Yvette J. Johnson
Assistant Professor, Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Professional Interests: Veterinary
clinical epidemiology and infectious disease outbreak investigation;
geographic information systems as a tool for disease surveillance and
monitoring environmental impacts of agriculture; and international programs
to enhance health and productivity for farmers with limited resources.
Selected Publications:
Myint MS, Johnson YJ, Tablante NL and Russek-Cohen E. Post-integrator Re-packaging as a Risk Factor for Salmonella Contamination of Retail Poultry Meat in Maryland. Applied and Environmental Microbiology (Submitted), 2005.
Kaneene B, Miller R, Sayah R, Johnson Y, Gilliland D and Gardiner J. Considerations when using discriminant function analysis of antimicrobial resistance profiles to identify sources of fecal contamination of surface water in Michigan, USA (submitted), 2005.
Sayah RS, Kaneene JB, Johnson YJ and Miller RA. Patterns of antimicrobial resistance observed in Escherichia coli isolates obtained from domestic- and wild-animal fecal samples, human septage, and surface water. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 71(3) 1394-1404, 2005.
Johnson YJ , Gedamu N, Colby MM, Myint MS, Steele SE, Salem M and Tablante NL. Wind-borne Transmission of Infectious Laryngotracheitis between Commercial Poultry Operations. International J Poult Sci. 4(5) 263-267, 2005.
Myint MS, Johnson YJ , Branton SL and Mallinson ET. Airflow Pattern in Broiler Houses as a Risk Factor for Growth of Enteric Pathogens. International J Poult Sci . 4 (12): 947-954, 2005.
Rhodes JK, Pelzer KD and Johnson YJ. Economic implications of bovine leukemia virus infection in mid-Atlantic dairy herds. JAVMA 223(3), 2003.
Rhodes JK, Pelzer KD, Johnson YJ and Russek-Cohen E. Comparison of culling rates among dairy cows grouped on the basis of serologic status for bovine leukemia virus. JAVMA. 223(2), 2003.
Colby MM, Johnson YJ, Tablante NL and Hueston WH. Evaluation of two systems for managing emergency poultry diseases in intensive poultry production regions. International J Poultry Sci. 2(3)234-241, 2003.
Colby MM, Johnson YJ, Tablante NL and Hueston W. The development and validation of a geographic information system database for the poultry industry on the Delmarva Peninsula. Avian Diseases 47:108-115, 2003.
Tablante NL, Myint MS, Johnson YJ, Rhodes JK, Colby MM and Hohenhaus G. A survey of biosecurity practices as risk factors affecting broiler performance on the Delmarva Peninsula. Avian Diseases 47:730-734, 2002.
Colby MM and Johnson YJ. Potential uses for geographic information system (GIS) based planning and decision support technology in intensive food animal production. An Hlth Res Rev 3:31-42, 2002.
Johnson YJ, Kaneene JB, Gardiner JC, Lloyd JW, Sprecher DJ and Coe PC. The effect of subclinical Mycobacterium paratuberculosis infection on milk production in Michigan dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 84:2188-2194, 2002.
