Dr Louise Jackson
Position
Senior Parasitologist with the Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
Contact
Biosecurity Queensland
Queensland Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries
Animal Research Institute
665 Fairfield Road
Yeerongpilly Qld 5105
Qualifications
BSc, PhD, University of Queensland
Research Interests
- all aspects of ticks and tick-borne diseases
- immunity to of hosts to parasites, in particular, to ticks
anti-parasite vaccines
- acaricide resistance of ticks
- diagnostic parasitology
Ten Most Significant Publications
OPDEBEECK J.P., WONG J.Y.M., JACKSON L.A. & DOBSON C. (1988). Vaccines to protect Hereford cattle against the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus. Immunology 63:363-367
JACKSON L.A. & OPDEBEECK J.P. (1989). The effect of antigen concentration and vaccine regimen on the immunity induced by membrane associated antigens from the midgut of Boophilus microplus. Immunology 68:272-276
LEE R.P., JACKSON L.A. & OPDEBEECK J.P. (1991). Immune responses of cattle to biochemically modified antigens from the midgut of the cattle tick, Boophilus microplus. Parasite Immunology 13:661-672.
JACKSON L.A. & OPDEBEECK J.P. (1995). The effects of various adjuvants on the humoral immune response of sheep and cattle to soluble and membrane midgut antigens of Boophilus microplus. Veterinary Parasitology 58:129-141
PRESTON P.M., JACKSON L.A., SUTHERLAND I.A., BELL-SAKYI L., WILKIE G., BROWN D.J., SCHOFIELD J., MELROSE T.R., SANDERSON A. & BROWN C.G.D. (1998). Theileria annulata: the expression of two novel macroschizont antigens on the surface of infected mononuclear cells differs during in vitro attenuation of a virulent cell line. Experimental Parasitology 89, 228-240
PRESTON P.M., JACKSON L.A., SUTHERLAND I.A., BELL-SAKYI L., WILKIE G., BROWN D.J., SCHOFIELD J., MELROSE T.R., SANDERSON A. & BROWN C.G.D. (1998). Theileria annulata: the expression of two novel macroschizont antigens on the surface of infected mononuclear cells differs during in vitro attenuation of a virulent cell line. Experimental Parasitology 89, 228-240
COURT R.A., JACKSON L.A. & LEE R.P. (2001). Elevated anti-parasitic activity in peripheral blood monocytes and neutrophils of cattle infected with Babesia bovis. International Journal for Parasitology 19, 29-37.
JACKSON L.A., WALDRON, S.J., WEIER, H.M., NICOLL C.L. & COOKE B.M. (2001). Babesia bovis: culture of laboratory-adapted parasite lines and clinical isolates in a chemically-defined medium. Experimental Parasitology 99, 168-174.
TURNI C., LEE R.P. & JACKSON L.A. (2004) A comparison of the immunosuppressive effects of salivary gland extracts from two strains of Boophilus microplus. International Journal for Parasitology 34:833-838
PIPER E.K., JACKSON L.A., BAGNALL N.H., KONGSUWAN K.K., LEW A.E., JONSSON N.N. (2008) Gene expression in the skin of Bos taurus and Bos indicus cattle infested with the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus. Veterinary Immunology Immunopathology 126:110-119
Currently Held Grants
2008 Comparative tick gene expression in Brahman and Holstein-Friesian cattle. Meat and Livestock Australia. A.E. Lew, M. Rodriguez Valle, L.A. Jackson & N.N. Jonsson (University of Queensland).
2007-2010 A cattle tick vaccine for tropical and subtropical beef industries; a reverse vaccinology genomics approach. Department of State Development & Trade (Qld) Smart State funds. A.E. Lew, L.A. Jackson, W.K. Jorgensen, N.N. Jonsson (University of Queensland), M. Bellgard (Murdoch University), F. Guerrero (USDA).
2005-2009 CRC for Beef Genetic Technologies. Program 3: Adaptation and Cattle Welfare. Novel solutions to improve tick resistance of cattle. Changes in immune responses and gene expression of tick resistant versus susceptible cattle. L.A. Jackson & N.N. Jonsson (University of Queensland).
Industry (e.g. Novartis animal Health), Fee for service acaricide research (DPI&F ACTEST)
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