Graduate Students

PhD Students

Gillian Alton, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Drs. Olaf Berke and David Pearl
Re-emergence of canine leptospirosis and its risk factors, Ontario 1998-2006

Cathy Bauman,
Advisor: Drs. Ken Leslie & Andria Bitton Jones

Bimal Chhetri
Advisor: Dr. Olaf Berke

Lauren Dawson
Advisor: Dr. Lee Niel

Anne Deckert, DVM(Guelph), MSc (Nebraska)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
Antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter from human infections and retail chicken

Michael Eregae,
Advisor: Dr. Michele Guerin

Meredith Faires,
Advisor: Dr. David Pearl

Laura Falzon
Advisor: Drs. Paula Menzies & Andria Jones Bitton

Shiona Glass-Kaastra
Advisor: Dr. David Pearl

Maxwell Guta
Advisor: Dr. Michele Guerin

Sherilee Harper
Advisor: Drs. Scott McEwen and Victoria Edge

Janet Higginson
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton

Jacquelyn Jacobs
Advisor: Dr. Lee Niel

Hind Kasab-Bachi
Advisor: Dr. Michele Guerin

Nathan Lachowsky
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

Hien Lee
Advisor: Dr. Zvonimir Poljak
Epidemiology Aspects of Transmission and Control of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus Infection and Associated Diseases

Erin Leonard
Advisor: Dr. David Pearl

Michael Levy
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

Shannon Meadows
Advisor: Drs. Paula Menzies & Andria Bitton Jones

Christine Murray
Advisor: Drs. Todd Duffield and Derek Haley

Clemence Nash
Advisor: Drs. David Kelton and Derek Haley

Nathalie Newby
Advisor: Dr. Todd Duffield

Sarah Parker
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Mai Pham
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Laura Pieper
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton

Terri O'Sullivan
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship
An Investigation of Various Sources of Health Data for Swine Disease Surveillance

Sarah Parker,
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Wendy Pons
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Tara Roberts
Advisor: Dr. Michel Guerin

Steven Roche
Advisor: Drs. David Kelton & Andria Bitton Jones

Agostino Serapiglia
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Daniel Shock
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton

Debbie Stoewen,
Advisor: Dr. Jason Coe

Andrea Thomas,
Advisor: Dr. David Pearl

Cynthia Todd, BSc(Guelph), MSc(Guelph 07)
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Norma Varela, DVM (Colombia), MSc(Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship and Dr. Cate Dewey

Csaba Varga, DVM(Romania), MSc(Romania) MSc(Guelph 07)
Advisor: Dr. Michel Guerin

Marianne Villettaz Robichaud
Advisor: Drs. Derek Haley and David Pearl

Lisa Waddell, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
Use of knowledge synthesis and translation as a basis of evidence-based policy development for the control of zoonoses.

Cynthia Weijs
Advisor: Dr. Jason Coe

Barbara Wilhelm
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Dianna Wolfe, DVM (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Warren Dodd
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

Matthew Little
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

DVSc Students

Mariana Amorim
Advisor: Dr. Tracey Chenier

Khaled Gohary
Advisor: Dr. Todd Duffield

Leslie Gonzalez Grajales
Advisor: Dr. Tracey Chenier

Jessica Gordon
Advisor: Dr. Todd Duffield

Adria Kukk, BSc (Guelph), DVM (Hungary)
Advisor: Dr. Cathy Gartley
Associations Between Canine Male Reproductive Parameters and Serum Vitamin D and Prolactin Concentrations

Theresa Ollivett
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton

Jeonghwa Park
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship
Investigation of Exudative Epidermitis and Ear Necrosis in Pigs

Radu Zorzolan
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

 

MSc Students

Genet Medhanie
Advisor: Dr. Michele Guerin
The Epidemiology of Brachyspira Species in Ontario layer Chicken Flocks

Colleen Best
Advisor: Dr. Jason Coe

Katherine Bottoms
Advisor: Dr. Zvonimir Poljak

Kathryn Bromley
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Natalie Carter
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

Gloria Chan
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Bradley De Wolf
Advisor: Drs. Paula Menzies & Andria Jones Bitton
Cysticercus Ovis in Canadian Sheep: Risk Factors and a Simulation model to Assess Control Measures

Hannah Flint
Advisor: Dr. Derek Haley

Jessica Ford
Advisor: Dr. Todd Duffield

Brittany Foster
Advisor: Dr. Tracey Chenier

Kristyn Franklin
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Carolyn Innes
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton
Evaluation of the Utility of Bulk Tank Tests for Surveillence of Johne's Disease and the Effect of Storage Time and Temperature of Johne's Milk Elisa Results

Tara Jones
Advisor: Drs. Derek Haley and Stephen Miller (Animal & Poultry Science)

Jessica Keithlin
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Kimberly Lambert
Advisor: Dr. Jason Coe

Michelle Lem
Advisor: Dr. Jason Coe

Dorothy Litwin
Advisor: Dr. Lee Niel

Alexa Main
Advisor: Dr. Derek Haley

Catherine McCorquodale
Advisor: Dr. Ken Leslie
Estimation of Genetic Parameters for Health and Survival in a Population of Ontario Holstein Calves

Taylor McLinden
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Irene Moore
Advisor: Dr. Jason Coe

Rafael Neves
Advisor: Dr. Stephen LeBlanc
Investigation of automated Activity Monitoring Systems for Reproduction in Dairy Cattle

Eric Nham
Advisor: Dr. Michele Guerin

Rachel O'Connor
Advisor: Dr. Jason Coe

Tyler O'Neill
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Theresa Procter
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Laura Rising
Advisor: Dr. Karen Morrison

Marissa Robertshaw
Advisor: Dr. Derek Haley

Tanya Rossi
Advisor: Dr. Peter Physick-Sheard

Evan Schneider
Advisor: Dr. Karen Morrison

Brittany Stinson
Advisor: Dr. Brittany Stinson

Julie Tang
Advisor: Dr. Olaf Berke

Ryan Tenbergen
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Caitlin Thompson
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton

Julie Wittrock
Advisor: Dr. Stephen LeBlanc

Jessica Zaffino
Advisor: Dr. Derek Haley

MPH Students

Janet Alsop
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

Christopher Anderson
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Carley Austin
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Robin Bates
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Suma Bhella
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Emily Brady
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Nicole Britten
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Jean Buregeya
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Suzanne Burlatschenko
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

Joanne Clark
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Sarah Croteau
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Andrew Davis
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Danielle Dumoulin
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Sara Fisher
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Logan Flockhart
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Caitlin Francis
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Ashley Gagne
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Karen Gowdy
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Meghan Hatcher
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopopulos

Christopher Hoy
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Stephanie Hughes
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Jennifer Irwin
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Laurent Jacob
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Danielle Julien
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Melissa Kim
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Robert Koziarski
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Jennifer LaPorte
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Julie Lessard
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Zee Leung
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Sarah List
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Suzette Llacer
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos


Mary Machnacky
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Zoe Martos
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Katie McDonald
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Carol McNicoll
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Lindsay Messerschmidt
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Oksana Nahirna
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Bessie Ng
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Crystal Quist
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Keira Rainville
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Sarah Resendes
Advisor: Dr. Andrew Papadopoulos

Paige Schell
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Yolanda Sheppard
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Megan Shewfelt
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Angela Smith
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Julie Stoneman
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Laura Tousaw
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Deanna Vandenbroek
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

J.A. Malcolm Weir
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Yvonne Whitfield
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Sarah Wilmer
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Fatima Zaidi
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Recent PhD Graduates

Amy Stanton, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Dave Kelton

James Valcour, BSc (Guelph),MSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. David Waltner-Toews and Dr. D. Charron
Impact of climate and agriculture on enteric illness in Atlantic Canada: implications of climate change

Romeo Suing,
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Kate Thomas, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. S. McEwen
The Burden of Acute Gastrointestinal Illness in Galvez, Argentina and the Metropolitan Region, Chile

Sarah Totton,BSc (Guelph), MSc (Kingston), DVM (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
Implementation and evaluation of a vaccination/neutering program to control urban dog rabies in Jodhpu, India

Thomas Rosendal, BSc(Guelph) MSc(Guelph Fall 07)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey
The Spread of Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus (PRRSV) b y Genotype and the Association between Geotype and Clinical Signs in Ontario, Canada 2004-2007

America E. Mederos Silveira, DVM (Uruguay), MSc (United Kingdom)
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton & Dr. Andrew Peregrine
Epidemiological Studies of Gastrointestinal Nematodes in Sheep Flocks in Ontario and Quebec, Canada

Ulrike Sorge, DVM (Germany)
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton
Evaluation of a Risk Assessment Based Johne's Disease Control Program

Katarina Pintar, MSc (Waterloo)
Advisor: Dr. David Waltner-Toews
Integrated surveillance of waterborne disease in Ontario: a risk assessment
approach

Simon Otto, BSc (Calgary), DVM (Saskatchewan)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
Antimicrobial Resistance of Human Campylobacter jejuni Infections from Saskatchewan: Prevalence, Analytical Modeling, Cluster Detection and Risk Factors

Andrew Papadopoulos, BA (Ryerson), MBA (York)
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Wilson
Reducing the Impact of Foodborne Illness in Ontario through Proactive Public Health Policy

Aliya Pardhan, BSc (McMaster), MSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Wilson and Dr. Scott McEwen
Surveillance and Management of Climate Change Impacts in the North: Implications for Northern Public Health Policy and Infrastructure

Carolee Bair, BSc (Guelph), DVM (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
Antimicrobial use in the Ontario beef industry and its impact on human health

Natalia Cernicchiaro Martinez, DVM(Uruguay) MSc(Minnesota)
Advisor: Dr. David Pearl
Aspects of the epidemiology and dynamics of disease spread of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in different cattle production systems (dairy cattle, cow-calf and feedlots operations)

Erin Leonard, DVM(PEI)
Advisor: Dr. David Pearl
Risk factors for infection with Salmonella, Campylobacter and Giardia in dogs in the Region of Waterloo and neighbouring areas

Colleen Murphy, DVM (Guelph), MSc (Guelph)
Advisor's: Drs. Scott McEwen and Richard Reid-Smith
Nosocomial and antimicrobial resistant bacteria from dogs, humans and veterinary hospitals and the associations between antimicrobial use in dogs and antimicrobial resistance

Caroline Dube, DMV (Montreal), MS (Colorado)
Advisor: Dr. C. Ribble
Foot-and-Mouth Disease simulation modelling for policy development in Ontario

Jason Coe, DVM (Guelph), PhD (Guelph, 08)
Advisor: Dr. Cindy Adams
The impact of veterinarian-client patient interactions on the outcomes of veterinary care

Abdolvahab Farzan, DVM (Tehran), MSc (Guelph), PhD (Guelph, 07)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship
Characteristics of Salmonalla spp. on Ontario pig farms, 2001-2006

Sandra Lefebvre, DVM (Guelph), PhD (Guelph, 07)
Advisor: Dr. David Waltner-Toews
Investigation into the risks of nosocomial infection associated with dogs visiting human hospital patients in Ontario

Francisco Olea-Popelka, DVM (Chile), MSc (Guelph), PhD (Guelph, 07)
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Martin

Chris Good, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph), PhD(Guelph, 07)
Advisor: Dr. Meg Thorburn
Bacterial gill disease in Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources fish
hatcheries

Michele Guerin, DVM (Guelph), MSc (Guelph), PhD (Guelph, 07)
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Martin
Farm-level risk factors for Campylobacter in poultry in Iceland

Lea Berrang, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Oxford), PhD (Guelph Spring 06)
Advisor: Dr. John McDermott
Personal Web Site: http://www.uoguelph.ca/~berrangl
Environmental change and infectious disease risk mapping - a spatio-temporal analysis of sleeping sickness in historical Uganda

Theresa Burns, DVM (Saskatchewan), MSc (Saskatchewan)
Advisor: Dr. C. Ribble

Victoria Edge, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph), PhD (Guelph Spring 06)
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Wilson
An exploration of spatial and temporal methodologies in analysing infectious disease data

David Pearl, BSc (McGill), MSc (York), DVM (Guelph), PhD (Guelph, Winter 06)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
Epidemiological modelling of the risk to human health from Escherichia coli 0157:H7 in food, animals and the enviroment

Lise Trotz-Williams, BVetMed(UK), MSc(UK), PhD (Guelph, Winter 06)
Advisor's: Drs. Wayne Martin and Andrew Peregrine
Epidemiology and zoonotic importance of cryptosporidiosis in Ontario dairy calves

Jeff Mariner, BA(Ohio), DVM(Tufts), PhD (Guelph, Winter 06)
Advisor: Dr. John McDermott
Participatory approaches to the mathematical modeling of Rinderpest and contagious bovine pleuropneumonia

Zvonimir Poljak, DVM (Croatia), MSc (Guelph), PhD (Guelph, Winter 06)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey
Risk assessment of on-farm pathogens related to food safety

Charles Haley, BA,(Worcester), BS &MS(Amherst), DVM (St.Paul's),
PhD (Guelph, Fall 05)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey
Pig transport losses

Andria Jones, DVM (Guelph), PhD (Guelph, Fall 05)
Advisor: Drs. Cate Dewey and Kathryn Dore
Water consumption patterns and home water source for a Canadian community and their associations with acute gastrointestinal illness

Andrijana Rajic, DVM (Sarajevo), MSc (Sarajevo), MSc (Guelph) PhD (Guelph,Summer 05)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
Epidemiology of Salmonella infections in finishing swine in Alberta

Maria del Rocio Amezcua, DVM (Mexico), MSc (Guelph). PhD (Guelph, Winter 05)
Advisor's: Drs. Cate Dewey and Robert Friendship
The use of probiotics and prebiotics for the prevention of Post-weaning E coli in pigs

Tiffany Cottrell, BVMS (Glasgow), MSc (Guelph), PhD (Guelph, Winter 05)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey
Advanced analyses of grower-finisher swine prodction records

Melissa McLaws, BSc (Western), DVM (Saskatchewan), PhD (Guelph,Winter 2005)
Advisor: Dr. Carl Ribble
Effective detection and control of foot and mouth disease

Jane Parmley, DVM (Saskatchewan), PhD (Guelph, Winter 05)
Advisor: Dr. Carl Ribble
Alberta enteric disease investigation: Is there a problem?

Shannon Majowicz, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph), PhD (Guelph, Fall 04)
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Wilson
Burden and distribution of acute gastrointestinal illness in the
community

Jane R. Shaw, BS (Cornell University), DVM (Michigan State University), PhD (Guelph, Winter 04)
Advisor: Dr. Cindy Adams
Communication skills and the veterinary-client patient relationship

Teneg Holy Akwar, DVM (Zaria), PhD (Guelph, Summer 03)
Advisor: Dr. S. McEwen
Antimicrobial use and resistance among E. Coli and enterococci of pigs and humans

Agricola Odoi, B Vet Med (Uganda), MSc (Kenya), PhD (Guelph, 02)
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Martin
A spatial epidemiologic study of giardiasis cases reported in southern Ontario, 1990-1998

Jeff Aramini, DVM (Saskatchewan), MSc (Saskatchewan), PhD(Guelph, Fall 02)
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Wilson
The use of temporal-spatial analyses in the epidemiologicial investigation of endemic and epidemic waterborne gastroenteritis

Dominique Charron, DVM (Guelph), PhD (Guelph, 01)
Advisor: Dr. David Waltner-Toews
Application of an agroecosystem health framework to relationships between livestock production and indicators of stream health and farm economic health at the scales of the subwatershed, the ecodistrict and the Great Lake Basin

Sophie St-Hilaire, DVM(PEI), MSc(Saskatchewan), PhD(Guelph, 00)
Advisor: Dr. Carl Ribble
Epidemiology of infectious hematopoietic necrosis disease in net-pen reared Atlantic salmon in British Columbia

Recent DVSc Graduates

Cyril P. Stephen, BVSc (India)
Advisor: Dr. Tracey Chenier
Effect of Ecbolic therapy of Rate of uterine Involution, Prevalence of Postpartum Uterine Disease and Reproductive Performance in Dairy Cows

Claire Windeyer, DVM(Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Stephen LeBlanc
Vaccination and risk factors for respiratory disease in diary heifer calves

Cesar Caballero, DVM(Colombia), DVSc(Guelph 07)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Jocelyn Dubuc, DMV(Montreal), MSc(Montreal)
Advisor: Dr. Stephen LeBlanc
Risk Factors, Diagnosis, Impacts and Therapies for Postpartum Uterine Diseases in Dairy Cows

Rasa Levstein-Volanski, DVM (Lithuania) DVSC(Guelph 08)
Advisor: Dr. Cathy Gartley

Cesar Caballero, DVM (Colombia) DVSc(Guelph, 07)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Gerardus Cramer, DVM(Guelph), DVSc(Guelph, Fall 07)
Advisor: Dr. Ken Leslie
Quantification and early detection methods of lameness in ON dairy herds

Hernan Ortegon, DVM (Colombia), MSc (Guelph) DVSc (Summer 06)
Advisor: Dr. Walter Johnson
Influence of insulin-like growth factors and Leptin in cystic ovaries in cows

Rob Walsh, BSc, (Guelph),DVM(Guelph), DVSc (Summer 06)
Advisor: Dr. Ken Leslie

Beth Young, DVM (Guelph), DVSc (Guelph, Fall 05)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey
Improving reproductive performance in swine units

Steven Hendrick, DVM (Guelph), DVSc (Guelph, Winter 05)
Advisor's: Drs. Todd Duffield and David Kelton
A study of the effect of monensin sodium for prevention, treatment and on diagnostic indicators of Johnes disease infection in dairy herds

Alejandro Estrada, DVM (Mexico), DVSc (Guelph, Summer 03)
Advisor: Dr. Walter Johnson
Estrus synchronization programs in beef cattle using CIDR-B devices

Kim Klotins, DVM (Guelph), DVSc (Guelph, Summer 03)
Advisor: Dr. Brenda Bonnett
A multi-centre case-control study looking at the association between vaccination and immune-mediated hemolytic anemia in dogs

Randy Dingwell, DVSc (Guelph, 02)
Advisor: Dr. Ken Leslie
Efficacy of intrammary Tilmicosin as treatment against mastitis

Angel DeGrau, DVM (Mexico), DVSc (Guelph, 01)
Advisor: Drs Cate Dewey and Robert Friendship
Factors affecting variation in weaned pig weights

Claudia Jimenez, DVM (Colombia), MSc (Guelph), DVSc (Guelph, 01)
Advisor: Dr. Brian Buckrell
Interaction between BVDV and the zona pellucida of embryos produced by different culture systems

Stephen LeBlanc, BSc (McGill), DVM (Guelph), DVSc (Guelph, 01 )
Advisor: Dr. Ken Leslie
Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of postpartum uterine disease in dairy cattle

Jocelyn Jansen, BSc (Guelph), DVM (Guelph), DVSc (Guelph, 00)
Advisor's: Drs. David Kelton and Ken Leslie
Evaluation of diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to clinical and subclinical intramammary infection in lactating dairy cows

Annette O'Connor, BVSc (Australia), MVSc (Australia), DVSc (Guelph,00)
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Martin
A seroepidemilogical investigation of undifferentiated bovine respiratory disease

Recent MSc Graduates

Colleen Fitzpatrick
Advisor: Dr. Ken Leslie
Assessing and Mediating Pain in Dairy Cows with Experimentally-Induced Clinical Mastitis


Janet Alsop,
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

Sharon Bauer, BA (Brock)
Advisor: Dr. Ken Leslie

Cathy Bauman,
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Ashley Baynton,
Advisor: Drs. Scott McEwen and Andrijana Rajic

Vivianne Bielman,
Advisor: Dr. Stephen LeBlanc
An Evaluation of Oral Supplementation with Dried Bovine Colostrum on the Growth and Health of Dairy Calves

David Borth,
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton and Dr. Olaf Berke

Oliver Bucher,
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
Evaluation of Interventions of Salmonella in chickens using research synthesis and quantitative Exposure Assessment

Suzanne Burlatschenko
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

Laura Campbell,
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Mollie Campbell, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Stephen LeBlanc

Blanaid Donnelly,
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton

Shiona Glass,
Advisor: Dr. David Pearl

Alessia Guthrie,
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton and Dr. Andrew Peregrine

Sherilee Harper,
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen and Dr. Victoria Edge
Weather, water and infectious gastrointestinal illness in the context of climate change in Nunatsiavut, Canada

Suher Hassan
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Lynsay Henderson,
Advisor: Dr. Ken Leslie
A Genetic Analysis of Dairy Calf Health Traits and Survival

Nousheen Kanji
Advisor: Dr. Jason Coe

Zainab Kargbo,
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Sarah Kingma, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Tracey Chenier

David Leger, DVM (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton
Antimicrobial drug use and resistance in Ontario free stall dairy herds

Michael Levy
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

Pasha Marcynuk,
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant
Prevaleance of diarrhoea among individuals with and without cisterns in the semi-arid region of northeast Brazil

Catharine Moon,
Advisor: Dr. Olaf Berke
Use of Antimicrobial Agents and other Veterinary Drugs on Sheep Farms in Ontario, Canada

Brian Nelson,
Advisor: Dr. Ken Leslie
Effect of supplementation of selenium on passive transfer of immunoglobulins and on calf health

Simon Otto, BSc (Calgary), DVM (Saskatchewan)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Mai Pham,
Advisor: Dr. Andria Jones
A Mixed-Method approach toInvestigate Ontario Public Health Inspectors' Food Safety Perceptions and Information Needs

Andrew Pulczer,
Advisor: Dr. Andria Jones
Dog demography with a comparison of mark-recapture methods in Todos Santos Cuchumatan, Guatemala

Erica Pufall,
Advisor: Dr. Andria Jones
Engaging Northern Communities in Monitoring Traditional Country Foods for Zoonotic Anisakid Nematodes

Kristen Reynolds,
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Heather Robinson,
Advisor: Dr. David Waltner-Toews

Reza Sadeghi,
Advisor: Dr. Jan Sargeant

Lisa Scott,
Advisor: Dr. Paula Menzies

Stephen Scott,
Advisor: Dr. Ken Leslie

Cara Sheppard,
Advisor: Dr. Richard Reid-Smith and Dr. Scott McEwen

Tachiwa Twum-Barima,
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

Marie Betsy Varughese, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Richard Reid-Smith and Dr. Scott McEwen
Assessment of Health Status of Neonatal Dairy

Kim Waalderbos,
Advisor: Dr. Ken Leslie
Assessment of the health status of newborn diary replacement and veal calves in Ontario

Laura Warren,
Advisor: Dr. Ken Bateman

Lee Wisener,
Advisor: Dr. David Pearl

Ian Young,
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen and Dr. Andrijana Rajic
A mixed-methods approach to evaluate producer knoweldge, attitudes and practices towards food safety.

Virginia Young, BSc (Waterloo)
Advisor: Dr. Richard Reid-Smith and Dr. Scott McEwen

Zeinab, El-Marsri,
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Zorzolan, Radhu
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Alberto Ruiz,
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Romeo Suing,
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Andrea Thomas,
Advisor: Dr. David Pearl
Factors influencing condemnation rates and utility of spatial scan satistics for predicting disease outbreaks using provincial abattoir data of market hogs in Ontario 2001-2007

Andrea Aliaga-Leyton, DVM(Chile), MSc (Guelph 08)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey, Dr. Robert Friendship & Dr. Andrew Peregrine
Evaluation of the impact of Isospora suis on pig production in
Southwestern, Ontario

Heidi Beroll, BSc (Sudbury), MSc (Guelph 07)
Advisor: Dr. Olaf Berke

Michael Brunt, BSc (Guelph), CWMSc (Guelph 07)
Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Millman

Mark Carson, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Todd Duffield

Andrew Colgoni, HBSc (Toronto)
Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Millman
Sickness Behaviour and Social Dynamics in Swine

Michelle Drissler, BSc (Vancouver)
Advisor: Dr. Suzanne Millman
It's: Behaviour Problems in Standardbred Racehorses

Anneliese Heinrich, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor's: Drs. Todd Duffield and Suzanne Millman

Victoria Keegan, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor's: Drs. Jeff Wilson and Shannon Majowicz

Taruna Khanna, BVSc (India), MVSc (India)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Erin Leonard, DVM (Prince Edward Island)
Advisor: Dr. David Pearl

Dawn Marvin, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

Alison Mather, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Richard Reid-Smith

Andrea Nesbitt, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor's: Drs. Jeff Wilson and Shannon Majowicz
A survey of food consumption patterns and lifestlye risk factors for foodborne illness in the City of Waterloo

Khanh Nguyen, BA (Queens), BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Lea Nogueira, DVM (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Cindy Adams
Describing veterinarian-client communication during euthanasia discussions

Nicole Perkins, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton
Assessing the impact of milk temperature and water quality on milk quality on Ontario dairy farms

Christine Pelland, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Nathan Penny, BSc (York), MSc (Guelph Summer 06)
Advisor's: Drs. Carl Ribble, Pam Reid and Ian Duncan
Examining canine stress related behaviour during obedience training

Melanie Quist, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor's: Drs. David Kelton and Stephen LeBlanc
The effect of incorporating daily milk into canadian test day models

Thomas Rosendal, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey

Arturo Ruiz, DVM (Mexico)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship

Ulrike Sorge, DVM (Germany)
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton

Marsha Taylor, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Cindy Adams

Cynthia Todd, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Ken Leslie
Aspects of the prevention of neonatal calf diarrhea complex in dairy calves

Csaba Varga, DVM (Romania), MSc (Romania)
Advisor: Dr. Richard Reid-Smith

Erin Vernooy, BSc (Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Todd Duffield
Investigations of nutritional and management factors affecting ease of calving in dairy cattle and its subsequent impact on calf survival and cow performance

Dianna Wolfe, DVM(Guelph)
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Martin

Sara Sutherland, BSc (Montreal), MSc (Guelph Summer 06)
Advisor's: Drs. Paula Menzies and Suzanne Millman
Risk of waterborne pathogens from pastured sheep

Angela Cook, DVM (PEI), MSc(Guelph, Summer 2006)
Advisor's: Drs. Carl Ribble and Richard Reid-Smith
Occurence of enteric pathogens and antimicrobial resistance patterns in selected retail turkey and veal products in southwestern Ontario

Vidyarani Sunil, B.V.Sc (India), MSc (Guelph Winter 2006)
Advisor: Dr. Paula Menzies
Assay for the eradication of Caseous Lymphadenitis in sheep

Norma Varela, DVM (Colombia), MSc(Guelph, Winter 06)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship
Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Campylobacter spp isolated from 80 grower-finisher pig farms in Ontario

Connie Argue, CWMSc (Summer 05)
Advisor: Dr. Carl Ribble
Epidemiology of an outbreak of chronic wasting disease on elk famrs in Saskatchewan

Kristen Burrows, BSc (Honours) (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, Fall 05)
Advisor: Dr. Cindy Adams
Service Dogs for Children with Autism Spectum Disorder: Benefits, Challenges and Welfare Implications

Katherine Zurbrigg, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph Fall 05)
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton
The relationships between aspects of dairy cow welfare and tie stall design, milk production and milk quality

Sharon Calvin, BSc (Toronto), DVM (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, Summer 05)
Advisor: Dr. David Waltner-Toews
Health Risks Posed by Gulls (Larus spp.) in Ontario, Canada

Richard Arsenault, DVM (Montreal), MSc (Guelph, Summer 05)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen

Rita Finley, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, Fall 2004)
Advisor: Dr. Carl Ribble
Salmonella in commercially available pig ear treats and raw food diets: prevalence survey and canine feeding trial

Laura McDonald, BSc (Guelph)MSc (Guelph, Fall 2004)
Advisor: Dr. Ken Bateman
An investigation of the risk factors associated with chronic pnuemonia and polyarthritis syndrome in feedlot calves

Lara Zahra, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Summer 2004)
Advisor: Dr. Stephen LeBlanc
An evaluation of rumen-protected choline and monensin controlled-release capsule on milk production, health and metabolic function of periparturient dairy cows

Abdolvahab Farzan, DVM (Tehran), MSc (Guelph, Summer 2004)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship
Competitive inhibition as a control for Salmonella and other enteric pathogens

Colleen Murphy, DVM (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, Summer 2004)
Advisor: Dr. Brenda Bonnett, Co-Advisor's: Drs. Scott McEwen and Richard Reid Smith
Antimicrobial resistance in companion animals

Pablo Romero Barrios, DVM (Spain), MSc (Guelph Summer 2004)
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Martin
Risk factors for Campylobacter spp. colonization in broiler flocks in Iceland

M. Kate Thomas, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Summer 2004)
Advisor: Dr. David Waltner-Toews
The possible role of high impact weather events in waterborne disease outbreaks in Canada 1975-2001

Cesar Corzo Rugeles, DVM (Colombia), MSc (Summer 2004)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship
Porcine proliferative enteropathy in Ontario swine herds

Lisa Fry, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Summer 2004)
Advisor: Dr. Paula Menzies
The impact of lasalocid on peripartum metabolic profiles and performance of breeding age ewes

Popy Dimoulas, BSc (Waterloo), CWMSc (Summer 2004)
Advisor: David Waltner-Toews
Household risk factors associated with raising chickens in urban and peri-urban areas of Kampala, Uganda

Tera Osborne, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, Summer 03)
Advisor's: Drs. Ken Leslie and Todd Duffield
Rumensin premix or administered a Rumensin control-release capsule

Larisa Chernysheva , DVM (Russia), MSc (Guelph Summer 03)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship
The use of egg yolk antibodies in the prevention of post weaning
E. coli K88 diarrhea in pigs

Michele Guerin, DVM (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, Summer 03)
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Martin
Spatial-temporal relationship between human and animal Salmonella serovars in Alberta

Jamie Hobson, BSc (Guelph), DVM (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, Summer 03)
Advisor's: Drs. Todd Duffield and Andrew Peregrine
Case control study of seroprevelance of Neospora caninum in 3 strata of Ontario dairy herds

Olga Melnichouk, BSc (Ukraine), MSc (Guelph Summer 03)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey
Serological profiling of respiratory diseases in swine units

Brigette Krenten, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, Summer 03)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
Risk factors for antimicrobial use among pig producers

Christopher McLaren, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Winter 2003)
Advisor: Dr. Todd Duffield
The relationship between disease occurrence, feeding management and return over feed in Ontario dairy herds

Nicol Janecko, BSc (Guelph), CWMSc (Fall 2003)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
The use of antimicrobial on Ontario swine farms and associations with antimicrobial resistance among fecal E. coli isolated from grower-finisher pigs

Suzie Kovacs, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Fall 2003)
Advisor: Dr. Cindy Adams
The veterinarian's role in recognizing and responding to incidences of animal altreatment

Brent Avery, BSc (Honours), MSc (Guelph Fall 2003)
Advisor: Dr. S. McEwen
Use of antimicrobials in sheep and antimicrobial resistance among
Salmonella spp. and E. coli isolates from culled sheep in Alberta

Francisco Olea-Popelka, DVM (Chile), MSc(Guelph Fall 02)
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Martin
Studies on bovine tuberculosis in cattle and badgers in Ireland

Xi Zhang, BA (China), MSc(Guelph Fall 02)
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Martin
The salmonelosis in humans and animals in Ontario: a temproal study

Gillian Lim, BSc(Guelph), MSc(Guelph Summer 02)
Advisor's: Drs. David Kelton and Ken Leslie
An evaluation of the factors affecting the efficacy and adherence of a dry cow teat sealant

Pia K. Muchaal, BA (Miami), BVITS (Miami), BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph Summer 02)
Advisor: Dr. David Waltner-Toews
Risk factors for acute diarrhea in peri-urban households in southern Cameroon

Kevin Vilaca, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph Summer 02)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey
Impact of modified live porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome (PRRS) vaccine on boar health and semen quality

Joanne Macartney, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, 02)
Advisor: Dr. Ken Bateman
An investigation of special calf sales: The impact on price and health

Susana Arellano Chavez, DVM (Mexico), MSc (Guelph, 02)
Advisor's: Drs. Carl Ribble and Sophie St-Hilaire
Association between cellulitis and focal ulcerative dermatitis in Ontario turkeys

Laura Bassel, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, 02)
Advisor: Dr. David Kelton
Intramammary Infection at calving in first lactation dairy heifers from Ontario Sentinel Herds: Prevalence, risk factors and consequences

Debbie Brander, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, 02)
Advisor's: Drs. David Kelton and Ken Leslie
Risk factors for iodine in raw and processed milk in Ontario

Maria del Rocio Amezcua, DVM (Mexico), MSc (Guelph, 01)
Advisor: Dr. Robert Friendship
Post-weaning diarrhea and mortality caused by Escherichia coli-investigaion of risk factors and control methods

Leah Budd, MSc (Guelph, 01)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
Increased burden of illness associated with multi-antimicrobial resistant salmonella typhimurium infections in humans

Zvonimir Poljak, DVM (Croatia), MSc (Guelph, 01)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey
Variation in weight gain of finisher pigs

Wendy Powell , BSc (Guelph), DVM (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, 01)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
A mail survey of Ontario beef producers' attitudes about antibiotics

Hazel Sheridan, BVSc (Ireland), MSc (Guelph, 01)
Advisor: Dr. Wayne Martin
A spatial temporal analysis of BSE in Ireland

Nirmala Budhram, BScN (McMaster), MSc (Guelph, 00)
Advisor: Dr. David Waltner-Toews
Environmental pollution and psychosocial health in Kathmandu

Judy Greig, BSc (Western), RN (PEI), MSc (Guelph, 00)
Advisor: Dr. Scott McEwen
A descriptive analysis of giardiasis caes reported in Ontario, 1990-1998

Suzanne Martin, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, 00)
Advisor: Dr. Pam Reid
Is there a correlation between puppy socialization classes and owner-perceived frequency of behaviour problems in dogs

Carol Tinga, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, 00)
Advisor: Dr. Cindy Adams
Veterinary technical and professional skills: Perceptions of value, instruction received, competence and comfort in students and recent graduates of veterinary college

James Valcour, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, 00)
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Wilson
Associations between indicators of agricultural intensity and the incidence of human verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli infection

Andrijana Rajic, DVM (Croatia), MSc (Croatia), MSc (Guelph, 99)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey
The production of PRRS negative pigs from multiple PRRS serologically stable herds over time using segregated early weaning (SEW)

Tiffany Cottrell, BVMS (Scotland), MSc (Guelph, 99)
Advisor: Dr. Cate Dewey
Epidemiology of post-weaning multi-systemic wasting syndrome and pathogenic strains of prcine circovirus in southern Ontario

Michael Ford, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, 99)
Advisor: Dr. Jeff Wilson
A descriptive study of human cases of salmonella typhimurium, and salmonella typhimurium DT104 infection exported in Ontario

Chris Good, BSc (Guelph), MSc (Guelph, 99)
Advisor: Dr. Meg Thorburn
Factors associated with the detection of bacterial pathogens in the Ontario provincial fish disease surveillance program