Melissa Macias Rioseco

Melissa Macias Rioseco

Associate Professor

California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab
Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology


Licenses
Cédula Profesional: Medica Veterinaria
Zootecnista
California Veterinary Medical Board License
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists
Education
2019, PhD, Universidad de la Republica (UdelaR) and the Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA), Montevideo, Uruguay
2015, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2013, MPVM, University of California, Davis, CA
2010, DVM, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California (UABC) Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Veterinarias, Mexicali, Mexico
Active Research Grants
Co-Principal Investigator, Effect of Almond Shells Biochar-Rich in Zinc on Diarrhea and Weight Gain in Dairy Calves, Hamed El Mashad (Principal Investigator), Resnick Agricultural Innovation Research Fund
Research Focus
Infectious Diseases of Livestock and Commertial Poultry
Specialty Focus
Anatomic pathology of livestock, avian species (including an emphasis in commercial poultry) and equine along with epidemiology of infectious diseases in these species, particularly interested in pathology of abortion in ruminants.
Ten Recent Publications

2024
Pérez E, Uzal FA, de Miguel R, Rodríguez-Largo A, Reséndiz R, Streitenberger N, Macías-Rioseco M, Gómez Á, Calvo-Sánchez N, Pérez M, Luján L, Asín J
Mannheimia haemolytica-associated fibrinonecrotizing abomasitis in lambs

2023
Macías-Rioseco M^, Ochoa J, Asín J, Moeller RB, Uzal FA
Salmonellosis in elephants in managed care: report of 2 cases and literature review

2023
Casaux ML, Neto WS, Schild CO, Costa RA, Macías-Rioseco M, Caffarena RD, Silveira CS, Aráoz V, Díaz BD, Giannitti F, Fraga M
Epidemiological and clinicopathological findings in 15 fatal outbreaks of salmonellosis in dairy calves and virulence genes in the causative Salmonella enterica Typhimurium and Dublin strains

2022
Macías-Rioseco M^, Sheley M, Ochoa J, Carvallo-Chaigneau FR, Uzal FA
Coccidioidomycosis in 26 horses in California, USA: case series and review of the literature

2022
Asin J, Rejmanek D, Clifford DL, Mikolon AB, Henderson EE, Nyaoke AC, Macias Rioseco M, Streitenberger N, Beingesser J, Woods LW, Lavazza A, Capucci L, Crossley B, Uzal FA
Early circulation of rabbit haemorrhagic disease virus type 2 in domestic and wild lagomorphs in southern California, USA (2020-2021)

2021
Rabaza A, Giannitti F, Fraga M, Macias Rioseco M, Corbellini LG, Riet-Correa F, Hirigoyen D, Turner KME, Eisler MC
Serological Evidence of Human Infection with Coxiella burnetii after Occupational Exposure to Aborting Cattle

2020
da Silva Silveira C, Fraga M, Monesiglio C, Delpiazzo R, Macias Rioseco M, Giannitti F, Riet-Correa F
Detection of Tritrichomonas foetus by PCR in smegma of bulls in Uruguay

2020
Macías-Rioseco M^, Silveira C, Fraga M, Casaux L, Cabrera A, Francia M, Robello C, Maya L, Zarantonelli L, Suanes A, Colina R, Buschiazzo A, Giannitti F, Riet-Correa F
Causes of abortion in dairy cows in Uruguay

2020
Maya L, Macías-Rioseco M, Silveira C, Giannitti F, Castells M, Salvo M, Rivero R, Cristina J, Gianneechini E, Puentes R, Flores EF, Riet-Correa F, Colina R
An extensive field study reveals the circulation of new genetic variants of subtype 1a of bovine viral diarrhea virus in Uruguay