Department of Population Health, Food Animal Health and Management, Poultry Diagnostic and Research Center, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study
Department Head of Population Health, Professor
Biography
Research Interests
- Analytical epidemiology and applied biostatistics
- Bovine respiratory disease
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Salmonella and Campylobacter in poultry
Educational Background
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, 2006
- MS, Biomedical Science, University of Missouri, Columbia, 2001
- DVM, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1994
- BS, Chemistry, College of the Ozarks, Point Lookout, Missouri, 1990
Board Certification
- Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine (2004 – Present)
- Certified, ACVPM Epidemiology Specialty (2005 – Present)
Teaching Experience
- POPH 8310L Population Health Statistics I
- POPH 8320L Population Health Statistics II
- POPH 8900 Problems in Population Health: Introduction to Epidemiology
- POPH 6160 Special Problems in Food Animal Medicine: Clinical Study Design
- POPH 6250 Directed Studies in Food Animal Clinical Research
Courses Taught as Team Instructor
- POPH 6230 Problems in Epidemiology and Statistics
- IDIS 8010 Advanced Topics in Infectious Diseases
Selected Publications
Publications by Dr. Berghaus are found on PubMed.
- Hofacre CL, Baxter J, Berghaus R, Bonato MA, de Souza FA. Yeast cell wall supplementation affects the Salmonella Enteritidis load in the ceca and ovaries of layer pullets. Poult Sci 2024; 103(11):104187. doi:10.1016/j.psj.2024.104187.
- Murdoch JE, Lourenco BN, Berghaus RD, Ames MK, Hammond H, Coleman AE. Characterization of the circulating renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in telmisartan- or enalapril-treated dogs with proteinuric chronic kidney disease. J Vet Int Med 2024; 38:2535-2547. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.17186
- Berghaus LJ, Cathcart J, Berghaus RD, Ryan C, Toribio RE, Hart KA. The impact of age on vitamin D receptor expression, vitamin D metabolism and cytokine production in ex vivo Rhodococcus equi infection of equine alveolar macrophages. Vet Immunol Immunopathol 2024; 268:110707. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetimm.2023.110707.
- †Adcock KG, Berghaus RD, Goodwin CC, Ruder MG, Yabsley MJ, Mead DG, Nemeth NM. Lymphoproliferative disease virus and reticuloendotheliosis virus detection and disease in wild turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo). J Wildl Dis 2024; 60(1):139-150. doi: 10.7589/JWD-D-23-00012.
- Jones MK, Hofacre CL, Hoerr FJ, Baxter VA, Berghaus RD, Sellers HS, Ferguson-Noel N, Smith JA. Investigations into increased incidence of severe gizzard erosions and ulcerations in US commercial broilers. Avian Dis 2023; 67(4):349-363. https://doi.org/10.1637/aviandiseases-D-23-00052.
- Credille BC, Duggin JD, Jones AL, Nyhuis G, Fontes PLP, Stewart RL, Berghaus RD. Physical traits, performance data, and reproductive tract maturity score can be used to predict fertility and likelihood of early conception in beef replacement heifers consigned to a heifer development program in the Southeastern United States. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2023; 261(8):1193-1199. doi:10.2460/javma.23.02.0093.
- †Kunkel MR, Berghaus RD, Martin JA, Mead DG, Ruder MG, Nemeth NM. Storage time and temperature of filter paper strips affect anti-West Nile virus antibody detection in 2 galliform species. J Vet Diagn Invest 2023; 35(4):399-403. doi:10.1177/10406387231170795.
Book Chapters
- Berghaus RD and Stewart-Brown B. Public health significance of poultry diseases. In: Diseases of Poultry, 14th Wiley-Blackwell, Ames, Iowa 2020.
