Herman Barkema, PhD, DVM
Professor, Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Faculties of Veterinary Medicine and Medicine (joint appointment)
Head, Department of Production Animal Health
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Office: Health Sciences Centre
Phone (office): (403) 220-2659
Fax: (403) 210-6693 Email: barkema [at] ucalgary [dot] ca
Curriculum Vitae
PhD, Veterinary Epidemiology, Utrecht University
DVM, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Research Interests
My research program applies epidemiology to the prevention and control of mastitis and infectious diseases on dairy farms, with animal and public health perspectives. The over-all goal of my research program is to ensure a safe and economical food supply with a reduced risk to transmission of zoonotic diseases to farm families and the general population. New prevention and control programs in The Netherlands, Canada and other countries have been introduced based on results of my research. All my research projects are carried out by graduate students.
Publications
Steeneveld W, Hogeveen H, Barkema HW, van den Broek J, Huirne RB. The influence of cow factors on the incidence of clinical mastitis in dairy cows. J Dairy Sci 91(4): 1391-402, 2008.
Olde Riekerink RG, Barkema HW, Kelton DF, Scholl DT. Incidence rate of clinical mastitis on Canadian dairy farms. J Dairy Sci 91(4): 1366-77, 2008.
F.D. Uehlinger, H.W. Barkema, R.M. O'Handley, M. Parenteau, L.J. Parrington, J.A. van Leeuwen, and B.R. Dixon. 2008. Comparison of flow cytometry and immunofluorescence microscopy for the detection of Giardia duodenalis in bovine fecal samples. J Vet Diagn Invest 20:178-185.
A.L. Salb, H.W. Barkema, B.T. Elkin, R.C.A. Thompson, D.P. Whiteside, S.R. Black, J.P. Dubey, and S.J. Kutz. 2008. Domestic dogs as sources and sentinels of parasites in Northern people and wildlife. Emerg Infect Dis 14:60-63.
S.L.B. McKenna, G.P. Keefe, A. Tiwari, J. VanLeeuwen, and H.W. Barkema. 2006. Johne's disease in Canada. Part II. Disease impacts, risk factors, and control programs for dairy producers. Can Vet J 47:1089-1099.
Personnel
Technician
Anke Wellen (Field)
Andrea Wasko (Field)
Amanda Reith (Laboratory)