Scientific Documents

 

Animal Health Economics
BVD
CellCheck
Johne’s Disease
IBR
CalfCare
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

BVD

Date Article / Publication
2024
December Evaluating the effectiveness & costs of strategies post-eradication to monitor for freedom from BVDV infection in Ireland – Agricultural Systems
May Genotypic analysis of a localised hotspot of Pestivirus A (BVDV-1) infections in Northern Ireland – Veterinary Record
2022
April Risk factors for detection of bovine viral diarrhoea virus in low-risk herds during the latter stages of Ireland’s eradication programme – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
2021
August A herd investigation tool in support of the Irish BVD eradication programme – 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
May Patterns of calving and young stock movement in Ireland and their implications for BVD serosurveillance – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
May 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

CellCheck

Date Article/Publication
2021
July Trends in estimated intramammary antimicrobial usage in the Irish dairy industry from 2003 to 2019 – American Dairy Science Association
2017
July The use of national-level data to describe trends in intramammary antimicrobial usage on Irish dairy farms from 2003 to 2015 – American Dairy Science Association
2015
July Extensive Genomic Diversity among Bovine-Adapted Straphylococcus aureus: Evidence for a Genomic Rearrangement within cc97 – PLOS One
2013
October Extensive Genomic Diversity among Bovine-Adapted Straphylococcus aureus: Evidence for a Genomic Rearrangement within cc97 – Veterinary Record
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 – British Veterinary Association

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 The effect of alternative testing strategies and bio-exclusion practices on Johne’s disease risk in test-negative herds – Journal of Dairy Science

IBR

Date Article/Publication
2021
July A large-scale epidemiological model of BoHV-1 spread in the Irish cattle population to support decision-making in conformity with the European Animal Health Law – Preventive Veterinary Medicine
February Combining expert knowledge and machine‑learning to classify herd types in livestock systems – Scientific Reports
2020
September Epidemiology of age-dependent prevalence of Bovine Herpes Virus Type 1 (BoHV-1) in dairy herds with and without vaccination – Veterinary Research
2019
December Reviewing the structure of epidemiological models for bovine diseases: Guidance for the future. – Preventative Veterinary Medicine
2018
November 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

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
September Calf health from birth to weaning II Management of diarrhoea in pre-weaned calves – Irish Veterinary Journal

Parasite Control

Date Article/Publication
2020
April 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

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
April 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
May Description of control programmes for Salmonella in pigs in Europe. Progress to date? – Wiley, Journal of Food Safety

General

Date Article / Publication
2025
January The use of scenario tree models in support of animal health surveillance: A scoping review – Preventative Veterinary Medicine
2024
October Using scenario tree modelling to evaluate the probability of freedom from Enzootic bovine leukosis (EBL) in Italy and Slovenia – Veterinaria Italiana
2022
June Seroprevalence of Mycoplasma bovis in bulk milk samples in Irish dairy herds and risk factors associated with herd seropositive status – Journal of Dairy Science
April The Irish cattle population structured by enterprise type: overview, trade & trends – Irish Veterinary Journal
January A modelling framework for the prediction of the herd-level probability of infection from longitudinal data – Peer Community Journal
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