflux and reduced invasiveness.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 60 (5) 947-955.
Laven RA, Lawrence KE, Livesey CT 2007
The assessment of blood copper status in cattle: a comparison of measurements of caeruloplasmin and elemental copper in serum and plasma.
New Zealand Veterinary Journal 55 (4) 171-176.
Laven RA, Livesey CT 2007
An evaluation of the effect of clotting on the relationship between copper and caeruloplasmin in bovine blood.
Veterinary Journal 174 (2) 400-402.
McNally A, La Ragione RM, Best A, Manning G, Newell DG 2007
aflagellate mutant Yersinia enterocolitica biotype 1A strain displays altered invasion of epithelial cells, persistence in macrophages, and cytokine secretion profiles in vitro.
Microbiology 153 (5) 1339-1349.
Murchie L, Whyte P, Bin Xia, Horrigan S, Kelly L, Madden RH 2007
Prevalence of salmonella in grade A whole shell eggs in the island of Ireland.
Journal of Food Protection 70 (5) 1238-1240.
Ogden ID, MacRae M, Johnston M, Strachan NJC, Cody AJ, Dingle KE, Newell DG 2007
Use of multilocus sequence typing to investigate the association between the presence of campylobacter spp. in broiler drinking water and campylobacter colonization in broilers.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73 (16) 5125-5129.
Ooka T, Vieira MAM, Ogura Y, Beutin L, La Ragione R, Diemen PM van, Stevens MP, Aktan I, Cawthraw S, Best A, Hernandes RT, Krause G, Gomes TAT, Hayashi T, Frankel G 2007
Characterization of tccP2 carried by atypical enteropathogenic Escherichia coli.
FEMS Microbiology Letters 271 (1) 126-135.
Payne JH, Livesey CT, Jackson G 2007
High liver zinc concentrations associated with the use of oral zinc oxide administration in pigs: implications arising from a routine post-mortem examination.
Pig Journal (59) 125-130.
Pritchard GC, Marshall JA, Giles M, Chalmers RM, Marshall RN 2007
Cryptosporidium parvum infection in orphan lambs on a farm open to the public.
Veterinary Record 161 (1) 11-14.
Randall LP, Bagnall MC, Karatzas KA, Coldham NC, Piddock LJV, Woodward MJ 2007
Fitness and dissemination of disinfectant-selected multiple-antibiotic-resistant (MAR) strains of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium in chickens.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 61 (1) 156-162.
Randall SP, Cooles SW, Coldham NG, Penuela EG, Mott AC, Woodward MJ, Piddock LJ, Webber MA 2007
Commonly used farm disinfectants can select for mutant Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium with decreased susceptibility to biocides and antibiotics without compromising virulence.
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 60 (6) 1273-1280.
Ridley AM, Allen VM, Sharma M, Harris JA, Newell DG 2008
Real-time PCR approach for detection of environmental sources of campylobacter strains colonizing broiler flocks.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74 (8) 2492-2504.
Roest HIJ, Liebana E, Wannet W, Duynhoven Y van, Veldman KT, Mevius DJ 2007
Antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli O157 isolated between 1998 and 2003 in the Netherlands.
Tijdschrift voor Diergeneeskunde 132 (24) 954-958.
Small A, James C, Davies R, Howell M, Hutchison M, Buncic S 2007
Construction, management and cleanliness of red meat abattoir lairages in the UK.
Meat Science 75 (3) 523-532.
Snow LC, Davies RH, Christiansen KH, Carrique-Mas JJ, Wales AD, O’Connor JL, Cook AJC, Evans SJ 2007
Survey of the prevalence of salmonella species on commercial laying farms in the United Kingdom.
Veterinary Record 161 (14) 471-476.
Tankouo-Sandjong B, Sessitsch A, Liebana E, Kornschober C, Allerberger F, Hächler H, Bodrossy L 2007
MLST-v, multilocus sequence typing based on virulence genes, for molecular typing of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serovars.
Journal of Microbiological Methods 69 (1) 23-36.
Torres AG, Milflores-Flores L, Garcia-Gallegos JG, Patel SD, Best A, La Ragione RM, Martinez-Laguna Y, Woodward MJ 2007
Environmental regulation and colonization attributes of the long polar fimbriae (LPF) of Escherichia coli O157:H7.
International Journal of Medical Microbiology 297 (3) 177-185.
Van Der Burgt GM, Mitchell ESE, Otter A, Whitaker KA, Hogg R 2007
Seven outbreaks of suspected botulism in sheep in the UK.
Veterinary Record 161 (1) 28-30.
Wales A, Breslin M, Carter B, Sayers R, Davies R 2007
A longitudinal study of environmental salmonella contamination in caged and free-range layer flocks.
Avian Pathology 36 (3) 187-197.
West DM, Sprigings KA, Cassar C, Wakeley PR, Sawyer J, Davies RH 2007
Rapid detection of Escherichia coli virulence factor genes using multiplex real-time TaqMan® PCR assays.
Veterinary Microbiology 122 (3-4) 323-331.
Wooldridge M 2008
Qualitative risk assessment.
In: Schaffner DW (ed), Microbial Risk Analysis of Foods, ASM Press, Washington D.C., 2008, 1-28.
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