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Michael J. Day

Michael J. Day

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Animal Science and Veterinary
Australia
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
74
Citations
19992
World Ranking
113
National Ranking
7

Microbiology

D-Index
72
Citations
17593
World Ranking
1760
National Ranking
56

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Australia Leader Award
  • 2015 - Animal Physiology and Endocrinology Award, American Society of Animal Science

Overview

Michael J. Day was affiliated with Murdoch University in Australia and contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on public health and infectious diseases. Their research spanned several specialized areas including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, and Parasitology.

Their scholarly work included 62 publications in medicine, with notable subfields of study such as:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Parasitology

Key areas explored in their research encompassed topics like:

  • Healthcare Systems and Challenges
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Research on Leishmaniasis Studies
  • Virology and Viral Diseases
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Viral Infections and Vectors

Their recent papers focused largely on COVID-19 and were published in the BMJ during 2020. Some of these works include:

  • Covid-19: four fifths of cases are asymptomatic, China figures indicate, 2020, BMJ
  • Covid-19: identifying and isolating asymptomatic people helped eliminate virus in Italian village, 2020, BMJ
  • Covid-19: ibuprofen should not be used for managing symptoms, say doctors and scientists, 2020, BMJ
  • Covid-19: surge in cases in Italy and South Korea makes pandemic look more likely, 2020, BMJ
  • Covid-19: European drugs agency to review safety of ibuprofen, 2020, BMJ

The main venues where their research was published included:

  • BMJ
  • Journal of Comparative Pathology
  • Parasites & Vectors
  • Journal of Small Animal Practice
  • Scientific Reports

Throughout their career, Michael J. Day collaborated frequently with several co-authors such as Mary Marcondes, Maxime Madder, Xavier Roura, Cécile Clercx, and Barbara Kohn. These collaborators supported research efforts across multiple studies.

In 2015, they received the Animal Physiology and Endocrinology Award from the American Society of Animal Science.

Best Publications

  • The canine model of dietary hypersensitivity

    Michael J. Day

  • WSAVA guidelines for the vaccination of dogs and cats

    M.J. Day;M.C. Horzinek;R.D. Schultz

  • Histopathological Standards for the Diagnosis of Gastrointestinal Inflammation in Endoscopic Biopsy Samples from the Dog and Cat: A Report from the World Small Animal Veterinary Association Gastrointestinal Standardization Group

    MJ Day;T Bilzer;J Mansell;B Wilcock

  • Endoscopic, biopsy, and histopathologic guidelines for the evaluation of gastrointestinal inflammation in companion animals.

    RJ Washabau;MJ Day;Willard;Edward J Hall

  • Tick-borne infectious diseases of dogs

    Susan E. Shaw;Michael J. Day;Richard J. Birtles;Edward B. Breitschwerdt

  • WSAVA Guidelines for the vaccination of dogs and cats: WSAVA Vaccination Guidelines

    M. J. Day;M. C. Horzinek;R. D. Schultz;R. A. Squires

  • One health: the importance of companion animal vector-borne diseases

    Michael J Day

  • One Health: The global challenge of epidemic and endemic leishmaniasis

    Clarisa B Palatnik-de-Sousa;Michael J Day

  • Obesity and Associated Comorbidities in People and Companion Animals: A One Health Perspective

    M. Chandler;S. Cunningham;E.M. Lund;C. Khanna

  • Comparison of Histopathologic Findings in Biopsies from the Duodenum and Ileum of Dogs with Enteropathy

    D. Casamian-Sorrosal;M.D. Willard;J.K. Murray;E.J. Hall

  • Immune system development in the dog and cat.

    M.J. Day

  • Real-time RT-PCR: considerations for efficient and sensitive assay design.

    IR Peters;Christopher R Helps;Edward J Hall;MJ Day

  • Development and application of multiple internal reference (housekeeper) gene assays for accurate normalisation of canine gene expression studies

    Iain R. Peters;Dominique Peeters;Chris R. Helps;Michael J. Day

  • Chronic Intestinal Inflammation and Intestinal Disease in Dogs

    A.J. German;E.J. Hall;M.J. Day

  • Review of thymic pathology in 30 cats and 36 dogs

    M. J. Day

  • Investigation of nasal disease in the cat—A retrospective study of 77 cases:

    S.M. Henderson;K. Bradley;M.J. Day;S. Tasker

  • Ageing, immunosenescence and inflammageing in the dog and cat

    M.J. Day

  • Use of a PCR assay to assess the prevalence and risk factors for Mycoplasma haemofelis and ‘Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum’ in cats in the United Kingdom

    S. Tasker;S. H. Binns;M. J. Day;T. J. Gruffydd-Jones

  • Immune Cell Populations within the Duodenal Mucosa of Dogs with Enteropathies

    A J German;Edward J Hall;M J Day

  • Tissue Cytokine Responses in Canine Visceral Leishmaniasis

    Rupert J. Quinnell;Orin Courtenay;Marie-Anne Shaw;Michael J. Day

  • IgG subclass responses in a longitudinal study of canine visceral leishmaniasis

    RJ Quinnell;O Courtenay;O Courtenay;L Garcez;PM Kaye

  • Immunomodulatory drugs and their application to the management of canine immune-mediated disease

    N. T. Whitley;M. J. Day

  • A review of Pathological diagnoses made from 87 canine splenic biopsies

    M. J. Day;V. M. Lucke;H. Pearson

  • Cytokine mRNA expression in mucosal biopsies from German shepherd dogs with small intestinal enteropathies.

    A.J. German;C.R. Helps;E.J. Hall;M.J. Day

  • Phylogenetic Analysis of Hemoplasma Species: an International Study

    Severine Tasker;Christopher R Helps;Michael J Day;DA Harbour

  • Immunoglobulin G subclass distribution in canine leishmaniosis: a review and analysis of pitfalls in interpretation.

    M.J. Day

  • A retrospective study of clinical findings, treatment and outcome in 143 dogs with pericardial effusion.

    M Stafford Johnson;M Martin;SH Binns;MJ Day

  • Canine and Feline Gastroenterology

    Robert J. Washabau;Michael J. Day

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher R Helps
Christopher R Helps University of Bristol
Richard J. Birtles
Richard J. Birtles University of Salford
Toby G Knowles
Toby G Knowles University of Bristol
Edward B. Breitschwerdt
Edward B. Breitschwerdt North Carolina State University
Christopher J. Elson
Christopher J. Elson University of Bristol
Michael R. Lappin
Michael R. Lappin Colorado State University
Christopher R. Stokes
Christopher R. Stokes Durham University
Marian C. Horzinek
Marian C. Horzinek Utrecht University
Roger Powell
Roger Powell University of Melbourne
Rupert J. Quinnell
Rupert J. Quinnell University of Leeds

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