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Gordon Allan is affiliated with Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple disciplines, primarily focusing on Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's work includes contributions to several subfields: Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, Literature and Literary Theory, Education, and Political Science and International Relations. The diverse scope of these areas reflects a multidisciplinary approach to research topics.

Key topics addressed in their research consist of Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Second Language Learning and Teaching, Higher Education Learning Practices, Global Educational Policies and Reforms, Autoimmune Bullous Skin Diseases, Urticaria and Related Conditions, and Sympathectomy and Hyperhidrosis Treatments.

Among their frequent collaborators are Mark D. Scott and V.E. Beattie, each having co-authored with Allan on two occasions. Other collaborators include M. Helm, Brigid Deck, and Galen Foulke.

Gordon Allan has published papers in various academic venues, including:

  • Animal - science proceedings (2 publications)
  • VNU Journal of Foreign Studies (1 publication)
  • JAAD Case Reports (1 publication)
  • Veterinary Record (1 publication)

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Allan are:

  • TESTS AS DRIVERS OF CHANGE IN EDUCATION: CONTEXTUALISING WASHBACK, AND THE POSSIBILITY OF WASH-FORWARD, 2020, VNU Journal of Foreign Studies
  • Treatment of refractory pemphigus vulgaris with efgartigimod, 2025, JAAD Case Reports
  • 11. The effect of inclusion of a specific mix of encapsulated fatty acids in sow diets on the nutritional and immunoglobulin content of colostrum and the nutritional content of milk, 2021, Animal - science proceedings
  • 2. The effect of inclusion of a specific mix of encapsulated fatty acids in gestation and lactation diets on sow and piglet performance during lactation, 2021, Animal - science proceedings
  • Towards a unified nomenclature for diseases associated with porcine circovirus infections, 2025, Veterinary Record

The range of these publications indicates involvement in studies related to education as well as veterinary and biomedical topics.

Best Publications

  • Porcine circoviruses: a review.

    Gordon M. Allan;John A. Ellis

  • Isolation of Porcine Circovirus-like Viruses from Pigs with a Wasting Disease in the USA and Europe:

    G. M. Allan;F. McNeilly;S. Kennedy;B. Daft

  • Isolation of circovirus from lesions of pigs with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome.

    J Ellis;L Hassard;E Clark;J Harding

  • Characterization of novel circovirus DNAs associated with wasting syndromes in pigs.

    Brian M. Meehan;Francis McNeilly;Daniel Todd;Seamus Kennedy

  • Porcine circovirus diseases.

    Joaquim Segalés;Gordon M. Allan;Mariano Domingo

  • Experimental reproduction of severe wasting disease by co-infection of pigs with porcine circovirus and porcine parvovirus.

    G.M. Allan;S. Kennedy;F. McNeilly;J.C. Foster

  • Pathological, Immunohistochemical, and In-situ Hybridization Studies of Natural Cases of Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome (PMWS) in Pigs

    C. Rosell;J. Segalés;J. Plana-Durán;M. Balasch

  • Viral wasting syndrome of swine: experimental reproduction of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome in gnotobiotic swine by coinfection with porcine circovirus 2 and porcine parvovirus.

    S. Krakowka;J. A. Ellis;B. Meehan;S. Kennedy

  • Experimental infection of colostrum deprived piglets with porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) and porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus (PRRSV) potentiates PCV2 replication.

    G. M. Allan;F. McNeilly;J. Ellis;S. Krakowka

  • Reproduction of Lesions of Postweaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome in Gnotobiotic Piglets

    John Ellis;Steven Krakowka;Michael Dale Lairmore;Deborah Haines

  • Reproduction of lesions of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome by infection of conventional pigs with porcine circovirus type 2 alone or in combination with porcine parvovirus.

    S Kennedy;D Moffett;F McNeilly;B Meehan

  • Activation of the Immune System is the Pivotal Event in the Production of Wasting Disease in Pigs Infected with Porcine Circovirus-2 (PCV-2)

    S. Krakowka;J. A. Ellis;F. McNeilly;S. Ringler

  • Pathogenesis of porcine circovirus; experimental infections of colostrum deprived piglets and examination of pig foetal material.

    G.M. Allan;F. McNeilly;J.P. Cassidy;G.A.C. Reilly

  • Isolation and characterisation of circoviruses from pigs with wasting syndromes in Spain, Denmark and Northern Ireland.

    G.M Allan;F Mc Neilly;B.M Meehan;S Kennedy

  • Isolation and serological studies with infectious bursal disease viruses from fowl, turkeys and ducks: demonstration of a second serotype.

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  • Myocarditis and abortion associated with intrauterine infection of sows with porcine circovirus 2.

    Keith H. West;Janet M. Bystrom;Chris Wojnarowicz;Neil Shantz

  • PCV-2 genotype definition and nomenclature

    J. Segales;A. Olvera;L. Grau-Roma;C. Charreyre

  • Coinfection by porcine circoviruses and porcine parvovirus in pigs with naturally acquired postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome.

    J. A. Ellis;A. Bratanich;E. G. Clark;G. Allan

  • Reproduction of postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS) in immunostimulated and non-immunostimulated 3-week-old piglets experimentally infected with porcine circovirus type 2 (PCV2).

    A.S. Ladekjær-Mikkelsen;Jens Nielsen;T. Stadejek;Torben Storgaard

  • Development and application of a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of serum antibodies to porcine circovirus type 2.

    Ian W. Walker;Carrie A. Konoby;Victoria A. Jewhurst;Irene McNair

  • Novel porcine circoviruses from pigs with wasting disease syndromes.

    G. Allan;B. Meehan;D. Todd;S. Kennedy

  • Multiple porcine circovirus 2-associated abortions and reproductive failure in a multisite swine production unit.

    B O'Connor;H Gauvreau;K West;J Bogdan

  • Porcine circovirus-2 and concurrent infections in the field.

    J Ellis;E Clark;D Haines;K West

  • Detection of a novel porcine boca-like virus in the background of porcine circovirus type 2 induced postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome.

    Anne-Lie Blomström;Sandor Belák;Caroline Fossum;John McKillen

Frequent Co-Authors

John A. Ellis
John A. Ellis Western University of Health Sciences
Brian Meehan
Brian Meehan Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Per Wallgren
Per Wallgren National Veterinary Institute
Steven Krakowka
Steven Krakowka The Ohio State University
Kenneth C. McCullough
Kenneth C. McCullough University of Bern
Daniel Todd
Daniel Todd Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute
Sándor Belák
Sándor Belák Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Joaquim Segalés
Joaquim Segalés Autonomous University of Barcelona
Artur Summerfield
Artur Summerfield University of Bern
Hans Nauwynck
Hans Nauwynck Ghent University

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