Endsley, J., Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Nonnecke, B.J., Thacker, T.C., Jacobs, W.R., Larsen, M., Hogg, A., Shell, L., Mcalauy, M., Capinos-Scherer, C., Coffey, T., Howard, C., Villareal-Ramos, B., Estes, M. 2009. The Calf Model of Immunity for Development of a Vaccine Against Tuberculosis. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 128(1-3):199-204.
Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Thacker, T.C., Nonnecke, B.J., Lyashchenko, K., Schiller, I., Marg, B., Oesch, B., Vordermeier, M., O'Brien, D., Schmitt, S., Estes, M. 2008. Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Relevancy of Veterinary Applications to Human Disease [abstract].
Ridpath, J.F., Duncan, C., Chase, C.C., Driskell, E., Palmer, M.V., Spraker, T., Neill, J.D. 2008. BVDV Infection of Pregnant White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) [abstract]. 7th International Pestivirus Symposium, European Society of Veterinary Virology. p. 64.
Hamir, A.N., Palmer, M.V., Kunkle, R.A. 2008. Wasting and Neurologic Signs in a White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) Not Associated with Abnormal Prion Protein. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 44(4):1045-1050.
Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Thacker, T.C., Nonnecke, B.J., Lyashchenko, K., Schiller, I., Marg, B., Oesch, B., Vordermeier, M., O'Brien, D., Schmitt, S., Estes, M. 2008. Tuberculosis Diagnosis: Assay Optimization, Validation, and Antigens for Specific Diagnosis. [abstract].
Thacker, T.C., Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R. 2007. Vaccination of White-tailed Deer with Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette Guerin (BCG). In: Proccedings of the 42nd United States-Japan Cooperative Program in Natural Resources Panel of Animal and Avian Health, December 5-7, 2007, Tsukuba, Japan.
Duncan, C., Ridpath, J., Palmer, M.V., Driskell, E., Spraker, T. 2008. Histophathologic and immunohistochemical findings in two white-tail deer fawns persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 20(3):289-296.
Schiller, I., Waters, W.R., Vordermeier, M., Palmer, M.V., Egnuni, T., Hardegger, R., Kyburz, A., Nonnecke, B.J., Raeber, A., Oesch, B. 2007. Effects of Culture Conditions and Tuberculin Source on Interferon-gamma production in Whole Blood Cultures from Mycobacterium bovis Infected Cattle [abstract]. United States Animal Health Association. p. 140.
Brockmeier, S., Vincent, A.L., Nicholson, T.L., Sacco, R.E., Palmer, M.V. 2007. Coinfection of Pigs with Swine Influenza Virus and Bordetella bronchiseptica [abstract]. In: United States Japan Natural Resources Animal and Avian Health Panel, December 5, 2007, Tsukuba, Japan. p. 25.
Stabel, J.R., Palmer, M.V., Robbe-Austerman, S., Harris, B. 2008. Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Neonatal Calves after Oral or Intraperitoneal Experimental Infection. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, October 28th-November 2, 2007, Tsukuba, Japan. p.50-53.
Bannantine, J.P., Waters, W.R., Stabel, J.R., Palmer, M.V., Li, L., Kapur, V., Paustian, M. 2008. Development and Use of a Partial Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis Protein Array. Proteomics. 8(3):463-474.
Palmer, M.V., Thacker, T.C., Nol, P., Waters, W.R. 2007. Vaccination of White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) with Mycobacterium bovis BCG [abstract]. 111th Annual Meeting of the United States Animal Health Association. p. 35.
Seth, M., Vulchanova, L., Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Sreevatsan, S. 2007. Proteomics Based Biomarker Discovery to Aid in the Unambiguous Detection of Bovine Tuberculosis Infection in Cattle [abstract]. Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases. p. 10P.
Stabel, J.R., Palmer, M.V., Robbe-Austerman, S., Harris, B.N. 2007. Pathogenesis of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in Neonatal Calves after Oral or Intraperitoneal Experimental Infection [abstract]. 9th International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis. Abstract No. 30A, p. 115.
Schiller, I., Waters, W.R., Vordermeier, M., Palmer, M.V., Egnuni, T., Hardegger, R., Kyburz, A., Oesch, B. 2007. Effects of Culture Conditions and Tuberculin Source on Interferon-gamma Production in Whole Blood Cultures from Mycobacterium bovis Infected Cattle [abstract]. International Veterinary Immunology Symposium. p. 25.
Schiller, I., Vordermeier, M., Waters, W.R., Marg-Haufe, B., Palmer, M.V., Thacker, T.C., Hardegger, R., Kyburz, A., Raeber, A., Oesch, B. 2007. Bovine Tuberculosis: Analyzing the Parameters of the Interferon Gamma Assay and Improved Diagnosis with New Antigens [abstract].
Palmer, M.V. 2007. Tuberculosis: a Re-emerging Disease at the Interface of Domestic Animals and Wildlife [abstract]. 111th Annual Meeting of the United States Animal Health Association. p. 672.
Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Thacker, T.C. 2007. Lesion Development and Immunohistochemical Changes in Granulomas from Cattle Experimentally Infected with Mycobacterium bovis. Veterinary Pathology. 44(6):863-874.
Thacker, T.C., Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R. 2007. Associations between Cytokine Gene Expression and Pathology in Cattle infected with Mycobacterium bovis. [Abstract]. American Association for Microbiology. Abstract No. U-037.
Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Nonnecke, B.J., Thacker, T.C., Estes, M., Jacobs, W.R., Larsen, M.L. 2007. The Neonatal calf Tuberculosis Vaccine Model: Immune Responses to Protective and Non-protective Vaccines after Aerosol Challenge with Virulent Mycobacterium bovis [abstract]. The American Association of Immunologists. p. 43.51.
Brockmeier, S., Vincent, A.L., Sacco, R.E., Nicholson, T.L., Palmer, M.V. 2007. Coinfection with Swine Influenza Virus and Bordetella bronchiseptica in Pigs [abstract]. American Society for Microbiology Meeting, May 21-25,2007, Toronto, Canada. 2007 CD-ROM.
Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Thacker, T.C., Orloski, K., Nol, P., Harrington, N.P., Olsen, S.C., Nonnecke, B.J. 2008. Blood Culture and Stimulation Conditions for the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis in Cervids by the Cervigam Assay. Veterinary Record. 162(7):203-208.
Palmer, M.V. 2007. Tuberculosis in Cervidae in the United States: Past, Present and Future of Diagnostics [Review Article]. Whitetails of Wisconsin Newsletter. p. 10-12.
Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Thacker, T.C., Harris, N.B., Payeur, J.B., Minion, F.C., Mcnair, J., Pollock, J.M., Lyashchenko, K.P. 2006. Interpretation of tuberculosis diagnostic test results may be confounded in cattle infected with Mycobacterium kansasii [abstract]. Research Workers in Animal Diseases Conference Proceedings. p. 81.
Palmer, M.V., Thacker, T.C., Waters, W.R. 2006. Vaccination of white-tailed deer with mycobacterium bovis bacillus calmette guerin (bcg)[abstract]. American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. p. 122.
Waters, W.R., Nonnecke, B.J., Olsen, S.C., Palmer, M.V. 2007. Effects of pre-culture holding time and temperature on interferon-gamma responses in whole blood cultures from Mycobacterium bovis-infected cattle. Veterinary Microbiology. 119(2-4):277-282.
Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Nonnecke, B.J. 2006. Effects of pre-incubation holding time and temperature on interferon-gamma responses in whole blood cultures from Mycobacterium bovis-infected cattle [abstract]. American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. p. 197.
Palmer, M.V., Whipple, D.L. 2006. Survival of Mycobacterium bovis on Feedstuffs Commonly Used as Supplemental Feed for White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus). Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 42(4):853-858.
Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Thacker, T.C., Lyashchenko, K. 2006. Effect of Different Tuberculin Skin-Testing Regimens on Gamma Interferon and Antibody Responses in Cattle Experimentally Infected with Mycobacterium bovis. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology. 13(3):387-394.
Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R. 2006. Advances in bovine tuberculosis diagnosis and pathogenesis: What policy makers need to know. Veterinary Microbiology. 112(2006):181-190.
Robbe Austerman, S., Stabel, J.R., Palmer, M.V. 2006. Evaluation of the gamma interferon ELISA in sheep subclinically infected with Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis using a whole cell sonicate or a johnin purified-protein derivative. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 18(2):189-194.
Palmer, M.V. 2005. Tuberculosis: a Re-emerging Disease at the Interface of Domestic Animals and Wildlife [abstract]. American Society for Microbiology Meeting. p. 8.
Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Thacker, T.C., Minion, F.C., Greenwald, R., Esfandiari, J., Andersen, P., Mcnair, J., Pollock, J., Lyashchenko, K. 2005. Effects of Different Skin Testing Regimens on Interferon gamma and Antibody Responses in Cattle Experimentally Infected with Mycobacterium Bovis [abstract]. International Conference on Mycobacterium bovis. p. 24.
Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Thacker, T.C., Whipple, D.L. 2005. Lesion Development and Immunohistochemical Changes in Cattle Experimentally Infected with Mycobacterium bovis [abstract]. International Conference on Mycobacterium bovis. p. 70.
Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Bannantine, J.P., Zimmerman, S., Schmitt, S.M., O'Brien, J., Greenwald, R., Esfandiari, J., Andersen, P., Mcnair, J. 2005. Field Application of Antibody-based Tests for the Detection of Tuberculous deer in Michigan, USA [abstract]. International Conference on Mycobacterium bovis. p. 70.
Thacker, T.C., Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R. 2005. White-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) Cytokine Expression in Response to Infection with Mycobacterium Bovis [abstract]. International Conference on Mycobacterium bovis. Paper No. 3085.
Judge, L.J., Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Bolin, S.R. 2005. Population Differences in Test Specificity and Validation of Novel Antigens [abstract]. International Conference on Mycobacterium bovis. p. 70.
Bannantine, J.P., Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Kapur, V., Stabel, J.R., Paustian, M. 2006. Development and use of a mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis partial protein array for discovery of novel antigens [abstract]. International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis. p. 146.
Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Thacker, T.C., Minion, C.F., Greenwald, R., Esfandiari, J., Andersen, P., Mcnair, J., Pollock, J., Lyashchenko, K. 2005. Effects of different skin testing regimens on interferon gamma and antibody responses in cattle experimentally infected with Mycobacterium bovis [abstract]. American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. p. 7.
Koo, H.C., Park, Y.H., Ahn, J., Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Hamilton, M.J., Barrington, G., Abdelaziz, M.A., Cho, S., Shin, S. 2005. Use of rMPB70 Protein and ESAT-6 Peptide as Antigens for Comparison of the Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent, Immunochromatographic, and Latex Bead Agglutination Assays for Serodiagnosis of Bovine Tuberculosis. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43(9):4498-4506.
Palmer, M.V. 2007. Tuberculosis: A Reemerging Disease at the Interface of Domestic Animals and Wildlife. In: Childs, J.E., Mackenzie, J.S., Richt, J.A., editors. Wildlife and Emerging Zoonotic Diseases: The Biology, Circumstances and Consequences of Cross-Species Transmission. New York, NY: Springer. p. 195-215.
Maue, A., Waters, W.R., Davis, W.C., Palmer, M.V., Minion, F.C., Estes, D.M. 2005. Analysis of Immune Responses Directed toward a Recombinant Early Secretory Antigenic Target Six-Kilodalton Protein-Culture Filtrate Protein 10 Fusion Protein in Mycobacterium bovis-Infected Cattle. Infection and Immunity. 73(10):6659-67.
Brockmeier, S., Loving, C.L., Nicholson, T.L., Palmer, M.V. 2005. Coinfection with porcine respiratory coronavirus and bordetella bronchiseptica in pigs. American Society for Microbiology. Z016, p. 614.
Robbe Austerman, S., Stabel, J.R., Palmer, M.V., Oconnor, A. 2005. Comparing the probability of map tissue culture positivity in cmi negative and emi positive sheep [abstract]. International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis. p. 570.
Robbe Austerman, S., Young, S., Oconnor, A., Palmer, M.V., Stabel, J.R. 2005. Detecting CMI responses to Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis Infection in Calves born to Naturally Infected Dams [abstract]. International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis. p. 570.
Foote, M.R., Nonnecke, B.J., Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Beitz, D.C., Fowler, M.A., Miller, B.L., Johnson, T.E., Perry, H.B. 2005. Effects of increased dietary protein and energy on composition and functional capacities of blood mononuclear cells from vaccinated, neonatal calves. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research. 75(5):357-368.
Lyashchenko, K., Greenwald, R., Esfandiari, J., Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Whipple, D.L., Olsen, J., Ball, R., Pollock, J., Andersen, P. 2004. Rapid Test for Serological Detection of Tuberculosis in Multiple Animal Species [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the Wildlife Disease Association. 6th European Conference of the Wildlife Disease Association, December 20-23, 2004, Uppsala, Sweden. 2004 CDROM.
Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Nonnecke, B.J., Minion, F.C. 2004. Differentiation of mycobacterium bovis infection of cattle from m. avium subsp. avium and m. avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection using reombinant esat-6:cfp-10 fusion protein [abstract]. American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. p. 203
Robbe Austerman, S., Stabel, J.R., Palmer, M.V. 2004. Evaluating the accuracy of the ifn-gamma elisa and the skin test to detect mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis (map) infection in sheep [abstract]. American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. p. 87.
Robbe Austerman, S., Stabel, J.R., Harris, B.N., Johansen, K., Palmer, M.V., Payeur, J.B. 2004. Culturing mycobacterium avium spp paratuberculosis from sheep feces in the united states [abstract]. American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. p. 86.
Nonnecke, B.J., Waters, W.R., Foote, M.R., Palmer, M.V., Miller, B.L., Johnson, T.E., Perry, H.B., Fowler, M.A. 2005. Development of an adult-like cell-mediated immune response in calves after early vaccination with Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guerin. Journal of Dairy Science. 88(1):195-210.
Lyashchenko, K., Greenwald, R., Esfandiari, J., Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Whipple, D.L., Olsen, J., Ball, R., Pollock, J., Andersen, P. 2004. Rapid test for Serological Detection of Tuberculosis in Multiple Animal Species [abstract]. 6th European Conference of the WDA, Uppsala, Sweden 9/8-12/04. p. 25.
Stoffregen, W.C., Alt, D.P., Palmer, M.V., Olsen, S.C., Waters, W.R. 2004. Identification of haemomycoplasma species in anemic reindeer (rangifer tarandus) [abstract]. American College of Veterinary Pathologists Meeting. 41:550.
Foote, M.R., Nonnecke, B.J., Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Fowler, M.A., Miller, B.L., Beitz, D.C. 2004. Dietary protein and energy and the adaptive immune response of milk replacer-fed dairy calves [abstract]. American Dairy Science Association Abstracts. p. 406.
Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Whipple, D.L. 2004. Deer to cattle transmission of mycobacterium bovis through indirect contact. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 65(11):1483-1489
Waters, W.R., Nonnecke, B.J., Palmer, M.V., Robbe Austerman, S., Bannantine, J.P., Stabel, J.R., Whipple, D.L., Payeur, J.B., Estes, D.M., Pitzer, J.E., Minion, F.C. 2004. Use of recombinant esat-6:cfp-10 fusion protein for differentiation of infections of cattle by mycobacterium bovis and by m.avium subsp. avium and m. avium subsp. paratuberculosis. Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology. 11:729-735.
Palmer, M.V., Carpenter, J. 2004. Congenital polycystic kidney in a white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 16(5):475-477.
Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Pedersen, D.D., Stoffregen, W.C. 2004. Induction of neutralizing antibodies in reindeer (rangifer tarandus) after administration of killed west nile virus vaccine. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 40(4):759-62.
Maue, A.C., Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Whipple, D.L., Minion, F.C., Brown, W.C., Estes, D.M. 2003. Costimulatory molecules augment dna vaccine-induced immunity to experimental bovine tuberculosis. Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases. p. 120.
Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Whipple, D.L. 2003. Shared feed as a means of deer to deer transmission of mycobacterium bovis (abstract). American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. p.179.
Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Whipple, D.L., Carlson, M.P., Nonnecke, B.J. 2003. Antigen-induced ifn-g, nitric oxide, and tnf-a production by blood mononuclear cells from mycobacterium bovis-infected cattle: diagnostic implications (abstract). American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians. p. 180.
Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Stoffregen, W.C., Whipple, D.L., Slaughter, R., Jones, L.L., Pitzer, J.E., Minion, F.C. 2003. Experimental infection of reindeer (rangifer tarandus) with mycobacterium bovis: diagnostic implications. Proceedings of the United States Animal Health Association. p.569-576.
Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Whipple, D.L. 2004. Shared feed as a means of deer to deer transmission of mycobacterium bovis. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 40:87-91.
Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Whipple, D.L. 2003. Shared feed as a means of deer to deer transmission of mycobacterium bovis [abstract]. Wildlife Disease Association. p. 143.
Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Stoffregen, W.C., Whipple, D.L., Slaughter, R., Jones, S. 2003. Production on interferon-gamma by Reindeer (rangifer tarandus) blood Mononuclear cells Relevance to Tuberulosis Diagnosis [abstract]. Diseases at the Interface between Domestic Livestock and Wildlife Species.
Stabel, J.R., Palmer, M.V., Whitlock, R.H. 2003. Immune responses after oral inoculation of weanling bison or beef calves with a bison or cattle strain of mycobacterium paratuberculosis. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 39:545-555.
Palmer, M.V., Waters, W.R., Whipple, D.L., Slaughter, R.E., Jones, S.L. 2004. Analysis of interferon-gamma production by mycobacterium bovis infected white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus) using an in-vitro blood based assay. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 16:17-21.
Waters, W.R., Palmer, M.V., Cheng, D., Nonnecke, B.J., Whipple, D.L. 2003. Expression of l-selectin (cd62l), cd44, and cd25 on activated bovine t cells. Infection and Immunity.