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A novel automated test battery reveals enduring behavioural alterations and cognitive impairments in survivors of murine pneumococcal meningitis by Too, L.K, Ball, H.J, McGregor, I.S, Hunt, N.H

“…Highlight • This is the first study using an automated home-cage system to reveal novel neuropsychological changes in a murine model of pneumococcal meningitis…”
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Characterisation of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) associated with colisepticaemia compared to faecal isolates from healthy birds by McPeake, S.J.W., Smyth, J.A., Ball, H.J.

“…A total of 114 avian pathogenic Escherichia coli (APEC) isolates were collected from cases of colisepticaemia occurring in broilers (77) and layers (37) within…”
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Culture enrichment assists the diagnosis of cattle botulism by a monoclonal antibody based sandwich ELISA by Brooks, C.E., Clarke, H.J., Finlay, D.A., McConnell, W., Graham, D.A., Ball, H.J.

“…Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) obtained from a mouse immunised with Clostridium botulinum type D toxoid were developed into a sandwich ELISA (sELISA) format that…”
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Temperature dependency of Clostridium botulinum C and D toxin production from anaerobically enriched bovine gastrointestinal samples by Brooks, C.E, Clarke, H.J, Ardis, T.C, Ball, H.J

“…Aims: To determine whether Clostridium botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) production in anaerobic culture was affected by temperature and could influence the sandwich…”
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Detection of Mycoplasma mycoides sub-species mycoides small colony by a specific capture/enrichment monoclonal antibody-based sandwich ELISA by Brooks, C., Finlay, D., Blackburn, P., Ball, H.J.

“…The present study describes the development of a specific Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides Small Colony (MmmSC) monoclonal antibody (MAb), 6E3, and its…”
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Development of a monoclonal sandwich ELISA for the detection of animal and human Escherichia coli O157 strains by Kerr, P, Chart, H, Finlay, D, Pollock, D.A, Mackie, D.P, Ball, H.J

“…Aims: Production of a monoclonal antibody (MAb) to Escherichia coli O157 to develop a rapid test using a sandwich ELISA (sELISA) format. Methods and Results: A…”
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Comparison of a monoclonal antibody-based capture/enrichment sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay with immunomagnetic bead separation for the detection of attachment effacement Escherichia coli O26 strains from cattle faeces by Finlay, D, Bell, C, Ball, H.J

“…A monoclonal antibody (Mab 2F3)-based sandwich enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (sELISA) format for the detection of Escherichia coli O26 that improves the…”
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Sandwich ELISA detection of Clostridium perfringens cells and α-toxin from field cases of necrotic enteritis of poultry by McCourt, M.T., Finlay, D.A., Laird, C., Smyth, J.A., Bell, C., Ball, H.J.

“…Sandwich ELISAs (sELISAs) for the detection of Clostridium perfringens cells and α-toxin were developed and used to screen intestinal samples from normal…”
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Development of an IMS-PCR assay for the detection of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis in water by Whan, L, Ball, H.J, Grant, I.R, Rowe, M.T

“…Aims:  To develop a sensitive detection method for Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (Map) in water by modifying and optimizing an existing…”
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Development of a capture/enrichment sandwich ELISA for the rapid detection of enteropathogenic and enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26 strains by Neely, E, Bell, C, Finlay, D, McCappin, J, Wilson, I, Ball, H.J

“…Aims:  To improve the sensitivity of a monoclonal antibody (MAb 2F3) based enteropathogenic Escherichia coli (EPEC)/enterohaemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) serogroup…”
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comparison of a monoclonal antibody-based sandwich ELISA and immunomagnetic bead selective enrichment for the detection of Escherichia coli O157 from bovine faeces by Kerr, P, Finlay, D, Thomson-Carter, F, Ball, H.J

“…Aims: To compare a recently developed monoclonal antibody (MAb) based sandwich ELISA (sELISA) with an immunomagnetic separation (IMS) method for the detection…”
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Comparison of necrotoxigenic Escherichia coli isolates from farm animals and from humans by Mainil, J.G, Jacquemin, E, Pohl, P, Fairbrother, J.M, Ansuini, A, Le Bouguénec, Ch, Ball, H.J, De Rycke, J, Oswald, E

“…Necrotoxigenic Escherichia coli (NTEC) isolated from animals and humans can belong to the same serogroups/types and produce or carry the genes coding for…”
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Thermal inactivation of several Mycobacterium spp. in milk by pasteurization by Grant, I.R, Ball, H.J, Rowe, M.T

“…I.R. GRANT, H.J. BALL AND M.T. ROWE. 1996. The thermal inactivation of Mycobacterium avium, Myco. bovis, Myco. fortuitum, Myco. intracellulare and Myco…”
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CNF producing Escherichia coli isolated from cattle in Northern Ireland by Burns, A.L., Ball, H.J., Finlay, D.A.

“…Tissue culture assays were used to investigate the incidence of cytotoxic necrotising factors (CNFs) 1 and 2 in Escherichia coli strains from cattle. E. coli…”
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Temperature dependency of Clostridium botulinum C and D toxin production from anaerobically enriched bovine gastrointestinal samples: BoNT C & D enrichment/sELISA by Brooks, C.E., Clarke, H.J., Ardis, T.C., Ball, H.J.

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Interleukin-18 deficiency and its long-term behavioural and cognitive impacts in a murine model of pneumococcal meningitis by Too, L.K., Mitchell, A.J., Yau, B., Ball, H.J., McGregor, I.S., Hunt, N.H.

“…•IL-18 mediates the inflammatory response during acute pneumococcal meningitis.•IL-18 deficiency improves survival of mice during brain infection with…”
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Detection of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides by growth-inhibition using monoclonal antibodies by Rodríguez, F, Fernández, A, Ball, H.J

“…A pool of three monoclonal antibodies, 3H12, 6D11 and 2A3, inhibited the in vitro growth of 12 Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides small colony ( MmmSC)…”
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Detection of Mycoplasma mycoides subspecies mycoides by monoclonal antibody-based sandwich ELISA by Rodriguez, F., Ball, H.J., Finlay, D., Campbell, D., Mackie, D.P.

“…Monoclonal antibodies (MAbs) were produced from a mouse immunised with Mycoplasma mycoides subsp. mycoides small colony ( MmmSC) antigen and their use to…”
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Immunohistochemical Labelling of Cyclooxygenase-2 in Lung Lesions of Calves Infected with Mycoplasma bovis by Rodríguez, F., Ball, H.J., Suárez-Bonnet, A., Ramírez, A.S., Fernández, A.

“…The pathogenesis and persistence of Mycoplasma bovis (Mb) infection of the respiratory tract is incompletely understood. Cyclooxygenase (COX)-2 is…”
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The isolation of sucrose-fermenting Salmonella mbandaka by Reid, R L, Porter, R C, Ball, H J

“…During media trials to evaluate the use of Brilliant Green Agar for the primary recognition of Salmonella, strains presenting fermentation reactions were…”
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