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Animal Science and Veterinary

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62
Citations
11604
World Ranking
294
National Ranking
102

Microbiology

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60
Citations
9883
World Ranking
3191
National Ranking
1262

Overview

Robert Higgins was affiliated with the University of California, Davis in the United States. Their research work spanned multiple topics within the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Reproductive Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, and Oncology.

The main research topics covered in their publications included:

  • Ovarian cancer diagnosis and treatment
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Veterinary Oncology Research
  • Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases
  • PARP inhibition in cancer therapy
  • Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics
  • Intraperitoneal and Appendiceal Malignancies

Among their recent papers were the following:

  • Health and well-being of trans and non-binary participants in a community-based survey of gay, bisexual, and queer men, and non-binary and Two-Spirit people across Canada, 2021, published in PLoS ONE
  • Clinicopathological characteristics of histiocytic sarcoma affecting the central nervous system in dogs, 2020, published in Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
  • Nerve Fiber Immunohistochemical Panel Discriminates between Nerve Sheath and Perivascular Wall Tumors, 2022, published in Veterinary Sciences
  • Ovarian recurrence risk assessment using machine learning, clinical information, and serum protein levels to predict survival in high grade ovarian cancer, 2023, published in Scientific Reports
  • Choice of 3D morphometric method leads to diverging interpretations of form-function relationships in the carnivoran calcaneus, 2022, published in bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The scientist had multiple frequent collaborators, including Bunja Rungruang, Sharad Ghamande, David Mysona, Marian Johnson, and Jessa Suhner.

Publication venues where Robert Higgins contributed multiple works included MorphoSource Media and Gynecologic Oncology, as well as the venues for recent papers detailed above.

Best Publications

  • Description of 14 new capsular types of Streptococcus suis.

    M. Gottschalk;Robert Higgins;M. Jacques;K. R. Mittal

  • Pathology of stranded beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from the St. Lawrence Estuary, Québec, Canada

    D. Martineau;A. Lagacé;P. Béland;Robert Higgins

  • Description of Six New Capsular Types (29–34) of Streptococcus Suis

    Robert Higgins;M. Gottschalk;M. Boudreau;A. Lebrun

  • Characterization of six new capsular types (23 through 28) of Streptococcus suis.

    M. Gottschalk;Robert Higgins;M. Jacques;M. Beaudoin

  • An update on Streptococcus suis identification.

    Robert Higgins;Marcelo Gottschalk

  • Bacteria and fungi of marine mammals: a review.

    Robert Higgins

  • Bovine spongiform encephalopathy: diagnostic significance of vacuolar changes in selected nuclei of the medulla oblongata

    G. A. Wells;R. D. Hancock;W. A. Cooley;M. S. Richards

  • Evaluation of slide agglutination and ring precipitation tests for capsular serotyping of Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae

    K. R. Mittal;Robert Higgins;S. Lariviere

  • Characterization of Streptococcus agalactiae Isolates of Bovine and Human Origin by Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Analysis

    Gabriela Martinez;Josee Harel;Robert Higgins;Sonia Lacouture

  • Untreated milk as a source of verotoxigenic E. coli O157

    P. A. Chapman;D. J. Wright;Robert Higgins

  • Use of polyvalent coagglutination reagents for serotyping of Streptococcus suis.

    M. Gottschalk;Robert Higgins;M. Boudreau

  • Risk factors and impacts of clinical and subclinical mastitis in commercial meat-producing sheep flocks in Quebec, Canada.

    Julie Arsenault;Pascal Dubreuil;Robert Higgins;Denise Bélanger

  • Identification and serotyping of Haemophilus pleuropneumoniae by coagglutination test.

    K. R. Mittal;Robert Higgins;S. Lariviere

  • Non-neoplastic lesions in beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) and other marine mammals from the St lawrence estuary

    S. De Guise;A. Lagacé;P. Béland;C. Girard

  • A case of human endocarditis due to Streptococcus suis in North America.

    S. Trottier;Robert Higgins;G. Brochu;M. Gottschalk

  • Ultrastructural study of surface components of Streptococcus suis.

    M. Jacques;M. Gottschalk;B. Foiry;Robert Higgins

  • Phylogenetic diversity of Streptococcus suis strains of various serotypes as revealed by 16S rRNA gene sequence comparison.

    Sonia Chatellier;Josée Harel;Ying Zhang;Marcelo Gottschalk

  • Bacteriological culture of blood from critically ill neonatal calves.

    G Fecteau;D C Van Metre;J Paré;B P Smith

  • Spread and distribution of viral antigen in nervous canine distemper

    M. Vandevelde;A. Zurbriggen;Robert Higgins;D. Palmer

  • Isolation of Streptococcus suis from diseased pigs in Canada.

    F. Touil;Robert Higgins;M. Nadeau

  • Discrimination of virulent and avirulent Streptococcus suis capsular type 2 isolates from different geographical origins

    S. Quessy;J. D. Dubreuil;M. Caya;Robert Higgins

  • Mastitis and abortion in dairy cattle associated with Leptospira of the serotype hardjo

    Robert Higgins;J. F. Harbourne;T. W. Little;A. E. Stevens

  • Fat cow syndrome in a British dairy herd

    Robert Higgins;W. S. Anderson

  • Bovine viral diarrhoea virus infection of alpacas (Vicugna pacos) in the UK.

    A. P. Foster;M. G. Houlihan;J. P. Holmes;E. J. Watt

  • Porcine Dermatitis and Nephropathy Syndrome. Clinical and Pathological Features of Cases in the United Kingdom (1993–1998)

    J. R. Thomson;Robert Higgins;W. J. Smith;S. H. Done

  • Case study of copper poisoning in a British dairy herd

    C. A. Bidewell;J. R. Drew;J. H. Payne;A. R. Sayers

  • TB in llamas caused by Mycobacterium bovis.

    D. F. Twomey;T. R. Crawshaw;J. E. Anscombe;L. Farrant

  • BVD virus in a British alpaca.

    Aiden P Foster;M. Houlihan;R. J. Higgins;J. Errington

  • Dermatitis nephropathy syndrome of pigs

    M. White;Robert Higgins

  • Malignant catarrhal fever in sika deer (Cervus nippon) in the UK

    K. L. Foyle;H. E. Fuller;Robert Higgins;G. C. Russell

  • Pancreatic lesions in stunted broilers.

    C. J. Randall;P. J. Wyeth;Robert Higgins

  • Systemic neonatal infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus infection in suckler calves.

    Robert Higgins;S. Edwards

  • BVDV in British alpacas.

    J. Barnett;D. F. Twomey;M. F. Millar;S. Bell

  • Virus-like particles associated with macaw wasting disease.

    R. E. Gough;S. E. Drury;N. H. Harcourt-Brown;Robert Higgins

  • Outbreak of intestinal and lingual Clostridium chauvoei infection in two-year-old Friesian heifers.

    D. G. Harwood;Robert Higgins;D. J. Aggett

  • Streptococcus bovis biotype I meningoencephalitis in an alpaca (Lama pacos) cria.

    D. F. Twomey;I. Aktan;J. D. Boon;Robert Higgins

  • Corynebacterium renale pyelonephritis and cystitis in a sheep.

    Robert Higgins;C. R. Weaver

  • A prospective on farm cohort study investigating the epidemiology and pathophysiology of drunken lamb syndrome

    J. W. Angell;G. Jones;D. H. Grove-White;E. Jones

  • Sarcocystis encephalomyelitis in cattle.

    Gunning Rf;Jones;Jeffrey M;Higgins Rj

  • Rotavirus in a wild English red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) identified by electron microscopy

    David J. Everest;J. Paul Duff;Robert J. Higgins

  • Rhododendron poisoning in sheep.

    Robert Higgins;D. A.R. Hannam;D. J. Humphreys;J. B.J. Stodulski

Frequent Co-Authors

Marcelo Gottschalk
Marcelo Gottschalk University of Montreal
Mario Jacques
Mario Jacques University of Montreal
Josée Harel
Josée Harel University of Montreal
Martin Jeffrey
Martin Jeffrey Animal and Plant Health Agency
Michael J. Day
Michael J. Day Murdoch University
Martin J. Woodward
Martin J. Woodward University of Reading
Chanhee Chae
Chanhee Chae Seoul National University
Roland Brousseau
Roland Brousseau National Research Council Canada
Richard S. Clifton-Hadley
Richard S. Clifton-Hadley Animal and Plant Health Agency
Pascal Dubreuil
Pascal Dubreuil University of Montreal

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