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Pfeiffer - Student's Theses

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Royal Veterinary College

Doctor of Philosophy (completed)

Name

Thesis title (years of enrolment and completion)

Supervisory role

Gallagher, E.
(United Kingdom)
Studies in Quantitative Risk Assessment: badger-to-cattle transmission of Mycobacterium bovis (2000-5)

Joint supervisor with Dr. Louise Kelly

Rolfe, Simon
(United Kingdom)

Toxoplasma infection in sheep populations (1998-2002)

Principal supervisor

Suzuki, Kuniaki (Japan) Investigation into the Constraints to Dairy Cattle Health and Production in Northern Vietnam (2001-5) Principal supervisor
Clements, Archie  (Australia) Spatial Epidemiological Approaches to Enhanced Decision Making in Animal Health (2000-5) Principal supervisor
Brodbelt, David
(United Kingdom)
The Confidential Enquiry into Perioperative Small Animal Fatalities
(2002-6)
Joint supervisor with Dr. James Wood
Dyson, Philip
(United Kingdom)
Impact of training on skeletal injury in thoroughbred horses (2002-6) Principal supervisor with Prof. Joanna Price
Tongue, Susan
(United Kingdom)
The epidemiology of scrapie in Great Britain (2002-7) Primary supervisor with Prof. John Wilesmith
Abernethy, Darrell
(United Kingdom)
Epidemiological patterns of bovine brucellosis and tuberculosis in Northern Ireland (2002-2008) Primary supervisor
Del Rio Vilas, Victor
(Spain)
Methodologies to evaluate surveillance network performance. A model applied to the Scrapie Notification Database (SND) in GB (2003-2008) Primary supervisor with Dr. Javier Guitian
Ortiz-Pelaez, Angel
(Spain)
Development of farm-specific biosecurity risk management strategies for cattle herds and sheep flocks (2004-2008) Primary supervisor
Diesel, Gillian
(Zimbabwe)
Health and population dynamics of the dog population handled by a UK charity (2004-2008) Primary supervisor with Dr. Dave Brodbelt
Doctor of Philosophy (current)

Name

Thesis title (years of enrolment)

Supervisory role

Costard, Solenne
(France)
Factors influencing the epidemiology of Africa swine fever (2005) Primary supervisor with Dr. Francois Roger
Dean, Rachel
(United Kingdom)
Incidence of, risk factors for, histological features of and protein expression patterns in injection site sarcomas in cats (2006) Joint supervisor with Dr. Vicki Adams from AHT
Molia, Sophie (France) Epidemiology of AI and Newcastle disease in Mali (2008) Primary supervisor
Marce, Clara (France) Evaluation of the epidemiological and economic effectiveness of paratuberculosis control programs in infected dairy cattle herds (2007) Joint supervisor (with Dr Christine Fourichon)
Prakarnkamanant, Apisit (Thailand) Risk assessment of avian influenza in Thailand (2008) Primary supervisor
Stevens, Kim (South Africa) Spatial methods for informing animal health related decision making (2008) Primary supervisor
Wright, Angela (UK) The assessment of animal welfare on British pig farms Co-supervisor
Loeffler, Anette (Germany) Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in companion animals Co-supervisor
Booth, Richard
(United Kingdom)
Bovine virus diarrhoea virus - A longitudinal farm study on biosecurity, health profile and costs benefit for control (2006) Co- supervisor with Prof. Joe Brownlie
Wright, Angela (UK) The assessment of animal welfare on British pig farms (2006) Co- supervisor with Prof C. Wathes
El Tholth, Mahmoud (Egypt) Risk assessment and Johne’s disease (2006) Co- supervisor with Dr. Javier Guitian
Hegazy, Yamen (Egypt) Brucellosis in the Middle East (2006) Co- supervisor with Dr. Javier Guitian

 

Massey University

Master of Veterinary Studies (Epidemiology)

Name

Thesis or dissertation title (year of completion)

Supervisory role

Boxall, Naomi (New Zealand)

Use of molecular techniques in epidemiological investigations (dissertation 1999)

Co- supervisor

Crabb, Helen (New Zealand)

The development of a computer model for the replacement of dairy cattle in seasonally calving herds in New Zealand (thesis 1999)

Co-supervisor

Gorton, Robyn (New Zealand)

Hedgehogs as predictors of location of tuberculosis in possum populations (thesis 1998)

Principal supervisor

Hüttner, Klim (Germany)

Impact analysis of a basic animal health service in Malawi (thesis 2000)

Principal supervisor

Macchi, Chiara (Italy)

Effects of drench resistance on productivity in sheep (thesis 1997)

Co-supervisor

Mackereth, Graham
(New Zealand)

Spatial data requirements for disease management in New Zealand (dissertation 1999)

Principal supervisor

Pinch, Diana (Australia)

A study of bluetongue virus infection in the Northern Territory of Australia (dissertation 2000)

Principal supervisor

Shephard, Richard (Australia)

The epidemiology of mastitis in dairy cattle in Australia (dissertation 2000)

Principal supervisor

Master of Veterinary Science

Name

Thesis title (year of completion)

Supervisory role

Chethanond, U-sa (Thailand)

Epidemiology of enzootic bovine leucosis (1997)

Co-supervisor

Hayes, David (New Zealand)

The development of an expert system for diagnosing reproductive problems in seasonal dairy herds (1997)

Co-supervisor

van der Logt, Peter
(New Zealand)

The use of slaughterhouse data as a tool for animal disease control, and the design of meat inspection procedures (1997)

Co-supervisor

Olczak, Joanna (New Zealand)

Epidemiology of feline hyperthyroidism (1999)

Co-supervisor

Teekayuwat, Tippawon (Thailand)

Geographical reporting and analysis of infectious animal disease occurrence in Thailand and New Zealand (1999)

Principal supervisor

Master of Philosophy

Name

Thesis title (year of completion)

Supervisory role

Kasemsuwan, Suwicha (Thailand)

Influences on variation in fertility of sows (1997)

Co-supervisor

Doctor of Philosophy

Name

Thesis title (year of completion)

Supervisory role

Beckett, Sam (Australia)

Methods for analysis of risk related to international trade in animals and animal products (1996-2000)

Co-supervisor

Corner, Leigh (Australia)

Development of a vaccination strategy against wildlife tuberculosis (1996-2002)

Co-supervisor

Douglas, Vicki (USA)

Management practices around the periparturient period and the diagnoses and treatment of subclinical mastitis with special focus on Streptococcus uberis mastitis (1999)

Co-supervisor

McKenzie, Joanna (New Zealand)

Development of a decision support system for the control of bovine tuberculosis (2000-04)

Co-supervisor

Henning, Joerg (Germany) The epidemiology of rabbit calici virus infection in wild rabbit populations in New Zealand (1998-2004) Co-supervisor

Lugton, Ian (Australia)

The contribution of wild mammals to the epidemiology of tuberculosis (Mycobacterium bovis) in New Zealand (1994-1997)

Co-supervisor

Sauter, Carola (Germany)

Development and evaluation of farmer-managed tuberculosis control programs (1996-2001)

Co-supervisor

Stärk, Katharina (Switzerland)

Systems for the prevention and control of infectious diseases in swine (1996-1998)

Co-supervisor

Wongnarkpet, Sirichai (Thailand)

The epidemiological investigation of pig diseases (1993-1995)

Co-supervisor

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