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Brief Biography
Rebecca is an Upstate NY native from Skaneateles. She was introduced to veterinary medicine working with sheep and dairy cattle while growing up. She studied biomechanics of growing animals for her undergraduate thesis research.
Education
AB, Honors Biology, Harvard University 2003
Research Interests
Rebecca is interested in understanding pathogen transmission dynamics. She is studying Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) transmission on commercial US dairy farms. Her projects involve in vitro assessment of host and pathogen heterogeneity, fieldwork and mathematical model development.
Publications & Presentations
Ray, KA, LD Warnick, RM Mitchell, JB Kaneene, PL Ruegg, SJ Wells, CP Fossler, LW Halbert, K May. (2006) Antimicrobial susceptibility of Salmonella from organic and conventional dairy farms. Journal of Dairy Science. 89(6) 2038-2050.
Ray, KA, LD Warnick, RM Mitchell, JB Kaneene, PL Ruegg, SJ Wells, CP Fossler, LW Halbert, K May. (2007) Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among Salmonella on midwest and northeast USA dairy farms. Prev Vet Med. May 16; 79(2-4): 204-23.
NS Gollnick, RM Mitchell, HK Janagama, S Sreevatsan, YH Schukken. (2007) Survival of different Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis strains in bovine monocyte-derived macrophages from Johne's disease positive and non-infected control cows. Vet Immuno Immunopath. Dec 15; 120(3-4):93-105.
Mitchell, RM, RH Whitlock, SM Stehman, A Benedictus, P Chapagain, YT Grohn, YH Schukken. (2008). Mathematical modeling of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis on commercial US dairy farms. Prev Vet Med. Mar 17; 83(3-4):360-80.
Benedictus, A, RM Mitchell, M Linde-Widmann, R Sweeney, T Fyock, YH Schukken, RH Whitlock. (2008). Calculation of transmission parameters of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infections in a dairy herd going through a control program. Prev Vet Med. Mar 17; 83(3-4):215-27.
Nightingale, C, K Dhuyvetter, R Mitchell, Y Schukken. (2008). Influence of variable milk quality premiums on observed milk quality. J Dairy Sci. Mar; 91(3):1236-44.
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