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Contact Details

Email
frank.griffin@otago.ac.nz
Position
Emeritus Professor
Department
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Qualifications
BA PhD (Dub)
Research summary
Applied and molecular immunology, animal disease

Research

Professor Frank Griffin is the Director of the Ag@Otago research theme at the University of Otago, a new initiative drawing on the strengths in plant and animal production, food and health, and sustainability. With over 40 years experience in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology he is a consultant to many international committees and consortia, and a member of societies of immunology and microbiology in New Zealand, Australia and the United States.

Professor Frank Griffin was the founding director of DRL, which has been carrying out research on mycobacterial diseases (tuberculosis/paratuberculosis) in ruminants and wildlife species for the past 35 years. In the past decade their work has led to the development of improved immunodiagnostics and molecular techniques for the detection of paratuberculosis (Johnes disease). DRL has recently identified deer breeds with polarised phenotypes for resistance and susceptibility to paratuberculosis. DRL is now a part of Otago Innovation Limited.

Publications

Bunt, C., Griffin, F., Kawharu, M., Bond, S., & Telfer, I. (2023, June). Adaptation. Panel discussion at the Science-based Policy School for Climate Change, [Hybrid]. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Grelet, G., Lang, S., Merfield, C., Calhoun, N., Robson-Williams, M., Horrocks, A., … Doolan-Noble, F., Griffin, F., … Kerner, W. (2021). Regenerative agriculture in Aotearoa New Zealand: Research pathways to build science-based evidence and national narratives. (pp. 1-55). Retrieved from https://ourlandandwater.nz/regenag Working Paper; Discussion Paper; Technical Report

Bates, A., Laven, R., O'Brien, R., Liggett, S., & Griffin, F. (2020). Estimation of the sensitivity and specificity of four serum ELISA and one fecal PCR for diagnosis of paratuberculosis in adult dairy cattle in New Zealand using Bayesian latent class analysis. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 185, 105199. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2020.105199 Journal - Research Article

Griffin, F. (2019, December). Alternative foods: Human/animal. Verbal presentation at the Ag@Otago Symposium: New Zealand Agriculture 2050: Pathways of Innovation, Dunedin, New Zealand. Conference Contribution - Verbal presentation and other Conference outputs

Bates, A., O'Brien, R., Liggett, S., & Griffin, F. (2019). Control of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection on a New Zealand pastoral dairy farm. BMC Veterinary Research, 15, 266. doi: 10.1186/s12917-019-2014-6 Journal - Research Article

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