Publications

eradication of mycoplasma bovis infection from a dairy herd in great britain.	mycoplasma bovis infection was eradicated from a naturally infected dairy herd in great britain by a programme of identification, segregation and culling of infected animals. a series of group and whole milking herd tests was carried out over a period of 15 months, followed by a whole herd nasal swabbing. cows were also sampled after calving and at drying off and bulk tanks were sampled at weekly intervals during the same period and for a further nine months. fifty-nine cows were identified as e ...	1983	6845609
first reported isolation of mycoplasma bovis from pneumonic calves in northern ireland.		1993	8116160
polyarthritis due to mycoplasma bovis infection in adult dairy cattle in northern ireland.		1999	10573196
real-time pcr demonstrates a higher prevalence of mycoplasma bovis in northern ireland compared with sandwich elisa.		2012	22915678
investigation of polymerase chain reaction assays to improve detection of bacterial involvement in bovine respiratory disease.	bovine respiratory disease (brd) causes severe economic losses to the cattle farming industry worldwide. the major bacterial organisms contributing to the brd complex are mannheimia haemolytica, histophilus somni, mycoplasma bovis, pasteurella multocida, and trueperella pyogenes. the postmortem detection of these organisms in pneumonic lung tissue is generally conducted using standard culture-based techniques where the presence of therapeutic antibiotics in the tissue can inhibit bacterial isola ...	2014	25012080
northern ireland disease surveillance report, october to december 2013.	• otitis media associated with mycoplasma bovis infection in calves. • yew poisoning in a calf. • jaagsiekte in sheep. • fasciolosis and copper toxicity in sheep. these are among matters discussed in the northern ireland animal disease surveillance quarterly report for october to december 2013.	2014	24509392