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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
Master, University of Bristol
Bachelor, University of Southampton
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Projects 2017 2022
Predicting the spread of the Great Spruce Bark Beetle in Scotland
1/03/19 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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.
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
18/06/18 → 31/10/19
Project: Research
Replacement of contentious inputs in organic farming systems (RELACS)
Athanasiadou, S. & Hutchings, M.
1/05/18 → 30/04/22
Project: Research
Development and testing of Operational Models of Bovine Tuberculosis in British Cattle and Badgers
1/04/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Innovations in aquaculture: Delivering operational methods for the control of infectious disease
1/04/18 → 31/03/19
Project: Research
Research Output 1995 2019
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 › Research › peer-review
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Dietary Proteins
Microbiota
pig
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 › Research › peer-review
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social networks
social behavior
animals
cattle
testing
Multi-host disease management: the why and the how to include wildlife
Portier, J., Ryser-Degiorgis, M-P., Hutchings, MR., Monchâtre-Leroy, E., Richomme, C., Larrat, S., van der Poel, W. HM., Dominguez, M., Linden, A., Tavares Santos, P., Warns-Petit, E., Chollet, J-Y., Cavalerie, L., Grandmontagne, C., Boadella, M., Bonbon, E. & Artois, M., 14 Aug 2019, In : BMC Veterinary Research. 15, 295.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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wildlife diseases
Disease Management
Disease Outbreaks
wildlife
disease control
When to kill a cull: factors affecting the success of culling wildlife for disease control
Prentice, J., Fox, NJ., Hutchings, MR., White, P., Davidson, RS. & Marion, G., 29 Mar 2019, In : Journal of the Royal Society Interface. 16, 152, 20180901.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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culling
disease control
bovine tuberculosis
disease spread
metapopulation
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Analysis of temporal fecal microbiota dynamics in weaner pigs with and without exposure to enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Pollock, J., Gally, DL., Glendinning, L., Tiwari, R., Hutchings, MR. & Houdijk, JGM., 3 Jul 2018, In : Journal of Animal Science. 96, 9, p. 3777 - 3790 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
Microbiota
Swine
Weaning
rRNA Genes