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J. Scott Weese

J. Scott Weese

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Microbiology
Canada
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Microbiology

D-Index
94
Citations
27759
World Ranking
578
National Ranking
14

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Microbiology in Canada Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Microbiology in Canada Leader Award

Overview

J. Scott Weese is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to immunology and microbiology. Within these fields, their work spans multiple subfields, including infectious diseases, epidemiology, parasitology, molecular biology, and clinical biochemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas such as gut microbiota and health, Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens research, bacterial identification and susceptibility testing, viral infections and vectors, antibiotic use and resistance, rabies epidemiology and control, and vector-borne infectious diseases.

Frequent publication venues for their work include the Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, PLoS ONE, Zoonoses and Public Health, Veterinary Surgery, and The Veterinary Journal.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Weese cover diverse scientific issues and years of publication:

  • Dynamics of uterine microbiota in postpartum dairy cows with clinical or subclinical endometritis, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Clostridium (Clostridioides) difficile in animals, 2020, Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
  • Ensuring progress on sustainable access to effective antibiotics at the 2024 UN General Assembly: a target-based approach, 2024, The Lancet
  • Governing antimicrobial resistance: a narrative review of global governance mechanisms, 2020, Journal of Public Health Policy
  • Rabies epidemiology, prevention and control in Nigeria: Scoping progress towards elimination, 2021, PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Weese frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including Katie M. Clow, Claire M. Jardine, Zvonimir Poljak, Kurtis E. Sobkowich, and Michelle Evason, with multiple joint publications alongside each.

In addition to journal articles, Weese has contributed to book publications, such as FELINE AND CANINE NEONATAL AND PEDIATRIC CARE: A PRACTICAL GUIDE FOR VETERINARIANS, published in 2024 by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique.

Best Publications

  • Staphylococcus aureus CC398: Host Adaptation and Emergence of Methicillin Resistance in Livestock

    Lance B. Price;Marc Stegger;Henrik Hasman;Maliha Aziz

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in veterinary medicine.

    J. Scott Weese;Engeline van Duijkeren

  • Frozen vs Fresh Fecal Microbiota Transplantation and Clinical Resolution of Diarrhea in Patients With Recurrent Clostridium difficile Infection: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

    Christine H. Lee;Christine H. Lee;Theodore Steiner;Elaine O. Petrof;Marek Smieja;Marek Smieja

  • Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in pigs and pig farmers.

    T. Khanna;R. Friendship;C. Dewey;J.S. Weese

  • Clonal spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius in Europe and North America: an international multicentre study

    Vincent Perreten;Kristina Kadlec;Stefan Schwarz;Ulrika Grönlund Andersson

  • Comparison of the fecal microbiota of healthy horses and horses with colitis by high throughput sequencing of the V3-V5 region of the 16S rRNA gene.

    Marcio C. Costa;Luis G. Arroyo;Emma Allen-Vercoe;Henry R. Stämpfli

  • International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID) guidelines for the diagnosis and management of bacterial urinary tract infections in dogs and cats.

    J. Scott Weese;Joseph Blondeau;Dawn Boothe;Luca G. Guardabassi

  • Suspected transmission of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus between domestic pets and humans in veterinary clinics and in the household

    J S Weese;H Dick;B M Willey;A McGeer

  • Antimicrobial Use Guidelines for Treatment of Urinary Tract Disease in Dogs and Cats: Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases

    J. Scott Weese;Joseph M. Blondeau;Dawn Boothe;Edward B. Breitschwerdt

  • Antimicrobial use Guidelines for Treatment of Respiratory Tract Disease in Dogs and Cats: Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases.

    M. R. Lappin;J. Blondeau;D. Boothe;E. B. Breitschwerdt

  • Clostridium difficile in retail ground meat, Canada.

    Alexander Rodriguez-Palacios;Henry R. Staempfli;Todd Duffield;J. Scott Weese

  • Enteropathogenic Bacteria in Dogs and Cats: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Treatment, and Control

    Stanley L Marks;S. C. Rankin;Barbara A Byrne;J. S. Weese

  • Guidelines for the diagnosis and antimicrobial therapy of canine superficial bacterial folliculitis (Antimicrobial Guidelines Working Group of the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases).

    Andrew Hillier;David H. Lloyd;J. Scott Weese;Joseph M. Blondeau

  • ACVIM consensus statement on therapeutic antimicrobial use in animals and antimicrobial resistance.

    J. S. Weese;S. Giguère;L. Guardabassi;P. S. Morley

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in animals.

    J Scott Weese

  • Clostridium difficile PCR Ribotypes in Calves, Canada

    Alexander Rodriguez-Palacios;Henry R Stämpfli;Todd Duffield;Andrew S Peregrine

  • Bacterial Zoonoses Transmitted by Household Pets: State-of-the-Art and Future Perspectives for Targeted Research and Policy Actions

    P. Damborg;E.M. Broens;B.B. Chomel;S. Guenther

  • Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization in veterinary personnel

    Beth A. Hanselman;Steve A. Kruth;Joyce Rousseau;Donald E. Low

  • Antimicrobial drug use in veterinary medicine.

    Paul S. Morley;Michael D. Apley;Thomas E. Besser;Derek P. Burney

  • Detection and Enumeration of Clostridium difficile Spores in Retail Beef and Pork

    J. Scott Weese;Brent P. Avery;J. Rousseau;Richard J. Reid-Smith

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard J. Reid-Smith
Richard J. Reid-Smith Public Health Agency of Canada
Andrew S. Peregrine
Andrew S. Peregrine University of Guelph
David L. Pearl
David L. Pearl University of Guelph
Robert M. Friendship
Robert M. Friendship University of Guelph
Jan M. Sargeant
Jan M. Sargeant University of Guelph
John F. Prescott
John F. Prescott University of Guelph
Patrick Boerlin
Patrick Boerlin University of Guelph
Olaf Berke
Olaf Berke University of Guelph
Shayan Sharif
Shayan Sharif University of Guelph
Luca Guardabassi
Luca Guardabassi University of Copenhagen

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