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Olaf Berke is affiliated with the University of Guelph in Canada and has an extensive research portfolio focused primarily on Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans various subfields including Epidemiology, Genetics, Infectious Diseases, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Food Science.

The main research topics addressed by Olaf Berke include:

  • Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Human-Animal Interaction Studies
  • COVID-19 Epidemiological Studies
  • Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies

Some of their recent scholarly contributions are:

  • Reduction of free-roaming cat population requires high-intensity neutering in spatial contiguity to mitigate compensatory effects (2022), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Zika virus outbreak in Brazil under current and future climate (2021), published in Epidemics
  • An investigation of blood, milk, and urine test patterns for the diagnosis of ketosis in dairy cows in early lactation (2022), published in Journal of Dairy Science
  • Yellow fever virus outbreak in Brazil under current and future climate (2021), published in Infectious Disease Modelling
  • The identification of risk factors contributing to accidental opioid poisonings in companion dogs using data from a North American poison control center (2006-2014) (2020), published in PLoS ONE

Frequent publication venues for Olaf Berke include:

  • Zoonoses and Public Health
  • PLoS ONE
  • Environmental Health Review
  • Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • CMAJ Open

Olaf Berke has collaborated extensively with several researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • David L. Pearl
  • Terri L. O'Sullivan
  • Lise A. Trotz-Williams
  • Kurtis E. Sobkowich
  • Theresa M. Bernardo

The breadth of Olaf Berke's research demonstrates a commitment to multidisciplinary studies in both human and veterinary medicine, with an emphasis on epidemiological methods and the dynamics of infectious diseases and public health. Their work often integrates environmental and biological considerations, addressing complex interactions between animals and humans as well as the impact of climate conditions on viral outbreaks.

Best Publications

  • Exploratory disease mapping: kriging the spatial risk function from regional count data

    Olaf Berke

  • Spatial distributions of male and female strawberry poison frogs and their relation to female reproductive resources.

    Heike Pröhl;Olaf Berke

  • Risk factors for Campylobacter spp. colonization in broiler flocks in Iceland.

    Pablo Romero Barrios;Jarle Reiersen;Ruff Lowman;Jean-Robert Bisaillon

  • Statistics for Veterinary and Animal Science, 2nd ed.

    Olaf Berke

  • A farm-level study of risk factors associated with the colonization of broiler flocks with Campylobacter spp. in Iceland, 2001-2004.

    Michele T Guerin;Wayne Martin;Jarle Reiersen;Olaf Berke;Olaf Berke

  • An analysis of the relationship between bulk tank milk quality and wash water quality on dairy farms in Ontario, Canada

    N.R. Perkins;D.F. Kelton;K.J. Hand;G. MacNaughton

  • House-level risk factors associated with the colonization of broiler flocks with Campylobacter spp. in Iceland, 2001 - 2004.

    Michele T Guerin;Wayne Martin;Jarle Reiersen;Olaf Berke;Olaf Berke

  • Spatial relationship between Mycobacterium bovis strains in cattle and badgers in four areas in Ireland.

    F.J. Olea-Popelka;O. Flynn;E. Costello;G. McGrath

  • Factors associated with whole carcass condemnation rates in provincially-inspected abattoirs in Ontario 2001-2007: implications for food animal syndromic surveillance

    Gillian D Alton;David L Pearl;Ken G Bateman;W Bruce McNab

  • Increase in seroprevalence of canine leptospirosis and its risk factors, Ontario 1998–2006

    Gillian D. Alton;Olaf Berke;Richard Reid-Smith;Davor Ojkic

  • Genetic parameters for producer-recorded health data in Canadian Holstein cattle

    T. F.-O. Neuenschwander;F. Miglior;J. Jamrozik;O. Berke

  • Exploratory spatial relative risk mapping.

    Olaf Berke

  • Risk factors for disclosure of additional tuberculous cattle in attested-clear herds that had one animal with a confirmed lesion of tuberculosis at slaughter during 2003 in Ireland.

    F.J. Olea-Popelka;E. Costello;P. White;G. McGrath

  • Emergence of Echinococcus multilocularis among Red Foxes in northern Germany, 1991--2005.

    Olaf Berke;Thomas Romig;Michael von Keyserlingk

  • The identification and epidemiology of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Clostridium difficile in patient rooms and the ward environment

    Meredith C Faires;David L Pearl;Olaf Berke;Richard J Reid-Smith

  • Choropleth mapping of regional count data of Echinococcus multilocularis among red foxes in Lower Saxony, Germany

    Olaf Berke

  • Heat stress related dairy cow mortality during heat waves and control periods in rural Southern Ontario from 2010–2012

    Katherine E. Bishop-Williams;Olaf Berke;Olaf Berke;Olaf Berke;David L. Pearl;Karen Hand

  • Echinococcus multilocularis Infection, Southern Ontario, Canada

    Jonathon D. Kotwa;Mats Isaksson;Claire M. Jardine;G. Douglas Campbell

  • Targeted badger removal and the subsequent risk of bovine tuberculosis in cattle herds in county Laois, Ireland.

    F.J. Olea-Popelka;F.J. Olea-Popelka;P. Fitzgerald;P. White;G. McGrath

  • From explanation to prediction: a model for recurrent bovine tuberculosis in Irish cattle herds.

    Dianna M. Wolfe;Olaf Berke;David F. Kelton;Paul W. White

  • Comparison of risk factors for seropositivity to feline immunodeficiency virus and feline leukemia virus among cats: a case-case study.

    Bimal K Chhetri;Olaf Berke;Olaf Berke;Olaf Berke;David L Pearl;Dorothee Bienzle

Frequent Co-Authors

David L. Pearl
David L. Pearl University of Guelph
David F. Kelton
David F. Kelton University of Guelph
Scott A. McEwen
Scott A. McEwen University of Guelph
Richard J. Reid-Smith
Richard J. Reid-Smith Public Health Agency of Canada
Andrew S. Peregrine
Andrew S. Peregrine University of Guelph
Simon J. More
Simon J. More University College Dublin
J. Scott Weese
J. Scott Weese University of Guelph
John D. Collins
John D. Collins University College Dublin
Cheryl L. Waldner
Cheryl L. Waldner University of Saskatchewan
Tina M. Widowski
Tina M. Widowski University of Guelph

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