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Maternal antibody transfer in yellow-legged gulls by Pearce-Duvet, Jessica M C, Gauthier-Clerc, Michel, Jourdain, Elsa, Boulinier, Thierry

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Cefixime-tellurite rhamnose MacConkey agar for isolation of Vero cytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli serogroup O26 from Scottish cattle and sheep faeces by Evans, J, Knight, H.I, Smith, A.W, Pearce, M.C, Hall, M, Foster, G, Low, J.C, Gunn, G.J

“…To compare rhamnose MacConkey agar supplemented with cefixime and tellurite (CT-RMac) and tryptone bile X-glucuronide (TBX) agars as isolation media for Vero…”
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Walking the line: search behavior and foraging success in ant species by Pearce-Duvet, Jessica M.C., Elemans, Coen P.H., Feener, Donald H.

“…Finding food is one of the most important tasks an animal faces. Although the impact of behavior and morphology on individual foraging success is well…”
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Detection of genetic diversity by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis among Escherichia coli O157 isolated from bovine faecal samples by immunomagnetic separation technique by Vali, L, Hamouda, A, Pearce, M.C, Knight, H.I, Evans, J, Amyes, S.G.B

“…Escherichia coli O157 is considered to be one of most important human pathogens of animal origin which causes serious clinical complications. One of the most…”
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Exploiting strain diversity to expose transmission heterogeneities and predict the impact of targeting supershedding by Matthews, L, Reeve, R, Woolhouse, M.E.J, Chase-Topping, M, Mellor, D.J, Pearce, M.C, Allison, L.J, Gunn, G.J, Low, J.C, Reid, S.W.J

“…Abstract When a few individuals generate disproportionately many secondary cases, targeted interventions can theoretically lead to highly efficient control of…”
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eight-month study of a population of verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) in a Scottish cattle herd by Jenkins, C, Pearce, M.C, Chart, H, Cheasty, T, Willshaw, G.A, Gunn, G.J, Dougan, G, Smith, H.R, Synge, B.A, Frankel, G

“…Aims: Strains of Verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli (VTEC) from Scottish beef cattle on the same farm were isolated during four visits over a period of…”
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Assembling an ant community: species functional traits reflect environmental filtering by Wiescher, Philipp T., Pearce-Duvet, Jessica M. C., Feener, Donald H.

“…Species should only persist in local communities if they have functional traits that are compatible with habitat-specific environmental conditions…”
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Immunoassays to detect the serum antibody response of cattle to infection with Salmonella Typhimurium definitive type 104 and following vaccination with Bovivac S by Chart, H, Pearce, M.C, Mellor, D, Shaw, D.J, Brown, D

“…Aims: To use ELISA and immunoblotting assays to examine the serum antibody response of cattle infected with Salmonella Typhimurium DT104 and following…”
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Effect of vaccination against gonadotrophin-releasing factor on growth performance, carcass, meat and fat quality of male Duroc pigs for dry-cured ham production by Font-i-Furnols, M., Gispert, M., Soler, J., Diaz, M., Garcia-Regueiro, J.A., Diaz, I., Pearce, M.C.

“…The aim of this study was to compare production, carcass and meat quality parameters, boar taint compounds and fat composition of green and dry-cured hams,…”
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Heterogeneous shedding of Escherichia coli O157 in cattle and its implications for control by Matthews, L, Low, J.C, Gally, D.L, Pearce, M.C, Mellor, D.J, Heesterbeek, J.A.P, Chase-Topping, M, Naylor, S.W, Shaw , D.J, Reid, S.W.J

“…Identification of the relative importance of within- and between-host variability in infectiousness and the impact of these heterogeneities on the transmission…”
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Fast food in ant communities: how competing species find resources by Pearce-Duvet, Jessica M. C., Moyano, Martin, Adler, Frederick R., Feener, Donald H.

“…An understanding of foraging behavior is crucial to understanding higher level community dynamics; in particular, there is a lack of information about how…”
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Identification and Characterization of a Misfolded Monomeric Serpin Formed at Physiological Temperature by Pearce, M.C., Powers, G.A., Feil, S.C., Hansen, G., Parker, M.W., Bottomley, S.P.

“…The native serpin state is kinetically trapped. However, under mildly destabilizing conditions, the conformational landscape changes, and a number of nonnative…”
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Resource discovery in ant communities: do food type and quantity matter by PEARCE-DUVET, JESSICA M.C, FEENER, DONALD H. Jr

“…1. Omnivorous woodland ant species trade off between the ability to find and behaviourally control food resources. Dominant species can limit the ability of…”
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Anthelmintic resistance in horse cyathostomins in France by Traversa, D., Castagna, G., von Samson-Himmelstjerna, G., Meloni, S., Bartolini, R., Geurden, T., Pearce, M.C., Woringer, E., Besognet, B., Milillo, P., D'Espois, M.

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Distribution of Escherichia coli O157 in bovine fecal pats and its impact on estimates of the prevalence of fecal shedding by Pearce, M.C, Fenlon, D, Low, J.C, Smith, A.W, Knight, H.I, Evans, J, Foster, G, Synge, B.A, Gunn, G.J

“…The distribution of Escherichia coli O157 in bovine feces was examined by testing multiple samples from fecal pats and determining the density of E. coli O157…”
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Shedding patterns of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli strains in a cohort of calves and their dams on a Scottish beef farm by Shaw, D.J, Jenkins, C, Pearce, M.C, Cheasty, T, Gunn, G.J, Dougan, G, Smith, H.R, Woolhouse, M.E.J, Frankel, G

“…Rectal fecal samples were taken once a week from 49 calves on the same farm. In addition, the dams of the calves were sampled at the time of calf birth and at…”
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High-level genotypic variation and antibiotic sensitivity among Escherichia coli O157 strains Isolated from two Scottish beef cattle farms by Vali, L, Wisely, A, Pearce, M.C, Turner, E.J, Knight, H.I, Smith, A.W, Amyes, S.G.B

“…Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a human pathogen that is carried and transmitted by cattle. Scotland is known to have one of the highest rates of E. coli O157…”
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Detection of Escherichia coli serogroups O26, O103, O111 and O145 from bovine faeces using immunomagnetic separation and PCR/DNA probe techniques by Jenkins, C., Pearce, M.C., Smith, A.W., Knight, H.I., Shaw, D.J., Cheasty, T., Foster, G., Gunn, G.J., Dougan, G., Smith, H.R., Frankel, G.

“…Aims: The aim of this study was to isolate Escherichia coli O26, O103, O111 and O145 from 745 samples of bovine faeces using (i) immunomagnetic separation…”
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Sensitivity of an Immunomagnetic-Separation-Based Test for Detecting Escherichia coli O26 in Bovine Feces by Hall, L.M, Evans, J, Smith, A.W, Pearce, M.C, Knight, H.I, Foster, G, Low, J.C, Gunn, G.J

“…The sensitivity of a test for cattle shedding Escherichia coli serogroup O26 was estimated using several fecal pats artificially inoculated at a range of…”
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The origin of human pathogens: evaluating the role of agriculture and domestic animals in the evolution of human disease by Pearce-Duvet, Jessica M. C.

“…Many significant diseases of human civilization are thought to have arisen concurrently with the advent of agriculture in human society. It has been…”
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