Nadeeka Wawegama

Effects of administration of tylosin on the duration of protective immunity induced by the novel Mycoplasma gallisepticum vaccine strain, Vaxsafe MG ts-304, in chickens.

Anna Kanci Condello, Chris J Morrow, Sathya N Kulappu Arachchige, Pollob K Shil, Gregory J Underwood, Daniel M Andrews, Oluwadamilola S Omotainse, Amir H Noormohammadi, Philip F Markham, Nadeeka K Wawegama, Glenn F Browning

Journal article  |  2023  |  Vet Microbiol

Prophylactic use of antimicrobials after administration of live vaccines is a common practice in the poultry industry, but the imp..

Mycoplasmas

Pollob K Shil, Nadeeka K Wawegama, Glenn F Browning, Amir H Noormohammadi, Marc S Marenda

Book Chapter  |  2022

Virulence factors of Mycoplasma synoviae: Three genes influencing colonization, immunogenicity, and transmissibility

Sara M Klose, Oluwadamilola S Omotainse, Sahar Zare, Paola K Vaz, Parisa Armat, Pollob Shil, Nadeeka Wawegama, Anna Kanci Condello, Denise O'Rourke, Jillian F Disint, Daniel M Andrews, Gregory J Underwood, Chris J Morrow, Marc S Marenda, Amir H Noormohammadi

Journal article  |  2022  |  FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Infections caused by Mycoplasma synoviae are major welfare and economic concerns in poultry industries worldwide. These infections..

Tracheal cellular immune response in chickens inoculated with Mycoplasma synoviae vaccine, MS-H or its parent strain 86079/7NS

Oluwadamilola S Omotainse, Nadeeka K Wawegama, Sathya N Kulappu Arachchige, Mauricio JC Coppo, Paola K Vaz, Andrew P Woodward, Somayeh Kordafshari, Mirjana Bogeski, Mark Stevenson, Amir H Noormohammadi, Andrew W Stent

Journal article  |  2022  |  VETERINARY IMMUNOLOGY AND IMMUNOPATHOLOGY

Mycoplasma synoviae causes respiratory tract disease in chickens characterised by mild to moderate lymphoplasmacytic infiltration ..

Measures of tracheal lesions are more discriminatory and reproducible indications of chronic respiratory disease caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum in poultry

Sathya N Kulappu Arachchige, Gregory J Underwood, Daniel M Andrews, AM Hasanthi Abeykoon, Nadeeka K Wawegama, Glenn F Browning

Journal article  |  2022  |  AVIAN PATHOLOGY

Mycoplasma gallisepticum is the primary causative agent of chronic respiratory disease in poultry, and vaccination is the measure ..

Bayesian latent class analysis to estimate the optimal cut-off for the MilA ELISA for the detection of Mycoplasma bovis antibodies in sera, accounting for repeated measures.

Ayesha Salgadu, Allison Cheung, Meghan L Schibrowski, Nadeeka K Wawegama, Timothy J Mahony, Mark A Stevenson, Glenn F Browning, Tamsin S Barnes, Simon M Firestone

Journal article  |  2022  |  Prev Vet Med

The MilA ELISA has been identified as a highly effective diagnostic tool for the detection of Mycoplasma bovis specific antibodies..

Prevalence of Mycoplasma bovis Infection in Calves and Dairy Cows in Western Australia.

Jully Gogoi-Tiwari, Harish Kumar Tiwari, Nadeeka K Wawegama, Chintha Premachandra, Ian Duncan Robertson, Andrew David Fisher, Frank Karanja Waichigio, Pete Irons, Joshua W Aleri

Journal article  |  2022  |  Vet Sci

Mycoplasma bovis (M. bovis) can cause a multitude of diseases in cattle, with detrimental effects on the farm economy and the welf..

Evaluation of the MilA ELISA for the diagnosis of herd infection with Mycoplasma bovis using bulk tank milk and estimation of the prevalence of M. bovis in Australia

Ayesha Salgadu, Simon M Firestone, Anne Watt, Dulari S Thilakarathne, Anna Kanci Condello, Dominic Siu, Yumiko Masukagami, Kelly A Tivendale, Mark A Stevenson, Peter D Mansell, Glenn F Browning, Nadeeka K Wawegama

Journal article  |  2022  |  VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Infection with Mycoplasma bovis has been identified as a growing threat in dairy industries worldwide and there is an urgent need ..

Efficient disruption of the function of the mnuA nuclease gene using the endogenous CRISPR/Cas system in Mycoplasma gallisepticum

Sara M Klose, Nadeeka Wawegama, Fiona M Sansom, Marc S Marenda, Glenn F Browning

Journal article  |  2022  |  VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Mycoplasmas are important animal pathogens, but the functions and roles of many of their genes in pathogenesis remain unclear, in ..

Mucosal immune responses in the trachea after chronic infection with Mycoplasma gallisepticum in unvaccinated and vaccinated mature chickens

Sathya N Kulappu Arachchige, Nadeeka K Wawegama, Mauricio JC Coppo, Habtamu B Derseh, Paola K Vaz, Anna Kanci Condello, Oluwadamilola S Omotainse, Amir H Noormohammadi, Glenn F Browning

Journal article  |  2021  |  CELLULAR MICROBIOLOGY

Tracheitis associated with the chronic respiratory disease in chickens caused by Mycoplasma gallisepticum is marked by infiltratio..