John M. Gay DVM, PhD
Diplomate ACVPM
Associate Professor
Field Disease Investigation Unit
jmgay@vetmed.wsu.edu
http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/courses-jmgay/
Education
I was raised on my family's commercial cow-calf ranch in Montana. I acquired
a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Washington and a DVM
degree from Washington State University. I specialized in beef and dairy
practice in the northwest for five years and completed the MBA core courses
at the University of Washington before returning to the University of
Minnesota for a Ph.D. in veterinary epidemiology and production medicine
with an outside concentration in agricultural economics.After three years as
an assistant professor at the Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research
Center of the University of California, Davis, I moved to WSU where I have a
research and teaching appointment split between the agriculture and
veterinary colleges. My teaching interests are clinical epidemiology,
evidence-based medicine, outbreak investigation and bovine production
medicine.
Professional Experience
Private Practice: 5/78 to 2/79 Animal Management Services Foam Lake,
Saskatchewan
2 person; 40% beef, 40% swine, 20% small animal
2/79 to 6/80 Mount Vernon Veterinary Clinic Mount Vernon, Washington
2 person; 50% dairy, 45% small animal, 5% beef & equine
6/80 to 1/82 Valley Herd Health Services Mount Vernon, Washington
1 person; 100% dairy
1/82 to 8/83 North Valley Veterinary Clinic Gooding, Idaho
2 person; 30% dairy , 20% beef, 25% equine, 25% small animal
Academic: 8/83 to 10/87 Large Animal Clinical Sciences Residency, University
of Minnesota
11/87 to 6/90 Assistant Professor, Veterinary Medicine Teaching and Research
Center
(Tulare), University of California, Davis
7/90 to 7/97 Assistant Professor, Washington State University
7/97 to date Associate Professor, Washington State University
Research Interests
My research interests are the epidemiology of infectious and of production
diseases of the bovine, including those that have zoonotic and food safety
aspects. I am board certified in veterinary preventive medicine (ACVPM).
Publications
1999 Davis MA, DD Hancock, TE Besser, DH Rice, JM Gay, C Gay, L Gearhart,
R DiGiacomo. Changes in antimicrobial resistance among Salmonella enterica
serovar Typhimurium isolates from humans and cattle in the Northwestern
United States, 1982 1997. Emerg Infect Dis 5:802-6.
1999 Sanderson MW, TE Besser, JM Gay, CC Gay CC, DD Hancock. Fecal
Escherichia coli O157:H7 shedding patterns of orally inoculated calves.Vet
Microbiol 69:199-205.
1999 Tyler JW, DD Hancock, JG Thorne, CC Gay, JM Gay. Partitioning the
mortality risk associated with inadequate passive transfer of colostral
immunoglobulins in dairy calves. J Vet Intern Med 13:335-337.
1998 Bergsten, C, DD Hancock, JM Gay, CC Gay, LK Fox. Claw diseases: The
most common cause of dairy lameness. Bovine Proceedings 31:188-194.
1998 Tyler, JW, DD Hancock, SE Wiksie, SL Holler, JM Gay, CC Gay. Use of
serum protein concentration to predict mortality in mixed-source dairy
replacement heifers. J Vet Int Med 12:79-83.
1998 Krytenburg, DS, DD Hancock, DH Rice, TE Besser, CC Gay, JM Gay. A pilot
survey of Salmonella enterica contamination of cattle feeds in the Pacific
northwestern USA. Anim Feed Sci Tech 75:75-79.
1998 Roberson, JR, LK Fox, DD Hancock, JM Gay, TE Besser. Sources of
intramammary infections from Staphylococcus aureus in dairy heifers at first
parturition. J Dairy Sci 81:687-683
1997 Panter, KE, DR Gardner, CC Gay, LF James, R Mills, JM Gay, TJ Baldwin.
Observations of Lupinus sulphureus-induced ''crooked calf disease''. J Range
Mangmt. 50:587-592.
Accepted:
Besser, TE, M Goldoft, R Khakria, D Hancock, D Rice, J Gay, C Gay.
Salmonella Typhimurium R-type ACSSuT and DT104 in humans and animals in the
Pacific Northwest. Epidemiol Infect
Sanderson, MW, JM Gay, TV Baszler. Neospora caninum seroprevalence and
associated risk factors in beef cattle in the northwestern United States.
Accepted with minor revision Vet Parasitol
Submitted:
Pritchett, LC, ME Konkel, JM Gay, TE Besser. Identification of DT104 and
U302 phage types among Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium by PCR.
Submitted to J Clin Micro.
Bagley, RS, ML Harrington, JM Gay, GM Silver. Effect of changing power of
ultrasonic aspiration on the cerebral cortex of healthy dogs. Submitted to
AJVR.
Fransson, BA, RS Bagley, JM Gay, GM Silver, S Gokhale, RL Connors, PR Gavin.
A retrospective cohort study of pneumonia following intracranial surgery in
dogs. Submitted to Vet Surgery
Book Chapters:
1998 Gay, JM. The ecology of resistance on the farm. Pg. 52 in: Harrison,
PF, J Lederburg, Ed. Antimicrobial Resistance: Issues and Options. National
Academy Press, Washington, DC.
Full Text Proceedings:
1999 Gay, JM. Salmonella DT104 and Dairy Farms: Lessons from an Emerging
Pathogen. 1999 Dairy Farm Food Safety and Quality Assurance Symposium, Sept.
14, 1999, Burlington, VT. (invited)
1999 Besser, TE, D Hancock, D Rice, C Gay, J Gay. The ecology of shigatoxic
E. coli O157 and prospects for on-farm control. Pgs 6-8 in 32nd Annual
Proceedings of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Sept.
23-26, Nashville, TN.
1999 Gay, JM. Basic Concepts for Cow-Calf Herd Health Programs. WSU Beef
Information Days, April 15-16, 1999, Pullman, WA.
1999 Gay, JM. Salmonella DT104: An Emerging Problem for the Bovine
Industries? 1999 SAVMA Symposium, March 18-20, 1999, Pullman, WA.
1999 Gay, JM. Salmonella, Including DT104. pp. 18-24 in Proceedings of the
Food and Water Safety Symposium, 32nd Joint Annual Meeting of Midwestern
ADSA-ASAS Sections, March 15-17, 1999, Des Moines, IA. (invited)
1997 Gay, JM. Veterinarians and the Internet: Surfing or Drowning? Pp. 85-93
in Proceedings of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine
50th Anniversary Celebration, October 23-25, 1997 St. Paul, Minnesota.
1997 Gay, JM. Tackling herd salmonellosis problems. Proceedings of the 1997
Minnesota Dairy Health Conference, May 22, 1997, St. Paul, Minnesota.
1997 Gay, JM. Managing Cryptosporidiosis: An Update. Proceedings of the 1997
Minnesota Dairy Health Conference, May 22, 1997, St. Paul, Minnesota.
