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Overview

Billy M. Hargis is affiliated with the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in the United States. Their research is primarily situated within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specific focus on Animal Science and Zoology, Infectious Diseases, Food Science, Molecular Biology, and Immunology. The scientist's work spans several key topics related to animal health and nutrition.

Hargis has contributed extensively to studies on Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, Meat and Animal Product Quality, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Probiotics and Fermented Foods, Aquaculture disease management and microbiota, and Veterinary medicine and infectious diseases.

Their recent publications include:

  • A secondary bile acid from microbiota metabolism attenuates ileitis and bile acid reduction in subclinical necrotic enteritis in chickens, 2020, Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology/Journal of animal science and biotechnology
  • An overview of the use of bacteriophages in the poultry industry: Successes, challenges, and possibilities for overcoming breakdowns, 2023, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Specific Secondary Bile Acids Control Chicken Necrotic Enteritis, 2021, Pathogens
  • Developing probiotics, prebiotics, and organic acids to control Salmonella spp. in commercial turkeys at the University of Arkansas, USA, 2021, German Journal of Veterinary Research
  • Assessment of Lippia origanoides Essential Oils in a Salmonella typhimurium, Eimeria maxima, and Clostridium perfringens Challenge Model to Induce Necrotic Enteritis in Broiler Chickens, 2021, Animals

The researcher collaborates frequently with other scientists, including Guillermo Téllez-Isaías, Danielle Graham, Juan D. Latorre, Xóchitl Hernández-Velasco, and Christine N. Vuong.

Hargis' work is published predominantly in venues closely related to veterinary and animal sciences. Their most frequent publication venues include Poultry Science, German Journal of Veterinary Research, Animals, Frontiers in Veterinary Science, and Food and Nutrition Sciences.

Best Publications

  • Tracing the Origins of Salmonella Outbreaks

    Andreas J. Bäumler;Billy M. Hargis;Renee M. Tsolis

  • White striping and woody breast myopathies in the modern poultry industry: a review

    V. A. Kuttappan;B. M. Hargis;C. M. Owens

  • Effect of Lactic Acid Administration in the Drinking Water During Preslaughter Feed Withdrawal on Salmonella and Campylobacter Contamination of Broilers

    J. A. Byrd;B. M. Hargis;D. J. Caldwell;R. H. Bailey

  • Evaluation of a Lactobacillus-Based Probiotic Culture for the Reduction of Salmonella Enteritidis in Neonatal Broiler Chicks

    S. E. Higgins;J. P. Higgins;A. D. Wolfenden;S. N. Henderson

  • Pathological changes associated with white striping in broiler breast muscles

    V. A. Kuttappan;H. L. Shivaprasad;D. P. Shaw;B. A. Valentine

  • Use of a specific bacteriophage treatment to reduce Salmonella in poultry products

    J. P. Higgins;S. E. Higgins;K. L. Guenther;W. Huff

  • Temporal Effects of Lactic Acid Bacteria Probiotic Culture on Salmonella in Neonatal Broilers

    J. P. Higgins;S. E. Higgins;J. L. Vicente;A. D. Wolfenden

  • Probiotics/direct fed microbials for Salmonella control in poultry

    G. Tellez;C. Pixley;R.E. Wolfenden;S.L. Layton

  • Evaluation of the Chicken Crop as a Source of Salmonella Contamination for Broiler Carcasses

    B. M. Hargis;D. J. Caldwell;D. J. Caldwell;R. L. Brewer;R. L. Brewer;D. E. Corrier;D. E. Corrier

  • Ability of bacteriophages isolated from different sources to reduce Salmonella enterica serovar enteritidis in vitro and in vivo.

    R. L. Andreatti Filho;J. P. Higgins;S. E. Higgins;G. Gaona

  • Evaluation and Selection of Bacillus Species Based on Enzyme Production, Antimicrobial Activity, and Biofilm Synthesis as Direct-Fed Microbial Candidates for Poultry.

    Juan D. Latorre;Xochitl Hernandez-Velasco;Ross E. Wolfenden;Jose L. Vicente

  • Effect of feed withdrawal on the incidence of Salmonella in the crops and ceca of market age broiler chickens

    GA Ramirez;LL Sarlin;DJ Caldwell;CR Yezak

  • Upregulation of oxidative burst and degranulation in chicken heterophils stimulated with probiotic bacteria.

    M B Farnell;A M Donoghue;F Solis de Los Santos;P J Blore

  • Interdigitated array microelectrode based impedance immunosensor for detection of avian influenza virus H5N1

    Ronghui Wang;Yun Wang;Kentu Lassiter;Yanbin Li

  • Differential Steroid Production between Theca Interna and Theca Externa Cells: A Three-Cell Model for Follicular Steroidogenesis in Avian Species

    T E Porter;B M Hargis;J L Silsby;M E el Halawani

  • Competitive exclusion of Salmonella enteritidis by Salmonella gallinarum in poultry.

    Wolfgang Rabsch;Billy M. Hargis;Renee M Tsolis;Robert A. Kingsley

  • Salmonella Host Range of Bacteriophages That Infect Multiple Genera

    L. Bielke;S. Higgins;A. Donoghue;D. Donoghue

  • Heterophils are decisive components in the early responses of chickens to Salmonella enteritidis infections

    Michael H. Kogut;Guillermo I. Tellez;Edward D. McGruder;Billy M. Hargis

  • In vivo activation of heterophil function in chickens following injection with Salmonella enteritidis-immune lymphokines.

    Michael H. Kogut;Edward D. McGruder;Billy M. Hargis;Donald E. Corrier

  • Digestive Physiology and the Role of Microorganisms

    G. Tellez;S. E. Higgins;A. M. Donoghue;B. M. Hargis

  • Genus-Specific Detection of Salmonellae using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

    Noah D. Cohen;Holly L. Neibergs;Edward D. McGruder;Howard W. Whitford

  • Effect of organic acids and probiotics on Salmonella enteritidis infection in broiler chickens

    A. D. Wolfenden;J. L. Vicente;J. P. Higgins;Raphael Lucio Andreatti Filho

  • Regulation of prolactin and its role in gallinaceous bird reproduction

    M. E. El Halawani;W. H. Burke;J. R. Millam;S. C. Fehrer

  • Effect of Dietary Lactose on Cecal Morphology, pH, Organic Acids, and Salmonella enteritidis Organ Invasion in Leghorn Chicks

    G. Tellez;C. E. Dean;D. E. Corrier;J. R. Deloach

  • Ontogeny of growth hormone (GH)-secreting cells during chicken embryonic development: initial somatotrophs are responsive to GH-releasing hormone.

    Tom E. Porter;Gregory S. Couger;Carlton E. Dean;Billy M. Hargis

  • Treatment of Commercial Broiler Chickens with a Characterized Culture of Cecal Bacteria to Reduce Salmonellae Colonization

    D. E. Corrier;D. J. Nisbet;C. M. Scanlan;A. G. Hollister

  • Effect of a Lactobacillus Spp-Based Probiotic Culture Product on Broiler Chicks Performance under Commercial Conditions

    L. Aviña;A. Torres-Rodriguez;B. Hargis;G. Tellez

  • Thermal stress reduces serum luteinizing hormone and bioassayable hypothalamic content of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone in hens.

    D J Donoghue;B F Krueger;B M Hargis;A M Miller

  • Effect of an Early Nutritional Supplement on Broiler Performance

    S.N. Henderson;J.L. Vicente;C.M. Pixley;B.M. Hargis

  • Detection of Salmonella enteritidis in Feces from Poultry Using Booster Polymerase Chain Reaction and Oligonucleotide Primers Specific for All Members of the Genus Salmonella

    Noah D. Cohen;Edward D. Mcgruder;Holly L. Neibergs;Robert W. Behle

  • Use of Wide-Host-Range Bacteriophages to Reduce Salmonella on Poultry Products

    A. M. Donoghue;L.R. Bielke;S. E. Higgins;D. J. Donoghue

  • Effect of prolonged administration of dietary capsaicin on broiler growth and Salmonella enteritidis susceptibility.

    McElroy Ap;Manning Jg;Jaeger La;Taub M

  • Effect of Prolonged Administration of Dietary Capsaicin on Salmonella enteritidis Infection in Leghorn Chicks

    G I Tellez;L Jaeger;C E Dean;D E Corrier

  • Salmonella enteritidis Immune Leukocyte-Stimulated Soluble Factors: Effects on Increased Resistance to Salmonella Organ Invasion in Day-Old Leghorn Chicks

    E. D. Mcgruder;P. M. Ray;G. I. Tellez;M. H. Kogut

  • Effect of Selected Antibiotics and Anticoccidials on Salmonella enteritidis Cecal Colonization and Organ Invasion in Leghorn Chicks

    J. G. Manning;B. M. Hargis;A. Hinton;D. E. Corrier

  • Effect of lactose administration in drinking water prior to and during feed withdrawal on Salmonella recovery from broiler crops and ceca

    ET Barnhart;DJ Caldwell;MC Crouch;JA Byrd

Frequent Co-Authors

Donald E. Corrier
Donald E. Corrier Agricultural Research Service
Michael H. Kogut
Michael H. Kogut Agricultural Research Service
Guillermo Tellez
Guillermo Tellez University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
James A. Byrd
James A. Byrd Agricultural Research Service
Noah D. Cohen
Noah D. Cohen Texas A&M University
M. E. El Halawani
M. E. El Halawani University of Minnesota
Ann M. Donoghue
Ann M. Donoghue United States Department of Agriculture
Daniel J. Donoghue
Daniel J. Donoghue University of California, San Diego
David J. Nisbet
David J. Nisbet United States Department of Agriculture
Arthur Hinton
Arthur Hinton Agricultural Research Service

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