Professor Severine Tasker

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• 2010

  Use of real-time polymerase chain reaction to monitor antibiotic therapy in a dog with naturally acquired Mycoplasma haemocanis infection

  Hulme-Moire, KL., Barker, EN., Stonelake, A., Helps, CR. & Tasker, S., Jul 2010, In: Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 22, p. 582 - 587

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Dog 100%
  24 Citations (Scopus)

• Use of real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction to monitor antibiotic therapy in a dog with naturally acquired Mycoplasma haemocanis infection

  Hulme-Moir, K. L., Barker, E. N., Stonelake, A., Helps, C. R. & Tasker, S., 2010, In: Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  24 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Description of outcomes of experimental infection with feline haemoplasmas: Copy numbers, haematology, Coombs' testing and blood glucose concentrations

  Tasker, S., Peters, I. R., Papasouliotis, K., Cue, S. M., Willi, B., Hofmann-Lehmann, R., Gruffydd-Jones, T. J., Knowles, T. G., Day, M. J. & Helps, C. R., Nov 2009, In: Veterinary Microbiology. 139(3-4), p. 323 - 332 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  67 Citations (Scopus)

• Distribution of Mycoplasma haemofelis in blood and tissues following experimental infection

  Tasker, S., Peters, IR., Day, MJ., Willi, B., Hofmann-Lehmann, R., Gruffydd-Jones, TJ. & Helps, CR., Dec 2009, In: Microbial Pathogenesis. 47(6), p. 334 - 340 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  29 Citations (Scopus)

• In vivo transmission studies of Candidatus Mycoplasma turicensis in the domestic cat

  Museux, K., Boretti, FS., Willi, B., Riond, B., Hoelzle, K., Hoelzle, LE., Wittenbrink, MM., Tasker, S., Wengi, N., Reusch, CE., Lutz, H. & Hofmann-Lehmann, R., Sept 2009, In: Veterinary Research. 40(5), p. 45 - 45 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  90 Citations (Scopus)

• Use of pradofloxacin to treat experimentally-induced mycoplasma haemofelis infection in cats

  Dowers, KL., Tasker, S., Radecki, SV. & Lappin, MR., Jan 2009, In: American Journal of Veterinary Research. 70(1), p. 105 - 111 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  35 Citations (Scopus)

• Use of pradofloxacin to treat experimentally induced Mycoplasma hemofelis infection in cats

  Dowers, K. L., Tasker, S., Radecki, S. V. & Lappin, M. R., 2009, In: American Journal of Veterinary Research.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  35 Citations (Scopus)
• 2008

  Measurement of ionised calcium in canine blood samples collected in different heparinised syringes using the i-STAT point-of-care analyzer

  Tappin, SW., Dodkin, SJ., Tasker, S., Papasouliotis, K. & Murphy, KF., Mar 2008, In: Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 37 (1), p. 66 - 72 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  17 Citations (Scopus)

• RNaseP RNA gene (rnpB) phylogeny of Hameoplasmas and other Mycoplasma species

  Peters, IR., Helps, CR., McAuliffe, L., Neimark, H., Lappin, MR., Gruffydd-Jones, TJ., Day, MJ., Hoelzle, LE., Willi, B., Meli, M., Hofmann-Lehmann, R. & Tasker, S., May 2008, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 46 (5), p. 1873 - 1877 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  51 Citations (Scopus)

• The prevalence of three species of feline haemoplasmas in samples submitted to a diagnostics service as determined by three novel real-time duplex PCR assays

  Peters, IR., Helps, CR., Willi, B., Hofmann-Lehmann, R. & Tasker, S., Jan 2008, In: Veterinary Microbiology. 126, p. 142 - 150 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Mycoplasma haemominutum 100%
  • Felid 100%
  • Prevalence 100%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 100%
  • Mycoplasma 100%
  75 Citations (Scopus)

• Use of real-time PCR to detect Mycoplasma haemofelis & ¨Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum¨ in the saliva and salivary glands of haemoplasma-infected cats

  Dean, RS., Helps, CR., Gruffydd-Jones, TJ. & Tasker, S., Aug 2008, In: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 10 (4), p. 413 - 417 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  42 Citations (Scopus)
• 2007

  Altered Tryptophan Metabolism in FIV-Positive Cats

  Kenny, MJ., Baxter, KJ., Avery, NC., Addie, D., Gruffydd-Jones, TJ. & Tasker, S., May 2007, In: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 21 (3), p. 539 - 541 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• An update on FIV and FeLV test performance using a Bayesian statistical approach

  Pinches, MDG., Diesel, G., Helps, CR., Tasker, S., Egan, K. & Gruffydd-Jones, TJ., 2007, In: Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 36, p. 141 - 147

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Feline Immunodeficiency Virus 100%
  • Feline Leukemia Virus 100%
  • Cat 50%
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 33%
  • Retroviridae 33%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• BENRIC (benazepril in renal insufficiency in cats) Study Group. (2007) Prognostic factors in cats with chronic kidney disease

  King, JN., Tasker, S., Gunn-Moore, D. & Strehlau, G., Sept 2007, In: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 21, p. 906 - 916

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Cat 100%
  • Benazepril 100%
  • Creatinine 40%
  • Urine Specific Gravity 10%
  • Leukocyte 10%

• Correlation of the feline PKD1 genetic mutation with cases of PKD diagnosed by pathological examination

  Helps, CR., Tasker, S. & Harley, R., Oct 2007, In: Experimental and Molecular Pathology. 83 (2), p. 264 - 268 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  22 Citations (Scopus)

• Detection of the single nucleotide polymorphism causing feline autosomal-dominant polycystic kidney disease in Persians from the UK using a novel real-time PCR assay

  Helps, C. R., Tasker, S., Barr, F. J., Wills, S. J. & Gruffydd-Jones, T. J., Feb 2007, In: Molecular and Cellular Probes. 21 (1), p. 31 - 34 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  21 Citations (Scopus)

• Diagnosis of feline leukaemia virus infection by semi-quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction

  Pinches, MDG., Helps, CR., Gruffydd-Jones, TJ., Egan, K., Jarret, O. & Tasker, S., Feb 2007, In: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 9 (1), p. 8 - 13 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Feline Leukemia Virus 100%
  • Cat 50%
  • Aciclovir 25%
  31 Citations (Scopus)

• From Haemobartonella to hemoplasma: molecular methods provide new insights

  Willi, B., Boretti, FS., Tasker, S., Meli, ML., Wengi, N., Reusch, CE., Lutz, H. & Hofmann-Lehmann, R., 2007, In: Veterinary Microbiology. 125, p. 197 - 209

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  76 Citations (Scopus)

• Thrombocytosis in cats: a retrospective study of 51 clinical cases (2000-2005)

  Rizzo, F., Tappin, SW. & Tasker, S., Aug 2007, In: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 9, p. 319 - 325

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Polymerase Chain Reaction 100%
  • Feline Immunodeficiency Virus 100%
  • Breed 100%
  • Antibody Titer 100%
  • Medical Record 100%
  27 Citations (Scopus)

• Treatment and long term follow up of extrahepatic biliary obstruction with bilirubin cholelithiasis in a somali cat with pyruvate kinase deficiency

  Harvey, AM., Holt, PE., Barr, FJ., Rizzo, F. & Tasker, S., Oct 2007, In: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 9, p. 424 - 431 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Bilirubin 82%
  • Hyperbilirubinemia 25%
  • Recurrence 13%
  • Serum 10%
  30 Citations (Scopus)

• Use of fluoroquinolones in cats (letter)

  Cannon, M., Gould, D., Caney, SMA., Foster, D., Harvey, AM., Reed, N., Sparkes, A., Tasker, S. & Van de Stadt-Gould, M., 2007, In: Veterinary Record. 160, p. 32

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2006

  Current concepts in feline haemobartonellosis

  Tasker, S., Mar 2006, In: In Practice. 28 (3), p. 136 - 141 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Cat 100%
  • Felid 100%
  7 Citations (Scopus)

• Effect of chronic feline immunodeficiency infection, and efficacy of marbofloxacin treatment, on 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' infection

  Tasker, S., Caney, SMA., Day, MJ., Dean, RS., Helps, CR., Knowles, TG., Lait, PJP., Pinches, MDG. & Gruffydd-Jones, TJ., Mar 2006, In: Microbes and Infection. 8 (3), p. 653 - 661 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  46 Citations (Scopus)

• Effect of chronic FIV infection, and efficacy of marbofloxacin treatment, on Mycoplasma haemofelis infection

  Tasker, S., Caney, SMA., Day, MJ., Dean, RS., Helps, CR., Knowles, TG., Lait, PJP., Pinches, MDG. & Gruffydd-Jones, TJ., Oct 2006, In: Veterinary Microbiology. 117 (2-4), p. 169 - 179 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  49 Citations (Scopus)

• Measurement of cytokine mRNA expression in intestinal biopsies of cats with inflammatory enteropathy using quantitative real-time RT-PCR

  Nguyen Van, N., Taglinger, K., Helps, CR., Tasker, S., Gruffydd-Jones, TJ. & Day, MJ., Oct 2006, In: Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 113 (3-4), p. 404 - 414 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  43 Citations (Scopus)

• Prevalence, risk factor analysis and follow up of infections with three feline haemoplasma species in cats in Switzerland

  Willi, B., Boretti, FS., Baumgartner, C., Tasker, S., Wegner, B., Cattori, V., Meli, ML., Reusch, C., Lutz, H. & Hofmann-Lehmann, RH., 2006, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 44, p. 961 - 969

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  186 Citations (Scopus)

• Retrospective study fever in dogs: laboratory testing, diagnoses and influence of prior treatment

  Battersby, IA., Murphy, KF., Tasker, S. & Papasouliotis, K., Jul 2006, In: Journal of Small Animal Practice. 47 (7), p. 370 - 376 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  31 Citations (Scopus)
• 2005

  Approach to anaemia in the cat. 2

  Tasker, S., 2005, In: Irish Veterinary Journal. 58, p. 151 - 163

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Approach to anaemia in the cat 1

  Tasker, S., 2005, In: Irish Veterinary Journal. 58, p. 102 - 106

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• A preliminary study using an indirect ELISA for the detection of serum antibodies to Alternaria in domestic cats

  Dye, C., Peters, IR., Tasker, S., Caney, SMA., Dye, S., Gruffydd-Jones, TJ. & Johnson, E., 2005, In: Veterinary Record. 156, p. 633 - 635 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Blood transfusions in cats - part one

  Tasker, S., 2005, In: Veterinary Nursing Journal. 20, p. 27 - 30

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Blood transfusions in cats - Part two

  Tasker, S., 2005, In: Veterinary Nursing Journal. 20, p. 15 - 18

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Chronic Intestinal Pseudo-obstruction in a cat caused by visceral myopathy

  Harvey, AM., Hall, EJ., Day, MJ., Hotston Moore, A., Battersby, IA. & Tasker, S., 2005, In: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 19 (1), p. 111 - 114 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  14 Citations (Scopus)

• Feline blood types and blood transfusions

  Tasker, S., 2005, In: Postgraduate Foundation Newsletter, University of Sydney Publications.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Identification, molecular characterization and experimental transmission of a new hemoplasma isolate from a cat with hemolytic anemia in Switzerland

  Willi, B., Boretti, FS., Cattori, V., Tasker, S., Meli, ML., Reusch, C., Lutz, H. & Hofmann-Lehmann, RH., Jun 2005, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (6), p. 2581 - 2585 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  153 Citations (Scopus)

• Primary hyperaldosteronism in the cat: a series of 13 cases

  Ash, RA., Harvey, AM. & Tasker, S., Jun 2005, In: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 7 (3), p. 173 - 182 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  120 Citations (Scopus)

• Quantitative measurement of cytokine mRNA levels in duodenal biopsies of cats with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)

  Van, N. N., Taglinger, K., Helps, C. R., Tasker, S., Day, M. J. & Gruffydd-Jones, T. J., Dec 2005, In: Immunology. 116, p. 96-96 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Retrospective review of abnormal feline serum protein electrophoresis results

  Tappin, SW., Dodkin, SJ., Papasouliotis, K. & Tasker, S., Sept 2005, In: Veterinary Clinical Pathology. 34, p. 316 - 317 2 p., (Suppl).

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
• 2004

  Diagnosis of feline haemoplasma infection in Australian cats using a real-time PCR assay

  Tasker, S., Braddock, JA., Baral, R., Helps, CR., Day, MJ., Gruffydd-Jones, TJ. & Malik, R., Dec 2004, In: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 6, p. 345 - 354 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  65 Citations (Scopus)

• Diagnosis of feline haemoplasma infection using a real-time PCR assay

  Lobetti, RG. & Tasker, S., 2004, In: Journal of South African Veterinary Assocation. 75, p. 94 - 99

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Diagnosis of feline haemoplasma infection using a real-time PCR assay

  Lobetti, R. G. & Tasker, S., 1 Jan 2004, In: Journal of the South African Veterinary Association. 75, 2, p. 94-99 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction 100%
  • Felid 100%
  • Mycoplasma haemofelis 100%
  • Mycoplasma 100%
  • Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction 100%
  45 Citations (Scopus)

• Infection with a proposed new subspecies of Babesia canis, Babesia canis subsp. presentii, in domestic cats

  Baneth, G., Kenny, MJ., Tasker, S., Anug, Y., Shkap, V., Levy, A. & Shaw, SE., Jan 2004, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 42 (1), p. 99 - 105 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  65 Citations (Scopus)

• Investigation of nasal disease in the cat - a retrospective study of 77 cases

  Henderson, SM., Bradley, KJ., Day, MJ., Tasker, S., Caney, SMA., Hotston Moore, A. & Gruffydd-Jones, TJ., Aug 2004, In: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 6 (4), p. 245 - 257 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  138 Citations (Scopus)

• Pathogen carriage by the cat flea Ctenocephalides felis (Bouché) in the United Kingdom

  Shaw, SE., Kenny, MJ., Tasker, S. & Birtles, RJ., 2004, In: Veterinary Microbiology. 102, p. 183 - 188 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  136 Citations (Scopus)

• The Use of PCR in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Mycoplasma haemofelis copy number in naturally infected cat

  Braddock, JA., Tasker, S. & Mailik, R., 2004, In: Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery. 6, p. 161 - 165

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Use of a Taqman PCR to determine the response of Mycoplasma haemofelis infection to antibiotic treatment

  Tasker, S., Helps, CR., Day, MJ., Harbour, DA., Gruffydd-Jones, TJ. & Lappin, MR., Jan 2004, In: Journal of Microbiological Methods. 56 (1), p. 63 - 71 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  42 Citations (Scopus)
• 2003

  Approach to anaemia in the cat

  Tasker, S., 2003, In: CP Newsletter.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

• Phylogenetic Analysis of Haemoplasma Species: an International Study

  Tasker, S., Helps, CR., Day, MJ., Harbour, DA., Shaw, SE., Harrus, S., Baneth, G., Lobetti, RG., Malik, R., Beaufils, J., Belford, CR. & Gruffydd-Jones, TJ., Aug 2003, In: Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 41 (8), p. 3877 - 3880 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review
  84 Citations (Scopus)

• Use of a PCR assay to assess the prevalence and risk factors for Mycoplasma haemofelis and 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum' in cats in the United Kingdom

  Tasker, S., Binns, S. H., Day, M. J., Gruffydd-Jones, T. J., Harbour, D. A., Helps, C. R., Jensen, W. A., Olver, C. S. & Lappin, M. R., 15 Feb 2003, In: Veterinary Record. 152, 7, p. 193-198 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review

  • Cat 100%
  127 Citations (Scopus)
• 2002

  Feline blood types and blood transfusions

  Tasker, S., 2002, In: Feline Update. Spring, p. 1 - 3

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (Academic Journal) › peer-review