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Research Publications (Food Safety)

This page tracks research articles published in national and international peer-reviewed journals. Recent articles are available ahead of print and searchable by Journal, Article Title, and Category. Research publications are tracked across six categories: Bacterial Pathogens, Chemical Contaminants, Natural Toxins, Parasites, Produce Safety, and Viruses. Articles produced by USDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) and FDA Grant Funding Agencies (requires login) are also tracked in Scopus.

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  1. Vaccination with killed whole-cells of Escherichia coli O157:H7 hha mutant emulsified with an adjuvant induced vaccine strain-specific serum antibodies and reduced E. coli O157:H7 fecal shedding in cattle

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: June 2018
      , Volume 219

      Author(s): Vijay K. Sharma, Robert G. Schaut, Crystal L. Loving

      • Escherichia coli O157:H7
      • Bacterial pathogens

  2. Genetic analysis and biological characteristics of different internal gene origin H5N6 reassortment avian influenza virus in China in 2016

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: June 2018
      , Volume 219

      Author(s): Wenqiang Sun, Jiaxin Li, Jiao Hu, Daxiu Jiang, Chaonan Xing, Tiansong Zhan, Xiufan Liu

      • Viruses

  3. Single nucleotide variants in innate immune genes associated with Salmonella shedding and colonization in swine on commercial farms

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: June 2018
      , Volume 219

      Author(s): Margaret H. Ainslie-Garcia, Abdolvahab Farzan, Mohsen Jafarikia, Brandon N. Lillie

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  4. Live attenuated duck hepatitis virus vaccine in breeder ducks: protective efficacy and kinetics of maternally derived antibodies

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 14 April 2018


      Author(s): Roh Jae-Hee, Kang Min

      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses

  5. Effects of different types of flooring design on the development of antimicrobial resistance in commensal Escherichia coli in fattening turkeys

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: April 2018
      , Volume 217

      Author(s): Bussarakam Chuppava, Birgit Keller, Jessica Meißner, Manfred Kietzmann, Christian Visscher

      • Bacterial pathogens

  6. Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae in local and imported poultry meat in Ghana

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: April 2018
      , Volume 217

      Author(s): Daniel Eibach, Denise Dekker, Kennedy Gyau Boahen, Charity Wiafe Akenten, Nimako Sarpong, Cristina Belmar Campos, Laura Berneking, Martin Aepfelbacher, Ralf Krumkamp, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Jürgen May

      • Bacterial pathogens

  7. A two dose immunization with an inactivated reassortant H5N2 virus protects chickens against lethal challenge with homologous 2.3.2.1 clade and heterologous 2.2 clade highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 viruses

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: April 2018
      , Volume 217

      Author(s): Sushant Bhat, Richa Sood, Shweta Shukla, Rekha Khandia, Atul Kumar Pateriya, Naveen Kumar, Vikas Kumar Singh, Semmannan Kalaiyarasu, Manoj Kumar, Sandeep Bhatia

      • Viruses

  8. Diagnostics, epidemiological observations and genomic subtyping in an outbreak of pullorum disease in non-commercial chickens

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: April 2018
      , Volume 217

      Author(s): Helena Eriksson, Robert Söderlund, Linda Ernholm, Lennart Melin, Désirée S. Jansson

      • Bacterial pathogens

  9. Occurrence and characterisation of ESBL-encoding plasmids among Escherichia coli isolates from fresh vegetables

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 3 April 2018


      Author(s): Christin Freitag, Geovana Brenner Michael, Jun Li, Kristina Kadlec, Yang Wang, Melanie Hassel, Stefan Schwarz

      • Bacterial pathogens

  10. Antimicrobial susceptibility and genetic relatedness of respiratory tract pathogens in weaner pigs over a 12-month period

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 4 April 2018


      Author(s): Lisa Niemann, Petra Müller, Jasmin Brauns, Rolf Nathaus, Franziska Schäkel, Kerstin Kipschull, Doris Höltig, Michael Wendt, Stefan Schwarz, Kristina Kadlec

      • Bacterial pathogens

  11. Presence of Helicobacter and Campylobacter species in faecal samples from zoo mammals

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 11 April 2018


      Author(s): C. De Witte, C. Lemmens, B. Flahou, P. De Laender, T. Bouts, F. Vercammen, R. Ducatelle, A. Smet, F. Haesebrouck

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Campylobacter

  12. Antimicrobial usage and presence of extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Enterobacteriaceae in animal-rearing households of selected rural and peri-urban communities

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: May 2018
      , Volume 218

      Author(s): Evelyn O. Okpara, Olufemi E. Ojo, Olajoju J. Awoyomi, Morenike A. Dipeolu, Mufutau A. Oyekunle, Stefan Schwarz

      • Bacterial pathogens

  13. N-halamine incorporated antimicrobial nonwoven fabrics for use against avian influenza virus

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: May 2018
      , Volume 218

      Author(s): Tian Ren, Teresa V. Dormitorio, Mingyu Qiao, Tung-Shi Huang, Jean Weese

      • Viruses

  14. Isolation and characterization of pathogenic leptospires associated with cattle

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: May 2018
      , Volume 218

      Author(s): Jarlath E. Nally, Richard L. Hornsby, David P. Alt, Darrell Bayles, Jennifer H. Wilson-Welder, Debra E. Palmquist, Nathan E. Bauer

      • Bacterial pathogens

  15. Oral vaccination with a live Salmonella Enteritidis/Typhimurium bivalent vaccine in layers induces cross-protection against caecal and internal organ colonization by a Salmonella Infantis strain

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: May 2018
      , Volume 218

      Author(s): Venessa Eeckhaut, Freddy Haesebrouck, Richard Ducatelle, Filip Van Immerseel

      • Bacterial pathogens
      • Salmonella

  16. Enhanced infection of avian influenza virus H9N2 with infectious laryngeotracheitis vaccination in chickens

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: June 2018
      , Volume 219

      Author(s): Nagah Arafat, Abdelfattah H. Eladl, Basma H. Marghani, Mohamed A. Saif, Reham A. El-shafei

      • Viruses

  17. Genomic investigation of Danish Staphylococcus aureus isolates from bulk tank milk and dairy cows with clinical mastitis

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 9 January 2018


      Author(s): Troels Ronco, Ilka C. Klaas, Marc Stegger, Line Svennesen, Lærke B. Astrup, Michael Farre, Karl Pedersen

  18. Duck hepatitis A virus structural proteins expressed in insect cells self-assemble into virus-like particles with strong immunogenicity in ducklings

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 26 December 2017


      Author(s): Anping Wang, Lingling Gu, Wu shuang, Shanyuan Zhu

      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses

  19. Genetic characterization of Listeria monocytogenes from ruminant listeriosis from different geographical regions in the U.S.

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 26 December 2017


      Author(s): Abbey J. Steckler, Maria X. Cardenas-Alvarez, Megan K. Townsend Ramsett, Neil Dyer, Teresa M. Bergholz

      • Listeria monocytogenes
      • Bacterial pathogens

  20. Protective efficacy of a bivalent live attenuated vaccine against duck hepatitis A virus types 1 and 3 in ducklings

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 26 December 2017


      Author(s): Min Kang, Jae-Hee Roh, Hyung-Kwan Jang

      • Hepatitis
      • Viruses

  21. Spectrum of antibody profiles in tuberculous elephants, cervids, and cattle

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 20 December 2017


      Author(s): Konstantin P. Lyashchenko, Christian Gortázar, Michele A. Miller, W.Ray Waters

      • Bacterial pathogens

  22. Molecular and phylogenetic analyses of Salmonella Gallinarum trace the origin and diversification of recent outbreaks of fowl typhoid in poultry farms

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: December 2017
      , Volume 212

      Author(s): Silvia De Carli, Tiago Gräf, Diéssy Kipper, Fernanda Kieling Moreira Lehmann, Nathalie Zanetti, Franciele Maboni Siqueira, Samuel Cibulski, André Salvador Kazantzi Fonseca, Nilo Ikuta, Vagner Ricardo Lunge

      • Salmonella
      • Bacterial pathogens

  23. Putative virulence factors and clonal relationship of O174 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli isolated from human, food and animal sources

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: Available online 9 December 2017


      Author(s): Cecilia Cundon, Claudia Carolina Carbonari, Gisela Zolezzi, Marta Rivas, Adriana Bentancor

      • Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli
      • Bacterial pathogens

  24. Prevalence and mechanisms of extended-spectrum cephalosporin resistance in clinical and fecal Enterobacteriaceae isolates from dogs in Ontario, Canada

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: January 2018
      , Volume 213

      Author(s): Pauline L.C. Zhang, Xiao Shen, Gabhan Chalmers, Richard J. Reid-Smith, Durda Slavic, Hani Dick, Patrick Boerlin

      • Bacterial pathogens

  25. Monitoring of antimicrobial susceptibility of udder pathogens recovered from cases of clinical mastitis in dairy cows across Europe: VetPath results

    • Veterinary Microbiology

    • Publication date: January 2018
      , Volume 213

      Author(s): Anno de Jong, Farid El Garch, Shabbir Simjee, Hilde Moyaert, Markus Rose, Myriam Youala, Ed Siegwart

      • Staphylococcus aureus
      • Bacterial pathogens