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Research interests
The fundamental drivers of disease dynamics (persistence, prevalence & spread) in multi-species host communities and understanding how the biology scales up from individuals to populations. My research focusses on the influence of biological processes (e.g. host behaviour, physiology, ecology) and environmental and management practices (e.g. husbandry, nutrition, livestock trade). The research includes how the biology interacts with the management to determine the efficacy of disease control strategies and livestock production. Topics include:
• Ecology of antimicrobial resistance
• Animal health impacts on production efficiency and GHG emissions and the consequences of environment change on animal health
• Role of wildlife in the epidemiology of livestock disease
• Early detection of disease using animal behaviour
• Using novel diagnostics to improve disease surveillance and characterise the health burdens (including co-infection relationships) of host communities in agricultural systems
• Quantifying routes of direct and indirect disease transmission
• Development and testing of disease control strategies (Parasites, ParaTB, E-coli O157)
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of Bristol
Award Date: 1 Aug 1996
Master, University of Bristol
Award Date: 1 Aug 1993
Bachelor, University of Southampton
Award Date: 1 Aug 1989
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Replacement of contentious inputs in organic farming systems (RELACS)
Athanasiadou, S. & Hutchings, M.
1/05/18 → 30/09/22
Project: Research
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RESAS Strategic Research Programme 2016-21 WP2.3 Productive and sustainable land management
Wall, E., Smith, S., Nicoll, L., Parker, J., Robertson, D., Davidson, R., Donbavand, J., Anderson, C., Roehe, R., Harrison, B., Purcell, L., Duthie, C., Gunn, G., Pritchard, T., Jones, S., Bagnall, A., Vosough Ahmadi, B., Archibald, I., Rees, B., Eory, V., Glenk, K., Edwards, T., Buckingham, S., March, M., Broadbent, C., Cloy, J., Hargreaves, P., Wishart, H., Griffiths, B., Fox, N., Sparks, N., Shrestha, S., Banos, G., Henry, M., Watson, C., Dickinson, J., Topp, K., Burnett, F., Kyle, J., Denholm, S., Dewhurst, R., Lawson, D., McCubbin, I., Dwyer, C., Holland, J., McCracken, D., Barratt, A., Havis, N., Stanisz-Migal, M., Miller, G., Bowen, J., Hutchings, M., Creissen, H., D'Eath, R., Baddeley, J., Houdijk, J., Coffey, M., Morgan-Davies, C., Walker, R., Turner, S., Haskell, M., Barnes, A., Athanasiadou, S., Cole, L., Sandilands, V., McLaren, A., MacLeod, M. & Smith, L.
1/04/19 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
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Predicting the spread of the Great Spruce Bark Beetle in Scotland
1/03/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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Estimating the economic costs of bovine TB incidents on cattle farms in the high risk edge areas of England and Wales
Barnes, A., Stott, A., Toma, L., Vosough Ahmadi, B., Barratt, A. & Hutchings, M.
18/06/18 → 31/10/19
Project: Research
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Innovations in aquaculture: Delivering operational methods for the control of infectious disease
1/04/18 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
Research output
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Generative models of network dynamics provide insight into the effects of trade on endemic livestock disease
Knight, M., White, P. C. L., Hutchings, MR., Davidson, RS. & Marion, G., 3 Mar 2021, In: Royal Society Open Science. 8, 3, 201715.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Financial Impacts of Liver Fluke on Livestock Farms Under Climate Change–A Farm Level Assessment
Shrestha, S., Barratt, AS., Fox, NJ., Vosough Ahmadi, B. & Hutchings, M., 7 Dec 2020, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 7, 564795.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Resistance to change: AMR gene dynamics on a commercial pig farm with high antimicrobial usage
Pollock, J., Muwonge, A., Hutchings, MR., Mainda, G., Bronsvoort, B. M., Gally, D. & Corbishley, A., 3 Feb 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 1708.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Changes in the ileal, but not fecal, microbiome in response to increased dietary protein level and enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli exposure in pigs
Pollock, J., Hutchings, MR., Hutchings, K., Gally, D. & Houdijk, JGM., Oct 2019, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85, 19, e01252-19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Considering appropriate replication in the design of animal social network studies
Smith, LA., Swain, DL., Innocent, GT., Nevison, I. & Hutchings, MR., 10 May 2019, In: Scientific Reports. 9, 7208.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Data from: The ecology of wildlife disease surveillance: demographic and prevalence fluctuations undermine surveillance
Walton, L. (Contributor), Marion, G. (Creator), Davidson, R. (Contributor), White, P. C. L. (Creator), Smith, L. (Contributor), Gavier-Widen, D. (Contributor), Yon, L. (Creator), Hannant, D. (Creator), Hutchings, M. (Contributor) & White, P. C. L. (Creator), Dryad, 1 Jan 2017
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.s6518, http://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.s6518
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Quantification of selected antimicrobial resistance genes in pig faeces on a British commercial pig farm during a typical production cycle
Pollock, J. (Contributor), Corbishley, A. (Creator), Hutchings, M. (Contributor) & Gally, D. L. (Creator), NERC Environmental Information Data Centre, 1 Jan 2018
DOI: 10.5285/e548dc5d-49e3-467d-9435-c199da40e7be, https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/e548dc5d-49e3-467d-9435-c199da40e7be
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