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Tetsuo Asai

Tetsuo Asai

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Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
33
Citations
3899
World Ranking
2014
National Ranking
18

Overview

Tetsuo Asai is affiliated with Gifu University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in multiple fields related to microbiology, veterinary science, and environmental impacts of antibiotics. Their work spans the areas of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, medicine, and agricultural and biological sciences.

The main subfields of their research include molecular medicine, pollution, food science, endocrinology, and infectious diseases. Central topics in Asai's research cover antibiotic resistance in bacteria, pharmaceutical and antibiotic environmental impacts, epidemiology of Salmonella and Campylobacter, Mycobacterium research and diagnosis, studies on Escherichia coli, enterobacteriaceae and Cronobacter research, as well as bacterial identification and susceptibility testing.

They have published numerous papers in journals frequently associated with veterinary and food safety sciences. The primary publication venues include:

  • Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
  • Antibiotics
  • Food Safety
  • Journal of the Japan Veterinary Medical Association
  • Microbiology and Immunology

Among recent publications authored or co-authored by Tetsuo Asai are:

  • Antimicrobial susceptibility of Escherichia coli isolates obtained from wild mammals between 2013 and 2017 in Japan, 2020, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science
  • Manure Compost Is a Potential Source of Tetracycline-Resistant Escherichia coli and Tetracycline Resistance Genes in Japanese Farms, 2020, Antibiotics
  • Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella Isolated from Food Workers and Chicken Products in Japan, 2021, Antibiotics
  • Prevalence of Colistin-Resistant Bacteria among Retail Meats in Japan, 2021, Food Safety
  • Isolation of ST398 methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from pigs at abattoirs in Tohoku region, Japan, 2020, Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include:

  • Michiyo Sugiyama
  • Yoshimasa Sasaki
  • Justice Opare Odoi
  • Masaru Usui
  • Kenji Ohya

Best Publications

  • Extended-Spectrum-β-Lactamase-Producing Escherichia coli Strains Isolated from Farm Animals from 1999 to 2002: Report from the Japanese Veterinary Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring Program

    Akemi Kojima;Yoshikazu Ishii;Kanako Ishihara;Hidetake Esaki

  • Role of Antimicrobial Selective Pressure and Secondary Factors on Antimicrobial Resistance Prevalence in Escherichia coli from Food-Producing Animals in Japan

    Kazuki Harada;Tetsuo Asai

  • Increased levels of tumor necrosis factor and interleukin 1 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids from pigs infected with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

    Tetsuo Asai;Munenori Okada;Masaaki Ono;Toshio Irisawa

  • Elevated serum haptoglobin in pigs infected with porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus.

    Tetsuo Asai;Masafumi Mori;Munenori Okada;Katsuyoshi Uruno

  • Correlation between the usage volume of veterinary therapeutic antimicrobials and resistance in Escherichia coli isolated from the feces of food-producing animals in Japan.

    Tetsuo Asai;Akemi Kojima;Kazuki Harada;Kanako Ishihara

  • Development of a one-run real-time PCR detection system for pathogens associated with bovine respiratory disease complex

    Mai Kishimoto;Shinobu Tsuchiaka;Shinobu Tsuchiaka;Sayed Samim Rahpaya;Sayed Samim Rahpaya;Ayako Hasebe

  • Phylogenetic groups and cephalosporin resistance genes of Escherichia coli from diseased food-producing animals in Japan

    Tetsuo Asai;Kaori Masani;Chizuru Sato;Mototaka Hiki

  • Role of coresistance in the development of resistance to chloramphenicol in Escherichia coli isolated from sick cattle and pigs.

    Kazuki Harada;Tetsuo Asai;Akemi Kojima;Kanako Ishihara

  • Detection of interleukin-6 and prostaglandin E2 in bronchoalveolar lavage fluids of pigs experimentally infected with Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae

    Tetsuo Asai;Munenori Okada;Masaaki Ono;Yasuyuki Mori

  • High prevalence of mcr-1, mcr-3 and mcr-5 in Escherichia coli derived from diseased pigs in Japan

    Akira Fukuda;Toyotaka Sato;Masaaki Shinagawa;Satoshi Takahashi

  • Association of antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter isolated from food-producing animals with antimicrobial use on farms.

    Tetsuo Asai;Kazuki Harada;Kanako Ishihara;Akemi Kojima

  • Decreased Resistance to Broad-Spectrum Cephalosporin in Escherichia coli from Healthy Broilers at Farms in Japan After Voluntary Withdrawal of Ceftiofur.

    Mototaka Hiki;Michiko Kawanishi;Hitoshi Abo;Akemi Kojima

  • Continued circulation of reassortant H1N2 influenza viruses in pigs in Japan

    T. Ito;Y. Kawaoka;A. Vines;H. Ishikawa

  • Antimicrobial Susceptibilities, SErogroups, and Molecular Characterization of Avian Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolates in Japan

    Manao Ozawa;A Kazuki Harada;Akemi Kojima;Tetsuo Asai

  • Isolation of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from swine in Japan.

    Kotaro Baba;Kanako Ishihara;Manao Ozawa;Yutaka Tamura

  • National surveillance of Salmonella enterica in food-producing animals in Japan

    Kanako Ishihara;Kanako Ishihara;Toshio Takahashi;Ayako Morioka;Akemi Kojima

  • Antimicrobial resistance in Salmonella isolates from apparently healthy food-producing animal from 2000 to 2003: the first stage of Japanese veterinary antimicrobial resistance monitoring (JVARM).

    Tetsuo Asai;Hidetake Esaki;Akemi Kojima;Kanako Ishihara

  • Shedding of porcine circovirus into colostrum of sows.

    I. Shibata;Y. Okuda;K. Kitajima;T. Asai

  • Antimicrobial Susceptibility of Pathogenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Sick Cattle and Pigs in Japan

    Kazuki Harada;Tetsuo Asai;Akemi Kojima;Chitose Oda

  • National monitoring for antimicrobial resistance among indicator bacteria isolated from food-producing animals in Japan.

    Akemi Kojima;Tetsuo Asai;Kanako Ishihara;Kanako Ishihara;Ayako Morioka

  • Increase in resistance to extended-spectrum cephalosporins in Salmonella isolated from retail chicken products in Japan.

    Tamie Noda;Koichi Murakami;Yoshiki Etoh;Fuyuki Okamoto

  • Comparison of Campylobacter isolated from humans and food-producing animals in Japan

    K. Ishihara;T. Yamamoto;S. Satake;S. Takayama

  • Campylobacter cross-contamination of chicken products at an abattoir.

    Y. Sasaki;N. Maruyama;B. Zou;M. Haruna

  • Diversity of plasmid replicons encoding the bla(CMY-2) gene in broad-spectrum cephalosporin-resistant Escherichia coli from livestock animals in Japan.

    Mototaka Hiki;Masaru Usui;Akemi Kojima;Manao Ozawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Tetsuya Mizutani
Tetsuya Mizutani Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Haruo Watanabe
Haruo Watanabe National Institutes of Health
Hideto Fukushi
Hideto Fukushi Gifu University
Makoto Kuroda
Makoto Kuroda National Institutes of Health
Toshifumi Minamoto
Toshifumi Minamoto Kobe University
Makoto Ohnishi
Makoto Ohnishi National Institutes of Health
Shinji Makino
Shinji Makino The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Hideshige Takada
Hideshige Takada Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Hirokazu Kimura
Hirokazu Kimura RMIT University
Nariaki Nonaka
Nariaki Nonaka Hokkaido University

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