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William  Boatwright, Jr
                        Ruminant Diseases and Immunology Research

                        




                        
                        Biological Science Lab Technician
                        Phone: (515) 337-6372
                        
                        
                        Fax: (515) 337-7149(Employee information on this page comes from the REE Directory. Please contact your front office staff to update the REE Directory.)
                            **Publications**
                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)Protection against Mycoplasma bovis infection in calves following intranasal vaccination with modified-live Mannheimia haemolytica expressing Mycoplasma antigens
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Briggs, R.E., Billing, S.R., Boatwright Jr, W.D., Chriswell, B.O., Casas, E., Dassanayake, R.P., Palmer, M.V., Register, K.B., Tatum, F.M. 2021. Protection against Mycoplasma bovis infection in calves following intranasal vaccination with modified-live Mannheimia haemolytica expressing Mycoplasma antigens. Microbial Pathogenesis. 161. Article 105159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micpath.2021.105159.Serological evidence for historical and present-day exposure of North American bison to Mycoplasma bovis
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Register, K.B., Parker, M., Patyk, K.A., Sweeney, S.J., Boatwright Jr, W.D., Jones, L.C., Woodbury, M., Hunter, D., Treanor, J., Kohr, M., Hamilton, R., Shury, T., Nol, P. 2021. Serological evidence for historical and present-day exposure of North American bison to Mycoplasma bovis. BMC Veterinary Research. 17. Article 18. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12917-020-02717-5.Comparison of two multilocus sequence typing schemes for Mycoplasma bovis and revision of the pubMLST reference method
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Register, K.B., Lysnyansky, I., Jelinski, M., Boatwright Jr, W.D., Waldner, M., Bayles, D.O., Pilo, P., Alt, D.P. 2020. Comparison of two multilocus sequence typing schemes for Mycoplasma bovis and revision of the pubMLST reference method. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 58(6):e00283-20. https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00283-20.Comparison of two schemes for multilocus sequence typing (MLST) of Mycoplasma bovis and revision of the pubMLST reference method

- (Abstract Only)Prevalence of Mycoplasma spp. in the respiratory tract of healthy North American bison (Bison bison) and comparison with serum antibody status
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Register, K.B., Jones, L.C., Boatwright Jr, W.D., Shury, T.K., Woodbury, M., Hamilton, R.G., Treanor, J., Dyer, N., Nol, P. 2021. Prevalence of Mycoplasma spp. in the respiratory tract of healthy North American bison (Bison bison) and comparison with serum antibody status. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 57(3):683-688. https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-20-00198.Comparison of multilocus sequence types found among recent North American isolates of Mycoplasma bovis from cattle, bison and deer
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Register, K.B., Jelinski, M., Waldner, M., Boatwright Jr, W.D., Anderson, T.K., Hunter, D., Hamilton, R., Burrage, P., Shury, T., Bildfell, R., Wolff, P., Miskimins, D., Derscheid, R., Woodbury, M. 2019. Comparison of multilocus sequence types found among North American isolates of Mycoplasma bovis from cattle, bison and deer, 2007-2017. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 31(6):899-904. https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638719874848.Comparison of Multilocus Sequence Types Found Among Recent North American Isolates of Mycoplasma bovis from Cattle, Bison and Deer

- (Abstract Only)Mistaken identity of a PCR target proposed for identification of Mycoplasma bovis and the effect of sequence variation on assay performance

- (Abstract Only)Mistaken identity of an open reading frame proposed for PCR-based identification of Mycoplasma bovis and the effect of polymorphisms and insertions on assay performance
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Register, K.B., Boatwright Jr, W.D., Gesy, K.M., Thacker, T.C., Jelinski, M.D. 2018. Mistaken identity of an open reading frame proposed for PCR-based identification of Mycoplasma bovis and the effect of polymorphisms and insertions on assay performance. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 30(4):637-641. https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638718764799.Complete genome sequence of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheal strain ORT-UMN 88
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Zehr, E.S., Bayles, D.O., Boatwright Jr, W.D., Tabatabai, L.B., Register, K.B. 2014. Complete genome sequence of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheal strain ORT-UMN 88. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9:16. DOI: 10.1186/1944-3277-9-16.Non-contiguous finished genome sequence of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale strain H06-030791
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Zehr, E.S., Bayles, D.O., Boatwright Jr, W.D., Tabatabai, L.B., Register, K.B. 2014. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence of Ornithobacterium rhinotracheale strain H06-030791. Standards in Genomic Sciences. 9:14. DOI: 10.1186/1944-3277-9-14.Introduction of plasmid DNA into an ST398 livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain

- (Abstract Only)Plaut, R.D., Riggins, D.P., Boatwright Jr, W.D., Loving, C.L., Register, K.B., Nicholson, T.L., Stibitz, S. 2014. Introduction of plasmid DNA into an ST398 livestock-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus strain. 2014 Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phages Meeting. Paper No. 47. p. 3.


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