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PROF KEVIN WHITHEAR



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Organization: Veterinary Science
Position: Honorary (Professorial Fellow)
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Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Veterinary Science University of Sydney
Hawkesbury Diploma of Agricultur Hawkesbury Agriculture College
Doctor of Philosophy Monash University

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member Australian Veterinary Association Member 01-Jan-1979
Member Australian Veterinary Poultry Association Life Member 01-Jan-1980

Honours

Honour Date Awarded
Medal of the Order of Australia 2007

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Prize Australian Veterinary Association Gilruth Prize 14-May-2007
Medal Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering ASTE Clunies Ross Award 19-May-1998

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Safety and efficacy of the Mycoplasma synoviae MS-H vaccine in turkeys
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Avian Diseases
    Volume: 51
    Page numbers: 550-554
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Age related differences in the immune response to vaccination and infection with Mycoplasma gallisepticum
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Vaccine
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 1687-1692
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  • Determination of the effective dose of the live Mycoplasma synoviae vaccine, Vaxsafe MS (Strain MS-H) by protection against experimental challenge
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Avian Diseases
    Volume: 50
    Page numbers: 88-91
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  • Duration of immunity with Mycoplasma synoviae: Comparison of the live attenuated vaccine MS-H (Vaxsafe MS) and its wild-type parent strain, 86079/7NS
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Avian Diseases
    Volume: 50
    Page numbers: 228-231
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  • Onset of immunity with Mycoplasma synoviae: Comparison of the live attenuated vaccine MS-H (Vaxsafe MS) with its wild-type parent strain (86079/7NS)
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Avian Diseases
    Volume: 50
    Page numbers: 82-87
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  • Reproductive characteristics of a precocious vaccine line (Rt3+15) of Eimeria tenella in embryonating chicken eggs
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Acta Parasitologica
    Volume: 51
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 156-159
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  • The cellular immune response in the tracheal mucosa to Mycoplasma gallisepticum in vaccinated and unvaccinated chickens in the acute and chronic stages of disease
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Vaccine
    Volume: 24
    Page numbers: 2627-2633
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Publications in 2005

Book Chapters

  • Vaccines to Control Mycoplasmosis
    Year: 2005
    Book: Mycoplasmas Molecular Biology Pathogenicity and Strategies for Control
    Publisher: Horizon Bioscience(Norwich)
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Publications in 2004

Book Chapters

  • Mycoplasma
    Year: 2004
    Book: Pathogenesis of bacterial infections in animals
    Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Asia(Carlton South)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Evaluation of the non-temperature-sensitive field clonal isolates of the Mycoplasma synoviae vaccine strain MS-H
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Avian Diseases
    Volume: 47
    Page numbers: 355-360
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  • It takes more than metadata and stories of success: Understanding barriers to reuse of computer facilitated learning resources
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Australian Journal of Educational Technology
    Volume: 19
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 72-86
    Publisher: Australian Society for Educational Technology
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Detection of Antibodies to Mycoplasma gallisepticum Vaccine ts-11 by an Autologous pMGA Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Avian Diseases
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 405-411
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  • Improved detection of antibodies to Mycoplasma synoviae vaccine MS-H using an autologous recombinant MSPB enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Avian Pathology
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 611-617
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  • Induction of enzootic pneumonia in pigs by the administration of an aerosol of in vitro-cultured Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Veterinary Record
    Volume: 150
    Page numbers: 9-11
    Publisher: British Veterinary Association(London)
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  • Poor Systemic Antibody Response After Vaccination of Commercial Broiler Breeders with Mycoplasma gallisepticum Vaccine ts-11 Not Associated with Susceptibility to Challenge
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Avian Diseases
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 623-628
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Publications in 2001

Book Chapters

  • Diseases due to mycoplasmas
    Year: 2001
    Book: Infectious diseases of wild mammals
    Publisher: Iowa State Press(Iowa)
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Journal Articles

  • A case-control study of respiratory disease in Thoroughbred racehorses in Sydney, Australia
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Equine Veterinary Journal
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 256-264
    Publisher: Equine Veterinary Journal(Newmarket)
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  • Automated, fluorescence-based approach for the specific diagnosis of chicken coccidiosis
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Electrophoresis
    Volume: 22
    Issue: 2001
    Page numbers: 3546-3550
    Publisher: Wiley-VCH(Berlin)
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  • Molecular epidemiology of Salmonella Heidelberg in an equine hospital
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Veterinary Microbiology
    Volume: 80
    Page numbers: 85-98
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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  • Rapid PCR detection of Salmonella in horse faecal samples
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Veterinary Microbiology
    Volume: 79
    Page numbers: 63-74
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
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