Gabriele Maier

Gabriele Maier

Assistant Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Population Health & Reproduction


Licenses
California State Veterinary License
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM)
Education
2018, PhD , UC Davis,
2010, Masters, UC Davis,
2009, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis,
2001, B.A., San Francisco State University,
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Beef Quality Assurance – a collaborative effort by industry experts to develop stewardship guidelines and best practices addressing the top three disease challenges for cow-calf livestock producers as directed by FAC 14404, (Principal Investigator), California Department of Food and Agriculture
Principal Investigator, Bovine anaplasmosis epidemiology, (Principal Investigator), Rustici Rangeland and Cattle Research Endowment
Co-Principal Investigator, Bovine anaplasmosis vaccine development, Roman Ganta, Kansas State (Principal Investigator), Russel L Rustici Rangeland and Cattle Research
Principal Investigator, Efficacy of E. coli vaccine to reduce shedding of E. coli O157 in a cow calf herd, (Principal Investigator), Center for Food Animal Health
Principal Investigator, Monensin supplementation for increased productivity in stocker cattle on California grazeland - year 2, (Principal Investigator), Center for Food Animal Health
Co-Investigator, Building ranching and rangeland resilience among beginning and first-generation ranchers, Leslie Roche (Principal Investigator), UC SAREP
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2022 Loy D, Maier G: Moraxella, McVey DS, Kennedy M, Chengappa MM, Wilkes R, (ed), Veterinary Microbiology, Fourth Edition, . .
2017 Pires AFA, Patterson L, Maier G: Coxiella burnetii Implications for Food Safety (Chapter 16), Simoes J, Anastacio S, Jorge da Silva G, (ed), In Principles and Practice of Q-Fever: The One Health Paradigm, . .
2017 Maier G, Pires AFA, Patterson L: The Risk for Q Fever in Public Settings (Chapter 15), Simoes J, Anastacio S, Jorge da Silva G, (ed), In Principles and Practice of Q-Fever: The One Health Paradigm, . .
Research Focus
Beef cattle herd health and welfare
  • Association of management factors with incidence and prevalence of disease; development of on-farm measures and plans for disease prevention; diagnosis of bovine respiratory disease.
  • Risk assessment and economics for preventive measures in beef cattle production systems.
  • Judicious use of antimicrobials and anti-parasitic drugs in cattle.
  • Beef quality assurance and food safety
Specialty Focus
Infectious disease epidemiology
Ten Recent Publications

2021
Sheedy DB, Samah FE, Garzon A, Fausak E, Van Noord M, Angelos JA, Maier GU^
Non-antimicrobial approaches for the prevention or treatment of infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis in cattle applicable to cow-calf operations: A Scoping Review

2021
O'Connor AM, Angelos JA, Dennis EJ, Elizalde P, Kneipp M, Loy JD, Maier G
Future Directions for Research in Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis

2021
Maier G, O'Connor AM, Sheedy D
The Evidence Base for Prevention of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis Through Vaccination

2021
Maier G, Doan B, O'Connor AM
The Role of Environmental Factors in the Epidemiology of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis

2021
Loy JD, Clothier KA, Maier G
Component Causes of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis—Non-Moraxella Organisms in the Epidemiology of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis

2021
Loy JD, Hille M, Maier G, Clawson ML
Component Causes of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis - The Role of Moraxella Species in the Epidemiology of Infectious Bovine Keratoconjunctivitis

2020
Aly SS, Karle BM, Williams DR, Maier GU, Dubrovsky S
Components of a risk assessment tool for prevention and control of bovine respiratory disease in preweaned dairy calves

2020
Maier GU, McNabb B, Pereira R, Bang H, Aly SS, Rossow HA
Effect of continued metabolic acidification into the first three days of lactation on blood calcium status in postpartum dairy cattle: a randomized controlled trial

2020
Maier GU, Love WJ, Karle BM, Dubrovsky SA, Williams DR, Champagne JD, Anderson RJ, Rowe JD, Lehenbauer TW, Van Eenennaam AL, Aly SS
A novel risk assessment tool for bovine respiratory disease in preweaned dairy calves

2019
Maier GU, Love WJ, Karle BM, Dubrovsky SA, Williams DR, Champagne JD, Anderson RJ, Rowe JD, Lehenbauer TW, Van Eenennaam AL, Aly SS
Management factors associated with bovine respiratory disease in preweaned calves on California dairies: The BRD 100 study