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David W. Hird

David W. Hird

Professor Emeritus

Medicine & Epidemiology


Education
1968, DVM, University of California, Davis,
1973, MPVM, University of California, Davis,
1980, PhD, University of Minnesota, St. Paul,
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Tenth International Symposium on Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (with M Salman), (Principal Investigator), USDA
Honors and Awards
1982-1985 Epidemiology, Brucellosis Policy Advisory Committee (USDA/APHIS and Texas A and M University)
1984-1989 Disease surveillance, National Animal Health Monitoring System (US Department of Agriculture/ APHIS)
1985 Outbreak investigation (listeriosis), (US Centers for Disease Control and Los Angeles County Health Department) (10 days)
1985 Epidemiology, Council for Science and Technology (Government of Costa Rica) (2 weeks)
1985 Disease surveillance, African swine fever surveillance project in Andean Pact countries of South America (FAO, United Nations) (6 weeks)
1987 Epidemiology, Brucellosis and tuberculosis control/eradication (Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Costa Rica)
1987 Fulbright Scholarship Award, Costa Rica (9 months)
1988 Fulbright Scholarship Award, follow-up studies in Costa Rica (1 month)
1993 Honorary Professorship, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Chile
1996 Merck Ag Vet Award for Creativity in Teaching
2000 Outstanding Faculty/Staff Award, UC Davis Graduate Group in Epidemiology
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
1990 Hird DW and C Genigeorgis: Listeriosis in food animals: clinical signs and livestock as a potential source of direct (nonfoodborne) infection for humans, AJ Miller, JL Smith and GA Somkuti, (ed), Foodborne Listeriosis, . 31-39.
Ten Recent Publications

2003
Fosgate GT, Adesiyun AA, Hird DW, Johnson WO, Hietala SK, Schurig GG, Ryan J, Diptee MD
Evaluation of brucellosis RB51 vaccine for domestic water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in Trinidad

2003
Fosgate GT, Adesiyun AA, Hird DW, Johnson WO, Hietala SK, Schurig GG, Ryan J
Estimation of receiver-operating characteristic curves to determine accuracy of a competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the serodiagnosis of Brucella infection in domestic water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) and cattle

2002
Fosgate GT, Adesiyun AA, Hird DW, Johnson WO, Hietala SK, Schurig GG, Ryan J
Comparison of serologic tests for detection of Brucella infections in cattle and water buffalo (Bubalus bubalis)

2002
Tharratt RS, Case JT, Hird DW
Perceptions of state public health officers and state veterinarians regarding risks of bioterrorism in the United States

2002
Fosgate GT, Adesiyun AA, Hird DW, Hietala SK, Ryan J
Isolation of Brucella abortus biovar 1 from cattle and water buffaloes on Trinidad

2002
Fosgate GT, Hird DW, Read DH, Walker RL
Risk factors for Clostridium piliforme infection in foals

2001
Charlton K, Hird DW, Spiegel LK
Trace metal concentrations in San Joaquin kit foxes from the Southern San Joaquin Valley of California

2000
Muñoz-Zanzi CA, Thurmond MC, Hird DW, Lerche NW
Effect of weaning time and associated management practices on postweaning chronic diarrhea in captive rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta)

2000
Daft B, Barr B, Ardans A, Read D, Bell W, Hird DW, St. Leger J, Cornish C, Kinde H, Johnson B, Woods L, Anderson M, Hietala S, Adaska J, Hurley J
Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis: A comparison of Western blot results for serum and cerebral spinal fluid with postmortem findings in normal and neurologic horses

1999
Arzt J, Rodriguez-Lainz A, Hird DW, Read DH, Guarda G
Prevelance and risk factors for papillomatous digital dermatitis among dairy cattle herds in Region X, Chile