Prof James Gilkerson

A veterinarian with an interest in infectious diseases James completed his veterinary studies at the University of Sydney, where he was awarded a BVSc, a BSc (Vet) and a PhD. James is currently a Professor of Veterinary Microbiology and Director of the Centre for Equine Infectious Disease at the University of Melbourne.

James is particularly interested in equine infectious diseases, but has recently become involved in the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship at the University of Melbourne. James’ research interests also include poultry infectious diseases and an increasing amount of wildlife work.

Professor Gilkerson is a Past-president of Equine Veterinarians Australia and the Victorian Division of the AVA. He was awarded the 2008 Australian Veterinary Association President’s Prize and in 2009 was made a Fellow of the Australian Veterinary Association. In 2020 James was awarded the Spirit of SAEVA award by the South African Equine Veterinary Association for his outstanding contribution to equine veterinary science.

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James Gilkerson's highlights

FEATURED Journal article

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

James Gilkerson's selected work

Mott Macdonald 19/21 (Fleming Fund – Papua New Guinea) - Browning

Research Grant

Describing the antimicrobial usage patterns of companion animal veterinary practices; free..

Journal article

Mott Macdonald 19/21 (Fleming Fund – Timor-Leste) - Browning

Research Grant

Effects of nebulized dexamethasone on the respiratory microbiota and mycobiota and relativ..

Journal article

Mott Macdonald 19/21 (Fleming Fund – Nepal) - Browning

Research Grant

Traditional Salmonella Typhimurium typing tools (phage typing and MLVA) are sufficient to ..

Journal article

Projects

Displaying the 34 most recent projects by James Gilkerson.

Wellbeing: Racing Demographics, Reasons For Retirement & Post Racing Destinations

2018 - 2021

Active

Wellbeing From Pregnancy To Racing-Horse Demographics

2018 - 2019

Completed

Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial Of Antimicrobial Stewardship On Appropriate Antimicrobial Prescribing In Australian Veterinary Practices - A Pilot

2018 - 2020

Completed

Studies Of The Molecular Epidemiology Of Streptococcal Infections In Australian Horses

2015 - 2019

Completed

Analysis Of Thoroughbred Mortalities At Victorian Race Tracks 2005 To 2015

2015 - 2020

Completed

Linking Immunomodulation And Latency In Alphaherpesvirus Infection

Herpesviruses cause major diseases in humans and all domestic animal species. Latency forms a significant part of the evolutionary success o..

2014 - 2017

Completed

An Investigation Into The Significance Of Two Infectious Diseases In Populations Of Victorian Koalas (Phascolarctos Cinereus)

2014 - 2016

Completed

Development And Validation Of A Qrt-Pcr Assay For The Detection Of Feline Calicivirus (Fcv) In Clinical Samples.

2011 - 2012

Completed

What Role Does Rotavirus Play In Equine Diarrhoea In Australian Horses?

2011 - 2013

Completed

New And Emerging Herpesviruses In Australian Marsupials

2010 - 2012

Completed

Towards Commercialisation Of A Next-Generation Iltv Vaccine And Differential Elisa

2010 - 2013

Completed

Towards Commercialisation Of A Next-Generation Iltv Vaccine And Differential Elisa

2010 - 2013

Completed

Virus And Horse Specific Risk Factors For Ehv1 Neurological Disease

2009 - 2012

Completed

Developing Novel Antigen Delivery Systems; Iltv As A Vaccine Vector

2009 - 2009

Completed

Developing Novel Antigen Delivery Systems; Iltv As A Vaccine Vector

2009 - 2009

Completed

Investigations Into A Novel Recombinant Vaccine To Control Infectious Laryngotracheitis

2009 - 2009

Completed

Investigations Into A Novel Recombinant Vaccine To Control Infectious Laryngotracheitis

2009 - 2009

Completed

Structural And Functional Investigations Into A Novel Chemokine Binding Protein Encoded By Evolutionarily Diverse Alphaherpesviruses

The outcomes of this project will help control disease caused by alphaherpesviruses, including disease in livestock (horses and poultry) and..

2009 - 2013

Completed

Development And Assessment Of Chimaeric Feline Caliciviruses As Vaccines

Feline caliciviruses are major pathogens of cats worldwide, but current vaccines offer only incomplete protection. This project aims to deve..

Equine Infectious Respiratory Disease After Long Distance Confined Transportation

This project aims to identify the viruses and bacteria that are shed from the respiratory tract of horses after long distance confined trans..

Blocking Immune Responses: A Critical Factor In Herpesvirus Virulence?

The horse and poultry industries are two large, primarily rural based livestock production industries that are major contributors to the nat..

Development Of An Attenuated Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus Vaccine

This project will develop novel methods for identification of genes involved in virulence of the important avian pathogen Infectious Laryngo..

Management Strategies For Reducing Risk Of Rhodococcal Pneumonia On Studs

Equine Rhinitis A Virus; Molecular Pathogenesis And Methods For Control

The horse industry in Australia is primarily based in rural locations and is a major contributor to the national economy both in terms of di..

Equine Infectious Respiratory Disease After Long Distance Confined Transportation

This project aims to identify the viruses and bacteria that are shed from the respiratory tract of horses after long distance confined trans..

Equine Rhinitis A Virus; Molecular Pathogenesis And Methods For Control

The horse industry in Australia is primarily based in rural locations and is a major contributor to the national economy both in terms of di..

Development And Assessment Of Chimaeric Feline Caliciviruses As Vaccines

Feline caliciviruses are major pathogens of cats worldwide, but current vaccines offer only incomplete protection. This project aims to deve..

Development Of An Attenuated Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus Vaccine

This project will develop novel methods for identification of genes involved in virulence of the important avian pathogen Infectious Laryngo..

Isolation Of A Bovine Rotavirus Strain Suitable For Vaccine Development

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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 109 most recent scholarly works by James Gilkerson.

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..

Describing the antimicrobial usage patterns of companion animal veterinary practices; free text analysis of more than 4.4 million consultation records.

Brian A Hur, Laura Y Hardefeldt, Karin M Verspoor, Timothy Baldwin, James R Gilkerson

Journal article | 2020 | PLoS One

Antimicrobial Resistance is a global crisis that veterinarians contribute to through their use of antimicrobials in animals. Antim..

Effects of nebulized dexamethasone on the respiratory microbiota and mycobiota and relative equine herpesvirus-1, 2, 4, 5 in an equine model of asthma

Stephanie L Bond, Matthew Workentine, Jana Hundt, James R Gilkerson, Renaud Leguillette

Journal article | 2020 | Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Traditional Salmonella Typhimurium typing tools (phage typing and MLVA) are sufficient to resolve well-defined outbreak events only

Helen Kathleen Crabb, Joanne Lee Allen, Joanne Maree Devlin, Simon Matthew Firestone, Mark Stevenson, Colin Reginald Wilks, James Rudkin Gilkerson

Journal article | 2019 | Food Microbiology

Survey of veterinary prescribing for poultry disease

HK Crabb, LY Hardefeldt, KE Bailey, H Billman-Jacobe, JR Gilkerson, GF Browning

Journal article | 2019 | Australian Veterinary Journal

BACKGROUND: To enable better antimicrobial stewardship, it is important to know what the patterns of prescribing behaviour are and..

Using natural language processing and VetCompass to understand antimicrobial usage patterns in Australia

B Hur, LY Hardefeldt, K Verspoor, T Baldwin, JR Gilkerson

Conference Proceedings | 2019 | Australian Veterinary Journal

Background Currently there is an incomplete understanding of antimicrobial usage patterns in veterinary clinics in Australia, but ..

Appraisal of the Australian Veterinary Prescribing Guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery in dogs and cats

LY Hardefeldt, HK Crabb, KE Bailey, T Johnstone, JR Gilkersoe, H Billman-Jacobe, GF Browning

Journal article | 2019 | Australian Veterinary Journal

The Australian Veterinary Prescribing Guidelines for antimicrobial prophylaxis for surgery on dogs and cats are evidence-based gui..

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

Spatial Distribution of Salmonella enterica in Poultry Shed Environments Observed by Intensive Longitudinal Environmental Sampling

Helen K Crabb, Joanne Lee Allen, Joanne Maree Devlin, Cohn Reginald Wilks, James Rudkin Gilkerson

Journal article | 2019 | Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Antimicrobial dosing for common equine drugs: a content review and practical advice for veterinarians in Australia

LY Hardefeldt, HK Crabb, KE Bailey, JR Gilkerson, H Billman-Jacobe, GF Browning

Journal article | 2019 | Australian Veterinary Journal

Does only the age of the hen matter in Salmonella enterica contamination of eggs?

Helen Kathleen Crabb, James Rudkin Gilkerson, Glenn Francis Browning

Journal article | 2019 | Food Microbiology

Population wide assessment of antimicrobial use in dogs and cats using a novel data source - A cohort study using pet insurance data

Laura Yvonne Hardefeldt, Joshua Selinger, Mark Anthony Stevenson, James Rudkin Gilkerson, Helen Crabb, Helen Billman-Jacobe, Karin Thursky, Kirsten Erin Bailey, Magdoline Awad, Glenn Francis Browning

Journal article | 2018 | Veterinary Microbiology

Equine Transport and Changes in Equid Herpesvirus' Status

Katharine E Muscat, Barbara Padalino, Carol A Hartley, Nino Ficorilli, Pietro Celi, Peter Knight, Sharanne Raidal, James R Gilkerson, Gary Muscatello

Journal article | 2018 | Front Vet Sci

Salmonella spp. transmission in a vertically integrated poultry operation: Clustering and diversity analysis using phenotyping (serotyping, phage typing) and genotyping (MLVA)

Helen Kathleen Crabb, Joanne Lee Allen, Joanne Maree Devlin, Simon Matthew Firestone, Colin Reginald Wilks, James Rudkin Gilkerson

Journal article | 2018 | PLOS ONE

Characterization of the fecal virome in dogs with chronic enteropathy

Paloma S Moreno, Josef Wagner, Carl D Kirkwood, James R Gilkerson, Caroline S Mansfield

Journal article | 2018 | Veterinary Microbiology

First detection of bovine noroviruses and detection of bovine coronavirus in Australian dairy cattle

SJ Symes, JL Allen, PD Mansell, KL Woodward, KE Bailey, JR Gilkerson, GF Browning

Journal article | 2018 | Australian Veterinary Journal

Veterinary Students' Knowledge and Perceptions About Antimicrobial Stewardship and Biosecurity-A National Survey

Laura Hardefeldt, Torben Nielsen, Helen Crabb, James Gilkerson, Richard Squires, Jane Heller, Claire Sharp, Rowland Cobbold, Jacqueline Norris, Glenn Browning

Journal article | 2018 | ANTIBIOTICS-BASEL

The use of social network analysis to examine the transmission of Salmonella spp. within a vertically integrated broiler enterprise

Helen Kathleen Crabb, Joanne Lee Allen, Joanne Maree Devlin, Simon Matthew Firestone, Mark Anthony Stevenson, James Rudkin Gilkerson

Journal article | 2018 | Food Microbiology

Barriers to and enablers of implementing antimicrobial stewardship programs in veterinary practices

Laura Y Hardefeldt, JR Gilkerson, H Billman-Jacobe, MA Stevenson, K Thursky, KE Bailey, GF Browning

Journal article | 2018 | Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine

Antimicrobial labelling in Australia: a threat to antimicrobial stewardship?

LY Hardefeldt, JR Gilkerson, H Billman-Jacobe, MA Stevenson, K Thursky, GF Browning, KE Bailey

Journal article | 2018 | Australian Veterinary Journal

Antimicrobial susceptibility testing by Australian veterinary diagnostic laboratories

LY Hardefeldt, M Marenda, H Crabb, MA Stevenson, JR Gilkerson, H Billman-Jacobe, GF Browning

Journal article | 2018 | Australian Veterinary Journal

Variation in the microbiome of the urogenital tract of Chlamydia-free female koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) with and without 'wet bottom'

Alistair R Legione, Jemima Amery-Gale, Michael Lynch, Leesa Haynes, James R Gilkerson, Fiona M Sansom, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article | 2018 | PLOS ONE

Equine picornavirus infection.

C Hartley, J Gilkerson

Book Chapter | 2018

Infectious Laryngotracheitis Virus Viral Chemokine-Binding Protein Glycoprotein G Alters Transcription of Key Inflammatory Mediators In Vitro and In Vivo

Mauricio JC Coppo, Joanne M Devlin, Alistair R Legione, Paola K Vaz, Sang-Won Lee, Jose A Quinteros, James R Gilkerson, Nino Ficorilli, Patrick C Reading, Amir H Noormohammadi, Carol A Hartley

Journal article | 2018 | J Virol

Antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis by equine veterinary practitioners in Australia

LY Hardefeldt, GF Browning, K Thursky, JR Gilkerson, H Billman-Jacobe, MA Stevenson, KE Bailey

Journal article | 2018 | Equine Veterinary Journal

VetCompass Australia: A National Big Data Collection System for Veterinary Science

Paul McGreevy, Peter Thomson, Navneet K Dhand, David Raubenheimer, Sophie Masters, Caroline S Mansfield, Timothy Baldwin, Ricardo J Soares Magalhaes, Jacquie Rand, Peter Hill, Anne Peaston, James Gilkerson, Martin Combs, Shane Raidal, Peter Irwin, Peter Irons, Richard Squires, David Brodbelt, Jeremy Hammond

Journal article | 2017 | Animals

Cross-sectional study of antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis by bovine veterinary practitioners in Australia

Laura Y Hardefeldt, Glenn F Browning, Karin A Thursky, James R Gilkerson, Helen Billman-Jacobe, Mark A Stevenson, Kirsten E Bailey

Journal article | 2017 | VETERINARY RECORD

Antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis by companion animal veterinarians in Australia (vol 203C, pg 301, 2017)

Laura Y Hardefeldt, Glenn F Browning, Karin Thursky, James R Gilkerson, Helen Billman-Jacobe, Mark A Stevenson, Kirsten E Bailey

Journal article | 2017 | Veterinary Microbiology

Characterisation of the canine faecal virome in healthy dogs and dogs with acute diarrhoea using shotgun metagenomics

Paloma S Moreno, Josef Wagner, Caroline S Mansfield, Matthew Stevens, James R Gilkerson, Carl D Kirkwood

Journal article | 2017 | PLOS ONE

Impairment of infectious laryngotracheitis virus replication by deletion of the UL[-1] gene

M Nadimpalli, SW Lee, JM Devlin, JR Gilkerson, CA Hartley

Journal article | 2017 | Arch Virol

Antimicrobials used for surgical prophylaxis by companion animal veterinarians in Australia

Laura Y Hardefeldt, Glenn F Browning, Karin Thursky, James R Gilkerson, Helen Billman-Jacobe, Mark A Stevenson, Kirsten E Bailey

Journal article | 2017 | VETERINARY MICROBIOLOGY

Mapping B lymphocytes as major reservoirs of naturally occurring latent equine herpesvirus 5 infection

Zelalem H Mekuria, Charles El-Hage, Nino P Ficorilli, Elizabeth A Washington, James R Gilkerson, Carol A Hartley

Journal article | 2017 | J Gen Virol

Koala retrovirus genotyping analyses reveal a low prevalence of KoRV-A in Victorian koalas and an association with clinical disease

Alistair R Legione, Jade LS Patterson, Pam Whiteley, Simon M Firestone, Megan Curnick, Kate Bodley, Michael Lynch, James R Gilkerson, Fiona M Sansom, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article | 2017 | Journal of Medical Microbiology

Koala retrovirus genotyping analyses reveal a low prevalence of KoRV-A in Victorian koalas and an association with clinical disease.

Alistair R Legione, Jade LS Patterson, Pam Whiteley, Simon M Firestone, Megan Curnick, Kate Bodley, Michael Lynch, James R Gilkerson, Fiona M Sansom, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article | 2017 | Journal of medical microbiology

PURPOSE: Koala retrovirus (KoRV) is undergoing endogenization into the genome of koalas in Australia, providing an opportunity to ..

Variation in the microbiome of the urogenital tract of female koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) with and without ‘wet bottom’

Alistair Legione, Jemima Amery-Gale, Michael Lynch, Leesa Haynes, James Gilkerson, Fiona Sansom, Joanne Devlin, Joanne Devlin

Journal article | 2017

Abstract Koalas ( Phascolarctos cinereus ) are iconic Australian marsupials currently threatened by several processes. Infectious ..

Picornaviridae

James Gilkerson, Carol Hartley

Book Chapter | 2017

Low genetic diversity among historical and contemporary clinical isolates of felid herpesvirus 1

Paola K Vaz, Natalie Job, Jacquelyn Horsington, Nino Ficorilli, Michael J Studdert, Carol A Hartley, James R Gilkerson, Glenn F Browning, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article | 2016 | BMC GENOMICS

Identification of unusual Chlamydia pecorum genotypes in Victorian koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) and clinical variables associated with infection

Alistair R Legione, Jade LS Patterson, Pam L Whiteley, Jemima Amery-Gale, Michael Lynch, Leesa Haynes, James R Gilkerson, Adam Polkinghorne, Joanne M Devlin, Fiona M Sansom

Journal article | 2016 | Journal of Medical Microbiology

Chlamydia pecorum Infection in Free-ranging Koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) on French Island, Victoria, Australia

Alistair R Legione, Jemima Amery-Gale, Michael Lynch, Leesa Haynes, James R Gilkerson, Fiona M Sansom, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article | 2016 | Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Evidence of widespread natural recombination among field isolates of equine herpesvirus 4 but not among field isolates of equine herpesvirus 1

PK Vaz, J Horsington, CA Hartley, GF Browning, NP Ficorilli, MJ Studdert, JR Gilkerson, JM Devlin

Journal article | 2016 | JOURNAL OF GENERAL VIROLOGY

The first genome sequence of a metatherian herpesvirus: Macropodid herpesvirus 1

Paola K Vaz, Timothy J Mahony, Carol A Hartley, Elizabeth V Fowler, Nino Ficorilli, Sang W Lee, James R Gilkerson, Glenn F Browning, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article | 2016 | BMC GENOMICS

Protection Induced in Broiler Chickens following Drinking-Water Delivery of Live Infectious Laryngotracheitis Vaccines against Subsequent Challenge with Recombinant Field Virus

Mesula G Korsa, Glenn F Browning, Mauricio JC Coppo, Alistair R Legione, James R Gilkerson, Amir H Noormohammadi, Paola K Vaz, Sang-Won Lee, Joanne M Devlin, Carol A Hartley

Journal article | 2015 | PLOS ONE

Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Herpesvirus Infection in Populations of Australian Marsupials

Kathryn Stalder, Paola K Vaz, James R Gilkerson, Rupert Baker, Pam Whiteley, Nino Ficorilli, Liliana Tatarczuch, Timothy Portas, Kim Skogvold, Garry A Anderson, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article | 2015 | PLOS ONE

Novel assay to quantify recombination in a calicivirus

Sally J Symes, Natalie Job, Nino Ficorilli, Carol A Hartley, Glenn F Browning, James R Gilkerson

Journal article | 2015 | Vet Microbiol

Update on Viral Diseases of the Equine Respiratory Tract

James R Gilkerson, Kirsten E Bailey, Andres Diaz-Mendez, Carol A Hartley

Journal article | 2015 | Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract

THE PREVALENCE AND CLINICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF CHLAMYDIA INFECTION IN ISLAND AND MAINLAND POPULATIONS OF VICTORIAN KOALAS (PHASCOLARCTOS CINEREUS)

Jade LS Patterson, Michael Lynch, Garry A Anderson, Amir H Noormohammadi, Alistair Legione, James R Gilkerson, Joanne M Devlin

Journal article | 2015 | Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Recombinant Herpesvirus Glycoprotein G Improves the Protective Immune Response to Helicobacter pylori Vaccination in a Mouse Model of Disease

Louise Baker, Andre ML Chitas, Carol A Hartley, Mauricio JC Coppo, Paola K Vaz, Andrew Stent, James R Gilkerson, Joanne M Devlin, Alison L Every

Journal article | 2014 | PLOS ONE

Comparing the genetic diversity of ORF30 of Australian isolates of 3 equid alphaherpesviruses

Jennifer L Cuxson, Carol A Hartley, Nino P Ficorilli, Sally J Symes, Joanne M Devlin, James R Gilkerson

Journal article | 2014 | Veterinary Microbiology