Owens, Leigh (2023) Abolishment of spawner-isolated mortality virus and where the remaining science leads. Journal of General Virology, 104 (8). 001878.

Nambiar, Geetika, Owens, Leigh, and Elliman, Jennifer (2023) Cherax quadricarinatus Resistant to Chequa iflavirus: A Pilot Study. Microorganisms, 11 (3). 578.

Jaroenram, Wansadaj, Hayakijkosol, Orachun, Owens, Leigh, and Elliman, Jennifer (2021) Establishing a gold standard method for the detection of Cherax reovirus using reverse transcriptase, quantitative, polymerase chain reaction. Journal of Virological Methods, 293. 114169.

Jaroenram, Wansadaj, Owens, Leigh, Hayakijkosol, Orachun, and Elliman, Jennifer (2021) Natural, in ovo, vertical transmission of the RNA viruses, Chequa iflavirus and Athtab bunyavirus, but not Cherax reovirus in redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus). Aquaculture, 534. 736285.

Hayakijkosol, Orachun, Jaroenram, Wansadaj, Owens, Leigh, and Elliman, Jennifer (2021) Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) detection for Australian Cherax reovirus from redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus). Aquaculture, 530. 735881.

Kinobe, Robert T., and Owens, Leigh (2021) A systematic review of experimental evidence for antiviral effects of ivermectin and an in silico analysis of ivermectin's possible mode of action against SARS-CoV-2. Fundamental & Clinical Pharmacology, 35 (2). pp. 260-276.

Ahasan, Mohammad Shamim, Waltzek, Thomas B., Owens, Leigh, and Ariel, Ellen (2020) Characterisation and comparison of the mucosa-associated bacterial communities across the gastrointestinal tract of stranded green turtles, Chelonia mydas. AIMS Microbiology, 6 (4). pp. 361-378.

Elliman, J. Ruth, and Owens, L. (2020) Confirmation that candidatus Coxiella cheraxi from redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) is a close relative of Coxiella burnetii, the agent of Q-fever. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 71 (3). pp. 320-326.

Mashkour, Narges, Jones, Karina, Kophamel, Sara, Hipolito, Teresa, Ahasan, Shamim, Walker, Grant, Jakob-Hoff, Richard, Whittaker, Maxine, Hamann, Mark, Bell, Ian, Elliman, Jennifer, Owens, Leigh, Saladin, Claire, Crespo-Picazo, Jose Luis, Gardner, Brett, Loganathan, Aswini Leela, Bowater, Rachel, Young, Erina, Robinson, David, Baverstock, Warren, Blyde, David, March, Duan, Eghbali, Maryam, Mohammadi, Maryam, Freggi, Daniela, Giliam, Jane, Hale, Mike, Nicolle, Nicholas, Spiby, Kevin, Wrobel, Daphne, Parga, Mariluz, Mobaraki, Asghar, Rajakaruna, Rupika, Hyland, Kevin P., Read, Mark, and Ariel, Ellen (2020) Disease risk analysis in sea turtles: a baseline study to inform conservation efforts. PLoS ONE, 15 (10). e0230760..

Ahasan, Md. Shamim, Kinobe, Robert, Elliott, Lisa, Owens, Leigh, Scott, Jenni, Picard, Jacqueline, Huerlimann, Roger, and Ariel, Ellen (2019) Bacteriophage versus antibiotic therapy on gut bacterial communities of juvenile green turtle, Chelonia mydas. Environmental Microbiology, 21 (8). pp. 2871-2885.

Rusaini, and Owens, Leigh (2019) The effect of viral infection on the relationship between the LOS cells and moulting stages of the black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon). Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation and Legislation, 12 (4). pp. 1087-1101.

Murugananthan, Kalamathy, Subramaniyam, Sivaganesh, Kumanan, Thirunavukarasu, Owens, Leigh, Ketheesan, Natkunam, and Noordeen, Faseeha (2018) Blood group AB is associated with severe forms of dengue virus infection. VirusDisease, 29 (1). pp. 103-105.

Sakuna, Kitikarn, Elliman, Jennifer, and Owens, Leigh (2018) Comparison of molecular detection PCR methods for chequa iflavirus in freshwater crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus. Journal of Virological Methods, 251. pp. 139-144.

Sakuna, Kitikarn, Elliman, Jennifer, and Owens, Leigh (2018) Therapeutic trials against pre-existing Chequa iflavirus in redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus). Aquaculture, 492. pp. 9-14.

Syahidah, Dewi, Elliman, Jennifer, Constantinoiu, Constantin, and Owens, Leigh (2018) Vero cell lines expressing nuclear location signals of Penaeus merguiensis hepandensovirus: an early study. Asian Journal of Advances in Research, 1 (1). pp. 1-10.

Sakuna, Kitikarn, Elliman, Jennifer, Tzamouzaki, Anna, and Owens, Leigh (2018) A novel virus (order Bunyavirales) from stressed redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) from farms in northern Australia. Virus Research, 250. pp. 7-12.

Sakuna, Kitikarn, Elliman, Jennifer, and Owens, Leigh (2017) Assessment of a cricket, Acheta domesticus, bioassay for Chequa Iflavirus and bunya-like virus from redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 150. pp. 41-44.

Hayakijkosol, Orachun, Owens, Leigh, and Picard, Jacqueline (2017) Case report of bacterial infections in a redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) hatchery. Aquaculture, 475. pp. 1-7.

Sakuna, Kitikarn, Elliman, Jennifer, and Owens, Leigh (2017) Discovery of a novel Picornavirales, Chequa iflavirus, from stressed redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) from farms in northern Queensland, Australia. Virus Research, 238. pp. 148-155.

Ahasan, Md. Shamim, Picard, Jacqueline, Elliot, Lisa, Kinobe, Robert, Owens, Leigh, and Ariel, Ellen (2017) Evidence of antibiotic resistance in Enterobacteriales isolated from green sea turtles, Chelonia mydas on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 120. pp. 18-27.

Walsh, Ramona, La Fauce, Kathy, Crockford, Melanie , Jones, Brian, and Owens, Leigh (2017) Genomic heterogeneity and prevalence of hepandensovirus in Penaeus esculentus from Western Australia, and P. merguiensis from the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Aquaculture, 471. pp. 43-48.

Razaghi, Ali, Villacrés, Carina, Jung, Vincent, Mashkour, Narges, Butler, Michael, Owens, Leigh, and Heimann, Kirsten (2017) Improved therapeutic efficacy of mammalian expressed-recombinant interferon gamma against ovarian cancer cells. Experimental Cell Research, 359 (1). pp. 20-29.

Razaghi, Ali, Tan, Emylin, Lua, Linda H.L., Owens, Leigh, Karhikeyan, O.P., and Heimann, Kirsten (2017) Is Pichia pastoris a realistic platform for industrial production of recombinant human interferon gamma? Biologicals, 45. pp. 52-60.

Syahidah, D., Elliman, J., Constantinoiu, C., and Owens, L. (2017) Mosquito cells (C6/36) fail to support the complete replication of Penaeus merguiensis hepandensovirus. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 145. pp. 31-38.

Wright, Emily E., Nguyen, Hong Uyen, and Owens, Leigh (2017) Preliminary characterization of a Nisin Z bacteriocin with activity against the fish pathogen Streptococcus iniae. Oceanography & Fisheries, 3 (2). pp. 1-13.

Ariel, E., Elliott, E., Meddings, J.I., Miller, J., Santos, M.B., and Owens, L. (2017) Serological survey of Australian native reptiles for exposure to ranavirus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 126 (3). pp. 173-183.

Christi, Katrina, Elliman, Jennifer, and Owens, Leigh (2017) A synthesis of the divalent cation requirements for efficient adsorption of bacteriophage onto bacterial cells. In: Harrington, Daniel, (ed.) Bacteriophages: an overview and synthesis of a re-emerging field. Bacteriology Research Developments . Nova Science Publishers Inc, New York, NY, USA, pp. 43-69.

Razaghi, Ali, Owens, Leigh, and Heimann, Kirsten (2016) Review of the recombinant human interferon gamma as an immunotherapeutic: Impacts of production platforms and glycosylation. Journal of Biotechnology, 240. pp. 48-60.

Sorenson, Alanna, Owens, Leigh, Caltabiano, Marie, Cadet-James, Yvonne, Hall, Roy, Govan, Brenda, and Clancy, Paula (2016) The impact of prior flavivirus infections on the development of Type 2 Diabetes among the Indigenous Australians. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 95 (2). pp. 265-268.

Ariel, Ellen, and Owens, Leigh (2015) Action research to improve the learning space for diagnostic techniques. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, 16 (2). pp. 167-177.

Bochow, Shaun, Condon, Kelly, Elliman, Jennifer, and Owens, Leigh (2015) First complete genome of an Ambidensovirus; Cherax quadricarinatus densovirus, from freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Marine Genomics, 24 (3). pp. 305-312.

Razaghi, Ali, Huerlimann, Roger, Owens, Leigh, and Heimann, Kirsten (2015) Increased expression and secretion of recombinant hINFγ through amino acid starvation-induced selective pressure on the adjacent HIS4 gene in Pichia pastoris. Acta Facultatis Pharmaceuticae Universitatis Comenianae, 62 (2). pp. 1-8.

Elliott, Lisa, and Owens, Leigh (2015) CART analysis of environmental factors, biomarkers and gill-associated virus to predict production outcomes for farmed Penaeus monodon. Aquaculture, 448. pp. 298-305.

Jaroenram, Wansadaj, Chaivisuthangkura, Parin, and Owens, Leigh (2015) One base pair deletion and high rate of evolution: keys to viral accommodation of Australian Penaeus stylirostris densovirus. Aquaculture, 443. pp. 40-48.

Rusaini, and Owens, Leigh (2015) Expressed genes in the lymphoid organ of broodstock banana prawn (Penaeus merguiensis) using suppression subtractive hybridization. Journal of Aquaculture & Marine Biology, 2 (1). 00016. pp. 1-9.

Owens, Leigh, and Malham, Shelagh (2015) Review of the RNA interference pathway in molluscs including some possibilities for use in bivalves in aquaculture. Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 3 (1). pp. 87-99.

Owens, Leigh, Condon, Kelly, Rai, Praveen, and Karunasagar, Indrani (2015) Diet-delivery of therapeutic RNA interference in live Escherichia coli against pre-existing Penaeus merguiensis hepandensovirus in Penaeus merguiensis. Aquaculture, 437. pp. 360-365.

Cano-Gomez, Ana, Høj, Lone, Owens, Leigh, Baillie, Brett K., and Andreakis, Nikos (2015) A multiplex PCR-based protocol for identification and quantification of Vibrio harveyi-related species. Aquaculture, 437. pp. 195-200.

Akhila, Dharnappa Sannejal, Mani, Madhu K., Rai, Praveen, Condon, Kelly, Owens, Leigh, and Karunasagar, Indrani (2015) Antisense RNA mediated protection from white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) infection in Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei. Aquaculture, 435. pp. 306-309.

Bridson, Tahnee, Matthiesson, Anthony, Owens, Leigh, Govan, Brenda, Norton, Robert, and Ketheesan, Natkunam (2015) Diabetes: a contributor to tuberculosis in tropical Australia. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 93 (3). pp. 547-548.

Ariel, E., Wirth, W., Burgess, G., Scott, J., and Owens, L. (2015) Pathogenicity in six Australian reptile species following experimental inoculation with Bohle iridovirus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 115 (3). pp. 203-212.

Razaghi, Ali, Kartik, Obulisamy, Owens, Leigh, and Heimann, Kirsten (2014) Methane oxidation by the oleaginous yeast, Rhodotorula glutinis – fact or fiction? In: [Presented at the North Queensland Festival of Life Sciences 2014]. From: North Queensland Festival of Life Sciences 2014, 5 November 2014, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

Jaroenram, Wansadaj, and Owens, Leigh (2014) Recombinase polymerase amplification combined with a lateral flow dipstick for discriminating between infectious Penaeus stylirostris densovirus and virus-related sequences in shrimp genome. Journal of Virological Methods, 208. pp. 144-151.

Nguyen, Kim Y., Sakuna, Kitikarn, Kinobe, Robert, and Owens, Leigh (2014) Ivermectin blocks the nuclear location signal of parvoviruses in crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus. Aquaculture, 420-421. pp. 288-294.

Rivera-Posada, Jairo, and Owens, Leigh (2014) Osmotic shock as alternative method to control Acanthaster planci. Journal of Coastal Life Medicine, 2 (2). pp. 99-106.

Meddings, Jonathan Ian, Owens, Leigh, Burgess, Graham, and Ariel, Ellen (2014) Revelations in reptilian and avian immunology: a proposed evolutionary selection pressure for truncated immunoglobulin-Y. International Journal of Immunological Studies, 2 (1). pp. 29-41.

Jaroenram, Wansadaj, and Owens, Leigh (2014) Separation of endogenous viral elements from infectious Penaeus stylirostris densovirus using recombinase polymerase amplification. Molecular and Cellular Probes, 28 (5-6). pp. 284-287.

Owens, Leigh (2013) Bioinformatical analysis of nuclear localisation sequences in penaeid densoviruses. Marine Genomics, 12. pp. 9-15.

Mata, Leonardo, Wright, Emily, Owens, Leigh, Paul, Nicholas, and de Nys, Rocky (2013) Water-soluble natural products from seaweed have limited potential in controlling bacterial pathogens in fish aquaculture. Journal of Applied Phycology, 25 (6). pp. 1963-1973.

Busico-Salcedo, Nancy, and Owens, Leigh (2013) Virulence changes to Harveyi clade bacteria infected with bacteriophage from Vibrio owensii. Indian Journal of Virology, 24 (2). pp. 180-187.

Baker, Anthony, Mayo, Mark, Owens, Leigh, Burgess, Graham, Norton, Robert, McBride, William John Hannan, Currie, Bart J., and Warner, Jeffrey (2013) Biogeography of Burkholderia pseudomallei in the Torres Strait Islands of Northern Australia. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 51 (8). pp. 2520-2525.

Elliman, J., and Owens, L. (2013) Teaching driving research: a case study using a novel microsporidium found in western king prawns off the Townsville coast. In: Australasian Scientific Conference on Aquatic Animal Health. From: Second Australasian Scientific Conference on Aquatic Animal Health, 8-12 July 2013, Cairns. (Unpublished)

Rusaini, La Fauce, Kathy A., Elliman, Jennifer, Bowater, Rachel O., and Owens, Leigh (2013) Endogenous Brevidensovirus-like elements in Cherax quadricarinatus: friend or foe? Aquaculture, 396-399. pp. 136-145.

Wright, E.E., Elliman, J.R., and Owens, L. (2013) Induction and characterization of lysogenic bacteriophages from Streptococcus iniae. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 114 (6). pp. 1616-1624.

Rusaini, Ariel, Ellen, Burgess, Graham W., and Owens, Leigh (2013) Investigation of an idiopathic lesion in redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus using suppression subtractive hybridization. Journal of Virology & Microbiology, 2013. 569032. pp. 1-15.

Hayakijkosol, O., and Owens, L. (2013) Non-permissive C6/36 cell culture for the Australian isolate of Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus. Journal of Fish Diseases, 36 (4). pp. 401-409.

La Fauce, Kathy, and Owens, Leigh (2013) Suppression of Penaeus merguiensis densovirus following oral delivery of live bacteria expressing dsRNA in the house cricket (Acheta domesticus) model. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 112 (2). pp. 162-165.

Rivera-Posada, Jairo, Owens, Leigh, Caballes, Ciemon F., and Pratchett, Morgan (2012) The role of protein extracts in the induction of disease in Acanthaster planci. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 429. pp. 1-6.

Siregar, Tuti Hartati, Elliman, Jennifer, and Owens, Leigh (2012) Development of real time polymerase chain reaction for detection of Salmonella typhimurium and Salmonella enteritidis in fish. Squalen, 7 (2). pp. 51-58.

Hayakijkosol, Orachun, and Owens, Leigh (2012) B2 or not B2: RNA interference reduces Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus replication in redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus). Aquaculture, 326-329. pp. 40-45.

Bochow, S., Elliman, J., and Owens, L. (2012) Bacteriophage adenine methyltransferase: a life cycle regulator? Modelled using Vibrio harveyi myovirus like. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 113 (5). pp. 1001-1013.

La Fauce, Kathy, and Owens, Leigh (2012) Dietary uptake of green fluorescent protein for delivery of dsRNA to induce RNA interference. Journal of Marine Science Research and Development, 2 (4). 1000114. pp. 1-5.

Owens, Leigh (2012) Diseases. In: Lucas, John S., and Southgate, Paul C., (eds.) Aquaculture: farming aquatic animals and plants. Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester, UK, pp. 214-228.

Lloyd, Janice, Ariel, Ellen, Adams, Dayna, and Owens, Leigh (2012) Environmental enrichment for sea turtles in rehabilitation: preliminary study. In: Australian Wildlife Rehabilitation Council. pp. 1-2. From: 2012 Australian Wildlife Rehabilitation Council, 16-20 July 2012, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

Rai, Praveen, Safeena, Muhammed P., Krabsetsve, Kjersti, La Fauce, Kathy, Owens, Leigh, and Karunasagar, Indrani (2012) Genomics, molecular epidemiology and diagnostics of infectious hypodermal and hematopoietic necrosis virus. Indian Journal of Virology, 23 (2). pp. 203-214.

La Fauce, K., Ariel, E., Munns, S., Rush, C., and Owens, L. (2012) Influence of temperature and exposure time on the infectivity of Bohle iridovirus, a ranavirus. Aquaculture, 354-355. pp. 64-67.

La Fauce, Kathy, and Owens, Leigh (2012) RNA interference with special reference to combating viruses of crustacea. Indian Journal of Virology, 23 (2). pp. 226-243.

Hayakijkosol, Orachun, Burgess, Graham, La Fauce, Kathy, and Owens, Leigh (2012) The complete sequence of the Australia recognizate of Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus which causes white tail disease. Aquaculture, 366-367. pp. 98-104.

Lloyd, Janice, Ariel, Ellen, Adams, Dayna, and Owens, Leigh (2012) Environmental enrichment in hospitalised sea turtles. In: Sea Turtle Health and Rehabilitation Workshop. p. 1. From: 2nd Annual Sea Turtle Health and Rehabilitation Workshop, 18-20 July 2012, Townsville, QLD, Australia. (Unpublished)

Rivera-Posada, J.A., Pratchett, M., Cano-Gómez, A., Arango-Gómez, J.D., and Owens, L. (2011) Injection of Acanthaster planci with thiosulfate-citrate-bile-sucrose agar (TCBS). I. Disease induction. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 97 (2). pp. 85-94.

Cano-Gómez, Ana, Høj, Lone, Owens, Leigh, and Andreakis, Nikolas (2011) Multilocus sequence analysis provides basis for fast and reliable identification of Vibrio harveyi-related species and reveals previous misidentification of important marine pathogens. Systematic and Applied Microbiology, 34 (8). pp. 561-565.

Rivera-Posada, J.A., Pratchett, M., Cano-Gómez, A., Arango-Gómez, J.D., and Owens, L. (2011) Refined identification of Vibrio bacterial flora from Acanthasther planci based on biochemical profiling and analysis of housekeeping genes. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 96 (2). pp. 113-123.

Hayakijkosol, O., La Fauce, K., and Owens, L. (2011) Experimental infection of redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) with Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus, the aetiological agent of white tail disease. Aquaculture, 319 (1-2). pp. 25-29.

Elliman, Jennifer, Burgess, Graham, Owens, Leigh, Ariel, Ellen, La Fauce, Kathy, and Govan, Brenda (2011) Development of a short course on molecular techniques with application for the aquaculture industry. In: Australasian Scientific Conference on Aquatic Animal Health. From: First Australasian Scientific Conference on Aquatic Animal Health , 5-8 July 2011, Cairns. (Unpublished)

Owens, L., La Fauce, K., and Claydon, K. (2011) The effect of Penaeus merguiensis densovirus on Penaeus merguiensis production in Queensland, Australia. Journal of Fish Diseases, 34 (7). pp. 509-515.

Hayakijkosol, Orachun, and Owens, Leigh (2011) Investigation into the pathogenicity of reovirus to juvenile Cherax quadricarinatus. Aquaculture, 316 (1-4). pp. 1-5.

Munro, J., Callinan, R., and Owens, L. (2011) Gill-associated virus and its association with decreased production of Penaeus monodon in Australian prawn farms. Journal of Fish Diseases, 34 (1). pp. 13-20.

Rivera Posada, J.A., Pratchett, M., and Owens, L. (2011) Injection of Acanthaster planci with thiosulfate-citrate-bile-sucrose agar (TCBS). II. Histopathological changes. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 97 (2). pp. 95-102.

Rusaini, and Owens, L. (2011) A simple technique to stage the moult of Penaeus monodon. Asian Fisheries Science, 24 (1). pp. 1-11.

Owens, Leigh (2011) The viral ecology of aquatil crustaceans. In: Hurst, Christon J., (ed.) Studies in Viral Ecology; animal host systems. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ, USA, pp. 177-189.

Claydon, Kerry, Roper, Katrina G., and Owens, Leigh (2010) Attempts at producing a hybridised Penaeus mondon cell line by cellular fusion. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 29 (3). pp. 539-543.

Rusaini, and Owens, L. (2010) Insight into the lymphoid organ of penaeid prawns: a review. Fish and Shellfish Immunology, 29 (3). pp. 367-377.

Rusaini, and Owens, L. (2010) Effect of moulting and lunar rhythms on the lymphoid organ spheroid (LOS) cells of the black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 389 (1-2). pp. 6-12.

Crothers-Stomps, C., Høj, L., Bourne, D.G., Hall, M.R., and Owens, L. (2010) Isolation of lytic bacteriophage against Vibrio harveyi. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 108 (5). pp. 1744-1750.

Cano-Gómez, Ana, Goulden, Evan F., Owens, Leigh, and Høj, Lone (2010) Vibrio owensii sp. nov., isolated from cultured crustaceans in Australia. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 302 (2). pp. 175-181.

Owens, L., Liessmann, L., La Fauce, K., Nyguyen, T., and Zeng, C. (2010) Intranuclear bacilliform virus and hepatopancreatic parvovirus (PmergDNV) in the mud crab Scylla serrata (Forskal) of Australia. Aquaculture, 310 (1-2). pp. 47-51.

Burgess, Graham, Campbell, Roderick S.F., Entwistle, Keith W., Fitzpatrick, Lee, Hutchinson, Gareth W., Ladds, Philip, Murray, Max, Owens, Leigh, Summers, Phillip, Skerratt, Lee, Teleni, Esala, Watson, Dennis, Wilson, Alan J., and Young, Peter (2010) Veterinary Science In The Tropics 1969-2009. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia.

Elliman, Jennifer, and Owens, Leigh (2010) Isolation and examination of a bacteriophage of a pathogenic strain of Burkholderia pseudomallei. In: UNSPECIFIED. From: 6th World Melioidosis Congress, 1-3 December 2010, Townsville. (Unpublished)

Harris, Patrick N.A., Ketheesan, Natkunam, Owens, Leigh, and Norton, Robert E. (2009) Clinical features that affect Indirect-Hemagglutination-Assay responses to Burkholderia pseudomallei. Clinical and Vaccine Immunology, 16 (6). pp. 924-930.

Bromage, Erin, and Owens, Leigh (2009) Environmental factors affecting the susceptibility of barramundi to Streptococcus iniae. Aquaculture, 290 (3-4). pp. 224-228.

Cano-Gómez, Ana, Bourne, David G., Hall, Michael R., Owens, Leigh, and Høj, Lone (2009) Molecular identification, typing and tracking of Vibrio harveyi in aquaculture systems: current methods and future prospects. Aquaculture, 287 (1-2). pp. 1-10.

La Fauce, Kathy A., and Owens, Leigh (2009) RNA interference reduces PmergDNV expression and replication in an in vivo cricket model. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 100 (2). pp. 111-115.

Owens, Leigh, La Fauce, Kathy , Juntunen, Karen, Hayakijkosol, Orachun, and Zeng, Chaoshu (2009) Macrobrachium rosenbergii nodavirus disease (white tail disease) in Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 85 (3). pp. 175-180.

Claydon, Kerry, and Owens, Leigh (2008) Attempts at immortalization of crustacean primary cell cultures using human cancer genes. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology: animal, 44 (10). pp. 451-457.

La Fauce, Kathy A., and Owens, Leigh (2008) The use of insects as a bioassay for Penaeus merguiensis densovirus (PmergDNV). Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 98 (1). pp. 1-6.

Ueda, Ryutaro, Krabsetsve, Kjersti, and Owens, Leigh (2008) Polymerase chain reaction detection of Taura Syndrome virus and infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus in frozen commodity tails of Penaeus vannamei Boone. Aquaculture Research, 39 (15). pp. 1606-1611.

Cooper, A., Layton, R., Owens, L., Ketheesan, N., and Govan, B. (2007) Evidence for the classification of a crayfish pathogen as a member of the genus Coxiella. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 45 (5). pp. 558-563.

La Fauce, Kathy, and Owens, Leigh (2007) Investigation into the pathogenicity of Penaeus merguiensis densovirus (PmergDNV) to juvenile Cherax quadricarinatus. Aquaculture, 271 (1-4). pp. 31-38.

La Fauce, Kathy A., Elliman, Jennifer, and Owens, Leigh (2007) Molecular characterisation of hepatopancreatic parvovirus (PmergDNV) from Australian Penaeus merguiensis. Virology, 362 (2). pp. 397-403.

Munro, James, and Owens, Leigh (2007) Yellow head-like viruses affecting the penaeid aquaculture industry: a review. Aquaculture Research, 38 (9). pp. 893-908.

La Fauce, Kathy A., Layton, Ramon, and Owens, Leigh (2007) TaqMan real-time PCR for detection of hepatopancreatic parvovirus from Australia. Journal of Virological Methods, 140 (1-2). pp. 10-16.

Munro, James, and Owens, Leigh (2007) Production of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies against gill-associated virus and the development of an ELISA. Aquaculture, 262 (2-4). pp. 173-182.

Munro, J., and Owens, L. (2006) Sensitivity and specificity of current diagnostic tests for gill-associated virus in Penaeus mondon. Journal of Fish Diseases, 29 (11). pp. 649-655.

Kvingedal, Renate, Owens, Leigh, and Jerry, Dean R. (2006) A new parasite that infects eggs of the mud crab, Scylla serrata, in Australia. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 93 (1). pp. 54-59.

Vidgen, M., Carson, J., Higgins, M., and Owens, L. (2006) Changes to the phenotypic profile of Vibrio harveyi when infected with the Vibrio harveyi myovirus-like (VHML) bacteriophage. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 100 (3). pp. 481-487.

Owens, Leigh (2006) Australian Prawn Farming Manual: health management for profit. Information series . Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.

Owens, Leigh, and Busico-Salcedo, Nancy (2006) Vibrio harveyi: pretty problems in paradise. In: Thompson, Fabiano L., Austin, Brian, and Swings, Jean, (eds.) The Biology of Vibrios. ASM Press, Washington, DC, pp. 266-280.

Munro, J., Layton, R., and Owens, L. (2005) Development of a synthetic positive control which also detects plasmid contamination in diagnostic polymerase chain reaction. Molecular Biology, 39 (6). pp. 915-917.

Flegel, T.W., Pasharawipas, T., Owens, L., and Oakey, H.J. (2005) Evidence for Phage-induced virulence in the shrimp pathogen. In: Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture (5) pp. 329-337. From: Diseases in Asian Aquaculture V, 24-28 November 2005, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

Munro, James, and Owens, Leigh (2005) Haemagglutination as a low-cost detection method for gill-associated virus and by inference, yellowhead virus in Penaeus monodon Fabricius, 1798. Aquaculture Research, 36 (14). pp. 1369-1373.

Oakey, Jane, Cullen, Bradford, and Owens, Leigh (2005) A hypothetical model for VHML phage conversion of Vibrio harveyi. In: Proceedings of the Fifth Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture. pp. 457-464. From: Diseases in Asian Aquaculture V, 24-28 November 2005, Gold Coast, QLD, Australia.

Payne, M., Oakey, J., and Owens, L. (2004) The ability of two different Vibrio spp. bacteriophages to infect Vibrio harveyi, Vibrio cholerae and Vibrio mimicus. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 97 (4). pp. 663-672.

Bromage, Erin S., Ye, Jianmin, Owens, Leigh, Kaattari, Ilsa M., and Kaattari, Stephen L. (2004) Use of staphylococcal protein A in the analysis of teleost immunoglobulin structural diversity. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 28 (7-8). pp. 803-814.

Claydon, Kerry, Cullen, Bradford, and Owens, Leigh (2004) Methods to enhance the intensity of intranuclear bacilliform virus infection in Cherax quadricarinatus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 60 (2). pp. 173-178.

Cullen, B.R., and Owens, L. (2004) Mid-crop mortality syndrome in Australian prawn farming: a case study. In: Papers from Styli 2003: thirty years of shrimp farming in New Caledonia (38) pp. 223-228. From: Styli 2003: thirty years of shrimp farming in New Caledonia, 2-6 June 2003, New Caledonia.

Claydon, Kerry, Cullen, Bradford, and Owens, Leigh (2004) OIE white spot syndrome virus PCR gives false-positive results in Cherax quadricarinatus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 62 (3). pp. 265-268.

Krabsetsve, Kjersti, Cullen, Bradford R., and Owens, Leigh (2004) Rediscovery of the Australian strain of infectious hypodermal and haematopoietic necrosis virus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 61 (1-2). pp. 153-158.

Owens, Leigh (2003) Diseases. In: Lucas, John S., and Southgate, Paul C., (eds.) Aquaculture: farming aquatic animals and plants. Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 199-214.

Munro, James, Oakey, Jane, Bromage, Erin, and Owens, Leigh (2003) Experimental bacteriophage-mediated virulence in strains of Vibrio harveyi. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 54 (3). pp. 187-194.

Owens, Leigh, McElnea, Catriona, Snape, Natale, Harris, Lachlan, and Smith, Malcolm (2003) Prevalence and effect of spawner-isolated mortality virus on the hatchery phases of Penaeus monodon and P. merguiensis in Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 53 (2). pp. 101-106.

Cullen, B.R., and Owens, L. (2002) Experimental challenge and clinical cases of Bohle iridovirus (BIV) in native Australian anurans. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 49 (2). pp. 83-92.

Tang, Kathy F.-J., Spann, Kirsten M., Owens, Leigh, and Lightner, Donald V. (2002) In situ detection of Australian gill-associated virus with a yellow head virus gene probe. Aquaculture, 205 (1-2). pp. 1-5.

Oxley, A.P.A., Shipton, W.A., Owens, L., and McKay, D. (2002) Bacterial flora from the gut of the wild and cultured banana prawn, Penaeus merguiensis. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 93 (2). pp. 214-223.

Roekring, Songsak, Nielsen, Linda, Owens, Leigh, Pattanakitsakul, Sa-nga, Malasit, Prida, and Flegel, T.W. (2002) Comparison of penaeid shrimp and insect parvoviruses suggests that viral transfers may occur between two distantly related arthropod groups. Virus Research, 87 (1). pp. 79-87.

Bromage, E.S., and Owens, L. (2002) Infection of barramundi Lates calcarifer with Streptococcus iniae: effects of different routes of exposure. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 52 (3). pp. 199-205.

Oakey, H.J., Cullen, B.R., and Owens, L. (2002) The complete nucleotid sequence of the Vibrio harveyi bacteriophage VHML. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 93 (6). pp. 1089-1098.

Cimino, Elizabeth J., Owens, Leigh, Bromage, Erin, and Anderson, Trevor A. (2002) A newly developed ELISA showing the effect of environmental stress on levels of hsp86 in Cherax quadricarinatus and Penaeus monodon. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 132 (3). pp. 591-598.

Roper, K.G., Owens, L., and West, L. (2001) The media used in primary cell cultures of prawn tissues: a review and a comparative study. Asian Fisheries Science, 14 (1). pp. 61-75.

Oakey, H.J., and Owens, L. (2000) A new bacteriophage, VHML, isolated from a toxin-producing strain of Vibrio harveyi in tropical Australia. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 89 (4). pp. 702-709.

Anggraeni, Margaretha S., and Owens, Leigh (2000) The haemocytic origin of lymphoid organ spheroid cells in the penaeid prawn Penaeus monodon. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 40 (2). pp. 85-92.

Tan, C.K., and Owens, L. (2000) Infectivity, transmission and 16S rRNA sequencing of a rickettsia, Coxiella cheraxi sp. nov., from the freshwater crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 41 (2). pp. 115-122.

Owens, Leigh, and McElnea, Catriona (2000) Natural infection of the redclaw crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus with presumptive spawner-isolated mortality virus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 40 (3). pp. 219-223.