Mark Stevenson

Validating the female fertility estimated breeding value in Australian commercial dairy herds.

E Ooi, MA Stevenson, ME Goddard, DS Beggs, PD Mansell, JE Pryce, MF Pyman

Journal article  |  2023  |  J Dairy Sci

We conducted a retrospective cohort study to validate the efficacy of the Australian multitrait fertility estimated breeding value..

Descriptive epidemiology and spatial analysis of African swine fever epidemics in Can Tho, Vietnam, 2019.

Nguyen Duc Hien, Lam Thanh Nguyen, Norikazu Isoda, Yoshihiro Sakoda, Le Trung Hoang, Mark A Stevenson

Journal article  |  2023  |  Prev Vet Med

The objectives of this study were to describe the epidemiology of African swine fever (ASF) and to identify factors that increased..

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, ..

Health surveillance representative of koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) distribution in Victoria, Australia.

M Cooley, P Whiteley, G Thornton, M Stevenson

Journal article  |  2022  |  Australian Veterinary Journal

Health surveillance of wildlife populations is essential for conservation and reduction of the impacts of disease. Population decl..

A systematic review and meta-analysis of human and zoonotic dog soil-transmitted helminth infections in Australian Indigenous communities

Cameron Raw, Rebecca J Traub, Patsy A Zendejas-Heredia, Mark Stevenson, Anke Wiethoelter

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES

Soil-transmitted helminths (STH) infect 1.5 billion people and countless animals worldwide. In Australian Indigenous communities, ..

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. ..

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 ..

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..

Investigation of Weather Triggers Preceding Outbreaks of Acute Bovine Liver Disease in Australia.

Eve M Manthorpe, Grant T Rawlin, Mark A Stevenson, Lucy Woolford, Charles GB Caraguel

Journal article  |  2022  |  Toxins (Basel)

Acute bovine liver disease (ABLD) is a hepatic disease affecting cattle sporadically in southern Australia, characterised histolog..

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..