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Essam Abdelfattah

Essam Abdelfattah

Assistant Project Scientist

Population Health & Reproduction


Active Research Grants
Collaborator, Development of a prophylactic vaccine against Verotoxigenic Escherichia coli (VTEC) (VTEC)- A One Health approach, Dr. Sharif Aly, UC Davis (Principal Investigator), Collaboration Awards between University College Dublin & University of California, Davis
Co-Principal Investigator, Recycled flush and lagoon water as a reservoir for antibiotic residues and resistant bacteria on dairies, Dr. Emmanuel Okello, UC Davis (Principal Investigator), Center for food animal health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
Co-Principal Investigator, Effects of simplified group housing of pre-weaned dairy calves on behavior, performance and health, Dr. Terry Lehenbauer, UC Davis (Principal Investigator), Center for food animal health, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis
Co-Principal Investigator, Demonstration and outreach for control of stable flies and cattle bunching on California dairies, Dr. Sharif Aly, UC Davis (Principal Investigator), Western IPM Center
Honors and Awards
2016 Fellow at FUTURE Certificate Program. University of California, Davis
2017 A recipient of the 2017 University of California Davis Community Service Award
2017 A recipient of the Postdoctoral Scholar Association Travel Grant Award, University of California, Davis
2018 Fellow at the Leaders for the Future program, University of California, Davis
2018 A recipient of the 2018 Science Talk travel award, Portland, Oregon, CA
2018 Nominated for the 2018 UC Davis Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research
2019 Awarded travel grant to attend the 2019 Annual Duck Research workshop, Leesburg, IN
2019 A recipient of the Postdoctoral Scholar Association Travel Grant Award, University of California, Davis
2021 Recipient of the 2021 UC Davis Award for Excellence in Postdoctoral Research
Research Focus
My research program focuses on advancing the health and welfare of dairy cattle as well as outreach and extension education for improving the production, food safety, and economics of the dairy industry. I am interested in using an epidemiological approach to investigate risk factors, including aspects of housing and management, associated with the health and/or welfare of agriculture animals.
Specialty Focus
Animal Behavior and Welfare; On-farm animal welfare assessment; Dairy epidemiology; group housing of dairy claves; antimicrobial resistance.
Ten Recent Publications

2021
Opio L, Abdelfattah EM, Terry J, Odongo S, Okello E
Prevalence of bovine fascioliasis and associated financial losses in cattle slaughtered at Lira municipality abattoir in Northern Uganda

2021
Abdelfattah EM, Ekong P, Okello E, Chamchoy T, Sheedy D, Karle BM, Black R, Califano D, Duran L, Ongom J, Williams DR, Lehenbauer TW, Aly SS
Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on California dairies: Descriptive and cluster analyses of adult cow fecal Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. AMR phenotype

2020
Abdelfattah EM, Vezzoli G, Makagon MM
On-farm welfare assessment of commercial Pekin ducks: a comparison of methods

2020
Jerele S, Mapes S, Navas González FJ, Abdelfattah EM, Pastrana CI, Davis E, Pusterla N, McLean A
Survey of Serum Amyloid A and Bacterial and Viral Frequency Using qPCR Levels in Recently Captured Feral Donkeys from Death Valley National Park (California)

2019
El-Hack MEA, Hurtado CB, Toro DM, Alagawany M, Abdelfattah EM, Elnesr SS
Impact of environmental and incubation factors on hatchability of duck eggs

2019
El-Hack MEA, Hurtado CB, Toro DM, Alagawany M, Abdelfattah EM, Elnesr SS
Fertility and Hatchability in Duck Eggs: A Comprehensive Review

2018
Abdelfattah EM, Vezzoli G, Buczkowski G, Makagon MM
Essential oils: effects of application rate and modality on potential for combating northern fowl mite infestations

2018
Abdelfattah EM, Karousa MM, Lay Jr DC, Marchant-Forde JN, Eicher SD
Short communication: Effect of age at group housing on behavior, cortisol, health, and leukocyte differential counts of neonatal bull dairy calves

2015
Abdelfattah EM,Karousa MM, Schutz MM, Lay Jr DC, Marchant-Forde JN, Eicher SD
Acute phase cytokines, TAC1, and Toll-Like receptor4 mRNA expression and health associated with group size in veal calves

2013
Abdelfattah EM,Karousa M, Mahmoud E, EL-Laithy S, El-Gendi G, Eissa N
Effect of Cage Floor Type on Behavior and Performance of Growing Rabbits