Publications
PUSTERLA, N., C.M. LEUTENEGGER, J.-S. CHAE, H. LUTZ, B.B. KIMSEY, J.S. DUMLER and J.E. MADIGAN (1999): Quantitative evaluation of Ehrlichial burden in horses after experimental transmission of human granulocytic Ehrlichia agent by intravenous inoculation with infected leukocytes and by infected ticks. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37, 4042-4044.
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PUSTERLA, N., J.E. MADIGAN, J.-S. CHAE, E. DEROCK, E. JOHNSON and J. BERGER PUSTERLA (2000): Helminthic transmission and isolation of Ehrlichia risticii, the causative agent of Potomac horse fever, by using trematode stages from freshwater stream snails. J. Clin. Microbiol. 38, 1293-1297.
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PUSTERLA, N., J.E. MADIGAN, K.M. ASANOVICH, J.-S. CHAE, E. DEROCK, C.M. LEUTENEGGER, J. BERGER PUSTERLA, H. LUTZ and J.S. DUMLER (2000): Experimental inoculation with human granulocytic ehrlichia agent derived from high- and low-passage cell culture in horses. J. Clin. Microbiol. 38, 1276-1278.
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PUSTERLA, N., C.M. LEUTENEGGER, B. SIGRIST, J.-S. CHAE, H. LUTZ and J.E. MADIGAN (2000): Detection and quantitation of Ehrlichia risticii genomic DNA in infected horses and snails by real-time PCR. Vet. Parasitol. 90, 129-135. MADIGAN, J.E., N. PUSTERLA, E. JOHNSON, J.-S. CHAE, J. BERGER PUSTERLA, E. DEROCK and S.P. LAWLER (2000): Preliminary report on the transmission of Ehrlichia risticii, the agent of Potomac horse fever, using naturally infected aquatic insects and helminth vectors. Equine Vet. J. 32, 275-279.
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MADIGAN, J.E., N. PUSTERLA, E. JOHNSON, J.-S. CHAE, J. BERGER PUSTERLA, E. DEROCK and S.P. LAWLER (2000): Preliminary report on the transmission of Ehrlichia risticii, the agent of Potomac horse fever, using naturally infected aquatic insects and helminth vectors. Equine Vet. J. 32, 275-279.
PUSTERLA, N., E. JOHNSON, J.-S. CHAE, J. BERGER PUSTERLA, E. DEROCK and J.E. MADIGAN (2000): Infection rate of Ehrlichia risticii, the agent of Potomac horse fever, in freshwater stream snails (Juga yrekaensis) from northern California. Vet. Parasitol. 92, 151-156.
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PUSTERLA, N., J.-S. CHAE, R.B. KIMSEY, J. BERGER PUSTERLA, E. DEROCK, J.S. DUMLER and J.E. MADIGAN (2002): Transmission of Anaplasma phagocytophila (human granulocytic ehrlichiosis agent) in horses using experimentally infected ticks (Ixodes scapularis). J. Vet. Med. B 49, 484-488.
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PUSTERLA, N., C.M. LEUTENEGGER, W.D. WILSON, J.L. WATSON, G.L. FERRARO and J.E. MADIGAN (2005). Equine herpesvirus-4 kinetics in peripheral blood leukocytes and nasopharyngeal secretions in foals using quantitative real-time TaqMan PCR. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 17, 578-581.
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PUSTERLA, N., J.E. MADIGAN and C.M. LEUTENEGGER (2006). Real-time PCR: A novel molecular diagnostic tool for equine infectious diseases. J. Vet. Intern. Med. 20, 3-12.
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PUSTERLA, N., K.G. MAGDESIAN, S. MAPES and C.M. LEUTENEGGER (2006). Expression of molecular markers in blood of neonatal foals with sepsis. Am. J. Vet. Res. 67, 1045-1049.
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PUSTERLA, N., W.D. WILSON, P.A. CONRAD, S. MAPES and C.M. LEUTENEGGER (2006). Comparative analysis of cytokine gene expression in cerebrospinal fluid of horses without neurologic signs or with selected neurologic disorders. Am. J. Vet. Res. 67, 1433-1437.
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PUSTERLA, N., W.D. WILSON, P.A. CONRAD, B.C. BARR, G.L. FERRARO, B.M. DAFT and C.M. LEUTENEGGER (2006). Cytokine gene signatures in neural tissue of horses with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis or equine herpes type 1 myeloencephalopathy. Vet. Rec. 159, 341-346.
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PUSTERLA, N., K.P. CHANEY, R.K. MAES, A.G. WISE and H.C. SCHOTT II (2007). Investigation of the molecular detection of vaccine-derived equine herpesvirus type 1 in blood and nasal secretions from horses following intramuscular vaccination. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 19, 290-293.
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PUSTERLA, N., W.D. WILSON, S. MAPES and C.M. LEUTENEGGER (2007). Diagnostic evaluation of real-time PCR in the detection of Rhodococcus equi in faeces and nasopharyngeal swabs from foals with pneumonia. Vet. Rec. 161, 272-275.
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FEARY, D.J., C.J. GEBHART and N. PUSTERLA (2007). Lawsonia intracellularis proliferative enteropathy in a foal. Schweiz. Arch. Tierheilk. 149, 129-133.
FINNO, C.J., A.E. PACKHAM, W.D. WILSON, I.A. GARDNER, P.A. CONRAD and N. PUSTERLA (2007). Effects of blood contamination of cerebrospinal fluid on results of indirect fluorescent antibody tests for detection of antibodies against Sarcocystis neurona and Neospora hughesi. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 19, 286-289.
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BROWN, J.A., S. MAPES, B.A. BALL, A.D. HODDER, I.K. LIU and N. PUSTERLA (2007). Prevalence of equine herpesvirus-1 infection among Thoroughbreds residing on a farm on which the virus was endemic. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 231, 577-580.
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MAPES, S., D.M. RHODES, W.D. WILSON, C.M. LEUTENEGGER and N. PUSTERLA (2007). Comparison of five real-time PCR assays for detecting virulence genes in isolates of Escherichia coli from septicaemic neonatal foals. Vet. Rec. 161, 716-718.
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FINNO, C.J., M. ALEMAN and N. PUSTERLA (2007). Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis associated with neosporosis in 3 horses. J. Vet. Intern. Med. 21, 1405-1408.
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PUSTERLA, N., S. MAPES and W.D. WILSON (2008). Diagnostic sensitivity of nasopharyngeal and nasal swabs for the molecular detection of EHV-1. Vet. Rec.162, 520-521.
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PUSTERLA, N., S. MAPES and W.D. WILSON (2008). Use of viral loads in blood and nasopharyngeal secretions for the diagnosis of EHV-1 infection in field cases. Vet. Rec. 162, 728-729.
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PUSTERLA, N., J.C. HIGGINS, P. SMITH, S. MAPES and C. GEBHART (2008). Epidemiological survey on farms with documented occurrence of equine proliferative enteropathy due to Lawsonia intracellularis. Vet. Rec. 163, 156-158.
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PUSTERLA, N. and S. MAPES (2008). Evaluation of an air tester for the sampling of aerosolized equine herpesvirus-1. Vet. Rec. 163, 306-308.
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PUSTERLA, N., S. MAPES, D. REJMANEK and C. GEBHART (2008). Molecular detection of Lawsonia intracellularis in the feces of feral animals from equine farms with documented occurrence of equine proliferative enteropathy. J. Wildl. Dis. 44, 992-998.
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LEUTENEGGER, C.M., J.E. MADIGAN, S. MAPES, M. THAO, M. ESTRADA and N. PUSTERLA (2008). Detection of EHV-1 neuropathogenic strains using real-time PCR in the neural tissue of horses with myeloencephalopathy. Vet. Rec. 162, 688-690.
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MAPES, S., C.M. LEUTENEGGER and N. PUSTERLA (2008). Comparison of two nucleic acid extraction methods for the molecular detection of equine herpesvirus type-1 from anti-coagulated blood and nasopharyngeal secretions. Vet. Rec. 162, 857-859.
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PUSTERLA, N., W. WILSON, S. MAPES, C. FINNO, D. ISBELL, R.M. ARTHUR and G.L. FERRARO (2009). Characterization of viral loads, strain and state of equine herpesivurs-1 using real-time PCR in horses following natural exposure at a racetrack in California. Vet. J. 179, 230-239.
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PUSTERLA, N., W.D. WILSON, J.E. MADIGAN and G.L. FERRARO (2009). Equine herpesvirus-1 myeloencephalopathy. A review of recent developments. Vet. J. 180, 279-289
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PUSTERLA, N., R. JACKSON, R. WILSON, J. COLLIER, S. MAPES and C. GEBHART (2009). Temporal detection of Lawsonia intracellularis using serology and real-time PCR in Thoroughbred horses residing on a farm endemic for equine proliferative enteropathy. Vet. Microbiol. 136, 173-176.
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PUSTERLA, N., J. COLLIER, S.M. MAPES, S. WATTANAPHASAK and C. GEBHART (2009). Effects of administration of an avirulent live vaccine of Lawsonia intracellularis on mares and foals. Vet. Rec. 164, 783-785.
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PUSTERLA, N., S. MAPES, B.A. BYRNE and K.G. MAGDESIAN (2009). Detection of bloodstream infection in neonatal foals with suspected sepsis using real-time PCR. Vet. Rec. 165, 114-117.
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PUSTERLA, N., S. MAPES, J.E. MADIGAN, N.J. MACLACHLAN, G.L. FERRARO, J.L. WATSON, S.J. SPIER and W.D. WILDON (2009). Prevalence of EHV-1 in adult horses transported over long distance. Vet. Rec. 165, 473-475.
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PUSTERLA, N., GEBHART, C.J. (2013). Equine proliferative enteropathy - a review of recent developments. Equine Vet. J. 45, 403-409.
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PUSTERLA, N., S.B. HUSSEY, S. MAPES, C.M. LEUTENEGGER, J.E. MADIGAN, G.L. FERRARO, W.D. WILSON and D.P. LUNN. Comparison of four methods to quantify Equid herpesvirus 1 load by real-time polymerase chain reaction in nasal secretions of experimentally and naturally infected horses. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 21, 836-840.
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PUSTERLA, N., H. HILTON, S. WATTANAPHANSAK, J.R. COLLIER, S.M. MAPES, R.M. STENBOM and C. GEBHART (2009). Evaluation of the humoral immune response and fecal shedding in weanling foals following oral and intra-rectal administration of an avirulent live vaccine of Lawsonia intracellularis. Vet. J. 182, 458-462.
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LUNN, D.P., N. DAVIS-POYNTER, M.J. FLAMINIO, D.W. HOROHOV, K. OSTERRIEDER, N. PUSTERLA and H.G. TOWNSEND (2009). Equine herpesvirus-1 consensus statement. J. Vet. Intern. Med. 23, 450-461.
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