Maurice Ernest Pitesky

Associate Specialist in Cooperative Extension

Population Health & Reproduction

Phone Number

+1 530 752 3215

Office

4007 VM3B, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses

California state license to practice veterinary medicine

American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (ACVPM) Board Certified

Education

1996, BS, University of California, Los Angeles

2008, DVM, University of California, Davis

2009, MPVM, University of California, Davis

2018, 6/26/2018-6/29/2018, UC Davis , UC Davis

Active Research Grants

Principal Investigator, Waterfowl and Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI): Spatio-Temporal Risk Mapping of HPAI in the Central Valley of California , (Principal Investigator), Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources

Principal Investigator, Survey of antibiotic resistance and the subsequent promotion of judicious use of antibiotics in backyard poultry, (Principal Investigator), CDFA

Principal Investigator, Mapping Ex-Urban Backyard Poultry Operations in Nepal with Youth: Toward Improving Profitability, Coop Construction, Disease Control and Communication between Household Farmers and Academic Stakeholders, (Principal Investigator), UC Davis Global Affairs

Principal Investigator, Free-Range & Pastured Poultry Training & Outreach Innovation Hub for Beginning Farmers in California & Oregon, (Principal Investigator), USDA-BFRDP

Principal Investigator, Poultry Production 2.0: Linking Food Safety, Production Efficiency and Poultry Welfare using Business Intelligence Software Linked to Statistical Code Linked to the Internet of Things (IoT), (Principal Investigator), UC-Davis Data Informatics and Application Launch (DIAL)

Principal Investigator, Using qPCR to Understand Up and Down Regulation of Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Salmonella Heidelberg Challenged with Commonly Used Antimicrobials, (Principal Investigator), CFAH

Principal Investigator, Assessing the Toxicological Risk of Eggs from Backyards Chickens in Fire Affected Urban Areas in Northern California, (Principal Investigator), ANR

Principal Investigator, USDA Beginning Farmer Grant , (Principal Investigator), USDA

Co-Principal Investigator, NARMS Food Safety Surveillance in Southern California, Xunde Li (Principal Investigator), FDA

External Links

UC Poultry Website

Most Recent Five Book Chapters

2005 Schaldach CM, Bench G, DeYoreo JJ, Esposito T, Ferreira J, Gard EE, Grant P, Horn J, Huser T, Kashgarian M, Knezovich J, Lane S, Pitesky ME, Talley C, Woods B, Jen Wu K, Velsko SP : Chapter 13: Non-DNA methods for biological signatures, Breeze RG, Budowle B, Schutzer SE, (ed), Microbial Forensics, . 251-94, IV-VI.

Research Focus

Application of classic and spatial epidemiology in disease surveillance, food safety management, and other processes associated with poultry health.Interface of science and policy with respect to food safety and public health.Application of 'One-Health' principles with respect to domestic poultry, wildlife, the environment, and food safety.Composting and other value-added treatments for spent hens, and poultry litter for management of mortality and disease.Utilizing Next Generation Sequencing to understand bacterial pathogenicityCollaboration, communication, and outreach with stakeholders including commercial and backyard owners.

Specialty Focus

Poultry Health and Food Safety Epidemiology

Ten Recent Publications

2019
Huang AS, Carvallo FR, Pitesky ME, Stoute S
Gastrointestinal impactions in backyard poultry

2019
Cadena M, Froenicke L, Britton M, Settles M, Kumimoto E, Gallardo RA, Ferreiro A, Chylkova T, Weimer B, Zhou H, Pitesky ME^
Transcriptome Analysis of Salmonella Heidelberg (SH) After Exposure to Cetylpyridinium Chloride, Acidified Calcium Hypochlorite and Peroxyacetic Acid

2019
Pitesky ME, Thorngren A, Niemeier D
Feeding and Lighting Practices in Pastured Poultry and Free-Range Commercial Farms in the United States

2018
Biswas S, Abdelnabi A, Pitesky M, Gallardo R, Pandey P
Thermal inactivation of Escherichia coli and Salmonella in poultry carcass and litter at thermophilic temperatures

2018
Patel T, Marmulak T, Gehring R, Pitesky ME, Clapham M, Tell L
Drug residues in poultry meat: A literature review of commonly used veterinary antibacterials and anthelmintics used in poultry

2018
Cadena M, Hoffman M, Gallardo RA, Figueroa A, Lubell M, Pitesky ME^
Using Social Network Analysis to Characterize the Collaboration Network of Backyard Poultry Trainers in California

2018
Palma L, Ceballos SJ, Johnson PC, Niemeier D, Pitesky ME, VanderGheynst JS
Cultivation of black soldier fly larvae on almond by-products: impacts of aeration and moisture on larvae growth and composition

2018
Derksen T, Lampron R, Hauck R, Pitesky ME, and Gallardo R
Biosecurity Assessment and Seroprevalence of Respiratory Diseases in Backyard Poultry Flocks Located Close and Far from Commercial Premises

2018
Aleuy AO, Pitesky ME, Gallardo R
Using Multinomial and Space-Time Permutation Models to Understand the Epidemiology of Infectious Bronchitis in California Between 2008 and 2012