Publications

Scientific, refereed journals

Pei, Y., Parreira, V., Nicholson, V. M., Prescott, J. F. 2006. Mutation and virulence assessment of chromosomal genes of Rhodococcus equi 103. Can. J. Vet. Res. (in press).

Harrington, N. P., Surujballi, O. P., Prescott, J. F. 2006. Cervid (Cervus elaphus) cytokine mRNA quantification by real-time PCR. J. Wildlife Dis. 42: (in press).

Thompson, D. R., Parreira, V., Kulkarni, R, Prescott, J. F. 2006. Live attenuated vaccine-based control of necrotic enteritis in broiler chickens. Vet. Microbiol. 113:25-34.

Rahman, Md. T., Parreira, V. Prescott, J. F. 2005. In vitro and intra-macrophage gene expression in Rhodococcus equi strain 103. Vet. Microbiol. 110:131-140.

Cai, H. Y., Bell-Rogers, P., Parker, L., Prescott, J. F. 2005. Development of a real-time PCR for detection of Mycoplasma bovis in bovine milk and lung samples. J. Vet. Lab. Diagn. 17:537-545.

Hooper-McGrevy, K. E., Wilkie, B. N., Prescott, J. F. 2005. Virulence-associated protein-specific serum immunoglobulin G-isotype expression in young foals protected against Rhodococcus equi pneumonia by oral immunization with virulent R. equi. Vaccine 23:5760-5767.

Wall, D.M., Duffy, P. S., DuPont, C., Prescott, J. F., Meijer, W. G. 2005. Isocitrate lyase activity is required for virulence of the intracellular pathogen Rhodococcus equi. Infect. Immun. 73:6736-6741.

Weese, J.S., Archambault, M., Willey, B.M., Hearn, P., Kreiswirth, B. N., Said-Salim, B., McGeer, A., Likhoshvay, Y., Prescott, J. F., Low, D. E. 2005. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in horses and horse personnel, 2000-2002. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 11:430-435.

Cai, H. Y., Lu, L., Muckle, C. A., Prescott, J. F., Chen, S. 2005. Development of a novel protein microarray method for Salmonella serotyping. J. Clin. Microbiol. 43:3427-3430.

Miranda-Luengo, R., Duffy, P. S., O’Connell, E. P., Graham, B. J., Mangan, M. W., Prescott, J. F., Meijer, W. G. 2005. The iron regulated iupABC operon is required for saprophytic growth of the intracellular pathogen Rhodococcus equi at low iron concentrations. J. Bacteriol. 187: 3438-3444.

Haghighi, H., Prescott, J. F., 2005. Assessment in mice of vapA-DNA vaccination against Rhodococcus equi infection. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 104: 215-225.

Poppe, C., Martin, L., Gyles, C., Reid-Smith, R., Boerlin, P., McEwen, S., Prescott, J. F., Forward, K. 2004. Acquisition of resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins by Salmonella Newport and Escherichia coli in the intestinal tract of turkey poults. Antimicrob. Agents Chemother. 71:1184-1192.

Ren, J., Prescott, J. F. 2004. The effect of mutation on Rhodococcus equi virulence plasmid gene expression and mouse virulence. Vet. Microbiol. 103: 219-230.

Menzies, P. I., Hwang, Y.-T., Prescott, J. F. 2004. Comparison of an interferon-gamma to a phospholipase D enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for diagnosis of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in experimentally-infected goats. Vet. Microbiol. 100:237-239.

Takai, S., Martens, R. J., Julian, A., Ribeiro, M. G., Rodrigues de Farias, M., Sasaki, Y., Inuzuka, K., Kakuda, T., Tsubaki, S., Prescott, J. F. 2003. Virulence of Rhodococcus equi isolated from dogs and cats. J. Clin. Microbiol. 41: 4468-4470.

Ingrey, K., Ren, J., Prescott, J. F. 2003. A fluoroquinolone induces a novel mitogen-encoding bacteriophage in Streptococcus canis. Infect. Immun. 71:3028-3033.

Hooper-McGrevy, K., Wilkie, B. N., Prescott, J. F. 2003. Immunoglobulin G sub-isotype response of pneumonic and healthy, exposed foals and adult horses to Rhodococcus equi virulence-associated proteins. Clin. Diagn. Lab. Immunol. 10: 345-351.

Ren, J., Prescott, J. F. 2003. Analysis of virulence plasmid gene expression of intra-macrophage and in vitro grown Rhodococcus equi ATCC 33701. Vet. Microbiol. 94:167-182.

Rahman, M. T., Herron, L. L., Kapur, V., Meijer, W. G., Byrne, B. A., Ren, J., Nicholson, V.M., Prescott, J. F. 2003. Partial genome sequencing of Rhodococcus equi ATCC 33701. Vet. Microbiol. 94:143-158.

Giguere S, Gaskin J, Hernandez J., Prescott J. F., Takai S., Miller C. 2003. Performance of five serological assays for the diagnosis of Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in foals. Clin. Diagn. Immunol. 10:241-245.

Cai, H., Archambault, M., Prescott, J. F. 2003. 16S ribosomal RNA sequencing identification of veterinary clinical bacteria. J. Vet. Diag. Invest. 15:465-469.

Prescott JF, McEwen B, Taylor J, Woods JP, Abrams-Ogg A, Wilcock B. 2002. Resurgence of leptospirosis in dogs in Ontario: recent findings. Can. Vet. J. 43:955-961.

Garton NJ, Gilleron M, Brando T, Dan H-H, Giguère S, Puzo G, Prescott JF, Sutcliffe IC. 2002. A novel lipoarabinomannam from the equine pathogen Rhodococcus equi: structure and effect on macrophage cytokine production. J. Biol. Chem. 277:31722-31733.

Vengust M. Staempfli HR, Prescott JF. 2002. Rhodococcus equi pleuropneumonia in an adult horse. Can Vet J 43:706-708.

Prescott JF, Menzies PI, Hwang Y-T. 2002. An interferon-gamma assay for diagnosis of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in adult sheep from a research flock. Vet Microbiol 88:287-297.


Prescott JF, Hanna WJB, Reid-Smith R, Drost K. 2002. Antimicrobial drug use and resistance in dogs. Can Vet J 43: 107-116.

Weese JS, Staempfli HR, Prescott JF, Kruth SA, Greenwood SJ, Weese HE. 2001. The roles of Clostridium difficile and enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens in diarrhea in dogs. J Vet Intern Med 15:374-378.

Weese JS, Staempfli HR, Prescott JF. 2001. A prospective study of the roles of Clostridium difficile and enterotoxigenic Clostridium perfringens in equine diarrhea. Equine Vet J 33:403-409.

Byrne BA, Prescott JF, Palmer GH, Takai S, Nicholson VM, Alperin DC, Hines SA. 2001. The virulence plasmid of Rhodococcus equi contains an inducible gene family encoding secreted proteins. Infect Immun 69:650-656.

Hooper-McGrevy K, Wilkie BN, Prescott JF. 2001. Antibody to virulence-associated proteins A and C in protection against Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in foals. Am J Vet Res 62:1307-1313.