Scientific Publications

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Animal Health Economics IBR BVD

Johne’s Disease CalfCare CellCheck

Parasite Control Biosecurity Beef HealthCheck Pig HealthCheck

General

Animal Health Economics

Date	Article / Publication
2014
March	CellCheck Estimating the impact of somatic cell count on the value of milk utilising parameters obtained from the published literature – Journal of Dairy Research
2013
September	CellCheck Examining the impact of mastitis on the profitability of the Irish dairy industry – Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research
September	CellCheck Meta-analysis to investigate relationships between somatic cell count and raw milk composition, Cheddar cheese processing characteristics and cheese composition – Irish Journal of Agricultural and Food Research
2012
July	BVD Predicted costs and benefits from eradicating BVDV from Ireland – Irish Veterinary Journal
February	CellCheck Estimating the effect of mastitis on the profitability of Irish dairy farms – Journal of Dairy Science

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BVD

Date	Article / Publication
2021
June	The Irish programme to eradicate bovine viral diarrhea virus – Organisation, challenges and progress – *Frontiers in Veterinary Medicine*
April	Key learnings during the development of a Generic Data Collection Tool to support Assessment of Freedom of Infection in Cattle Herds – *Frontier in Veterinary Medicine*
January	Pestivirus apparent prevalence in sheep and goats in Northern Ireland: A serological survey – Veterinary Record
2020
November	Herd-level factors associated with detection of calves persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) in Irish cattle herds with negative herd status (NHS) during 2017 – Preventative Veterinary Medicine
January	A description and qualitative comparison of the elements of heterogeneous bovine viral diarrhea control programs that influence confidence of freedom *– Journal of Dairy Science*
2019
April	STOC Free: An Innovative Framework to Compare Probability of Freedom From Infection in Heterogeneous Control Programmes – Frontiers in Veterinary Science
February	Investigation of the potential for sera from cattle persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus to generate false-negative antibody ELISA results in pooled serum from seropositive and seronegative cattle – Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
2018
Sept	Global knowledge gaps in the prevention and control of bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) virus – *Wiley*
July	Potential infection-control benefit of measures to mitigate the risk posed by Trojan dams in the Irish BVD eradication programme *– Preventive Veterinary Medicine*
April	Decision support beyond total savings – Eligibility and potential savings for individual participants from changes in the national surveillance strategy for bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) in Ireland – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
February	Quantifying the role of Trojan dams in the between-herd spread of bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDv) in Ireland – *Preventive Veterinary Medicine*
2017
November	Eradicating BVD, reviewing Irish programme data and model predictions to support prospective decision making – *Preventive Veterinary Medicine*
May	Assessment of concurrent infection with bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) and Mycobacterium bovis: A herd-level risk factor analysis from Northern Ireland – Preventive Veterinary Medicine Patterns of calving and young stock movement in Ireland and their implications for BVD serosurveillance – Preventive Veterinary Medicine A survey of free-ranging deer in Ireland for serological evidence of exposure to bovine viral diarrhoea virus, bovine herpes virus-1, bluetongue virus and Schmallenberg virus – Irish Veterinary Journal
2016
November	Temporal trends in the retention of BVD+ calves and associated animals and herd-level risk factors during the compulsory eradication programme in Ireland – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
June	Genetic diversity of ruminant Pestivirus strains collected in Northern Ireland between 1999 and 2011 and the role of live ruminant imports – Irish Veterinary Journal
January	Quantifying the risk of spread of BVDv between contiguous herds in Ireland – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
2015
May	Influence of the retention of PI calves identified in 2012 during the voluntary phase of the Irish national bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) eradication programme on herd-level outcomes in 2013 – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
March	Impact of three inactivated bovine viral diarrhoea virus vaccines on bulk milk p80 (NS3) ELISA test results in dairy herds – The Veterinary Journal
February	Survival time of calves with positive BVD virus results born during the voluntary phase of the Irish eradication programme – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
2014
August	Aspects of bovine herpevirus 1 and bovine viral diarrhoea virus herd-level seroprvalence and vaccination in dairy and beef herds in Northern Ireland – (PDF) – Irish Veterinary Journal
April	Herd owner experiences of the voluntary phase of a BVD eradication programme – Veterinary Record
January	Development and review of the voluntary phase of a national BVD eradication programme in Ireland – Veterinary Record
2013
August	Herd-level factors associated with the presence of bovine viral diarrhoea virus in herds participating in the voluntary phase of the Irish national eradication programme – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
2012
July	Predicted costs and benefits of eradicating BVDV from Ireland – Irish Veterinary Journal
2011
October	Considerations on BVD eradication for the Irish livestock industry – Irish Veterinary Journal

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CellCheck

Date	Article / Publication
2017
July	CellCheck The use of national-level data to describe trends in intramammary antimicrobial usage on Irish dairy farms from 2003 to 2015 *– American Dairy Science Assosciation* The Impact of removal of the seasonality formula on the eligibility of Irish herds to supply raw milk for processing of dairy products *– Irish Veterinary Journal*
2015
July	Extensive Genomic Diversity among Bovine-Adapted Straphylococcus aureus: Evidence for a Genomic Rearrangement within cc97 – PLOS One
2013
October	Association between somatic cell count after first parturition and cumulative milk yield in dairy cows – Veterinary Record
October	Bayesian evaluation of budgets for endemic disease control: An example using management changes to reduce milk somatic cell count early in the ﬁrst lactation of Irish dairy cows – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
August	Increased detection of mastitis pathogens by real-time PCR compared to bacterial culture – Veterinary Record
June	Association of season and herd size with somatic cell count for cows in Irish, English and Welsh dairy herds – The Veterinary Journal
April	Pathogen profile of clinical mastitis in Irish milk-recording herds reveals a complex aetiology – Veterinary Record
February	Opportunities and constraints to improving milk quality in Ireland: Enabling change through collective action – Journal of Dairy Science
January	Association between somatic cell count early in the first lactation and the lifetime milk yield of cows in Irish dairy herds – Journal of Dairy Science
January	Association between somatic cell count early in the first lactation and the longevity of Irish dairy cows – Journal of Dairy Science
2012
July	Estimating the effect of mastitis on the profitability of Irish dairy farms – Journal of Dairy Science
2009
April	Global trends in milk quality: Implications for the Irish dairy industry – Irish Veterinary Journal

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Johne’s Disease

Date	Article/Publication
2020
August	Johne’s disease in Irish dairy herds: considerations for an effective national control programme – Irish Veterinary Journal
2019
January	Evaluation of national surveillance methods for detection of Irish dairy herds infected with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis – Journal of Dairy Science
January	Modeling of alternative testing strategies to demonstrate freedom from Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis infection in test-negative dairy herds in the Republic of Ireland *– Journal of Dairy Science*
2018
April	Veterinary experiences of a Johne’s disease control programme in Ireland *– Veterinary Record*
2017
September	Relative importance of herd-level risk factors for probability of infection with paratuberculosis in Irish dairy herds – *American Dairy Science Association*
June	Johne’s disease in the eyes of Irish cattle farmers: A qualitative narrative research approach to understanding implications for disease management – Preventative Veterinary Medicine
2016
August	Herd owners’ experience of a voluntary Johne’s Disease eradication programme in Ireland – *Veterinary Record*
April	Bayesian estimation of prevalence of paratubersulosis in dairy herds enrolled in a voluntary Johne’s Disease control programme in Ireland – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
February	The effect of paratuberculosis on milk yield – A systematic review meta-analysis – Journal of Dairy Science
2015
August	Evaluation of testing strategies to identify infected animals at a single round of testing within dairy herds known-annotated – Journal of American Dairy Science Association
2014
June	A review of bovine Johne’s disease control activities in 6 endemically infected countries – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
2013
January	T he effect of alternative testing strategies and bio-exclusion practices on Johne’s disease risk in test-negative herds – Journal of Dairy Science

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IBR

Date	Article/Publication
2021
	Combining expert knowledge and machine‑learning to classify herd types in livestock systems *– Scientific Reports*
2019
	Reviewing the structure of epidemiological models for bovine diseases: Guidance for the future. – Preventative Veterinary Medicine
2018
	Genetic variability in the humoral immune response to bovine herpesvirus-1 infection in dairy cattle and genetic correlations with preformance traits – American Dairy Science Association
2014
August	Aspects of bovine herpevirus 1 and bovine viral diarrhoea virus herd-level seroprvalence and vaccination in dairy and beef herds in Northern Ireland – (PDF) – Irish Veterinary Journal
June	Patterns of detection of respiratory viruses in nasal swabs from calves in Ireland: a retrospective study – Veterinary Record
2013
August	Bovine herpes virus-1 (BoHV-1) in cattle -a review with emphasis on reproductive impacts and the emergence of infection in Ireland and the United Kingdom – Irish Veterinary Journal

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CalfCare

Date	Article/Publication
2016
June	Relationship between selected perinatal paratuberculosis management interventions and passive transfer of immunity in dairy calves – British Veterinary Association
July	Optimisation of the zinc sulphate turbidity test for the determination of immune status – British Veterinary Association
2015
August	Comparison of rapid laboratory tests for failure of passive transfer in the bovine *– Irish Veterinary Journal*
2011
October	Calf health from birth to weaning III Housing and management of calf pneumonia – Irish Veterinary Journal
September	Calf health from birth to weaning I General aspects of disease prevention – Irish Veterinary Journal
	Calf health from birth to weaning II Management of diarrhoea in pre-weaned calves *– Irish Veterinary Journal*

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Parasite Control

Date	Article/Publication
2020
	The impact of liver fluke infection on steers in Ireland: A meta-analytic approach – Preventative Veterinary Medicine
2019
April	Liver fluke (Fasciola hepatica) co-infection with bovine tuberculosis in cattle: A prospective herd-level assessment of herd bTB risk in dairy enterprises
2018
June	Little genetic variability in resilience among cattle exists for a range of performance traits across herds in Ireland differing in Fasciola hepatica prevalence – American Society of Animal Science
May	Genetic correlations between endo-parasite phenotypes and economically important traits in dairy and beef cattle – American Society of Animal Science
2016
September	Genetic parameters for both a liver damage phenotype caused by Fasciola hepatica and antibody response to Fasciola hepatica phenotype in dairy and beef cattle – Journal of Animal Science
2013
July	Bulk milk ELISA and the diagnosis of parasite infections in dairy herds: a review *– Irish Veterinary Journal*

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Biosecurity

Date	Article/Publication
2012
November	Bioexclusion of diseases from dairy and beef farms: Risks of introducing infectious agents and risk reduction strategies – The Veterinary Journal

Beef HealthCheck

Date	Article / Publication
2020
	The impact of liver fluke infection on steers in Ireland: A meta-analytic approach – Preventative Veterinary Medicine
2017
May	A protocol to identify and minimise selection and information bias in abattoir surveys estimating prevalence, using Fasciola hepatica as an example *– Preventive Veterinary Medicine*

Pig HealthCheck

Date	Article / Publication
2021
	Description of control programmes for Salmonella in pigs in Europe. Progress to date? – *Wiley, Journal of Food Safety*

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General

Date	Article / Publication
2020
December	Stakeholder perceptions of non-regulatory bovine health issues in Ireland: past and future perspectives – Irish Veterinary Journal
2012
January	Animal Health Ireland: providing national leadership and coordination of non-regulatory animal health issues in Ireland – OIE Scientific and Technical Review
2010
July	Setting priorities for non-regulatory animal health in Ireland: results from an expert Policy Delphi study and a farmer priority identification survey – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
2008
February	Case for increased private sector involvement in Ireland’s national animal health services – Irish Veterinary Journal
2007
September	Shaping our future: animal health in a global trading environment – Irish Veterinary Journal

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