Professor Frank Griffin

Head of the Department

Research Interest:Mycobacterial Diseases and Immunity in Ruminants
Year of Appointment: 1973
Training: BA (Mod) PhD (Dublin)

Research in the Disease Research Labooratory (DRL) targets immunity to mycobacterial infections in domestic livestock (sheep and deer) and wildlife (Cape buffalo). All facets of immunity to infection including improved diagnosis, vaccination and selection for heritable resistance are studied.

Diagnostic tests developed by DRL under Professor Griffin's directorship, are used extensively for immune profiling of Mycobacterial diseases in ruminants. The main diseases being studied are Tuberculosis (TB); caused by Mycobacterium bovis and Johne's disease (JD); caused by Mycobacterium paratuberculosis.

DRL Activities:

DRL Diagnostic Services
Research themes:

• Tb in Deer
• Disease Aetiology
• Tb Vaccines
• Genetic Resistance to Tb
• Tb in Wildlife
• Johne's disease