Publications

preliminary studies on the prevalence of mycoplasma bovis mastitis in dairy in cattle in australia.	a highly sensitive and specific pcr (mb-pcr) was used in preliminary studies to detect m. bovis in milk samples to investigate its association with high somatic cell count (scc), an indicator of subclinical mastitis and one of the factors in down grading the quality of milk. a total of 186 and 167 herds were tested with 43% and 62% of herds positive for m. bovis in victoria and north queensland, respectively. the quarter milks from 52 cows with persistently high scc were tested by mb-pcr and cul ...	1999	10189193
development of a monoclonal blocking elisa for the detection of antibody to mycoplasma bovis in dairy cattle and comparison to detection by pcr.	a monoclonal antibody blocking enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (b-elisa) was developed to detect antibodies to mycoplasma bovis in cattle sera. the assay was highly specific and sensitive and there was no cross-reaction detected. this method revealed a high prevalence of antibodies (60%) to m. bovis in dairy cattle in north queensland. the diagnostic potential of this b-elisa for the detection of antibody to m. bovis was compared with its detection by pcr. there was a strong positive correlati ...	2005	15734539