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Overview

Jorge A. Hernandez is affiliated with the University of Florida in the United States and has published extensively in the field of Medicine. Their research spans several specialized areas including Small Animals, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Agronomy and Crop Science, Equine studies, and Parasitology.

The scientist's recent publications cover a range of topics related to veterinary medicine, animal health, and conservation biology. Some of the notable recent papers include:

  • A systematic review of economic assessments for brucellosis control interventions in livestock populations (2023, Preventive Veterinary Medicine)
  • On-board study of gas embolism in marine turtles caught in bottom trawl fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Steatitis in Cold-Stunned Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtles (Lepidochelys kempii) (2021, Animals)
  • A Transcriptome Analysis: Various Reasons of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Caused by Acute Toxoplasma gondii Infection (2020, Frontiers in Physiology)
  • Seroprevalence of and Risk Factors Associated with Exposure to Brucella Spp. in Dairy Cattle in Three Different Agroecological Zones in Rwanda (2021, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene)

Their frequent collaboration network includes researchers such as Nicole I. Stacy, Thomas Denagamage, Amy B. Alexander, Fiona P. Maunsell, and Subhashinie Kariyawasam.

Jorge A. Hernandez has contributed to scientific knowledge primarily in the following main topics of research:

  • Turtle Biology and Conservation
  • Veterinary Equine Medical Research
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Animal Health and Immunology
  • Clostridium difficile and Clostridium perfringens Research
  • Brucella: Diagnosis, Epidemiology, Treatment
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology

Some of the most frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
  • Animals
  • American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
  • One Health
  • Journal of Shelter Medicine and Community Animal Health

Best Publications

  • Concepts for risk-based surveillance in the field of veterinary medicine and veterinary public health: review of current approaches.

    Katharina D.C. Stärk;Gertraud Regula;Jorge Hernandez;Lea Knopf

  • Effect of Lameness on Ovarian Activity in Postpartum Holstein Cows

    E.J. Garbarino;J.A. Hernandez;J.K. Shearer;C.A. Risco

  • Effect of lameness on the calving-to-conception interval in dairy cows

    Jorge Hernandez;Jan K. Shearer;Daniel W. Webb

  • Dissemination of multidrug-resistant bacteria into the Arctic.

    Maria Sjolund;Jonas Bonnedahl;Jorge Hernandez;Stina Bengtsson

  • Prevalence of infectious diseases in feral cats in Northern Florida.

    Brian J. Luria;Julie K. Levy;Michael R. Lappin;Edward B. Breitschwerdt

  • Cytokine induction in pulmonary airways of horses with heaves and effect of therapy with inhaled fluticasone propionate.

    Steeve Giguère;Laurent Viel;Elise Lee;Robert J. MacKay

  • Validation of several types of noxious stimuli for use in determining the minimum alveolar concentration for inhalation anesthetics in dogs and rabbits

    Alexander Valverde;Timothy E. Morey;Jorge Hernández;Wendy Davies

  • Effect of lameness on milk yield in dairy cows.

    Jorge Hernandez;Jan K Shearer;Daniel W Webb

  • Retrospective comparison of azithromycin, clarithromycin, and erythromycin for the treatment of foals with Rhodococcus equi pneumonia

    Steeve Giguére;Stephanie Jacks;Gregory D. Roberts;Jorge Hernandez

  • Race-start characteristics and risk of catastrophic musculoskeletal injury in Thoroughbred racehorses

    Jorge Hernandez;Dan L. Hawkins;Mary C. Scollay

  • Effects of acepromazine on the incidence of vomiting associated with opioid administration in dogs

    Alexander Valverde;Shauna Cantwell;Jorge Hernández;Celeste Brotherson

  • Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colombia.

    Marylin Hidalgo;Leonora Orejuela;Patricia Fuya;Pilar Carrillo

  • Milk urea nitrogen and infertility in Florida Holstein cows.

    P. Melendez;A. Donovan;J. Hernandez

  • Comparison of milk yield in dairy cows with different degrees of lameness

    Jorge A. Hernandez;Eduardo J. Garbarino;Jan K. Shearer;Carlos A. Risco

  • Antimicrobial drug-resistant Escherichia coli in wild birds and free-range poultry, Bangladesh.

    Badrul Hasan;Linus Sandegren;Åsa Melhus;Mirva Drobni

  • Clinical Mastitis Associated with Abortion in Dairy Cows

    C.A. Risco;G.A. Donovan;J. Hernandez

  • Cardiac troponin I in pastured and race-training Thoroughbred horses.

    Wade Phillips;Steeve Giguere;Robert P. Franklin;Jorge Hernandez

  • Association between exposure to Neospora caninum and milk production in dairy cows.

    Jorge Hernandez;Carlos Risco;Arthur Donovan

  • Risk factors associated with fecal Salmonella shedding among hospitalized horses with signs of gastrointestinal tract disease.

    Nicolas S. Ernst;Jorge A. Hernandez;Robert J. MacKay;Murray P. Brown

  • Comparison of synchronization of ovulation and induction of estrus as therapeutic strategies for bovine ovarian cysts in the dairy cow.

    J.A. Bartolome;L.F. Archbald;P. Morresey;J. Hernandez

  • Comparison of the calving-to-conception interval in dairy cows with different degrees of lameness during the prebreeding postpartum period

    Jorge A. Hernandez;Eduardo J. Garbarino;Jan K. Shearer;Carlos A. Risco

  • Epidemiologic analysis of nosocomial Salmonella infections in hospitalized horses.

    Abel B. Ekiri;Robert J. MacKay;Jack M. Gaskin;David E. Freeman

  • Identification of risk factors associated with highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 virus infection in poultry farms, in Nigeria during the epidemic of 2006-2007.

    Folorunso Oludayo Fasina;Ariel L. Rivas;S.P.R. Bisschop;Arjan J. Stegeman

  • Association of dry matter intake and energy balance prepartum and postpartum with health disorders postpartum: Part I. Calving disorders and metritis.

    J. Pérez-Báez;C.A. Risco;R.C. Chebel;G.C. Gomes

  • Evaluation of the efficacy of prophylactic hoof health examination and trimming during midlactation in reducing the incidence of lameness during late lactation in dairy cows.

    Jorge A. Hernandez;Eduardo J. Garbarino;Jan K. Shearer;Carlos A. Risco

  • Serological evidence of H3N8 canine influenza-like virus circulation in USA dogs prior to 2004

    T.C. Anderson;C.R. Bromfield;P.C. Crawford;W.J. Dodds

  • Immunohistochemical Detection of a Unique Protein within Cells of Snakes Having Inclusion Body Disease, a World-Wide Disease Seen in Members of the Families Boidae and Pythonidae

    Li-Wen Chang;Ann Fu;Edward Wozniak;Marjorie Chow

  • PATHOLOGY AND PRELIMINARY CHARACTERIZATION OF A PARAPOXVIRUS ISOLATED FROM A CALIFORNIA SEA LION (ZALOPHUS CALIFORNIANUS)

    Hendrik H. Nollens;Elliott R. Jacobson;Frances M. D. Gulland;Diedrich O. Beusse

  • Evaluation of horseshoe characteristics and high-speed exercise history as possible risk factors for catastrophic musculoskeletal injury in thoroughbred racehorses.

    Jorge A Hernandez;Mary C Scollay;Dan L Hawkins;Julie A Corda

  • Naturally occurring Sarcocystis infection in domestic cats (Felis catus)

    K.D Gillis;R.J MacKay;C.A Yowell;J.K Levy

  • Diagnostic performance of the equine IgM capture ELISA for serodiagnosis of West Nile virus infection.

    Maureen T. Long;William Jeter;Jorge Hernandez;Debra C. Sellon

  • Foot-and-mouth disease virus strains and examination of exposure factors associated with seropositivity of cattle herds in Nigeria during 2007-2009.

    Folorunso Oludayo Fasina;Dana R. Connell;Oladele A. Talabi;David Dazhia Lazarus

  • Prevalence of and exposure factors for seropositivity to H3N8 canine influenza virus in dogs with influenza-like illness in the United States

    Tara C. Anderson;P. Cynda Crawford;Edward J. Dubovi;E. Paul J. Gibbs

  • Milk, plasma, and blood urea nitrogen concentrations, dietary protein, and fertility in dairy cattle.

    Pedro Melendez;Art Donovan;Jorge Hernandez;Julian Bartolome

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlos A. Risco
Carlos A. Risco University of Florida
Elliott R. Jacobson
Elliott R. Jacobson University of Florida
Jan K. Shearer
Jan K. Shearer Iowa State University
William W. Thatcher
William W. Thatcher University of Florida
Björn Olsen
Björn Olsen Harvard University
Klibs N. Galvão
Klibs N. Galvão University of Florida
Frances M. D. Gulland
Frances M. D. Gulland University of California, Davis
José E. P. Santos
José E. P. Santos University of Florida
Pedro Melendez
Pedro Melendez University of Georgia
C.R. Staples
C.R. Staples University of Florida

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