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Animal Science and Veterinary
USA
2023

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Microbiology

D-Index
73
Citations
13797
World Ranking
1703
National Ranking
731

Medicine

D-Index
73
Citations
13763
World Ranking
19736
National Ranking
9830

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
74
Citations
13877
World Ranking
125
National Ranking
41

Julia F. Ridpath publication distribution in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Julia F. Ridpath sits on this spectrum.

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29 publications 442+

This scientist: 250 publications — 84th percentile

84% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 442 publications or more.

Julia F. Ridpath D-index placement in Animal Science and Veterinary in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Animal Science and Veterinary scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Julia F. Ridpath sits on this spectrum.

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20 D-Index 77+

This scientist: 74 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 77 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in United States Leader Award

Overview

Julia F. Ridpath is affiliated with the Agricultural Research Service in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on animal disease management, epidemiology, and viral infections affecting livestock. Their academic contributions span several interconnected fields, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Medicine, and subfields such as Agronomy and Crop Science, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Animal Science and Zoology, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research topics include:

  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Animal Virus Infections Studies
  • Viral Infections and Immunology Research
  • Herpesvirus Infections and Treatments
  • Cytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Ridpath has published in several noteworthy venues within veterinary and biological sciences. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • American Association of Bovine Practitioners Conference Proceedings
  • Archives of Virology
  • Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
  • Veterinary Microbiology

Significant recent publications by Ridpath include:

  • Sequential exposure to bovine viral diarrhea virus and bovine coronavirus results in increased respiratory disease lesions: clinical, immunologic, pathologic, and immunohistochemical findings, 2020, Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation
  • Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus in Cattle From Mexico: Current Status, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Evaluation of Antigenic Comparisons Among BVDV Isolates as it Relates to Humoral and Cell Mediated Responses, 2021, Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Detection and genotyping of bovine viral diarrhea virus found contaminating commercial veterinary vaccines, cell lines, and fetal bovine serum lots originating in Mexico, 2021, Archives of Virology
  • Measuring CMI responses using the PrimeFlow RNA assay: A new method of evaluating BVDV vaccination response in cattle, 2020, Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • John D. Neill
  • Shollie M. Falkenberg
  • Rohana P. Dassanayake
  • Fernando V. Bauermann
  • James A. Roth

Best Publications

  • Segregation of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus into Genotypes

    J.F. Ridpath;S.R. Bolin;E.J. Dubovi

  • Low-level detection of viral pathogens by a surface-enhanced Raman scattering based immunoassay.

    Jeremy D. Driskell;Karen M. Kwarta;Robert J. Lipert;Marc D. Porter

  • Severe acute bovine viral diarrhea in Ontario, 1993-1995

    Susy Carman;Tony van Dreumel;Julia Ridpath;Murray Hazlett

  • Differences in virulence between two noncytopathic bovine viral diarrhea viruses in calves.

    S R Bolin;J F Ridpath

  • Phylogenetic analysis of Brazilian bovine viral diarrhea virus type 2 (BVDV-2) isolates: evidence for a subgenotype within BVDV-2

    Eduardo F Flores;Julia F Ridpath;Rudi Weiblen;Fernanda S.F Vogel

  • Differentiation of types 1a, 1b and 2 bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) by PCR

    Julia F Ridpath;Steven R Bolin

  • Identification of a novel virus in pigs—Bungowannah virus: A possible new species of pestivirus

    P.D. Kirkland;M.J. Frost;D.S. Finlaison;K.R. King

  • Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) 1b: predominant BVDV subtype in calves with respiratory disease.

    Robert W Fulton;Julia F Ridpath;Jeremiah T Saliki;Robert E Briggs

  • Lung pathology and infectious agents in fatal feedlot pneumonias and relationship with mortality, disease onset, and treatments.

    Robert W. Fulton;K. Shawn Blood;Roger J. Panciera;Mark E. Payton

  • HoBi-like viruses: an emerging group of pestiviruses.

    Fernando V. Bauermann;Julia F. Ridpath;Julia F. Ridpath;Rudi Weiblen;Rudi Weiblen;Eduardo F. Flores;Eduardo F. Flores

  • Phylogenetic, antigenic and clinical characterization of type 2 BVDV from North America.

    J F Ridpath;J D Neill;M Frey;J G Landgraf

  • Bovine viral diarrhea virus: global status.

    Julia F. Ridpath

  • Maternally derived humoral immunity to bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) 1a, BVDV1b, BVDV2, bovine herpesvirus-1, parainfluenza-3 virus bovine respiratory syncytial virus, Mannheimia haemolytica and Pasteurella multocida in beef calves, antibody decline by half-life studies and effect on response to vaccination.

    Robert W Fulton;Robert E Briggs;Mark E Payton;Anthony W Confer

  • Maternal antibody blocks humoral but not T cell responses to BVDV.

    Janice Jones Endsley;Janice Jones Endsley;James A. Roth;Julia Ridpath;John Neill

  • Control of bovine viral diarrhea virus in ruminants.

    P.H. Walz;D.L. Grooms;T. Passler;J.F. Ridpath

  • Monoclonal antibodies with neutralizing activity segregate isolates of bovine viral diarrhea virus into groups

    S. Bolin;V. Moennig;N. E. Kelso Gourley;J. Ridpath

  • Bovine viral diarrhoea virus antigenic diversity: impact on disease and vaccination programmes.

    Robert W. Fulton;Julia F. Ridpath;Anthony W. Confer;Jeremiah T. Saliki

  • Assessment of protection from systemic infection or disease afforded by low to intermediate titers of passively acquired neutralizing antibody against bovine viral diarrhea virus in calves

    S R Bolin;J F Ridpath

  • Prevalence and Antigenic Differences Observed between Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Subgenotypes Isolated from Cattle in Australia and Feedlots in the Southwestern United States

    Julia F. Ridpath;Robert W. Fulton;Peter D. Kirkland;John D. Neill

  • Changes in levels of viremia in cattle persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus.

    K. V. Brock;D. L. Grooms;J. Ridpath;S. R. Bolin

  • Evaluation of diagnostic tests used for detection of bovine viral diarrhea virus and prevalence of subtypes 1a, 1b, and 2a in persistently infected cattle entering a feedlot

    Robert W. Fulton;Bill Hessman;Bill J. Johnson;Julia F. Ridpath

  • Methods for Detection and Frequency of Contamination of Fetal Calf Serum with Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus and Antibodies against Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus

    Steven R. Bolin;Peter J. Matthews;Julia F. Ridpath

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony W. Confer
Anthony W. Confer Oklahoma State University
Jeremiah T. Saliki
Jeremiah T. Saliki University of Georgia
Mark E. Payton
Mark E. Payton Oklahoma State University
James M. Reecy
James M. Reecy Iowa State University
Marc D. Porter
Marc D. Porter University of Utah
Eduardo Casas
Eduardo Casas Agricultural Research Service
Dorian J. Garrick
Dorian J. Garrick Massey University
James A. Roth
James A. Roth Iowa State University
James F. Evermann
James F. Evermann Washington State University
David A. Dargatz
David A. Dargatz Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service

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