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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
44
Citations
6727
World Ranking
877
National Ranking
93

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Statistics
  • Gene

His primary areas of investigation include Ecology, Wildlife, Parasitism, Grazing and Animal science. His work in the fields of Ecology, such as Habitat, Overwintering and Climate change, intersects with other areas such as Increased risk and Parasitic trematode. His Wildlife study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Veterinary medicine, Livestock and Disease.

His Veterinary medicine research incorporates elements of Paratuberculosis, Badger and Mustelidae. His studies in Parasitism integrate themes in fields like Immunology, Immune system and Herbivore. His Feces research extends to Grazing, which is thematically connected.

His most cited work include:

  • Paratuberculosis infection of nonruminant wildlife in Scotland. (217 citations)
  • Towards a functional explanation for the occurrence of anorexia during parasitic infections (187 citations)
  • Contact networks in a wildlife-livestock host community: identifying high-risk individuals in the transmission of bovine TB among badgers and cattle. (175 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

Michael R. Hutchings spends much of his time researching Ecology, Livestock, Wildlife, Grazing and Veterinary medicine. His study in the fields of Foraging, Habitat and Host under the domain of Ecology overlaps with other disciplines such as Transmission. In his research on the topic of Livestock, Outbreak is strongly related with Climate change.

His Wildlife study combines topics in areas such as Badger, Epidemiology, Disease and Environmental health. His research in Grazing intersects with topics in Feces, Herbivore, Pasture and Animal science. His research integrates issues of Paratuberculosis and Nematode in his study of Veterinary medicine.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Ecology (33.33%)
  • Livestock (32.50%)
  • Wildlife (26.67%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2014-2021)?

  • Livestock (32.50%)
  • Wildlife (26.67%)
  • Disease (18.33%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary areas of study are Livestock, Wildlife, Disease, Ecology and Outbreak. His work carried out in the field of Livestock brings together such families of science as Climate change, Antimicrobial, Veterinary medicine, Antibiotic resistance and Grazing. His Grazing study incorporates themes from Food security and Animal feed.

His Wildlife research integrates issues from Zoology, Sympatric speciation, Disease management and Environmental planning. His work on Wildlife disease and Infectious disease as part of general Disease research is frequently linked to Disease control, thereby connecting diverse disciplines of science. His work blends Ecology and Transmission studies together.

Between 2014 and 2021, his most popular works were:

  • The status of tularemia in Europe in a one-health context: a review. (64 citations)
  • Interactions between four species in a complex wildlife: livestock disease community : implications for Mycobacterium bovis maintenance and transmission (40 citations)
  • Survival of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis in retail pasteurised milk (21 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Statistics
  • Agriculture

Michael R. Hutchings mainly focuses on Wildlife, Ecology, Livestock, Disease and Public health. His Wildlife research includes themes of Tularemia and Arthropod Vector. Michael R. Hutchings performs integrative study on Ecology and Transmission.

The study incorporates disciplines such as Grazing, Outbreak and Habitat in addition to Livestock. His Disease research includes elements of Risk analysis and Animal welfare. Michael R. Hutchings interconnects Infectious disease, Zoology, Risk analysis and Virology in the investigation of issues within Public health.

Best Publications

  • Paratuberculosis infection of nonruminant wildlife in Scotland.

    Pip Beard;M J Daniels;D Henderson;A Pirie

  • Towards a functional explanation for the occurrence of anorexia during parasitic infections

    I. Kyriazakis;B.J. Tolkamp;M.R. Hutchings

  • Contact networks in a wildlife-livestock host community: identifying high-risk individuals in the transmission of bovine TB among badgers and cattle.

    Monika Böhm;Michael R. Hutchings;Piran C. L. White

  • Predicting impacts of climate change on Fasciola hepatica risk.

    Naomi J. Fox;Naomi J. Fox;Piran C. L. White;Colin J. McClean;Glenn Marion

  • The status of tularemia in Europe in a one-health context: a review.

    G. Hestvik;E. Warns-Petit;L. A. Smith;N. J. Fox

  • Can animals use foraging behaviour to combat parasites

    Michael R. Hutchings;Spiridoula Athanasiadou;Ilias Kyriazakis;Iain J. Gordon

  • Mustelid Scent-Marking in Managed Ecosystems: Implications for Population Management

    Michael R. Hutchings;Piran C. L. White

  • Techniques for assessing the abundance of brown hares Lepus europaeus

    J. Langbein;M. R. Hutchings;S. Harris;C. Stoate

  • The risk of disease transmission to livestock posed by contamination of farm stored feed by wildlife excreta.

    M. J. Daniels;M. R. Hutchings;A. Greig

  • Behavioural strategies used by parasitized and non-parasitized sheep to avoid ingestion of gastro-intestinal nematodes associated with faeces

    M. R. Hutchings;I. Kyriazakis;D. H. Anderson;I. J. Gordon

  • Effects of farm management practices on cattle grazing behaviour and the potential for transmission of bovine tuberculosis from badgers to cattle.

    Michael R Hutchings;S Harris

  • Wild deer as a source of infection for livestock and humans in the UK.

    Monika Böhm;Piran C.L. White;Julia Chambers;Lesley Smith

  • Management of disease in wild mammals

    Richard J Delahay;Graham C Smith;Michael R Hutchings

  • Trade‐offs between nutrient intake and faecal avoidance in herbivore foraging decisions: the effect of animal parasitic status, level of feeding motivation and sward nitrogen content

    M. R. Hutchings;I. Kyriazakis;I. J. Gordon;F. Jackson

  • Use of trade-off theory to advance understanding of herbivore–parasite interactions

    Michael R. Hutchings;Johanna Judge;Iain J. Gordon;Spiridoula Athanasiadou

  • Do non-ruminant wildlife pose a risk of paratuberculosis to domestic livestock and vice versa in Scotland?

    Mike J. Daniels;Mike J. Daniels;Michael R. Hutchings;Philippa M. Beard;Dennis Henderson

  • Sheep avoidance of faeces-contaminated patches leads to a trade-off between intake rate of forage and parasitism in subsequent foraging decisions

    Michael R. Hutchings;Iain J. Gordon;Ilias Kyriazakis;Frank Jackson

  • Wildlife Disease Surveillance and Monitoring

    Marc Artois;Roy Bengis;Richard J. Delahay;Marie-José Duchêne

  • The herbivores' dilemma: trade-offs between nutrition and parasitism in foraging decisions.

    M. R. Hutchings;I. Kyriazakis;T. G. Papachristou;I. J. Gordon

  • Quantifying the risks of TB infection to cattle posed by badger excreta.

    M. R. Hutchings;S. Harris

  • The current status of the brown hare Lepus europaeus in Britain

    M R Hutchings;S Harris

  • Evidence of paratuberculosis in fox (Vulpes vulpes) and stoat (Mustela erminea)

    Pip Beard;D Henderson;M J Daniels;A Pirie

  • Interactions between four species in a complex wildlife: livestock disease community : implications for Mycobacterium bovis maintenance and transmission

    Catherine E. Cowie;Catherine E. Cowie;Michael R. Hutchings;Jose Angel Barasona;Christian Gortázar

Frequent Co-Authors

Piran C. L. White
Piran C. L. White University of York
Ilias Kyriazakis
Ilias Kyriazakis Queen's University Belfast
Iain J. Gordon
Iain J. Gordon James Hutton Institute
Richard J. Delahay
Richard J. Delahay Animal and Plant Health Agency
David L. Gally
David L. Gally University of Edinburgh
Christian Gortázar
Christian Gortázar University of Castilla-La Mancha
Jos G. M. Houdijk
Jos G. M. Houdijk Scotland's Rural College
Joaquín Vicente
Joaquín Vicente University of Castilla-La Mancha
Stephen Harris
Stephen Harris University of Bristol
Eileen Wall
Eileen Wall Scotland's Rural College

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