Research Project: Diagnostic and Mitigation Strategies to Control Tuberculosis in Cattle and Wildlife

Location: Infectious Bacterial Diseases Research

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Immune responses of cattle vaccinated by various routes with Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Characterization of CD4 T cell memory responses following BCG vaccination in cattle - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Pathogen detection in early phases of experimental bovine tuberculosis - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Palmer, M.V., Kanipe, C.R., Hwang, S., Thacker, T.C., Lehman, K.A., Ledesma, N.A., Gustafson, K.K., Boggiatto, P.M. 2024. Pathogen detection in early phases of experimental bovine tuberculosis. Veterinary Sciences. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci11080357.

Pathogen detection in early phases of experimental bovine tuberculosis - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Palmer, M.V., Kanipe, C.R., Hwang, S., Thacker, T.C., Lehman, K.A., Ledesma, N.A., Gustafson, K., Boggiatto, P.M. 2024. Pathogen detection in early phases of experimental bovine tuberculosis. Veterinary Sciences. 11(8). Article 11080357. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci11080357.

Persistence of viral RNA in North American elk experimentally infected with an ancestral strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Boggiatto, P.M., Buckley, A.C., Cassmann, E.D., Seger, H., Olsen, S.C., Palmer, M.V. 2024. Persistence of viral RNA in North American elk experimentally infected with an ancestral strain of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-61414-7.

Vaccination of white-tailed deer with Mycobacterium bovis bacillus calmette-guérin (BCG): effect of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis infection - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Palmer, M.V., Kanipe, C.R., Lehman, K.A., Thacker, T.C., Putz, E.J., Boggiatto, P.M. 2023. Vaccination of white-tailed deer with Mycobacterium bovis bacillus calmette-guérin (BCG): effect of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis infection. Microorganisms. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11102488.

Wildlife immune responses to Mycobacterium bovis and to bacille of calmette-guerin - (Review Article)
Boggiatto, P.M., Kanipe, C.R., Putz, E.J., Olsen, S.C., Palmer, M.V. 2023. Wildlife immune responses to Mycobacterium bovis and to bacille of calmette-guerin. Journal of Immunology. https://doi.org/10.4049/jimmunol.2300323.

The devil you know and the devil you don’t: current status and challenges of bovine tuberculosis eradication in the United States - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
O'Brien, D.J., Thacker, T.C., Salvador, L.C., Duffiney, A.G., Robbe-Austerman, S., Camacho, M.S., Lombard, J.E., Palmer, M.V. 2023. The devil you know and the devil you don’t: current status and challenges of bovine tuberculosis eradication in the United States. Irish Veterinary Journal. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13620-023-00247-8.

Histopathologic differences in granulomas of BCG vaccinated and non-vaccinated cattle with bovine tuberculosis - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Kanipe, C.R., Boggiatto, P.M., Putz, E.J., Palmer, M.V. 2022. Histopathologic differences in granulomas of BCG vaccinated and non-vaccinated cattle with bovine tuberculosis. Frontiers in Microbiology. 13, Article 1048648. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.1048648.

Mycobacterium bovis strain Ravenel is attenuated in cattle - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Hadi, S.A., Brenner, E.P., Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Thacker, T.C., Vilcheze, C., Larsen, M.H., Jacobs, W.R., Sreevatasan, S. 2022. Mycobacterium bovis strain Ravenel is attenuated in cattle. Pathogens. 11(11). Article 1330. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11111330.

Pulmonary hamartoma in an elk calf (Cervus elaphus canadensis) - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Boggiatto, P.M., Olsen, S.C., Palmer, M.V. 2022. Pulmonary hamartoma in an elk calf (Cervus elaphus canadensis). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 35(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/10406387221141091.

SARS-CoV-2: Experimental studies on deer-to-deer transmission - (Abstract Only)
Palmer, M.V., Martins, M., Falkenberg, S.M., Devries, A.C., Caserta, L., Mitchell, P.K., Wagner, B., Cassmann, E.D., Lager, K.M., Diel, D.G., Boggiatto, P.M., Kanipe, C.R., Fernandes, M. 2022. SARS-CoV-2: Experimental studies on deer-to-deer transmission. United States Animal Health Association Proceedings. [Abstract}. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010197.

From Deer-to-Deer: SARS-CoV-2 is efficiently transmitted and presents broad tissue tropism and replication sites in white-tailed deer - (Peer Reviewed Journal)
Martins, M., Boggiatto, P.M., Buckley, A., Cassmann, E.D., Falkenberg, S.M., Caserta, L.C., Fernandes, M.H., Kanipe, C.R., Lager, K.M., Palmer, M.V., Diel, D.G. 2022. From Deer-to-Deer: SARS-CoV-2 is efficiently transmitted and presents broad tissue tropism and replication sites in highly susceptible white-tailed deer. PLoS Pathogens. 18(3). Article e1010197. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1010197.

The bovine tuberculoid granuloma - (Review Article)
Palmer, M.V., Kanipe, C.R., Boggiatto, P.M. 2022. The bovine tuberculoid granuloma. Pathogens. 11(1). Article 61. https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11010061.

Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to SARS-CoV-2 - (Proceedings)
Palmer, M.V., Martins, M., Falkenberg, S.M., Devries, A.C., Caserta, L.D., Mitchell, P.K., Wagner, B., Cassmann, E.D., Lager, K.M., Diel, D.G. 2021. Susceptibility of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) to SARS-CoV-2. Biocontainment Network Monthly Scientific Seminar. 95(11):e00083-21 Meeting Abstract. https://doi.org/10.1128/JVI.00083-21.