Blackall, Pat

Wednesday, 15th September 2010
Dr Pat Blackall

Dr Pat Blackall


Positions


Qualifications

  • Fellow, Australian Society of Microbiology [FASM]
  • Ph.D. – University of Queensland
  • B.Sc. – University of Queensland


Areas of expertise

I am a veterinary microbiologist with extensive experience in bacterial diseases of poultry. In recent times, my research interests have expanded to include food safety and environmental fate of pathogens. I have over six years experience as a member of the committee that oversees the national industry/government co-funded research for the poultry industry. My international experience, gained via speaking at international conferences as well as providing consultancy services to a range of institutes and organisations in four continents means that I also have a global view of the problems and issues that confront the poultry industry.


Publications

  • Blackall, P.J. and Hinz, K.-H. (2008) Infectious coryza and related diseases. In Poultry Diseases, (6th ed.). pp. 155-159. Eds. Pattison, M., McMullin, P.J., Bradbury, J.M. and Alexander, D.J. Saunders Elsevier, Edinburgh.
  • Blackall, P.J. and Nørskov-Lauritsen, N. (2008) Pasteurellaceae – the view from the diagnostic laboratory. In Pasteurellaceae: Biology, Genomics and Molecular Aspects eds. Kuhnert, P. and Christensen, H. Norwich, UK: Horizon Scientific Press.
  • Blackall, P.J. and Soriano, V.E. (2008) Infectious coryza and related bacterial infections. In: Diseases of Poultry, (12th ed.) pp 789-803. Eds. Saif, Y.M., Fadly, A.M., Glisson, J.R., McDougald, L.R., Nolan, L.K. and Swayne, D.E. Blackwell Publishing Professional, Ames.
  • Blackall, P.J., Christensen, H., Beckenham, T., Blackall, L.L and Bisgaard, M. (2005) Reclassification of Pasteurella gallinarum, [Haemophilus] paragallinarum, Pasteurella avium and Pasteurella volantium as Avibacterium gallinarum gen. nov., comb. nov., Avibacterium paragallinarum comb. nov., Avibacterium avium comb. nov. and Avibacterium volantium comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 55:353-362
  • Corney, B.G., Diallo, I., Wright, L., Hewitson, G., De Jong, A., Burrell, P., Duffy, P., Stephens, C., Rodwell, B., Boyle, D.B. and Blackall, P.J. (2007) Pasteurella multocida detection by 5’ Taq nuclease assay: a new tool for use in diagnosing fowl cholera. J. Microbiol. Methods 69, 376-380.
  • Corney, B.G., Diallo, I.S., Wright, L., Hewitson, G., De Jong, A., Tolosa, X., Burrell, P., Duffy, P., Rodwell, B., Boyle, D.B. and Blackall, P.J. (2008) Rapid and sensitive detection of Avibacterium paragallinarum in the presence of other bacteria using a 5’ Taq nuclease assay: a new tool for diagnosing infectious coryza. Avian Pathol 37, 599-604.
  • Harper, M., Boyce, J.D., Cox, A., St. Michael, F., Wilkie, I., Blackall, P.J. and Adler, B. (2007) Pasteurella multocida expresses two LPS glycoforms simultaneously but only a single form is required for virulence: identification of two acceptor specific heptosyl I transferases Infect. Immun. 75, 3885-3893.
  • Harper, M., Cox, A., St. Michael, F., Parnas, H., Wilkie, I., Blackall, P. J., Adler, B. & Boyce, J. D. (2007). Decoration of Pasteurella multocida LPS with phosphocholine is important for virulence. J. Bacteriol. 189, 7384-7391
  • Merchant-Patel, S., Blackall, P.J., Templeton, J. Price, E. P., Miflin, J.K., Huygens, F. and Giffard, P.M. (2008) Characterisation of chicken Campylobacter jejuni isolates using resolution optimised single nucleotide polymorphisms and binary gene markers. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 128, 304-308.
  • Miflin, J.K., Templeton, J.M. and Blackall, P.J. (2007) Antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli isolated from poultry in the South East Queensland region. J. Antimicrobial. Chemother. 59, 775-778.


Contact

Phone: 07 3362 9498

Email: pblackall@poultrycrc.com.au

Web: www.poultrycrc.com.au