Van Kessel, J.S., Sonnier, J.L., Zhao, S., Karns, J.S. 2013. Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica isolates from bulk tank milk and milk filters in the United States. Journal of Food Protection. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/0362-28X.JFP-12-263.
Pachepsky, L., Pachepsky, Y.A., Shelton, D.R., Van Kessel, J.S. 2012. Environmental research to improve food safety. Internet Web Page. Available: www.ars.usda.gov/research/docs.htm?docid=22497
Van Kessel, J.S., Sonnier, J.L., Zhao, S., Karns, J.S. 2012. Antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica isolated from bulk tank milk and milk filters in the United States. Meeting Abstract.
Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Wolfgang, D., Hovingh, E., Schukken, Y. 2012. Dynamics of Salmonella serotype shifts in an endemically infected dairy herd. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 9:319-324.
Torrence, M.E., Singer, R., Loneragan, G., Scott, M., Hofacre, C., Berghaus, R., Harhay, D.M., Edrington, T.S., Byrd Ii, J.A., Van Kessel, J.S. 2011. Piloting the future: Results from a pilot study for changes in the animal sampling program for the national antibiotic resistance monitoring system (NARMS). Meeting Abstract.
Smith, R., Schukken, Y., Pradhan, A., Smith, J., Whitlock, R., Van Kessel, J.S., Wolfgang, D., Grohn, V. 2012. Environmental contamination with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in endemically infected dairy herds. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 102:1-9.
Latorre, A., Pradhan, A., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Boor, K., Rice, D., Mangione, K., Grohn, Y., Schukken, Y. 2011. Quantitative risk assessment of Listeriosis due to consumption of raw milk. Journal of Food Protection. 74(8): 1268-1281.
Latorre, A., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Zurakowski, M., Pradhan, A., Sukhnanand, S., Schukken, Y. 2011. Increased in vitro adherence and on-farm persistence of predominant and persistent Listeria monocytogenes strains in the milking system. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 77(11):3676-3684.
Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Lombard, J.E. 2011. Prevalence of Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes and E. coli Virulence Factors in Bulk Tank Milk and In-line Filters from US Dairies. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 759-768.
Pradhan, A., Mitchell, R., Kramer, A., Zurakowski, M., Fyock, T., Whitlock, R., Smith, J., Hovingh, E., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Schukken, Y. 2011. Molecular Epidemiology of Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis in a Longitudinal Study of Three Dairy Herds. Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 49(3):893-901.
Van Kessel, J.S., Santin, M., Karns, J.S., Schukken, Y. 2010. Tracking Zoonotic Pathogens in Dairy Production Chains. In: Brul, S., Fratamico, P.M., and McMeekin, T.A., editors. Tracing Pathogens in the Food Chain. Philadelphia, PA: Woodhead Publishing. p. 503-526.
Zanella, R., Settles, M., Mckay, S.D., Schnabel, R.D., Taylor, J.F., Fyock, T., Whitlock, R.H., Schukken, Y., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Hovingh, E., Smith, J., Neibergs, H.L. 2010. Identification of loci associated with tolerance to Johne's disease in Holstein cattle. Animal Genetics. 42(1):28-38.
Latorre, A.A., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Zurakowski, M.J., Pradhan, A.K., Boor, K.J., Jayarao, B.M., Houser, B.A., Daugherty, C.S., Schukken, Y.H. 2010. Biofilm in milking equipment on a dairy farm as a potential source of bulk tank milk contamination with Listeria monocytogenes. Journal of Dairy Science. 93:2792-2802.
Ruzante, J., Lombard, J., Wagner, B., Fossler, C., Karns, J.S., Van Kessel, J.S., Gardner, I. 2010. Factors associated with Salmonella presence in environmental samples and bulk-tank milk from U.S. dairies. Zoonoses and Public Health. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1863-2378.2010.01333.x
Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S. Salmonella serotype shift during an endemic dairy infection. Joint Abstracts of the American Dairy Science and Society of Animal Science. J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 87, E-Suppl. 2/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 92, E-Suppl. 1 221
Karns, J.S., Van Kessel, J.S. 2009. PCR Analysis of Pathogenic E. coli on Three Dairy Farms in the Northeastern United States. Joint Abstracts of the American Dairy Science and Society of Animal Science. J. Anim. Sci. Vol. 87, E-Suppl. 2/J. Dairy Sci. Vol. 92, E-Suppl. 1
Settles, M., Zanella, R., Mckay, S.D., Schnabel, R.D., Taylor, J.F., Whitlock, R., Schukken, Y., Van Kessel, J.S., Smith, J., Neibergs, H. 2009. A whole genome association analysis identified loci associated with Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis infection status in U.S. Holstein cattle. Animal Genetics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2009.01896.x
Smith, R.L., Grohn, Y.T., Pradhan, A.K., Whitlock, R.H., Van Kessel, J.S., Smith, J.M., Wolfgang, D.R., Schukken, Y.H. 2009. A longitudinal study for the impact of Johne's Disease status on milk production in individual cows. Journal of Dairy Science. 92:2653-2661.
Latorre, A.A., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Zurakowski, M.J., Pradhan, A.K., Zadoks, R.N., Boor, K.J., Schukken, Y.H. 2009. Molecular ecology of Listeria monocytogenes: Evidence for a reservoir in milking equipment on a dairy farm. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 75(5):1315-1323.
Pradhan, A., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Wolfgang, D.R., Hovingh, E., Nelen, K.A., Smith, J.M., Whitlock, R.H., Fyock, T., Ladely, S.R., Cray, P.J., Schukken, Y.H. 2009. Dynamics of endemic infectious diseases of animal and human importance on three dairy herds in the northeastern United States. Journal of Dairy Science. 92:1811-1825.
Pachepsky, Y.A., Karns, J.S., Yu, O., Shelton, D.R., Guber, A.K., Van Kessel, J.S. 2008. Strain-dependent variations in attachment of E. coli to soil particles of different sizes. International Agrophysics. 22:61-66.
Antognoli, M., Lombard, J.E., Wagner, B.A., Mcclusky, B.J., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S. 2009. Risk factors associated with the presence of viable Listeria monocytogenes in bulk tank milk from U.S. dairies. Zoonoses and Public Health. 56(2):77-83.
Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Wolfgang, D.R., Hovingh, E., Jayarao, B.M., Van Tassell, C.P., Schukken, Y.H. 2008. Environmental sampling to predict fecal prevalence of Salmonella in an intensively monitored dairy herd. Journal of Food Protection. 71(10):1967-1973.
Settles, M., Zanella, R., Mckay, S., Schnabel, R., Taylor, J., Fyock, T., Whitlock, R., Schukken, Y., Hovingh, E., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Smith, J., Neibergs, H. 2008. Whole Genome Association Study of Johne's Disease. 3rd International Symposium on Animal Functional Genomics (ISAFG), April 7th-9th, 2008, Edinburg, UK.
Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Lombard, J.E. 2008. Prevalence of Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes in Raw, Bulk Tank Milk From US Dairy Farms. 95th Annual Meeting of the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP) August 3-6, 2008, Columbus, Ohio. Paper No. P2-21.
Karns, J.S., Van Kessel, J.S., Lombard, J.E. 2008. Prevalence of E. coli Virulence Factors in Raw Bulk Tank Milk from U.S. Dairy Farms. The American Society for Microbiology 108th General Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, June 1- 5, 2008.
Son, I., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S. 2008. Diversity of Escherichia coli in a Dairy Farm. The American Society for Microbiology 108th General Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, June 1-5, 2008.
Karns, J.S., Son, I., Van Kessel, J.S. 2008. Comparison of Escherichia coli from Milk and Milk Filters with E. coli from Feces and Environmental Samples on a Dairy Farm. The American Society for Microbiology 108th General Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts. June 1-5, 2008.
Zanella, R., Settles, M., Fyock, T., Whitlock, R., Schukken, Y., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Hovingh, E., Smith, J., Van Tassell, C.P., Gaskins, C., Neibergs, H. 2008. Heritability of Genetic Tolerance to Johne’s Disease. Joint ADSA-ASAS Meeting, July 7th-11th, 2008, Indianapolis, Indiana. p.4.
Whitlock, R.H., Mangold, B.L., Mcadams, S., Fyock, T., Sweeney, R., Schukken, Y., Smith, J., Van Kessel, J.S., Hovingh, E., Karns, J.S., Wolfgang, D., Johnson, T. 2007. Real-time PCR testing of pooled (1:5) fecal samples comparison to HEYM culture. International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis, Tsukuba, Japan. No.75b. http://www.paratuberculosis.org/pubs/proc9/abst75b_o1.htm.
Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Wolfgang, D.R., Hovingh, E., Schukken, Y. 2007. Longitudinal study of a clonal, sub-clinical outbreak of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Serovar Cerro in a US dairy herd. Foodborne Pathogens and Disease. 4(4):449-461.
Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Wolfgang, D.R., Hovingh, E., Schukken, Y. 2007. The relationship between Salmonella detection from milk filters and bulk milk and the fecal shedding prevalence of Salmonella in a dairy herd. Joint Meeting of the ADSA, AMSA, ASAS and PSA, July 7-12, 2007, San Antonio, Texas.
Karns, J.S., Van Kessel, J.S., McClusky, B.J., Perdue, M.L. 2007. Incidence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and E. coli Virulence Factors in U.S. Bulk Tank Milk as Deteremined by Polymerase Chain Reaction. Journal of Dairy Science. 90:3212-3219.
Chen, S.S., Van Kessel, J.S., Bah, B., Ren, F.Z., Zeng, S.S. 2007. Petrifilm plates for enumeration of bacteria counts in goat milk. Joint Meeting of the ADSA, AMSA, ASAS and PSA, July 7-12, 2007, San Antonio, Texas.
Chapagain, P.P., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Wolfgang, D.R., Hovingh, E., Nelen, K., Schukken, Y.H., Grohn, Y.T. 2007. A mathematical model of the dynamics of Salmonella Cerro infection in a U.S. dairy herd. Epidemiology and Infection. Available: http://Journals.Cambridge.org.
Van Kessel, J.S., Pachepsky, Y.A., Shelton, D.R., Karns, J.S. 2007. Survival of Escherichia coli in cow pats in pasture and in laboratory conditions. Journal of Applied Microbiology. 103(4):1122-1127.
Guber, A.K., Karns, J.S., Pachepsky, Y.A., Sadeghi, A.M., Van Kessel, J.S., Dao, T.H. 2007. Comparison of release and transport of manure-borne E. coli and Enterococci under grass buffer conditions. Letters in Applied Microbiology. 44(2):161-167.
Shelton, D.R., Karns, J.S., Higgins, J.A., Van Kessel, J.S., Perdue, M.L., Belt, K.T., Russel-Anelli, J., Debroy, C. 2006. Impact of microbial diversity on rapid detection of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in surface waters. Federation of European Microbiological Societies Microbiology Letters. 261:95-101.
Guber, A.A., Karns, J.S., Pachepsky, Y.A., Sadeghi, A.M., Van Kessel, J.S., Dao, T.H. 2006. Differences in release and transport of manure-borne E. coli and Enterococci in grass buffer conditions. ASA-CSSA-SSSA International Meeting, November 12-16, 2006, Indianapolis, Indiana. CD-ROM.
Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Wolfgang, D.R., Hovingh, E., Schukken, Y. 2006. A long term, sub-clinical, outbreak of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Cerro in a Pennsylvania dairy herd. Joint Meeting of the ADSA, AMSA, ASAS and PSA, Minneapolis, MN, July 9-13, 2006.
Shelton, D.R., Karns, J.S., Higgins, J.A., Van Kessel, J.S., Belt, K.T., Debroy, C. 2006. Impact of microbial diversity on detection of water-borne enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli [abstract]. 2nd FEMS Congress of European Microbiologists, July 4-8, 2006, Madrid, Spain.
Hovingh, E., Whitlock, R.H., Sweeney, R.W., Fyock, T., Wolfgang, D.R., Smith, J., Schukken, Y.H., Van Kessel, J.S. 2006. Identification and implications of map supershedders. Joint Meeting of the ADSA, AMSA, ASAS and PSA, Minneapolis, MN, July 9-13, 2006.
Chapagain, P.P., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Wolfgang, D., Schukken, Y.H., Grohn, Y.T. 2006. Mathematical modeling of the dynamics of Salmonella Cerro infection in a U.S. dairy herd. American Physical Society. p. 1.
Karns, J.S., Van Kessel, J.S., Mccluskey, B.J., Perdue, M.L. 2005. Prevalanece of Salmonella Enterica in bulk tank milk from U.S. Dairies as determined by pcr. Journal of Dairy Science. 88:3475-3479.
Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Gorski, L.A., Perdue, M.L. 2005. Subtyping Listeria monocytogenes from bulk tank milk using automated repetitive element-based PCR. In: International Association for Food Protection Proceedings, August 14-17, 2005, Baltimore, MD. p. 14.
Fratamico, P.M., Gehring, A.G., Karns, J.S., Van Kessel, J.S. 2005. Detecting pathogens in cattle and meat. Book Chapter. Improving the Safety of Fresh Meat, Woodhead Publishing Ltd., Cambridge, UK pg:25-55
Lugo-Ospina, A., Dao, T.H., Van Kessel, J.S., Reeves III, J.B. 2005. Evaluation of quick tests for dissolved phosphorus determination in dairy manures. Environmental Pollution. 135:155-162.
Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., Gorski, L.A., McCluskey, B.J., Perdue, M.L. 2004. Prevalence of Salmonellae, Listeria monocytogenes and fecal coliforms in bulk tank milk on U.S. dairies. Journal of Dairy Science. p. 2822-2830.
Shelton, D.R., Higgins, J.A., Van Kessel, J.S., Pachepsky, Y.A., Belt, K., Karns, J.S. 2004. Estimation of viable Escherichia coli 0157 in surface waters using enrichment in conjunction with immunological detection. Journal of Microbiological Methods. 58:223-231.
Karns, J.S., Van Kessel, J.S., McCluskey, B.J., Perdue, M.L. 2005. Prevalence of Salmonella enterica in bulk tank milk from US Dairies as determined by PCR. International Association for Food Protection Proceedings, August 14-17, 2005, Baltimore, MD. p.1
Calderon, F.J., Reeves III, J.B., McCarty, G.W., Van Kessel, J.S. 2004. Carbon and nitrogen dynamics during incubation of manured soil. Soil Science Society America Journal. 68(5):1592-1599.
Pachepsky, Y.A., Fayer, R., Perdue, M.L., Shelton, D.R., Van Kessel, J.S. 2004. Zoonotic pathogens from manure: Transport and Fate. [CD-ROM]. University of Delaware Cooperative Extension.
Reeves III, J.B., Lugo-Ospina, A., Dao, T.H., Van Kessel, J.S. 2003. Evaluation of quick tests for dissolved phosphorus determination in dairy manures. [abstract]. American Society of Agronomy Abstracts. Annual Meeting Abstracts. November 2-6, 2003. No. A05-reeves921387-P.
Shelton, D.R., Van Kessel, J.S., Wachtel, M.R., Belt, K.T., Karns, J.S. 2003. Evaluation of parameters affecting detection of Escherichia Coli 0157 in enriched water samples using immunomagnetic electrochemiluminescence. Journal of Microbiological Methods. p. 717-725.
Perdue, M.L., Karns, J.S., Higgins, J.A., Van Kessel, J.S. 2003. Detection and fate of Bacillus anthracis (Sterne) vegetative cells and spores added to bulk tank milk. Journal of Food Protection. 66:2349-2354.
Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S., McCluskey, B.J., Perdue, M.L. 2003. Survey of bulk tank milk in the United States for food-borne bacterial pathogens. [Abstract]. Joint Abstracts of the American Dairy Science and Society of Animal Science. p.369.
Karns, J.S., Van Kessel, J.S., Perdue, M.L. 2003. Use of Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reactions(PCR) for the detection of pathogenic microbes in bulk tank milk. Joint Abstracts of the American Dairy Science and Society of Animal Science. p.369
VAN KESSEL, J.S., KARNS, J.S., PERDUE, M.L. USING PORTABLE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (RT-PCR) ASSAYS TO DETECT SALMONELLA IN RAW MILK. JOURNAL OF FOOD PROTECTION. 2003. pp.1762-1767.
VAN KESSEL, J.S., KARNS, J.S., PERDUE, M.L. USING PORTABLE REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (RT-PCR) ASSAYS TO DETECT SALMONELLA SPP. IN RAW MILK. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MICROBIOLOGY. 2003. P-068.
Shelton, D.R., Van Kessel, J.S., Karns, J.S. 2003. Estimating Escherichia coli O157 populations in water samples using immunomagnetic ectrochemiluminescence. American Society for Microbiology Annual Meeting. p.96
ANDERSON, R.C., CALLAWAY, T.R., VAN KESSEL, J.S., JUNG, Y., EDRINGTON, T.S., NISBET, D.J. EFFECT OF SELECT NITROCOMPOUNDS ON RUMINAL FERMENTATION; AN INITIAL LOOK AT THEIR POTENTIAL TO REDUCE ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH RUMINAL METHANOGENESIS. BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY. 2003. V. 90. P. 59-63.
Calderon, F.J., Van Kessel, J.S., Mccarty, G.W., Reeves Iii, J.B. 2002. Manure properties: effect on c and n mineralization during laboratory incubation of manure amended soil. USDA Symposium on Natural Resource Management to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
Van Kessel, J.S., Nedoluha, P.C., Williams-Campbell, A., Baldwin, Vi, R.L., Mcleod, K.R. 2004. Effects of ruminal and post ruminal infusion of starch hydrolysate or glucose on the microbial ecology of the gastrointestinal tract in growing steers. Meeting Abstract. p.236.
VAN KESSEL, J.S., NEDOLUHA, P.C., WILLIAMS CAMPBELL, A.M., BALDWIN, R.L., MCLEOD, K.R. EFFECTS OF RUMINAL AND POST-RUMINAL INFUSION OF STARCH HYDROLYSATE OR GLUCOSE ON THE MICROBIAL ECOLOGY OF THE GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT IN GROWING STEERS. JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE. 2002. pp. 3027-3034.
Perdue, M.L., Karns, J.S., Van Kessel, J.S., Higgins, J.A. 2002. Fluorescent Real-Time Molecular (PCR) Detection of zoonotic bacteria and viruses in bulk milk. p.3. . International Meeting on Molecular Epidemiology and Evolutionary Genetics in Infectious Disease.
MEISINGER, J.J., LEFCOURT, A.M., VAN KESSEL, J.S., WILKERSON, V. MANAGING AMMONIA EMISSIONS FROM DAIRY COWS BY AMENDING SLURRY WITH ALUM OR ZEOLITE OR BY DIET MODIFICATION. THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD. 2001.