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Animal Science and Veterinary
Australia
2025

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Animal Science and Veterinary

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70
Citations
15385
World Ranking
171
National Ranking
12

Microbiology

D-Index
70
Citations
15238
World Ranking
1962
National Ranking
68

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  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in Australia Leader Award

Overview

Ruth N. Zadoks is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia and focuses their research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans numerous subfields, including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Agronomy and Crop Science, Food Science, Infectious Diseases, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics related to Neonatal and Maternal Infections, Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows, Streptococcal Infections and Treatments, Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health, Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology, Viral Infections and Vectors, as well as Microbial Infections and Disease Research.

Ruth N. Zadoks has published multiple papers, with notable recent works including:

  • Bacterial diseases of tilapia, their zoonotic potential and risk of antimicrobial resistance (2023), Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Disease control tools to secure animal and public health in a densely populated world (2022), The Lancet Planetary Health
  • Bacteremia in critical care units at Bugando Medical Centre, Mwanza, Tanzania: the role of colonization and contaminated cots and mothers' hands in cross-transmission of multidrug resistant Gram-negative bacteria (2020), Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control
  • A Universal Approach to Molecular Identification of Rumen Fluke Species Across Hosts, Continents, and Sample Types (2021), Frontiers in Veterinary Science
  • Effect of strain and environmental conditions on the virulence of Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococcus; GBS) in red tilapia (Oreochromis sp.) (2020), Aquaculture

The scientist frequently publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Journal of Dairy Research, PLoS ONE, Australian Veterinary Journal, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

Collaboration is a significant part of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Taya Forde (16 joint publications)
  • Blandina T. Mmbaga (15 joint publications)
  • Chiara Crestani (14 joint publications)
  • Tiziana Lembo (8 joint publications)
  • Victoria Brookes (8 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Genomic analysis of diversity, population structure, virulence, and antimicrobial resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae, an urgent threat to public health

    Kathryn E. Holt;Heiman Wertheim;Ruth N. Zadoks;Stephen Baker

  • Invited Review: The Role of Cow, Pathogen, and Treatment Regimen in the Therapeutic Success of Bovine Staphylococcus aureus Mastitis

    H.W. Barkema;Y.H. Schukken;R.N. Zadoks

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Mastitis Pathogens of Dairy Cattle and Comparative Relevance to Humans

    Ruth N. Zadoks;Ruth N. Zadoks;John R. Middleton;Scott McDougall;Jorgen Katholm

  • Host-response patterns of intramammary infections in dairy cows

    Ynte H. Schukken;J. Günther;J. L. Fitzpatrick;Michael C. Fontaine

  • Cow- and Quarter-Level Risk Factors for Streptococcus uberis and Staphylococcus aureus Mastitis

    R.N. Zadoks;H.G. Allore;H.W. Barkema;O.C. Sampimon

  • Listeria monocytogenes isolates from foods and humans form distinct but overlapping populations

    Michael J. Gray;Ruth N. Zadoks;Esther D. Fortes;Belgin Dogan

  • Invited review: The role of contagious disease in udder health

    H.W. Barkema;M.J. Green;A.J. Bradley;R.N. Zadoks

  • CNS mastitis: nothing to worry about?

    Ynte H. Schukken;Ruben N. González;Linda L. Tikofsky;Hal F. Schulte

  • An update on environmental mastitis: Challenging perceptions

    I. C. Klaas;R. N. Zadoks

  • Some coagulase-negative Staphylococcus species affect udder health more than others.

    K. Supré;F. Haesebrouck;R.N. Zadoks;M. Vaneechoutte

  • Clinical, epidemiological and molecular characteristics of Streptococcus uberis infections in dairy herds.

    R. N. Zadoks;B. E. Gillespie;H. W. Barkema;O. C. Sampimon

  • Whole genome sequencing identifies zoonotic transmission of MRSA isolates with the novel mecA homologue mecC.

    Ewan M. Harrison;Gavin K. Paterson;Matthew Thomas Geoffrey Holden;Jesper Larsen

  • Human Streptococcus agalactiae strains in aquatic mammals and fish.

    Christian M J Delannoy;Margaret Crumlish;Michael C Fontaine;Jolinda Pollock

  • Application of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and binary typing as tools in veterinary clinical microbiology and molecular epidemiologic analysis of bovine and human staphylococcus aureus isolates

    Ruth Zadoks;W van Leeuwen;H Barkema;O Sampimon

  • Multilocus Sequence Typing of Intercontinental Bovine Staphylococcus aureus Isolates

    Edward M. Smith;Laura E. Green;Graham Medley;H. E. Bird

  • Methicillin Resistant S. aureus in Human and Bovine Mastitis

    Mark A. Holmes;Ruth N. Zadoks

  • Comparison of Staphylococcus aureus Isolates from Bovine and Human Skin, Milking Equipment, and Bovine Milk by Phage Typing, Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis, and Binary Typing

    R. N. Zadoks;R. N. Zadoks;W. B. van Leeuwen;D. Kreft;L. K. Fox

  • The newly described mecA homologue, mecALGA251, is present in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates from a diverse range of host species

    Gavin K Paterson;AR Larsen;A Robb;GE Edwards

  • Biofilm production by Staphylococcus aureus associated with intramammary infection

    L.K. Fox;R.N. Zadoks;C.T. Gaskins

  • Occurrence of Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis across host species and European countries with evidence for transmission between wildlife and domestic ruminants

    Karen Stevenson;Julio Alvarez;Douwe Bakker;Franck Biet

  • Species identification of coagulase-negative staphylococci: genotyping is superior to phenotyping.

    Ruth N. Zadoks;Jeffrey L. Watts

  • Molecular Epidemiology of Two Klebsiella pneumoniae Mastitis Outbreaks on a Dairy Farm in New York State

    Marcos A. Munoz;Francis L. Welcome;Ynte H. Schukken;Ruth N. Zadoks

  • Analysis of an outbreak of Streptococcus uberis mastitis.

    R.N. Zadoks;H.G. Allore;H.W. Barkema;O.C. Sampimon

  • Combining genomics and epidemiology to analyse bi-directional transmission of Mycobacterium bovis in a multi-host system

    Joseph Crispell;Clare H Benton;Daniel Balaz;Nicola De Maio

Frequent Co-Authors

Ynte H. Schukken
Ynte H. Schukken Wageningen University & Research
Sharon J. Peacock
Sharon J. Peacock University of Cambridge
Herman W. Barkema
Herman W. Barkema University of Calgary
Mark A. Holmes
Mark A. Holmes University of Cambridge
Gavin K. Paterson
Gavin K. Paterson University of Edinburgh
Julian Parkhill
Julian Parkhill University of Cambridge
Philip Skuce
Philip Skuce Moredun Foundation
Kathryn J. Boor
Kathryn J. Boor Cornell University
John A. Crump
John A. Crump University of Otago
Sarah Cleaveland
Sarah Cleaveland University of Glasgow

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