Publications
Journal Articles (incomplete)
Fox LK, Zadoks RN, Gaskins CT. 2005. Biofilm production by
Staphylococcus aureus associated with intramammary infection. Vet
Microbiol. 107(3-4):295-9.
Bae W, Kaya KN, Hancock DD, Call DR, Park YH, Besser TE. 2005.
Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of thermophilic Campylobacter
spp. from cattle farms in Washington State. Appl Environ Microbiol.
71(1):169-74.
Gay CC, Panter KE, Mealey KL, Gay JM, Hjartarson SW, Tibary A, Motteram
ES, Wierenga T, James LF. 2004. Comparison of plasma disposition of
alkaloids after lupine challenge in cattle that had given birth to
calves with lupine-induced arthrogryposis or clinically normal calves.
Am J Vet Res. 65(11):1580-3.
Borucki MK, Reynolds J, Gay CC, McElwain KL, Kim SH, Knowles DP, Hu J.
2004. Dairy farm reservoir of Listeria monocytogenes sporadic and
epidemic strains. J Food Prot. 67(11):2496-9.
Yearley JH, Hancock DD, Mealey KL. 2004. Survival time, lifespan, and
quality of life in dogs with idiopathic Fanconi syndrome. J Am Vet Med
Assoc. 225(3):377-83.
Biddle MK, Fox LK, Hancock DD, Gaskins CT, Evans MA. 2004. Effects of
storage time and thawing methods on the recovery of Mycoplasma species
in milk samples from cows with intramammary infections. J Dairy Sci.
87(4):933-6.
Cobbold RN, Rice DH, Szymanski M, Call DR, Hancock DD. 2004. Comparison
of shiga-toxigenic Escherichia coli
prevalences among dairy, feedlot, and cow-calf herds in Washington State.
Appl Environ Microbiol. 70(7):4375-8.
DeFrancesco KA, Cobbold RN, Rice DH, Besser TE, Hancock DD. 2004.
Antimicrobial resistance of commensal Escherichia coli from dairy
cattle associated with recent multi-resistant salmonellosis outbreaks.
Vet Microbiol. 98(1):55-61.
Khachatryan AR, Hancock DD, Besser TE, Call DR. 2004. Role of
calf-adapted Escherichia coli in maintenance of antimicrobial
drug resistance in dairy calves. Appl Environ Microbiol. 70(2):752-7.
LeJeune JT, Besser TE, Rice DH, Berg JL, Stilborn RP, Hancock DD. 2004.
Longitudinal study of fecal shedding of
Escherichia coli O157:H7 in feedlot cattle: predominance and
persistence of specific clonal types despite massive cattle population
turnover. Appl Environ Microbiol. 70(1):377-84.
Fox LK, Oura LY, Ames CR. 2003. Short communication: Teat skin pH. J
Dairy Sci. 86(12):3951-2.
Rice DH, Sheng HQ, Wynia SA, Hovde CJ. 2003. Rectoanal mucosal swab
culture is more sensitive than fecal culture and distinguishes
Escherichia coli O157:H7-colonized cattle and those transiently
shedding the same organism. J Clin Microbiol. 41(11):4924-9.
Silk AS, Fox LK, Hancock DD. 2003. Removal of hair surrounding the teat
and associated bacterial counts on teat skin surface, in milk, and
intramammary infections. J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health.
50(9):447-50.
Davis MA, Hancock DD, Rice DH, Call DR, DiGiacomo R, Samadpour M,
Besser TE. 2003. Feedstuffs as a vehicle of cattle exposure to
Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella enterica. Vet
Microbiol. 95(3):199-210.
Fox LK, Hancock DD, Mickelson A, Britten A. 2003. Bulk tank milk
analysis: factors associated with appearance of
Mycoplasma sp. in milk. J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health.
50(5):235-40.
Biddle MK, Fox LK, Hancock DD. 2003. Patterns of mycoplasma shedding in
the milk of dairy cows with intramammary mycoplasma infection. J Am Vet
Med Assoc. 223(8):1163-6.
Moore BC, Martinez E, Gay JM, Rice DH. Survival of Salmonella
enterica in freshwater and sediments and transmission by the aquatic
midge Chironomus tentans (Chironomidae: Diptera). 2003. Appl
Environ Microbiol. 69(8):4556-60.
Rice DH, DD Hancock, TE Besser. 2003. Faecal culture of wild animals
for
Escherichia coli O157:H7. Vet Rec. 152(3):82-3.
Davis MA, Hancock DD, Besser TE, Rice DH, Hovde CJ, Digiacomo R,
Samadpour M, Call DR. 2003. Correlation between geographic distance and
genetic similarity in an international collection of bovine faecal
Escherichia coli O157:H7 isolates. Epidemiol Infect. 131(2):923-30.
Davis MA, Hancock DD, Besser TE, Call DR. 2003. Evaluation of
pulsed-field gel electrophoresis as a tool for determining the degree of
genetic relatedness between strains of
Escherichia coli O157:H7. J Clin Microbiol. 41(5):1843-9.
Rice DH, Hancock DD, Roozen PM, Szymanski MH, Scheenstra BC, Cady KM,
Besser TE, Chudek PA. 2003. Household contamination with Salmonella
enterica. Emerg Infect Dis. 9(1):120-2.
Bergsten C, Greenough PR, Gay JM, Seymour WM, Gay CC. 2003. Effects of
biotin supplementation on performance and claw lesions on a commercial
dairy farm. J Dairy Sci. 86(12):3953-62.
Barrington GM, Gay JM, Eriks IS, Davis WC, Evermann JF, Emerson C,
O'Rourke JL, Hamilton MJ, Bradway DS. 2003. Temporal patterns of
diagnostic results in serial samples from cattle with advanced
paratuberculosis infections. J Vet Diagn Invest. 15(2):195-200.
Middleton JR, Fox LK, Gay JM, Tyler JW, Besser TE. 2002. Use of
pulsed-field gel electrophoresis for detecting differences in
Staphylococcus aureus strain populations between dairy herds with
different cattle importation practices. Epidemiol Infect.129(2):387-95.
Middleton JR, Fox LK, Gay JM, Tyler JW, Besser TE. 2002. Influence of
Staphylococcus aureus strain-type on mammary quarter milk somatic
cell count and N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminidase activity in cattle from
eight dairies. J Dairy Sci. 85(5):1133-40.
Barrington GM, Gay JM, Evermann JF. Biosecurity for neonatal
gastrointestinal diseases. 2002. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract.
18(1):7-34.
McDole MG, Gay JM. 2002. Seroprevalence of antibodies against
Neospora caninum in diagnostic equine serum samples and their
possible association with fetal loss. Vet Parasitol. 105(3):257-60
Besser TE, B Richards, DH Rice, DD Hancock. 2002.
Escherichia coli O157:H7 infection of calves: infectious dose and
direct contact transmission. Epidemiol Infect. 127:555-560.
Davis MA, Hancock DD, Besser TE. 2002. Multiresistant clones of
Salmonella enterica: The importance of dissemination. J Lab Clin
Med. 140(3):135-41.
Lejuene JT, TE Besser, NL Merrill, DH Rice, DD Hancock. 2001. Livestock
drinking water microbiology and the factors influencing the quality of
drinking water offered to cattle. J. Dairy Sci. 84:1856-1862.
Lejuene JT, TE Besser, DD Hancock, DH Rice. 2001. Cattle water troughts as
reservoirs of Escherichia coli O157. Appl Environ Microbiol.
67:3053-3057.
Lejuene JT, TE Besser, DH Rice, DD Hancock. 2001. Methods for Isolation of
waterborne Escherichia coli O157. Letters in Applied
Microbiology. 32:316 320.
Besser TE, Richards BL, Rice DH, Hancock DD. 2001. Escherichia coli
O157:H7 infection of calves: infectious dose and direct contact
transmission. Epidemiol Infect. 127(3):555-60. (Erratum in: Epidemiol
Infect 2002 129(2):427)
Van Donkersgoed J, J Berg, A Potter, D Hancock, T Besser, D Rice, J
LeJeune, S Klashinsky. 2001. Environmental sources and transmission of
E. coli O157 in feedlot cattle. Can Vet J. 42:714-720.
Hancock D, T Besser, J Lejeune, M Davis, D Rice. 2001. The control of
VTEC in the animal reservoir. Int J Food Microbiol. 66:71-78.
Pritchett LC, Konkel ME, Gay JM, Besser TE. 2000. Identification of
DT104 and U302 phage types among Salmonella enterica serotype
typhimurium isolates by PCR. J Clin Microbiol. 38(9):3484-8.
Sanderson MW, Gay JM, Baszler TV. 2000.
Neospora caninum seroprevalence and associated risk factors in beef
cattle in the northwestern United States. Vet Parasitol. 90(1-2):15-24.
Akiba, M., DH Rice, MA Davis, T Masuda, T Sameshima, M Nakazawa, and DD
Hancock. 2000. A comparison of Escherichia coli O157 isolates
from cattle in Japan and the USA by molecular biological methods.
Epidemiology Infect.125(1):221-4
Besser, TE, M Goldoft, LC Pritchett, R Khakhria, D Hancock, D Rice, J
Gay, W Johnson, and C Gay. 2000. Multiresistant Salmonella
Typhimurium DT104 infections of humans and domestic animals in the
Pacific Northwest of the United States. Epidemiology Infect.
124:193-200.
McCluskey, BJ, DH Rice, DD Hancock, CJ Hovde, TE Besser, S Gray, and RP
Johnson. 1999. Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157 and other
verotoxogenic Escherichia coli
in lambs at slaughter. J Vet Diagn Invest. 11(6):563-5.
Davis, MA, DD Hancock, TE Besser, DH Rice, JM Gay, CC Gay, L Gearhart,
and R DiGiacomo. 1999. Changes in antimicrobial resistance among
Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium isolates from humans and
cattle in the northwestern United States. Emerg Infect Dis. 5:802-806.
Rice, DH, KM McMenamin, LC Pritchett, DD Hancock, and TE Besser. 1999.
Genetic diversity of Escherichia coli O157 isolates from 41
Pacific Northwest cattle herds. Epidemiology Infect. 122:479-484.
Sanderson MW, Besser TE, Gay JM, Gay CC, Hancock DD. 1999. Fecal
Escherichia coli O157:H7 shedding patterns of orally inoculated
calves. Vet Microbiol. 69(3):199-205.
Ackers, ML, BE Mahon, E Leahy, B Goode, T Damrow, PS Hayes, WF Bibb, DH
Rice, TJ Barrett, L Hutwagner, PM Griffin, and L Slutsker. 1998. An
outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections associated with
leaf lettuce consumption. J Infect Dis. 177:1588-1893.
Krytenburg, DS, DD Hancock, DH Rice TE Besser, CC Gay, and JM Gay.
1998. A pilot survey of Salmonella enterica cotamination of
cattle feeds in the Pacific northwestern USA. Animal Feed Science and
Technology. 75:75-79.
Herriott, DE, DD Hancock, ED Ebel, LV Carpenter , DH Rice, and TE
Besser. 1998. Association of herd management factors with colonization
of dairy cattle by Shiga toxin-positive Escherichia coli O157. J
Food Protection. 61:802-807.
Roberson JR, Fox LK, Hancock DD, Gay JM, Besser TE. 1998. Sources of
intramammary infections from Staphylococcus aureus in dairy
heifers at first parturition. J Dairy Sci. 81(3):687-93.
Lynn, TV, DD Hancock, TE Besser, JH Harrison, DH Rice, NT Stewart, and
LL Rowan. 1998. The occurrence and replication of Escherichia coli
in cattle feeds. J Dairy Sci. 81:1102-1108.
Hancock, DD, TE Besser, DH Rice, ED Ebel, DE Herriott, and LV
Carpenter. 1998. Multiple sources of Escherichia coli O157 in
feedlots and dairy farms. Preventive Vet Med. 35:11-19.
Rice, DH, ED Ebel, DD Hancock, TE Besser, DE Herriott, and LV
Carpenter. 1997. Escherichia coli O157 in cull dairy cows on farm
and at slaughter. J Food Protection. 60:1386-1387.
Hancock, DD, DH Rice, DE Herriott, TE Besser, ED Ebel, and LV
Carpenter. 1997. The control of VTEC in the animal reservoir. Effects of
farm manure handling practices on Escherichia coli O157
prevalence in cattle. J Food Protection. 60:363-366.
Hancock, DD, DH Rice, LA Thomas, DA Dargatz, and TE Besser. 1997.
Epidemiology of Escherichia coli O157 in feedlot cattle. J Food
Protection. 60:462-465.
Rice, DH, TE Besser, and DD Hancock. 1997. Virulence assessment of
Salmonella dublin. Vet Microbiol. 56:111-124.
Keene, WE, EA Sazie, J Kok, DH Rice, DD Hancock, V Balan, T Zhao, and
MP Doyle. An outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections
traced to jerky made from deer meat. J Am Med Assoc. 277:1229-1231.
Besser, TE, DD Hancock, LC Pritchett, EM McRae, DH Rice, and PI Tarr.
1997. Duration of detection of fecal excretion of Escherichia coli
O157:H7 by cattle. J Infect Dis. 175:726-729.
Hancock, DD, DH Rice, DE Herriott, and TE Besser. 1997. Longitudinal
study of Escherichia coli O157 in fourteen cattle herds.
Epidemiol Infect. 118:193-195.
Besser, TE, CC Gay, JM Gay, DD Hancock, DH Rice, LC Pritchett, and ED
Erickson. 1997. Salmonellosis associated with S. typhimurium
DT104 in the USA. Vet Record [letter]. 140:75.
Gay JM, Ebel ED, Kearley WP. 1996. Commingled grazing as a risk factor
for trichomonosis in beef herds. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 209(3):643-6.
Kamarudin MI, Fox LK, Gaskins CT, Gay JM. 1996. Environmental
reservoirs for Serratia marcescens intramammary infections in
dairy cows. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 208(4):555-8.
Sanderson MW, Gay JM. 1996. Veterinary involvement in management
practices of beef cow-calf producers. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 208(4):488-91.
Rice, DH, DD Hancock, RL Vetter and TE Besser. 1996. Escherichia
coli O157 infection in a human linked to exposure to infected
livestock. Vet Record [letter]. 138:311.
Roberson JR, Fox LK, Hancock DD, Gay JM, Besser TE. 1996. Prevalence
of coagulase-positive staphylococci, other than
Staphylococcus aureus, in bovine mastitis. Am J Vet Res. 57(1):54-8.
Sanderson MW, Gay JM, Hancock DD, Gay CC, Fox LK, Besser TE. 1995.
Sensitivity of bacteriologic culture for detection of
Escherichia coli O157:H7 in bovine feces. J Clin Microbiol.
33(10):2616-9.
Burmeister JE, Fox LK, Hancock DD, Gay CC, Gay JM, Parish SM, Tyler JW.
1995. Survey of dairy managers in the Pacific Northwest identifying
factors associated with teat chapping. J Dairy Sci. 78(9):2073-82.
Rice, DH, DD Hancock, and TE Besser. 1995. Verotoxigenic E. coli
O157 colonisation of wild deer and range cattle. Vet Record [letter].
137:524.
Gay, JM, DH Rice, and JH Steiger. 1994. Prevalence of fecal salmonella
shedding by cull dairy cattle marketed in WA state. J Food Protection.
57:195-197.
Hancock, DD, TE Besser, ML Kinsel, PI Tarr, DH Rice, and MG Paros.
1994. The prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in dairy and
beef cattle in WA state. Epidemiol Infect. 113:199-207.
Roberson JR, Fox LK, Hancock DD, Gay JM, Besser TE. 1994. Ecology of
Staphylococcus aureus isolated from various sites on dairy farms. J
Dairy Sci. 77(11):3354-64.
Gay JM, Upham GL. 1994. Effect of exogenous prostaglandin F2 alpha in
clinically normal postparturient dairy cows with a palpable corpus
luteum. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 205(6):870-3.
Fox LK, Gay JM. 1993. Contagious mastitis. Vet Clin North Am Food Anim
Pract. 9(3):475-87.
el-Rashidy AA, Fox LK, Gay JM. 1992. Diagnosis of
Staphylococcus aureus intramammary infection by detection of specific
antibody titer in milk. J Dairy Sci. 75(6):1430-5.
Books, Book Chapters (incomplete)
Committee on Diagnosis and Control of Johne's Disease (J Gay). 2003.
Diagnosis and Control of Johne's Disease. National Research Council. 244
pages, ISBN 0-309-08611-6.
Lee, Sang-Un, YH Park, WC Davis, LK Fox, GA Bohach. 2003. The
Properties of Human and Bovine CD8+CD26+ T Cells Induced by a Microbial
18 Superantigen, in: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology.
Back, N, IR Cohen, D Kritchevsky, A Lajtha, R Paoletti eds. Marin
Hidebrandt, Germany.
McNamara, JM, JM Gay. 2002. Metabolic Diseases (#302):
Acidosis/Laminitis. Pp. 843-849 in: Encyclopedia of Dairy Science,
Academic Press, London.
Fox, LK, KW Bayles, GA Bohach. 2001. Staphylococcus aureus
Mastitis in: Staphylococcus aureus Infection and Disease, AL
Honeyman, H Friedman, M Bendinelli ed., Plenum Publishers, NY.
Hancock, D, T Besser, J Gay, D Rice, M Davis, C Gay. 2000. The global
epidemiology of multiresistant Salmonella enterica
serovar Typhimurium DT104. pp. 217-243 in: Brown, C, CA Bolin, eds.
Emerging Diseases of Animals. ASM Press, Washington, DC.
Hancock DD, Besser TE, Rice DH. 1998. Ecology of Escherichia coli
O157:H7 in cattle and impact of management practices, pp. 85 – 91 in Kaper
JB and O'Brien AD, eds, Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Other Shiga
Toxin-Producing E. coli Strains. American Society for
Microbiology Press, Washington DC.
Bramley, AJ, JS Cullor, RJ Erskine, LK Fox, RJ Harman, JS Hogan, SC
Nickerson, SP Oliver, KL Smith, LM Sordillo (eds.). 1996. Current
Concepts of Bovine Mastitis, 4th Edition. National Mastitis
Council, Inc., Madison, WI.
