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Georgios Oikonomou is affiliated with the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these broad fields, their work concentrates on subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Animal Science and Zoology, Small Animals, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's publications reflect a strong emphasis on topics related to livestock, including effects of environmental stressors on livestock, animal behavior and welfare studies, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, reproductive physiology in livestock, animal disease management and epidemiology, ruminant nutrition and digestive physiology, and milk quality and mastitis in dairy cows.

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Georgios Oikonomou are:

  • Milk Microbiota: What Are We Exactly Talking About? (2020), published in Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Maternal influences on oral and faecal microbiota maturation in neonatal calves in beef and dairy production systems (2020), published in Animal Microbiome
  • A Prospective Cohort Study on the Development of Claw Horn Disruption Lesions in Dairy Cattle; Furthering our Understanding of the Role of the Digital Cushion (2020), published in Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Automated dairy cattle lameness detection utilizing the power of artificial intelligence; current status quo and future research opportunities (2024), published in The Veterinary Journal
  • The dysbiosis of ovine foot microbiome during the development and treatment of contagious ovine digital dermatitis (2021), published in Animal Microbiome

Georgios Oikonomou frequently collaborates with several researchers, including:

  • Bethany E. Griffiths
  • Georgios Banos
  • Alkiviadis Anagnostopoulos
  • Matthew Barden
  • Androniki Psifidi

Their work has been published frequently in venues such as:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • Veterinary Record
  • Animal - science proceedings
  • Animal Microbiome
  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science

Best Publications

  • Fecal microbial diversity in pre-weaned dairy calves as described by pyrosequencing of metagenomic 16S rDNA. Associations of Faecalibacterium species with health and growth.

    Georgios Oikonomou;Andre Gustavo Vieira Teixeira;Carla Foditsch;Marcela Lucas Bicalho

  • The bovine milk microbiota: insights and perspectives from -omics studies

    M. F. Addis;A. Tanca;S. Uzzau;G. Oikonomou

  • Microbiota of cow's milk; distinguishing healthy, sub-clinically and clinically diseased quarters.

    Georgios Oikonomou;Marcela Lucas Bicalho;Enoch Meira;Rodolfo Elke Rossi

  • Microbial Diversity of Bovine Mastitic Milk as Described by Pyrosequencing of Metagenomic 16s rDNA

    Georgios Oikonomou;Vinicius Silva Machado;Carlos Santisteban;Ynte Hein Schukken

  • Association between virulence factors of Escherichia coli, Fusobacterium necrophorum, and Arcanobacterium pyogenes and uterine diseases of dairy cows

    M.L.S. Bicalho;V.S. Machado;G. Oikonomou;R.O. Gilbert

  • Prepartum and postpartum rumen fluid microbiomes: characterization and correlation with production traits in dairy cows.

    Fabio S. Lima;Fabio S. Lima;Georgios Oikonomou;Georgios Oikonomou;Svetlana F. Lima;Marcela L. S. Bicalho

  • Milk Microbiota: What Are We Exactly Talking About?

    Georgios Oikonomou;Maria Filippa Addis;Christophe Chassard;Maria Elena Fatima Nader-Macias

  • Investigation of postpartum dairy cows' uterine microbial diversity using metagenomic pyrosequencing of the 16S rRNA gene.

    V.S. Machado;G. Oikonomou;M.L.S. Bicalho;W.A. Knauer

  • A Cross-Sectional Study Into the Prevalence of Dairy Cattle Lameness and Associated Herd-Level Risk Factors in England and Wales.

    Bethany E Griffiths;Dai Grove White;Georgios Oikonomou

  • Control and prevention of lameness associated with claw lesions in dairy cows

    Rodrigo Carvalho Bicalho;Georgios Oikonomou

  • The effect of subclinical ketosis on activity at estrus and reproductive performance in dairy cattle.

    Andrew J. Rutherford;Georgios Oikonomou;Robert F. Smith

  • Longitudinal metagenomic profiling of bovine milk to assess the impact of intramammary treatment using a third-generation cephalosporin

    Erika K. Ganda;Rafael S. Bisinotto;Svetlana F. Lima;Kristina Kronauer

  • Effect of an injectable trace mineral supplement containing selenium, copper, zinc, and manganese on the health and production of lactating Holstein cows

    V. S. Machado;M. L S Bicalho;Richard Van Vleck Pereira;L. S. Caixeta

  • The bovine colostrum microbiome and its association with clinical mastitis

    Svetlana F. Lima;Andre G.V. Teixeira;Fabio S. Lima;Erika K. Ganda

  • Effect of trace mineral supplementation on selected minerals, energy metabolites, oxidative stress, and immune parameters and its association with uterine diseases in dairy cattle

    M.L.S. Bicalho;F.S. Lima;E.K. Ganda;C. Foditsch

  • Milk microbiome and bacterial load following dry cow therapy without antibiotics in dairy cows with healthy mammary gland

    Erika C. R. Bonsaglia;Erika C. R. Bonsaglia;Marilia S. Gomes;Igor F. Canisso;Ziyao Zhou

  • The effects of polymorphisms in the DGAT1, leptin and growth hormone receptor gene loci on body energy, blood metabolic and reproductive traits of Holstein cows

    G. Oikonomou;K. Angelopoulou;G. Arsenos;D. Zygoyiannis

  • Normal milk microbiome is reestablished following experimental infection with Escherichia coli independent of intramammary antibiotic treatment with a third-generation cephalosporin in bovines.

    Erika K. Ganda;Natalia Gaeta;Anja Sipka;Brianna Pomeroy

  • Associations between age at first calving and subsequent lactation performance in UK Holstein and Holstein-Friesian dairy cows.

    Neil T. Eastham;Amy Coates;Peter Cripps;Henry Richardson

  • Subcutaneous immunization with inactivated bacterial components and purified protein of Escherichia coli, Fusobacterium necrophorum and Trueperella pyogenes prevents puerperal metritis in Holstein dairy cows.

    Vinícius Silva Machado;Marcela Luccas de Souza Bicalho;Enoch Brandão de Souza Meira Junior;Rodolfo Rossi

  • Lameness prevalence and risk factors in large dairy farms in upstate New York. Model development for the prediction of claw horn disruption lesions.

    Carla Foditsch;Georgios Oikonomou;Georgios Oikonomou;Vinícius Silva Machado;Marcela Luccas Bicalho

  • Deciphering upper respiratory tract microbiota complexity in healthy calves and calves that develop respiratory disease using shotgun metagenomics.

    Natália C. Gaeta;Svetlana F. Lima;Andre G. Teixeira;Erika K. Ganda

  • The effect of injectable trace minerals (selenium, copper, zinc, and manganese) on peripheral blood leukocyte activity and serum superoxide dismutase activity of lactating Holstein cows

    V.S. Machado;G. Oikonomou;S.F. Lima;M.L.S. Bicalho

  • Data from: Associations between age at first calving and subsequent lactation performance in UK Holstein and Holstein-Friesian dairy cows

    Neil T. Eastham;Amy Coates;Peter Cripps;Henry Richardson

Frequent Co-Authors

Rodrigo C. Bicalho
Rodrigo C. Bicalho Cornell University
Georgios Banos
Georgios Banos Scotland's Rural College
Georgios Arsenos
Georgios Arsenos Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Robert O. Gilbert
Robert O. Gilbert Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine
Robert Smith
Robert Smith University of Liverpool
Fabio S. Lima
Fabio S. Lima University of California, Davis
Ynte H. Schukken
Ynte H. Schukken Wageningen University & Research
Stuart D. Carter
Stuart D. Carter University of Liverpool
Peter J. Cripps
Peter J. Cripps University of Liverpool
Nicholas Evans
Nicholas Evans Australian National University

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