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Barbara E. Gillespie is affiliated with the University of Tennessee at Knoxville in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on topics related to agricultural and biological sciences, with notable contributions in biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

The scientist's main fields of study encompass Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work further extends into specific subfields including Agronomy and Crop Science, Food Science, Endocrinology, Microbiology, and Ecology.

Key topics covered by their research include Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Microbial Infections and Disease Research, Escherichia coli Research Studies, Bacteriophages and Microbial Interactions, Salmonella and Campylobacter Epidemiology, and Antibiotic Resistance in Bacteria.

Frequent publication venues for Barbara E. Gillespie's research include Animals, Journal of Dairy Science, Microbial Pathogenesis, Zoonoses and Public Health, and Foodborne Pathogens and Disease.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher are:

  • Oudessa Kerro Dego
  • Ximin Zeng
  • Jun Lin
  • Getahun E. Agga
  • Liu Cao

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Barbara E. Gillespie include:

  • Antimicrobial Resistance of Major Bacterial Pathogens from Dairy Cows with High Somatic Cell Count and Clinical Mastitis, 2021, Animals
  • Genetic diversity and virulence characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus isolates from cases of bovine mastitis, 2020, Microbial Pathogenesis
  • Isolation and characterization of Escherichia albertii in poultry at the pre-harvest level, 2021, Zoonoses and Public Health
  • Prevalence of Antimicrobial Resistant and Extended-Spectrum Beta-Lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in Dairy Cattle Farms in East Tennessee, 2022, Foodborne Pathogens and Disease
  • Isolation and characterization of Escherichia albertii originated from the broiler farms in Mississippi and Alabama, 2022, Veterinary Microbiology

Best Publications

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species isolated from bovine milk

    A A Sawant;B E Gillespie;S P Oliver

  • Clinical, epidemiological and molecular characteristics of Streptococcus uberis infections in dairy herds.

    R. N. Zadoks;B. E. Gillespie;H. W. Barkema;O. C. Sampimon

  • Microbiological Procedures for the Diagnosis of Bovine Udder Infection and Determination of Milk Quality

    S.P. Oliver;M.J. Lewis;B.E. Gillespie;H.H. Dowlen

  • Phenotypic and genotypic antimicrobial resistance patterns of Escherichia coli isolated from dairy cows with mastitis.

    Velusamy Srinivasan;Barbara E. Gillespie;Mark J. Lewis;Lien T. Nguyen

  • Application of SYBR green real-time PCR assay for specific detection of Salmonella spp. in dairy farm environmental samples.

    Hyang-Mi Nam;Velusamy Srinivasan;Barbara E. Gillespie;Shelton E. Murinda

  • Prevalence and persistence of coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species in three dairy research herds.

    B E Gillespie;S I Headrick;S Boonyayatra;S P Oliver

  • Simultaneous detection of mastitis pathogens, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus uberis, and Streptococcus agalactiae by multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction.

    B.E. Gillespie;S.P. Oliver

  • Efficacy of extended ceftiofur intramammary therapy for treatment of subclinical mastitis in lactating dairy cows.

    S.P. Oliver;B.E. Gillespie;S.J. Headrick;H. Moorehead

  • Prevalence and molecular characterization of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in bulk tank milk and fecal samples from cull cows: a 12-month survey of dairy farms in east Tennessee.

    S. E. Murinda;L. T. Nguyen;S. J. Ivey;B. E. Gillespie

  • Prepartum Antibiotic Treatment of Heifers: Milk Production, Milk Quality and Economic Benefit

    S.P. Oliver;M.J. Lewis;B.E. Gillespie;H.H. Dowlen

  • Influence of prepartum antibiotic therapy on intramammary infections in primigravid heifers during early lactation.

    S.P. Oliver;M.J. Lewis;B.E. Gillespie;H.H. Dowlen

  • Role of horn flies (Haematobia irritans) in Staphylococcus aureus-induced mastitis in dairy heifers.

    W E Owens;S P Oliver;B E Gillespie;C H Ray

  • Prevalence of Enterotoxin and Toxic Shock Syndrome Toxin Genes in Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Milk of Cows with Mastitis

    Velusamy Srinivasan;Ashish A. Sawant;Barbara E. Gillespie;Susan J. Headrick

  • Epidemiology of Streptococcus uberis intramammary infections in a dairy herd.

    B. M. Jayarao;B. E. Gillespie;M. J. Lewis;H. H. Dowlen

  • Extended ceftiofur therapy for treatment of experimentally-induced Streptococcus uberis mastitis in lactating dairy cattle.

    S.P. Oliver;R.A. Almeida;B.E. Gillespie;S.J. Headrick

  • Characterization of bovine conceptus proteins produced during the peri- and postattachment periods of early pregnancy.

    James D. Godkin;Ben J. Lifsey;Barbara E. Gillespie

  • Efficacy of extended pirlimycin hydrochloride therapy for treatment of environmental Streptococcus spp and Staphylococcus aureus intramammary infections in lactating dairy cows.

    Gillespie Be;Moorehead H;Lunn P;Dowlen Hh

  • A single nucleotide in the promoter region modulates the expression of the β-lactamase OXA-61 in Campylobacter jejuni

    Ximin Zeng;Samantha Brown;Barbara Gillespie;Jun Lin

  • Influence of prepartum pirlimycin hydrochloride or penicillin-novobiocin therapy on mastitis in heifers during early lactation.

    S.P. Oliver;B.E. Gillespie;S.J. Ivey;M.J. Lewis

  • Molecular characterization of Salmonella spp. isolated from bulk tank milk and cull dairy cow fecal samples.

    S. E. Murinda;L. T. Nguyen;S. J. Ivey;B. E. Gillespie

  • Identification and Differentiation of Coagulase-Negative Staphylococcus aureus by Polymerase Chain Reaction.

    Karl Matthews;J. Roberson;B. E. Gillespie;D. A. Luther

  • Prevention of Bovine Mastitis by a Premilking Teat Disinfectant Containing Chlorous Acid and Chlorine Dioxide

    S. P. Oliver;M. J. Lewis;T. L. Ingle;B. E. Gillespie

  • Antibiotic Residues and Prevalence of Mastitis Pathogen Isolation in Heifers During Early Lactation Following Prepartum Antibiotic Therapy

    S. P. Oliver;M. J. Lewis;B. E. Gillespie;H. H. Dowlen

  • Antimicrobial Resistance of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Dairy Cows and Genetic Diversity of Resistant Isolates.

    Reta Duguma Abdi;Barbara Erin Gillespie;Jacqueline Vaughn;Caitlin Merrill

  • Deoxyribonucleic acid fingerprinting of Staphylococcus aureus from heifer mammary secretions and from horn flies.

    B.E. Gillespie;W.E. Owens;S.C. Nickerson;S.P. Oliver

  • Comparison of Clonal Relatedness and Antimicrobial Susceptibility of fecal Escherichia coli from healthy dogs and their owners

    Katherine A. Stenske;David A. Bemis;Barbara E. Gillespie;Doris H. D'Souza

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen P. Oliver
Stephen P. Oliver University of Tennessee at Knoxville
H.H. Dowlen
H.H. Dowlen University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Ynte H. Schukken
Ynte H. Schukken Wageningen University & Research
Arnold M. Saxton
Arnold M. Saxton University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Merlin D Lindemann
Merlin D Lindemann University of Kentucky
Herman W. Barkema
Herman W. Barkema University of Calgary
Ruth N. Zadoks
Ruth N. Zadoks University of Sydney
Pina M. Fratamico
Pina M. Fratamico United States Department of Agriculture
Robert J Collier
Robert J Collier University of Arizona

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