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A/PROF JAMES GILKERSON

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Academic, Veterinary Science Faculty

Veterinary Infectious Diseases (Equine, Feline)
Veterinary Infectious Diseases (Equine, Feline)
Veterinary Epidemiology
Viral respiratory diseases of horses especially equine influenza
Equine herpes virus and equine picornavirus infections
Veterinary bacteriology and microbiology

Overview

Has subject area

For 2008 6 Digit Code
Seo 2008 6 Digit Code
- Livestock Raising not elsewhere classified

Publications

Selected publications

2013
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Accelerated vaccination schedule provides protective levels of antibody and complete herd immunity to equine influenza. Equine Veterinary Journal. 45:235-239. 2013
2012
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Air sampling in the breathing zone of neonatal foals for prediction of subclinical Rhodococcus equi infection. Equine Veterinary Journal. 44:203-206. 2012
  - Detection of a second novel gammaherpesvirus in a free-ranging koala (Phascolarctos cinereus ). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 48:226-229. 2012
  - Mapping B-cell epitopes in equine rhinitis B viruses and identification of a neutralising site in the VP1 C-terminus. Veterinary Microbiology. 155:128-136. 2012
  - Murray Valley encephalomyelitis in a horse. Australian Veterinary Journal. 90:252-254. 2012
  - Safety and vaccine efficacy of a glycoprotein G deficient strain of infectious laryngotracheitis virus delivered in ovo. Vaccine. 30:7193-7198. 2012
  - Third International Havemeyer Workshop on Equine Herpesvirus type 1. Equine Veterinary Journal. 44:513-517. 2012
2011
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Comparative in vivo safety and efficacy of a glycoprotein G-deficient candidate vaccine strain of infectious laryngotracheitis virus delivered via eye drop. Avian Pathology. 40:411-417. 2011
  - Detection of a novel gammaherpesvirus in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus ). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 47:787-791. 2011
  - Equine influenza in Australia: a clinical overview. Australian Veterinary Journal. 89:11-13. 2011
  - Equine rhinitis A virus-like particle expressing DNA vaccine induces a virus neutralising immune reponse in mice. Virus Research. 158:294-297. 2011
  - Evaluation of the response to an accelerated immunisation schedule using a canarypox-vectored equine influenza vaccine, shortened interdose intervals and vaccination of young foals. Australian Veterinary Journal. 89:137-139. 2011
  - Horizontal transmission dynamics of a glycoprotein G deficient candidate vaccine strain of infectious laryngotracheitis virus and the effect of vaccination on transmission of virulent virus. Vaccine. 29:5699-5704. 2011
  - Identification of mixed equine rhinitis B virus infections leading to further insight on the relationship between genotype, serotype and acid stability phenotype. Virus Research. 155:506-513. 2011
2010
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Evaluation of immunological responses to a glycoprotein G deficient candidate vaccine strain of infectious laryngotracheitis virus. Vaccine. 28:1325-1332. 2010
2009
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Detection of virulent Rhodococcus equi in exhaled air samples from naturally infected foals. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 47:734-737. 2009
  - Equine amnionitis and fetal loss:The case definition for an unrecognised cause of abortion in mares. Australian Veterinary Journal. 87:35-38. 2009
2008
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Comparison of the safety and protective efficacy of vaccination with glycoprotein-G-deficient infectious laryngotracheitis virus delivered via eye-drop, drinking water or aerosol. Avian Pathology. 37:83-88. 2008
  - Equine influenza in Australia. Australian Equine Veterinarian. 27:34-40. 2008
- Journal Articles Unrefereed Letters or Notes
  - Equine herpesvirus neurological disease. Equine Veterinary Journal. 40:102-103. 2008
2007
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Rhodococcus equi infection in foals : the science of 'rattles'. Equine Veterinary Journal. 39:470-478. 2007
  - Comparison of two selective media for the recovery, isolation, enumeration and differentiation of Rhodococcus equi. Veterinary Microbiology. 119:324-329. 2007
  - Evidence-based immunization in horses. Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice. 23:481-508. 2007
  - Glycoprotein G deficient infectious laryngotracheitis virus is a candidate attenuated vaccine. Vaccine. 25:3561-3566. 2007
  - Host cell tropism of equine herpesviruses: glycoprotein D of EHV-1 enables EHV-4 to infect a non-permissive cell line. Archives of Virology. 152:717-725. 2007
  - Prevalence of serum neutralising antibody to equine rhinitis A virus (ERAV), equine rhinitis B virus 1 (ERBV1) and ERBV2. Veterinary Microbiology. 119:65-71. 2007
2006
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - A glycoprotein I- and glycoprotein E-deficient mutant of infectious laryngotracheitis virus exhibits impaired cell-to-cell spread in cultured cells. Archives of Virology. 151:1281-1289. 2006
  - Associations between the ecology of virulent Rhodococcus equi and the epidemiology of R. equi pneumonia on Australian Thoroughbred farms. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 72:6152-6160. 2006
  - Clinical evaluation of a peptide-ELISA based upon N-terminal B-cell epitope of the VapA protein for diagnosis of Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in foals. Journal of Veterinary Medicine Series B - Infectious Diseases and Veterinary Public Health. 53:126-132. 2006
  - Comparison of concentrations of Rhodococcus equi and virulent R. equi in air of stables and paddocks on horse breeding farms in a temperate climate. Equine Veterinary Journal. 38:263-265. 2006
  - EHV-1 and EHV-4 infection in vaccinated mares and their foals. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 111:41-46. 2006
  - Equine herpesvirus 1 glycoprotein D expressed in E. coli provides partial protection against equine herpesvirus infection in mice and elicits virus-neutralizing antibodies in the horse. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 111:59-66. 2006
  - Glycoprotein G is a virulence factor in infectious laryngotracheitis virus. Journal of General Virology. 87:2839-2847. 2006
2005
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Comparison of antibody detection assays for the diagnosis of equine herpesvirus 1 and 4 infections in horses. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 66:921-928. 2005
  - Serum antibody responses to equine herpesvirus 1 glycoprotein D in horses, pregnant mares and young foals. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 105:47-57. 2005
2004
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Detection of EHV-1 and EHV-4 DNA in unweaned thoroughbred foals from vaccinated mares on a large stud farm. Equine Veterinary Journal. 36:341-345. 2004
2003
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Inoculation with DNA encoding the glycoprotein gp2 reduces severity of equine herpesvirus 1 infection in a mouse respiratory model. Archives of Virology. 148:1805-1813. 2003
  - Seroprevalence of equine herpesvirus 1 in mares and foals on a large Hunter Valley stud farm in years pre- and postvaccination. Australian Veterinary Journal. 81:283-288. 2003
2002
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Serological responses of mares and weanlings following vaccination with an inactivated whole virus equine herpesvirus 1 and equine herpesvirus 4 vaccine. Veterinary Microbiology. 88:13-25. 2002
  - The C-terminal regions of the envelope glycoprotein gp2 of equine herpesviruses 1 and 4 are antigenically distinct. Archives of Virology. 147:607-615. 2002
2001
- Journal Articles Refereed
  - Equine herpesvirus 1 glycoprotein D expressed in Pichia pastoris in hyperglycosylated and elicits a protective immune response in the mouse model of EHV-1 disease. Virus Research. 79:125-135. 2001

Research

Investigator on

Contract
- EHV-1 AND EHV-4 ELISA RESEARCH awarded by ANIMAL HEALTH TRUST UK 2010 -
- INVESTIGATIONS OF EQUINE HARPESVIRUS 1 GLYCOPROTEIN G awarded by BAYERISCHES LANDESAMT FUR GESUNDHEIT UND LEBENSMITTELSICHERHEIT 2010 -
- ISOLATION OF A BOVINE ROTAVIRUS STRAIN SUITABLE FOR VACCINE DEVELOPMENT awarded by INTERVET AUSTRALIA PTY LTD 2007 - 2008
- CONSTRUCTION OF A FULL LENGTH INFECTIOUS LARYNGOTRACHEITIS VIRUS (ILTV) BACTERIAL ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME (BAC) awarded by CSIRO DIVISION OF ENTOMOLOGY
- INVESTIGATION INTO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A RANGE OF ANTIFUNGAL MEDICATIONS AND DISINFECTANTS AGAINST BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS OVER THE PERIOD OF METAMORPHOSIS awarded by PFIZER PTY LTD
Grant
- Development and validation of a qRT-PCR assay for the detection of feline calicivirus (FCV) in clinical samples. (Research Grants) awarded by FELINE HEALTH RESEARCH FUND 2011 - 2012
- TOWARDS COMMERCIALISATION OF A NEXT-GENERATION ILTV VACCINE AND DIFFERENTIAL ELISA (R & D Proposal) awarded by POULTRY CRC LTD 2010 - 2013
- New and emerging herpesviruses in Australian marsupials (Project Grants) awarded by THE IAN POTTER FOUNDATION 2010 - 2012
- Structural and functional investigations into a novel chemokine binding protein encoded by evolutionarily diverse alphaherpesviruses (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2009 - 2013
- Virus and horse specific risk factors for EHV1 neurological disease (Research Priorities Program) awarded by RURAL INDUSTRIES R & D CORPORATION 2009 - 2012
- DEVELOPING NOVEL ANTIGEN DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ILTV AS A VACCINE VECTOR (R & D Proposal) awarded by POULTRY CRC LTD 2009
- Investigations into a novel recombinant vaccine to control infectious laryngotracheitis (R & D Proposal) awarded by POULTRY CRC LTD 2009
- Equine rhinitis A virus; molecular pathogenesis and methods for control (Linkage Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2007 - 2010
- Blocking immune responses: a critical factor in herpesvirus virulence? (Discovery Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2006 - 2008
- Development and assessment of chimaeric feline caliciviruses as vaccines (Linkage Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2004 - 2008
- Equine infectious respiratory disease after long distance confined transportation (Linkage Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2004 - 2008
- Development of an attenuated infectious laryngotracheitis virus vaccine (Linkage Projects) awarded by AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL 2003 - 2006
- Management strategies for reducing risk of rhodococcal pneumonia on studs (Research Priorities Program) awarded by RURAL INDUSTRIES R & D CORPORATION 2003 - 2006

Awards

Education and training

PhD, University of Sydney 1998
BVSc, University of Sydney 1994
BSc(Vet), University of Sydney 1992

Awards and honors

AVA President's Prize for support and dedication to the profession and outstanding contribution to veterinary science, Australian Veterinary Association, 2008

Supervision

Available for supervision

Y

Contact Details
- jrgilk@unimelb.edu.au
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