Simon Firestone

Lead contamination in Australian game meat.

Jordan O Hampton, Deborah J Pain, Eric Buenz, Simon M Firestone, Jon M Arnemo

Journal article  |  2023  |  Environ Sci Pollut Res Int

Lead-based ammunition (gunshot and bullets) frequently leaves small lead fragments embedded in the meat of wild-shot game animals...

Estimation of a Within-Herd Transmission Rate for African Swine Fever in Vietnam

Van Phan Le, Nguyen Thi Lan, Jose Tobias Canevari, Juan Pablo Villanueva-Cabezas, Pawin Padungtod, Thi Bich Ngoc Trinh, Van Tam Nguyen, Caitlin N Pfeiffer, Madalene V Oberin, Simon M Firestone, Mark A Stevenson

Journal article  |  2023  |  ANIMALS

We describe results from a panel study in which pigs from a 17-sow African swine fever (ASF) positive herd in Thái Bình province, ..

The Potential Role of Wild Suids in African Swine Fever Spread in Asia and the Pacific Region

Madalene Oberin, Alison Hillman, Michael PP Ward, Caitlin Holley, Simon Firestone, Brendan Cowled

Journal article  |  2023  |  VIRUSES-BASEL

African swine fever (ASF) in Asia and the Pacific is currently dominated by ASF virus transmission within and between domestic pig..

Seroprevalence of Coxiella burnetii antibodies in wild deer populations in eastern Australia

L Voss, J Huaman, C Pacioni, A Tolpinrud, K Helbig, TG Carvalho, SM Firestone

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

Coxiella burnetii causes significant reproduction losses in livestock and the disease Q fever in humans. Transmission of C. burnet..

Performance Evaluation and Validation of Air Samplers To Detect Aerosolized Coxiella burnetii

AM Hasanthi Abeykoon, Megan Poon, Simon M Firestone, Mark A Stevenson, Anke K Wiethoelter, Gemma A Vincent

Journal article  |  2022  |  MICROBIOLOGY SPECTRUM

Coxiella burnetii, the etiological agent of Q fever, is an intracellular zoonotic pathogen transmitted via the respiratory route. ..

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..

Risk factors for campylobacteriosis in Australia: outcomes of a 2018-2019 case-control study.

Danielle M Cribb, Liana Varrone, Rhiannon L Wallace, Angus T McLure, James J Smith, Russell J Stafford, Dieter M Bulach, Linda A Selvey, Simon M Firestone, Nigel P French, Mary Valcanis, Emily J Fearnley, Timothy S Sloan-Gardner, Trudy Graham, Kathryn Glass, Martyn D Kirk

Journal article  |  2022  |  BMC Infect Dis

BACKGROUND: We aimed to identify risk factors for sporadic campylobacteriosis in Australia, and to compare these for Campylobacter..

Validation of an Indirect Immunofluorescence Assay and Commercial Q Fever Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay for Use in Macropods

Anita Tolpinrud, John Stenos, Anne-Lise Chaber, Joanne M Devlin, Catherine Herbert, An Pas, Magdalena Dunowska, Mark A Stevenson, Simon M Firestone

Journal article  |  2022  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Kangaroos are considered to be an important reservoir of Q fever in Australia, although there is limited knowledge on the true pre..

A cross-sectional survey of risk factors for the presence of Coxiella burnetii in Australian commercial dairy goat farms

KW Hou, AK Wiethoelter, MA Stevenson, RJ Soares Magalhaes, L Lignereux, C Caraguel, J Stenos, G Vincent, JW Aleri, SM Firestone

Journal article  |  2022  |  AUSTRALIAN VETERINARY JOURNAL

The largest Australian farm-based outbreak of Q fever originated from a dairy goat herd. We surveyed commercial dairy goat farms a..

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 ..