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Roy D. Berghaus is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on Animal Science and Zoology, Infectious Diseases, Food Science, Epidemiology, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics covered in their work include Animal Nutrition and Physiology, Salmonella and Campylobacter epidemiology, Viral gastroenteritis research and epidemiology, Viral Infections and Vectors, Reproductive Physiology in Livestock, Mosquito-borne diseases and control, and Microbial infections and disease research.

Frequent publication venues for their research are:

  • The Journal of Applied Poultry Research
  • Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine
  • Avian Diseases
  • The Bovine Practitioner
  • Poultry Science

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Roy D. Berghaus include:

  • Salmonella Enteritidis reduction in layer ceca with a Bacillus probiotic (2020, Veterinary World)
  • Epidemiology and Molecular Basis of Multidrug Resistance in Rhodococcus equi (2021, Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews)
  • Tick Species Composition, Collection Rates, and Phenology Provide Insights into Tick-Borne Disease Ecology in Virginia (2022, Journal of Medical Entomology)
  • The Effect of Different Species of Eimeria with Clostridium perfringens on Performance Parameters and Induction of Clinical Necrotic Enteritis in Broiler Chickens (2020, Avian Diseases)
  • Evidence for anti-inflammatory effects of firocoxib administered to mares with experimentally induced placentitis (2021, American Journal of Reproductive Immunology)

Roy D. Berghaus has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Charles L. Hofacre
  • Steeve Giguère
  • J.A. Baxter
  • Mark G. Ruder
  • Nicole M. Nemeth

Best Publications

  • Enumeration of Salmonella and Campylobacter spp. in Environmental Farm Samples and Processing Plant Carcass Rinses from Commercial Broiler Chicken Flocks

    Roy D. Berghaus;Stephan G. Thayer;Bibiana F. Law;Rita M. Mild

  • Prevalence and Distribution of Salmonella in Organic and Conventional Broiler Poultry Farms

    Walid Q. Alali;Siddhartha Thakur;Roy D. Berghaus;Michael P. Martin

  • An experimental model of allergic asthma in cats sensitized to house dust mite or bermuda grass allergen.

    Carol R. Norris Reinero;Kendra C. Decile;Roy D. Berghaus;Kurt J. Williams

  • Influenza-A viruses in ducks in northwestern Minnesota: fine scale spatial and temporal variation in prevalence and subtype diversity.

    Benjamin R. Wilcox;Gregory A. Knutsen;James Berdeen;Virginia Goekjian

  • The effect of injectable butaphosphan and cyanocobalamin on postpartum serum β-hydroxybutyrate, calcium, and phosphorus concentrations in dairy cattle

    E. Rollin;R. D. Berghaus;P. Rapnicki;Sandra M Godden

  • Infectious and lethal doses of H5N1 highly pathogenic Avian influenza virus for house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and rock pigeons (Columbia livia)

    Justin D. Brown;David E. Stallknecht;Roy D. Berghaus;David E. Swayne

  • Evaluation of a Commercial Blocking Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay To Detect Avian Influenza Virus Antibodies in Multiple Experimentally Infected Avian Species

    Justin D. Brown;David E. Stallknecht;Roy D. Berghaus;M. Page Luttrell

  • Clinical characterization of a familial degenerative myelopathy in Pembroke Welsh Corgi dogs.

    Joan R. Coates;Joan R. Coates;Philip A. March;Philip A. March;Michael Oglesbee;Craig G. Ruaux

  • PREVALENCE OF ANTIBODIES TO TYPE A INFLUENZA VIRUS IN WILD AVIAN SPECIES USING TWO SEROLOGIC ASSAYS

    Justin D. Brown;M. Page Luttrell;Roy D. Berghaus;Whitney Kistler

  • Effect of vaccinating breeder chickens with a killed Salmonella vaccine on Salmonella prevalences and loads in breeder and broiler chicken flocks.

    R. D. Berghaus;S. G. Thayer;J. J. Maurer;C. L. Hofacre

  • Environmental Sampling for Detection of Mycobacterium avium ssp. paratuberculosis on Large California Dairies

    R. D. Berghaus;Thomas B Farver;R. J. Anderson;C. C. Jaravata

  • Formalin-inactivated bovine RSV vaccine enhances a Th2 mediated immune response in infected cattle.

    Warren V. Kalina;Amelia R. Woolums;Roy D. Berghaus;Laurel J. Gershwin

  • Rapid screening of Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis, Hadar, Heidelberg and Typhimurium using a serologically-correlative allelotyping PCR targeting the O and H antigen alleles.

    Yang Hong;Tongrui Liu;Tongrui Liu;Margie D Lee;Charles L Hofacre

  • Small animal deworming protocols, client education, and veterinarian perception of zoonotic parasites in western Canada.

    Jason W. Stull;Anthony P. Carr;Bruno B. Chomel;Roy D. Berghaus

  • Effects of drug treatment on inflammation and hyperreactivity of airways and on immune variables in cats with experimentally induced asthma.

    Carol R. Reinero;Kendra C. Decile;Jenni R. Byerly;Roy D. Berghaus

  • The phenology of ticks and the effects of long-term prescribed burning on tick population dynamics in southwestern Georgia and northwestern Florida

    Elizabeth R. Gleim;L. Mike Conner;Roy D. Berghaus;Michael L. Levin

  • Rush immunotherapy in an experimental model of feline allergic asthma

    Carol R. Reinero;Jenni R. Byerly;Roy D. Berghaus;Londa J. Berghaus

  • Canine infectious respiratory disease: New insights into the etiology and epidemiology of associated pathogens

    Grazieli Maboni;Mauricio Seguel;Ana Lorton;Roy Berghaus

  • Factor analysis of a Johne's disease risk assessment questionnaire with evaluation of factor scores and a subset of original questions as predictors of observed clinical paratuberculosis

    Roy D. Berghaus;Jason E. Lombard;Ian A. Gardner;Thomas B. Farver

  • Serum free cortisol fraction in healthy and septic neonatal foals.

    K.A. Hart;M.H. Barton;D.C. Ferguson;R. Berghaus

  • Agreement Among 4 Sampling Methods to Identify Respiratory Pathogens in Dairy Calves with Acute Bovine Respiratory Disease

    D. Doyle;B. Credille;T.W. Lehenbauer;R. Berghaus

  • Genetic variability of Cytauxzoon felis from 88 infected domestic cats in Arkansas and Georgia.

    Holly M. Brown;Roy D. Berghaus;Kenneth S. Latimer;James O. Britt

  • Principles of Disease Prevention, Diagnosis, and Control

    Stephen R. Collett;John A. Smith;Martine Boulianne;Robert L. Owen

  • Prevalence of multi drug antimicrobial resistance in isolated from high-risk stocker cattle at arrival and two weeks after processing.

    E. Snyder;B. Credille;R. Berghaus;S. Giguère

  • Survey of Biosecurity Protocols and Practices Adopted by Growers on Commercial Poultry Farms in Georgia, U. S. A.

    F. C. Dorea;R. Berghaus;C. Hofacre;D. J. Cole

Frequent Co-Authors

Charles L. Hofacre
Charles L. Hofacre University of Georgia
John J. Maurer
John J. Maurer Virginia Tech
Michael J. Yabsley
Michael J. Yabsley University of Georgia
David R. Smith
David R. Smith Mississippi State University
David G. White
David G. White United States Food and Drug Administration
David E. Swayne
David E. Swayne United States Department of Agriculture
M.W. Overton
M.W. Overton University of Georgia
Ian A. Gardner
Ian A. Gardner University of Prince Edward Island
Sharif S Aly
Sharif S Aly University of California, Davis
Randall S. Singer
Randall S. Singer University of Minnesota

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