Javier Guitian
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Javier is a Professor of Veterinary Public Health and a member of the Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health Group
Biography
Javier qualified in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, in 1993. He then studied for a PhD in epidemiology at the same University, conducted research in the USA and Canada as a visiting scientist, and spent a short period doing international cooperation work in northeast Brazil. After three years working for a diagnostic laboratory and for dairy producers in Galicia, Spain while lecturing part time at the University of Porto in Portugal, he came back to a full time academic position in 2002. He joined The Royal Veterinary College as a Lecturer in Population Medicine and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2006. In 2010 Javier was appointed as Professor of Veterinary Public Health. Javier is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Public Health. He is a member of the scientific committee of the Basque Foundation for Food Safety and of the epidemiology working group of the Caribbean Animal Health Network.
Research
Javier applies epidemiological research methods to the study of livestock diseases that can be transmitted to humans (zoonoses) or can compromise food production and safety. The overall aim of his research is to inform strategies for effective management and control of these diseases at different levels, from the individual farmer to national governments and international bodies. Methodologically, his work integrates field-based observational studies and quantitative methods such as statistical modelling, spatial epidemiology and risk analysis. Most of his current research work takes place in UK, Middle East and South America and is related, mainly, to Paratuberculosis, Brucellosis, Foot and Mouth Disease and parasitic zoonoses.
Teaching
Javier is involved with undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in the BVetMed, BSc Bioveterinary Sciences and MSc Veterinary Epidemiology courses. He is o-director for the MSc Veterinary Epidemiology and MSc Veterinary Epidemiology and Public Health by distance learning and strand leader for the population medicine and veterinary public health strand of the BVetMed. Javier regularly contributes to international training courses; he has designed and taught courses in Eastern Europe, South East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Selected Publications
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Waret-Szkuta A., Ortiz-Pelaez A., Roger F., Pfeiffer D., Guitian FJ. Herd contact structure based on shared use of water and grazing points in the highlands of Ethiopia. Epidemiol Infect. In press.
Hegazy Y, Ridler A, Guitian FJ. Assessment and simulation of the implementation of a brucellosis control program in an endemic area of the Middle East. Epidemiol Infect. In press.
Eltholth MM, Marsh V, Van Winden S, Guitian FJ.Contamination of food products with Mycobacterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP): A systematic review. Journal of Applied Microbiology. In press.
Oliveira J, Yus E, Guitian FJ. Effects of management, environmental and temporal factors on mortality and feed consumption in integrated swine fattening farms. Livestock Science. In press.
Van Kerkhove MD, Ly S, Holl D, Guitian FJ, Mangtani P, Ghani A, Vong S. Frequency and patterns of contact with domestic poultry and potential risk of H5N1 transmission to humans living in rural Cambodia. Influenza. 2008 September, 2(5): 155-163
Stringer LA, Guitian FJ, Abernethy DA, Honhold NH, Menzies FD. Risk associated with animals moved from herds infected with brucellosis in Northern Ireland. Prev Vet Med. 2008 April 17; 84(1-2): 72-84.
Waret A, Roger F, Chavernac D, Yigezu LM, Libeau G, Pfeiffer U, Guitian FJ. Peste des petits ruminants (PPR) in Ethiopia: Analysis of a national serological survey. BMC Vet Res. 2008 Sep 12;4:34.
Oliveira J, Guitian FJ, Yus E. Effect of introducing piglets from farrow-to-finish breeding farms into all-in all-out fattening batches in Spain on productive parameters and economic profit. Prev Vet Med. 2007 Aug 16;80(4):243-56.
Truscott J, Garske T, Chis-Ster I, Guitian J, Pfeiffer D, Snow L, Wilesmith J, Ferguson NM, Ghani AC. Control of a highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza outbreak in the GB poultry flock. Proc Biol Sci. 2007 Sep 22;274(1623):2287-95.
Picado A, Guitian FJ, Pfeiffer DU. Space-time interaction as an indicator of local spread during the 2001 FMD outbreak in the UK. Prev Vet Med. 2007; 79(1): 3-19.
Ortiz – Pelaez A, Pfeiffer DU, Soares – Magalhaes RJ, Guitian FJ. Use of SNA to characterize the pattern of animal movements in the initial phases of the 2001 FMD epidemic in the UK. Prev Vet Med. 2006; 76: 40-55.