Recent Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journals
CORE faculty/staff in bold, *student first author
Hanthorn CJ, Cohnstaedt LW, Cernicchiaro N. Barrier or breach? Assessing swine housing features for mosquito threats. Front Insect Sci. 2025 Sep 04;5:1606259. doi: 10.3389/finsc.2025.1606259.
*Edache SE, Horton V, Trujillo S, Algino R, Dewsbury DM, George LA, Shi X, Nagaraja TG, Edrington TS, Renter DG, Cernicchiaro N. Regional and seasonal trends in Salmonella enterica: a study of cull dairy cattle lymph nodes. Foodborne Pathog Dis. 2025 Jul 28. doi: 10.1177/15353141251363063
Humphreys JM, Stenfeldt C, King DP, Knight-Jones T, Perez AM, VanderWaal K, Sanderson MW, Di Nardo A, Jemberu WT, Pamornchainavakul N, Arzt J. Epidemiology and economics of foot-and-mouth disease: current understanding and knowledge gaps. Vet Res. 2025 Jul 7;56(1):141. doi: 10.1186/s13567-025-01561-5
Ekakoro JE, Ruple A, Dog Aging Project Consortium, Renter DG, Cernicchiaro N. Self-reported dog vaccination practices in pet owners enrolled in the Dog Aging Project in the United States found most dogs were vaccinated according to veterinarians’ recommendations. Am J Vet Res. 2025 Jul 3:1-12. doi: 10.2460/ajvr.25.01.0016
*McAtee TB, Renter DG, Betts NB, Cernicchiaro N. Pens of commercial feedlot cattle with better health and performance have lower estimated greenhouse gas emissions intensity. Transl Anim Sci. 2025 Jun 27;9:txaf087. https://doi.org/10.1093/tas/txaf087
*Horton V, Tonsor GT, Hutcheson JP, Cernicchiaro N, Horton LM, Renter DG. Effects of combining value-added programs on sale prices of calf lots sold through the Superior Livestock Auction. Appl Anim Sci. 2025 June;41(3):252-264. doi: 10.15232/aas.2024-02638
*Edache S, Dixon AL, Oliveira ARS, Cohnstaedt LW, Mitzel D, Mire CE, Cernicchiaro N. Mosquito vector competence for Japanese encephalitis virus: a systematic review and meta-analysis update. Parasite Vectors. 2025 May 26;18(1):191. doi: 10.1186/s13071-025-06843-7
Rawson T, Morgenstern C, Knock ES, Hicks J, Pham A, Morel G, Murillo AC, Sanderson MW, Forchini G, FitzJohn R, Hauck K, Ferguson N. A mathematical model of H5N1 influenza transmission in US dairy cattle. Nat Commun. 2025 May 8;16(1):4308. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-59554-z
Day ME, Schroeder TC, McAtee TB, Betts NB, Renter DG. Effects of mortality and growth implant use on feedlot net returns and greenhouse gas emissions. J Agric Appl Econ Assoc. 2025 May 05;1-23. doi: 10.1017/aae.2025.9
*Horton LM, Pendell DL, Renter DG. Economic analysis of randomized controlled trial data: a framework and feedlot cattle case study. J Anim Sci. 2025 Apr 3:skaf105. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaf105
*Horton LM, Schroeder TC, Streeter MN, Hutcheson JP, Renter DG. Stochastic modelling of economic risk and net return distributions for feedlot steers marketed at alternative endpoints. J Anim Sci. 2025 Mar 10:skaf074. doi: 10.1093/jas/skaf074
*Seger HL, Sanderson MW, White BJ, Lanzas C. The effect of temporal resolution and contact duration on Real-Time location system-based contact networks for confined feedlot cattle. Prev Vet Med. 2025 Feb;235:106409. doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2024.106409
Additional publications can be found on each faculty member's individual webpage.
Older Publications
Presentations and Abstracts
CORE faculty/staff in bold, *student first author
*Dunlea T, Kerns A, Yadav S, Sanderson M. A quantitative model of the risk of FMD transmission following cattle movements during an outbreak. American Association of Bovine Practitioners Annual Conference, September 11-13, 2025, Omaha, Nebraska. *3rd place in graduate student competition
*Hirsch BA, Hanthorn CJ, Charnas S, Sanderson MW, Fritz SA. Stocking the cattle producers toolbox: on-farm guidance for preventing cattle death loss due to nitrate poisoning from contaminated water sources (Poster). American Association of Bovine Practitioners Annual Conference, September 11-13, 2025, Omaha, Nebraska.
Sanderson M. Generating a US national cattle movement network using ISP – applications & challenges. University of Vermont Modeling Summit, August 11-12, 2025, Fort Collins, Colorado.
*Horton V, Hanthorn C, Thackrah A, Renter DG, Cernicchiaro N. Understanding metaphylaxis practices for cattle at uncertain risk of bovine respiratory disease in U.S. feedlots: a survey of veterinary consultants and feedlot managers. Academy of Veterinary Consultants Summer Conference, August 9, 2025, Norman, Oklahoma.
*Hirsch BA, Hanthorn CJ, Charnas S, Sanderson MW, Fritz SA. On-farm guidance for preventing cattle death loss due to nitrate poisoning from contaminated water sources (Poster). National Veterinary Scholars Symposium, August 7-9, Spokane, Washington.
*Boudreau A, Edache S, Cernicchiaro N. Unmasking the bite: tracing host DNA from mosquito blood meals in swine operations (Poster). Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 15, 2025, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
Horton LM. Extending Days on Feed of Feedlot Steers – Economic Considerations. Pre-Conference Symposium Speaker – 2025 Plains Nutrition Council, April 10, 2025, San Antonio, Texas.
*Mauler L, Edache S, Edache D, Cohnstaedt L, Olds C, Gebhardt J, Mitzel D, Cernicchiaro N. Do swine farms have a mosquito problem? (Poster). Phi Zeta Research Day, March 11, 2025, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
*Edache S, Edache D, Mauler L, Cohnstaedt L, Dixon A, Thackrah A, Horton V, Mitzel D, Cernicchiaro N. Do swine farms have a mosquito problem? (Poster). Phi Zeta Research Day, March 11, 2025, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas.
Cernicchiaro N. Overview of the Center for Outcomes Research & Epidemiology (CORE)’s Research and Impact. Symposium on Foot and Mouth Disease, March 10-13, 2025, Manhattan, Kansas.
Sanderson M. Modeling Risks, Impacts and Interventions in an FMD outbreak in the US. Symposium on Foot and Mouth Disease, March 10-13, 2025, Manhattan, Kansas.
*Dunlea T, Yadav S, Sanderson M. Infection risk associated with cattle movements during an FMD outbreak. Symposium on Foot and Mouth Disease, March 10-13, 2025, Manhattan, Kansas.
*Smith MR, Sanderson MW. Modeling effects of cattle traceability on FMD outbreaks in the United States. Symposium on Foot and Mouth Disease, March 10-13, 2025, Manhattan, Kansas.
Moreno-Torres K, Sanderson MW, Rigney C, Schoenbaum M, Delgado A, Arzt J, Heier Stamm JL. A stochastic framework to assess optimal allocation of limited vaccine doses in FMD outbreaks using game theory. Symposium on Foot and Mouth Disease, March 10-13, 2025, Manhattan, Kansas.
*Dunlea T, Yadav S, Sanderson M. A quantitative model of the risk of FMD transmission following cattle movements during an outbreak. Abstract #86. Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, January 18-21, 2025, Chicago, Illinois.
*Edache S, Edache D, Mauler L, Cohnstaedt L, Thackrah A, Horton V, Mitzel D, Dixon A, Cernicchiaro N. Do swine farms have a mosquito problem? Assessing mosquito abundance and diversity in US commercial swine farms (Poster). Abstract P091. Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, January 18-21, 2025, Chicago, Illinois.
*Horton LM, Schroeder TC, Streeter MN, Hutcheson JP, Renter DG. Stochastic modelling of economic risk and net return distributions for feedlot steers marketed at alternative endpoints. Abstract #261. Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, January 18-21, 2025, Chicago, Illinois. Mark Gearhart Memorial Graduate Student Award Recipient.
*McAtee TB, Renter DG, Betts NB, Cernicchiaro N. Associations between estimated greenhouse gas emissions in feedlot cattle cohorts and their health and performance. Abstract #47. Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, January 18-21, 2025, Chicago, Illinois. Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine: Best oral presentation – 2nd Place
*Smith MR, Hanthorn CJ, Sanderson MW. A scoping review of Foot-and-Mouth Disease biosecurity practices and farm-level risk factors. Abstract #62. Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases, January 18-21, 2025, Chicago, Illinois. Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine: Best oral presentation – 4th Place