College of Veterinary Medicine

Education:

BS, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT, 1978
DVM, Colorado State University, Ft. Collins, CO, 1982
MPVM, University of California - Davis, CA, 1987

Residency Training, University of California - Davis, CA, 1988

Research Interests:

Infectious diseases affecting bovine reproduction and performance: Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (Johne’s disease), Ureaplasma diversum, Tritrichomonas foetus.

Factors influencing beef cattle reproductive performance: body condition/nutrition, heifer development and assessment, estrus synchronization and timed-insemination, estrus expression.

Selected Publications:

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Pinedo, PJ, Buergelt, CD, Monif, RG, Williams, JE, Rae, O. Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis shedding into milk: Correlation of Serum ELISA Titers with DNA Detection in Milk. J Appl Res Vet Med. In press.

Pinedo, PJ, Rae, DO, Williams, JE, Donovan, G.A, Melendez, P, Buergelt, CD: ‘Association among results of serum ELISA, fecal culture, and nested PCR on milk, blood, and feces for the detection of paratuberculosis in dairy cows’. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. 55 (2008) 125–133.

Landaeta-Hernandez AJ, Melendez P, Bartolome J, Rae DO, Archbald LF. Effect of biostimulation on the expression of estrus in postpartum Angus cows. Theriogenology 66:710-716, 2006. Available on line 2 Dec 2005.

Elzo MA, Rae DO, Lanhart SE, Wasdin JG, Dixon WP, Jones JL. Factors associated with ELISA scores for paratuberculosis in an Angus-Brahman multibreed herd of beef cattle. J Anim Sci 84:41-48, 2006.

Landaeta- Hernandez AJ, Chenoweth PJ, Randales R, Tran T, Rae DO, Chase CC. Identifying the social dominance order in a mixed breed herd. A practical methodology. Revista Cientifica. 15:148-154, 2005.

Landaeta-Hernandez AJ, Yelich JV, Tran T, Fields MJ, Chase CC, Lemaster JW, Rae DO, Chenoweth PJ. Environmental, genetic and social factors affecting the expression of estrus in beef cows, Theriogenology 57:1357-1370, 2002.

Rae DO, Chenoweth PJ, Giangreco MA, Dixon PW, Bennett FL. Assessment of estrus detection by visual observation and electronic detection methods and characterization of factors associated with estrus and pregnancy in beef heifers. Theriogenology 51:1121-1132, 1999.

Rae DO, Chenoweth PJ, Genho PC, McIntosh AD, Crosby CE, Moore SA. Prevalence of Tritrichomonas fetus in a bull population and effect on production in a large cow-calf enterprise. JAVMA 214:1051-1055, 1999.

Kunkle WE, RS Sand, DO Rae. 1994. Effect of body condition score on productivity in beef cattle. In: Factors Affecting Calf Crop, pp 167-178, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.

Rae DO, Chenoweth PJ, Brown MB. Ureaplasma infection in farm animals (bovine). Archives of STD/HIV Research, 7(3):239-243, 1993.

Rae DO, Chenoweth PJ, Brown MB, Genho P, Moore S. Reproductive performance of beef heifers: Effects of vulvo-vaginitis, Ureaplasma diversum and prebreeding antibiotic administration. Therio 40(3): 497-508, 1993.

Rae DO, Kunkle WE, Chenoweth PJ, Sand RS, Tran T. Relationship of parity and body condition score to pregnancy rates in Florida beef cattle. Therio 39:1143-1152, 1993.

Rae DO. Impact of trichomoniasis on the cow-calf producer's profitability. J Am Vet Med Assoc 194:771-775, 1989.