Charles El-Hage

Metagenomic investigation of potential abortigenic pathogens in foetal tissues from Australian horses

Rumana Akter, Charles M El-Hage, Fiona M Sansom, Joan Carrick, Joanne M Devlin, Alistair R Legione

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC GENOMICS

BACKGROUND: Abortion in horses leads to economic and welfare losses to the equine industry. Most cases of equine abortions are spo..

Molecular detection of Strongyloides sp. in Australian Thoroughbred foals

Ghazanfar Abbas, Abdul Ghafar, Anson Koehler, Jenni Bauquier, Edwina JA Wilkes, Caroline Jacobson, Anne Beasley, John Hurley, Lucy Cudmore, Peter Carrigan, Brett Tennent-Brown, Charles El-Hage, Martin K Nielsen, Charles G Gauci, Kristopher J Hughes, Ian Beveridge, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2021  |  PARASITES & VECTORS

BACKGROUND: Strongyloides westeri is found in the small intestine of young horses, mainly in foals up to about 16 weeks of age. Th..

Globetrotting strangles: the unbridled national and international transmission of Streptococcus equi between horses

Catriona Mitchell, Karen F Steward, Amelia RL Charbonneau, Saoirse Walsh, Hayley Wilson, John F Timoney, Ulli Wernery, Marina Joseph, David Craig, Kees van Maanen, Annelies Hoogkamer- van Gennep, Albertine Leon, Lucjan Witkowski, Magdalena Rzewuska, Ilona Stefanska, Monika Zychska, Gunther van Loon, Ray Cursons, Olivia Patty, Els Acke, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  MICROBIAL GENOMICS

The equine disease strangles, which is characterized by the formation of abscesses in the lymph nodes of the head and neck, is one..

A 25-year retrospective study of Chlamydia psittaci in association with equine reproductive loss in Australia

Rumana Akter, Fiona M Sansom, Charles M El-Hage, James R Gilkerson, Alistair R Legione, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Introduction. Chlamydia psittaci is primarily a pathogen of birds but can also cause disease in other species. Equine reproductive..

Ross River Virus Infection of Horses: Appraisal of Ecological and Clinical Consequences

Charles M El-Hage, Nicholas J Bamford, James R Gilkerson, Stacey E Lynch

Journal article  |  2020  |  JOURNAL OF EQUINE VETERINARY SCIENCE

Ross River virus (RRV) is a mosquito-borne arbovirus of the genus Alphavirus that causes disease in humans and horses in Australia..

Chlamydia psittaci: a suspected cause of reproductive loss in three Victorian horses

R Akter, AW Stent, FM Sansom, JR Gilkerson, C Burden, JM Devlin, AR Legione, CM El-Hage

Journal article  |  2020  |  AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

Chlamydia psittaci was detected by PCR in the lung and equine foetal membranes of two aborted equine foetuses and one weak foal fr..

Detection of Coxiella burnetii and equine herpesvirus 1, but not Leptospira spp. or Toxoplasma gondii, in cases of equine abortion in Australia - a 25 year retrospective study

Rumana Akter, Alistair Legione, Fiona M Sansom, Charles M El-Hage, Carol A Hartley, James R Gilkerson, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article  |  2020  |  PLOS ONE

Equine abortion is a cause of severe economic loss to the equine industry. Equine herpesvirus 1 is considered a primary cause of i..

Plant poisoning leads to alpha-synucleinopathy and neuromelanopathy in kangaroos

Mourad Tayebi, Charles M El-Hage, Pedro Pinczowski, Pam Whiteley, Monique David, Qiao-Xin Li, Shiji Varghese, Meena Mikhael, Umma Habiba, David Harman, Liliana Tatarczuch, Mirjana Bogeski, Ian Birchall, Kirsty Ferguson, Larry Walker, Colin Masters, Brian A Summers

Journal article  |  2019  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

The pathogenesis of synucleinopathies, common neuropathological lesions normally associated with some human neurodegenerative diso..

Serological responses of Australian horses using a commercial duplex indirect ELISA following vaccination against strangles

CM El-Hage, H Bannai, AK Wiethoelter, SM Firestone, CM Heislers, JL Allen, AS Waller, JR Gilkerson

Journal article  |  2019  |  AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

Objective To determine the nature of serological responses in Australian horses using a commercial duplex indirect ELISA (iELISA) ..

Systematic review of gastrointestinal nematodes of horses from Australia

Muhammad A Saeed, Ian Beveridge, Ghazanfar Abbas, Anne Beasley, Jenni Bauquier, Edwina Wilkes, Caroline Jacobson, Kris J Hughes, Charles El-Hage, Ryan O'Handley, John Hurley, Lucy Cudmore, Peter Carrigan, Lisa Walter, Brett Tennent-Brown, Martin K Nielsen, Abdul Jabbar

Journal article  |  2019  |  PARASITES & VECTORS

BACKGROUND: Equine gastrointestinal nematodes (GINs) have been the subject of intermittent studies in Australia over the past few ..