@conference {69513,
	title = {Cathelicidin levels in milk from cows infected with a range of mastitis causing pathogens},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {70},
	year = {2010},
	month = {Jun},
	pages = {243-245},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Palmerston North},
	abstract = {Mastitis is an inflammatory condition of the udder that is highly prevalent in cows on New Zealand dairy farms. It results in reduced production, increased treatment costs and lower profitability (Petrovski et al.,2006). An elevated somatic cell count (SCC) in the milk, mainly due to recruitment of immune cells to the site of infection, is the most widely accepted standard for diagnosis of subclinical infection whereas bacteriological culturing is typically used for identification of the causative pathogen from clinical cases (Moyes et al.,2009; Schukken et al.,2003). At present, both tests require laboratory analysis and are not routinely performed on individual cows throughout lactation.},
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Pryor SM and Smolenski GA and Wieleczko RJ and Broadhurst and Stelwagen K and Wheeler TT and Haigh BJ}
}
@conference {41781,
	title = {Expression of innate immune response genes in mammary epithelia following stimulation of lipopolysaccharide or Escherichia coli},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {68},
	year = {2008},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {31-32},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Brisbane, Australia},
	abstract = {The innate immune system is essential for keeping the bovine mammary gland disease free. A number of innate immune response genes are expressed in bovine mammary epithelial cells (bMEC), suggesting it contributes to defence against pathogens (Rainard \& Riollet, 2006). These responses may play a key role in determining susceptibility to mastitis. The aim of this project was to investigate the expression in bMEC of specific innate immune genes in response to Escherichia coli ...Continued },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Stockum C and Haigh BJ and Meyer HHD and Bruckmaier RM and Wheeler TT and Singh K}
}
@conference {40972,
	title = {Current status of a candidate gene marker for bloat susceptibility in cattle},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {58},
	year = {1998},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {10-12},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	abstract = {Pasture bloat costs New Zealand{\textquoteleft}s dairy industry at least $25M annually. We have previously shown that a salivary protein is increased in abundance in saliva from cattle that have been selected for low susceptibility to bloat compared with those selected for high susceptibility. We have now obtained the cDNA sequence for two closely related forms of this protein, which we term bSP30a and bSP30b. These share 83\% sequence identity at the amino acid level, but at best only 28-30\% homology with salivary proteins from other species. Analysis of genomic DNA by PCR suggests that the two forms of bSP30 are coded on two separate genes. However, the function of bSP30 and how it might influence susceptibility to bloat remains as yet unknown. },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Wheeler TT and Haigh BJ and Wilkins RJ and McCracken JY and Morris CA}
}
