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Mathew

 

Professor
Co-Director The University Of Tennessee
Food Safety Center of Excellence
59 McCord Hall
Phone: (865) 974-7260
FAX: 865-974-9043
Email: soliver@tennessee.edu

Research Appointment: 85%
Teaching Appointment: 15%

OUTREACH

Recent Invited National & International Presentations

Presented an invited paper entitled “Extended antimicrobial therapy for the treatment of subclinical and clinical mastitis in lactating dairy cows” at the 23rd World Buiatrics Congress, Quebec City, Canada, July, 2004.

Presented two invited seminars entitled “Strategies for controlling mastitis in heifers” and “The producer’s role in the food safety chain” at the Milking Center Management Conference, Penn State University, State College, PA, April, 2004.

Presented an invited seminar entitled “Integrated approaches to address foodborne pathogens and food safety issues” to the Departments of Veterinary Science, Animal Sciences and Food Science, Penn State University, State College, PA, April, 2004.

Presented an invited review paper entitled “Strategies for the control of mastitis in heifers” at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the National Mastitis Council, Charlotte, NC, February, 2004.

Presented invited lecture entitled “Dairy cattle management practices with particular emphasis on disease prevention and control” at the Tissue Residues & Strategies for Case Development Course, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Division of Human Resource Development Training and Development Team and the Center for Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN, September, 2003.

Presented invited seminar entitled “Research and educational opportunities at The University of Tennessee Food Safety Center of Excellence” to the Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, March, 2003.

Presented two invited seminars entitled “SUAM: An important virulence factor of Streptococcus uberis” and “Development of a Streptococcus uberis intramammary challenge model” at Pfizer Veterinary Medicine Biological Discovery Animal Health Group, Groton, CT, February, 2003.

Presented an invited seminar entitled “Approaches for the prevention of mastitis in heifers and multiparous cows during the periparturient period” at Pharmacia Animal Health, Kalamazoo, MI, January 2003.

Presented invited lecture entitled “Dairy cattle management practices” at the Tissue Residues & Strategies for Case Development Course, Food and Drug Administration, Office of Regulatory Affairs, Division of Human Resource Development Training and Development Team and the Center for Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN, September, 2002.

Presented an invited seminar entitled “Mastitis control, food safety and quality milk production” at the 7th Annual Meeting of the Korean Association of Buiatrics, Taejeon, South Korea, May 2002.

Presented an invited seminar entitled “Research and educational opportunities at The University of Tennessee Food Safety Center of Excellence” at Chunnan National University, KwangJu, South Korea, May, 2002.

Presented two invited seminars entitled “Mastitis control, food safety and quality milk production” and “Food safety research and educational programs at The University of Tennessee Food Safety Center of Excellence” at the International Workshop on the Safety of Foods of Animal Origin, Zhejiang University, Hanghou, China, May 2002.

Invited to present paper entitled "Preventing and controlling heifer mastitis" at the 6th Annual Professional Dairy Heifer Growers Association Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 2002.

Presented two papers entitled “Influence of mastitis on reproduction” and “Controlling mastitis during the dry period with particular reference to mastitis vaccines” at the Southeast Dairy Herd Management Conference, Macon, GA, November, 2001.

Presented two invited papers entitled “Altered reproductive performance of lactating dairy cows associated with subclinical and clinical mastitis” and “Heifer mastitis: strategies for control and economic implications” at the 2001 California Dairy Veterinary Symposium, San Diego, CA, August, 2001.

Presented two invited papers entitled “Heifer mastitis: Control and treatment strategies” and “Food safety and milk quality: Overview and practical aspects about mastitis control, treatment, somatic cell counts, bacteriology and prevention of antibiotic residues to obtain quality milk” at the 3rd Symposium Sobre Calidad de la Leche, Spanish Association of Bovine Practitioners, Oviedo, Spain, June, 2001.

Presented an invited paper entitled “Pathogenic mechanisms of Streptococcus uberis” at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, Orlando, FL, May 2001.

Presented two papers entitled “Strategies for the prevention and control of mastitis in heifers” and “Altered reproductive performance of lactating dairy cows associated with subclinical and clinical mastitis” at the Great Lakes Dairy Conference, Maumee Bay, OH, May, 2001.

Presented an invited seminar entitled “Heifer mastitis, strategies for control, and economic implications” at the Institute for Animal Health/Milk Development Council British Mastitis Conference, Shepton Mallett, United Kingdom, October, 2000.

Presented invited paper entitled “The impact of mastitis on reproductive performance of lactating dairy cows” at the National Mastitis Council Regional Meeting, Cleveland, OH, August 2000.

Presented paper entitled “Influence of lactoferrin on adherence of Streptococcus uberis to bovine mammary epithelial cells” at the International Dairy Federation Symposium On Immunology of the Ruminant Mammary Gland, Stressa, Italy, June, 2000.

Presented invited seminar entitled “Lactation/mastitis research program at The University of Tennessee with particular reference to streptococcal virulence factors” to the Department of Bacteriology and Veterinary Infectious Disease at Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands, June, 2000.

Presented an invited paper entitled “Preventing mastitis in heifers” at the 49th Annual North Carolina Dairy Conference, Salisbury, NC, February, 2000.
Presented an invited paper entitled “The relationship of mastitis with reproductive performance” at a Symposium on Managing Reproduction in Southeastern Dairy Herds, Salisbury, NC, February, 2000.