Infectious disease/modeling

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Evaluating targets for control of plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance in enteric commensals of beef cattle: a modelling approach (with V V. Volkova, Z Lu, and Y Grohn), Epidemiology and Infection (2013)

Enteric commensal bacteria of food animals may serve as a reservoir of genes encoding antimicrobial...

 

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Investigating effects of between- and within- host variability on Escherichia coli O157 shedding pattern and transmission (with Shi Chen), Preventive Veterinary Medicine (2013)

Healthy cattle and their environment are the reservoir for the human pathogen Escherichia coli O157....

 

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Mathematical Model of Plasmid-Mediated Resistance to Ceftiofur in Commensal Enteric Escherichia coli of Cattle (with Victoriya V. Volkova, Zhao Lu, and Yrjo T. Grohn), PLoS ONE (2012)

Antimicrobial use in food animals may contribute to antimicrobial resistance in bacteria of animals and...

 

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Modeling antimicrobial resistance in farm animal populations, 2011 Meeting of the Dutch Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics 2011 (2011)
 

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Model or meal? Farm animal populations as models for infectious diseases of humans (with P Ayscue, R Ivanek, and Y T. Grohn), Nature Reviews Microbiology (2010)

In recent decades, theory addressing the processes that underlie the dynamics of infectious diseases has...

 

Clostridium difficile

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Epidemiological Model for Clostridium difficile Transmission in Healthcare Settings (with Erik Dubberke, Zhao Lu, Kim Reske, and Yrjo Grohn), Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology (2011)

Objective. Recent outbreaks of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) have been difficult to control, and data...

 

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The Ecology and Pathobiology of Clostridium difficile Infections: An Interdisciplinary Challenge (with Erik R. Dubberke, David B. Haslam, L D. Bobo, C D. Burnham, Yrjo T. Grohn, and P I. Tarr), Zoonoses and Public Health (2011)

Clostridium difficile is a well recognized pathogen of humans and animals. Although C. difficile was...

 

Food safety

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Evaluating targets for control of plasmid-mediated antimicrobial resistance in enteric commensals of beef cattle: a modelling approach (with V V. Volkova, Z Lu, and Y Grohn), Epidemiology and Infection (2013)

Enteric commensal bacteria of food animals may serve as a reservoir of genes encoding antimicrobial...

 

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Investigating effects of between- and within- host variability on Escherichia coli O157 shedding pattern and transmission (with Shi Chen), Preventive Veterinary Medicine (2013)

Healthy cattle and their environment are the reservoir for the human pathogen Escherichia coli O157....

 

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Mathematical Model of Plasmid-Mediated Resistance to Ceftiofur in Commensal Enteric Escherichia coli of Cattle (with Victoriya V. Volkova, Zhao Lu, and Yrjo T. Grohn), PLoS ONE (2012)

Antimicrobial use in food animals may contribute to antimicrobial resistance in bacteria of animals and...

 

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Mathematical modeling of the transmission and control of foodborne pathogens and antimicrobial resistance at preharvest (with Zhao Lu and Yrjo T. Grohn), Foodborne Pathogens and Disease (2011)

Foodborne diseases are a significant health care and economical burden. Most foodborne pathogens are enteric...

 

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Transmission dynamics of a multidrug-resistant Salmonella typhimurium outbreak in a dairy farm (with L D. Warnick, K L. James, E M. Wright, M Wiedmann, and Y T. Grohn), Foodborne Pathogens and Disease (2010)

Cattle are recognized as an important source of foodborne Salmonella causing human illness, particularly for...

 

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Modeling on-farm Escherichia coli O157:H7 population dynamics (with P Ayscue, R Ivanek, and Y T. Grohn), Foodborne Pathogens and Disease (2009)

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a potentially fatal foodborne pathogen with a putative reservoir for human...

 

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The effect of heterogeneous infectious period and contagiousness on the dynamics of Salmonella transmission in dairy cattle (with S Brien, R Ivanek, Y Lo, P P. Chapagain, K A. Ray, P Ayscue, L D. Warnick, and Y T. Grohn), Epidemiology and Infection (2008)

The objective of this study was to address the impact of heterogeneity of infectious period...

 

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The risk and control of Salmonella outbreaks in calf-raising operations: a mathematical modeling approach (with L D. Warnick, R Ivanek, P Ayscue, D V. Nydam, and Y T. Grohn), Veterinary Research (2008)

Salmonellosis in calves has economic and welfare implications, and serves as a potential source of...

 

Animal Nutrition

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Development of a mechanistic model to represent the dynamics of particle flow out of the rumen and to predict rate of passage of forage particles in dairy cattle. (with S Seo, L O. Tedeschi, A Pell, and D G. Fox), Journal of Dairy Science (2009)

A mechanistic and dynamic model was developed to represent physiological aspects of particle dynamics in...

 

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Improved feed protein fractionation schemes for formulating rations with the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (with G A. Broderick and D G. Fox), Journal of Dairy Science (2008)

Adequate predictions of rumen-degradable protein (RDP) and rumen-undegradable protein (RUP) supplies are necessary to optimize...

 

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Development of a mechanistic model to represent the dynamics of liquid flow out of the rumen and to predict the rate of passage of liquid in dairy cattle (with S Seo, L O. Tedeschi, and D G. Fox), Journal of Dairy Science (2007)

A mechanistic and dynamic model was developed to represent the physiological aspects of liquid dynamics...

 

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A revised CNCPS feed carbohydrate fractionation scheme for formulating rations for ruminants (with C J. Sniffen, S Seo, L O. Tedeschi, and D G. Fox), Animal Feed Science and Technology (2007)

Balancing ruminant diets for appropriate levels and types of dietary carbohydrates (CHO) is necessary to...

 

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Digestion kinetics of dried cereal grains (with A N. Pell and D G. Fox), Animal Feed Science and Technology (2007)

Grain fermentability largely determines the feed value of grains for ruminants. Our objective was to...

 

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Evaluation of protein fractionation systems used in formulating rations for dairy cattle (with S Seo, L O. Tedeschi, and D G. Fox), Journal of Dairy Science (2007)

Production efficiency decreases when diets are not properly balanced for protein. Sensitivity analyses of the...

 

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Development and evaluation of empirical equations to predict feed passage rate in cattle (with S Seo, L O. Tedeschi, C G. Schwab, and D G. Fox), Animal Feed Science and Technology (2006)

Empirical equations were developed to accurately predict passage rate (K p) in ration formulation models...