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Scott McDougall

Scott McDougall

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Animal Science and Veterinary
New Zealand
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
44
Citations
7639
World Ranking
862
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in New Zealand Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Animal Science and Veterinary in New Zealand Leader Award

Overview

Scott McDougall is affiliated with Massey University in New Zealand and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on topics related to dairy cattle health and productivity.

Their research spans several main fields and subfields, including:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Food Science
  • Microbiology
  • Small Animals
  • Genetics

The principal topics covered in McDougall's work include:

  • Milk Quality and Mastitis in Dairy Cows
  • Microbial infections and disease research
  • Probiotics and Fermented Foods
  • Reproductive Physiology in Livestock
  • Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
  • Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock

McDougall has published in a range of scholarly venues, with notable frequency in the following journals and conferences:

  • Journal of Dairy Science
  • New Zealand Veterinary Journal
  • Preventive Veterinary Medicine
  • Caving 2022: Fifth International Conference on Block and Sublevel Caving
  • One Health

Frequent collaborators include:

  • T.J.G.M. Lam
  • Jackie Benschop
  • Nigel French
  • J.H. Williamson
  • Jane Lacy-Hulbert

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by McDougall are:

  • "Invited review: Selective treatment of clinical mastitis in dairy cattle," 2023, Journal of Dairy Science
  • "Invited review: Selective use of antimicrobials in dairy cattle at drying-off," 2022, Journal of Dairy Science
  • "Prevalence of endometritis diagnosed by vaginal discharge scoring or uterine cytology in dairy cows and herds," 2020, Journal of Dairy Science
  • "Selective treatment of nonsevere clinical mastitis does not adversely affect cure, somatic cell count, milk yield, recurrence, or culling: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2022, Journal of Dairy Science
  • "Therapy of Subclinical Mastitis during Lactation," 2022, Antibiotics

Overall, McDougall's research contributes to the understanding of mastitis management, antimicrobial use in dairy cattle, reproductive health, and disease epidemiology within agricultural settings.

Best Publications

  • Invited review: Mastitis in dairy heifers: Nature of the disease, potential impact, prevention, and control

    S. De Vliegher;L.K. Fox;S. Piepers;S. McDougall

  • 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

  • Invited review: Treatment of cows with an extended postpartum anestrous interval.

    F.M. Rhodes;S. McDougall;C.R. Burke;G.A. Verkerk

  • Association between endometritis diagnosis using a novel intravaginal device and reproductive performance in dairy cattle

    S. McDougall;R. Macaulay;C. Compton

  • Invited review: A systematic literature review and meta-analysis of mortality and culling in dairy cattle

    C.W.R. Compton;C. Heuer;P.T. Thomsen;T.E. Carpenter

  • The use of hormonal treatments to improve the reproductive performance of lactating dairy cows in feedlot or pasture-based management systems

    M.C Lucy;S McDougall;D.P Nation

  • Physiological effects of undernutrition on postpartum anoestrus in cows.

    Jolly Pd;McDougall S;Fitzpatrick La;Macmillan Kl

  • Relationships between endometritis and metabolic state during the transition period in pasture-grazed dairy cows.

    C. R. Burke;S. Meier;S. McDougall;C. Compton

  • Relationships among somatic cell count, California mastitis test, impedance and bacteriological status of milk in goats and sheep in early lactation.

    Scott McDougall;Patricia Murdough;Woody Pankey;Carol Delaney

  • Relationships between cytology, bacteriology and vaginal discharge scores and reproductive performance in dairy cattle

    Scott McDougall;Hassan Hussein;Danielle Aberdein;Kelly Buckle

  • Effects of periparturient diseases and conditions on the reproductive performance of New Zealand dairy cows.

    S. McDougall

  • Clinical and bacteriological response to treatment of clinical mastitis with one of three intramammary antibiotics.

    S McDougall;D G Arthur;M A Bryan;J J Vermunt

  • Efficacy of two antibiotic treatments in curing clinical and subclinical mastitis in lactating dairy cows

    McDougall S

  • Prevalence and incidence of subclinical mastitis in goats and dairy ewes in Vermont, USA

    Scott McDougall;Woody Pankey;Carol Delaney;John Barlow

  • A review of prevention and control of heifer mastitis via non-antibiotic strategies.

    S McDougall;K I Parker;C Heuer;C W R Compton

  • Epidemiology of Mastitis in Pasture-Grazed Peripartum Dairy Heifers and Its Effects on Productivity

    C.W.R. Compton;C. Heuer;K. Parker;S. McDougall

  • Patterns of follicular development during periods of anovulation in pasture-fed dairy cows after calving

    S McDougall;C.R Burke;K.L Macmillan;N.B Williamson

  • Invited review: Systematic review of diagnostic tests for reproductive-tract infection and inflammation in dairy cows.

    M. W. de Boer;S. J. LeBlanc;J. Dubuc;S. Meier

  • Effect of intrauterine antibiotic treatment on reproductive performance of dairy cows following periparturient disease

    S. McDougall

  • Subclinical and clinical mastitis in heifers following the use of a teat sealant precalving.

    K.I. Parker;C. Compton;F.M. Anniss;A. Weir

  • Factors influencing antimicrobial prescribing by veterinarians and usage by dairy farmers in New Zealand

    S McDougall;Cwr Compton;N Botha

  • GnRH induces ovulation of a dominant follicle in primiparous dairy cows undergoing anovulatory follicle turnover

    S. McDougall;N.B. Williamson;K.L. Macmillan

  • Body condition score and plane of nutrition prepartum affect adipose tissue transcriptome regulators of metabolism and inflammation in grazing dairy cows during the transition period.

    M. Vailati-Riboni;M. Kanwal;O. Bulgari;O. Bulgari;S. Meier

  • The effect of pretreatment with progesterone on the oestrous response to oestradiol-17Beta benzoate in the post-partum dairy cow

    McDougall S;Burke Cr;Macmillan Kl;Williamson Nb

  • Addition of meloxicam to the treatment of clinical mastitis improves subsequent reproductive performance.

    S McDougall;E Abbeloos;Sofie Piepers;AS Rao

  • Effect of prepartum energy balance on neutrophil function following pegbovigrastim treatment in periparturient cows.

    S. McDougall;S.J. LeBlanc;A. Heiser

  • Pregnancy loss in dairy cattle in the Waikato region of New Zealand.

    S McDougall;FM Rhodes;GA Verkerk

Frequent Co-Authors

Cord Heuer
Cord Heuer Massey University
Murray D. Mitchell
Murray D. Mitchell Queensland University of Technology
K.L. Macmillan
K.L. Macmillan University of Melbourne
John R. Roche
John R. Roche University of Auckland
N.B. Williamson
N.B. Williamson Massey University
Stephen J. LeBlanc
Stephen J. LeBlanc University of Guelph
Juan J. Loor
Juan J. Loor University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sofie Piepers
Sofie Piepers Ghent University
Ruth N. Zadoks
Ruth N. Zadoks University of Sydney
Jane K. Kay
Jane K. Kay University of Arizona

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