Dr. Julie Funk

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Thermal Risk for Salmonella in Swine, $940,722, 2007 to 2011.
National Pork Board: Survey of injection methodologies and carcass defects in pork production (Daniels CS PI), $33,250, 2007 to 2008.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Biophysical and Ecological Processes Impacting the Growth and Survival of E. Coli O157 on and in Vegetables (LeJeune JT PI), $7,909, 2006 to 2009.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Quantifying the Potential Association of Pathogen Load in Animals with Pathogen Load in Retail Meat Products, $101,000, 2006 to 2008.
National Cattleman's Beef Association: Development of Pre-harvest Nutritional Management Strategies to Reduce E. coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. Gastrointestinal Survival and Shedding (Zerby H, PI), $82,121, 2005 to 2006.
National Pork Board: Longitudinal evaluation of the effect of ventilation and environmental management of swine barns on Salmonella prevalence in finishing swine, $40,076, 2005 to 2006.
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA): Agricultural ceftiofur use and the dissemination of third generation cephalosporin resistance genetics of public health concern (Wittum TE PI), $599,996, 2004 to 2007.
National Center for Infectious Disease: Public health importance of agricultural ceftiofur use. (Wittum TE, PI), $224,250, 2004 to 2006.
The OARDC Research Enhancement Competitive Grants Program: Quantifying the reservoir of antimicrobial resistance, $25,000, 2004 to 2005.
IREE: Source, diversity and resistance of foodborne pathogens in pork (Gebreyes WA, PI), $540,115, 2003 to 2006.
OSU Formula Funds: Quantifying the reservoir of antimicrobial resistance, $27,000, 2002 to 2003.
National Pork Board: The role of subtherapeutic chlortetracycline on the prevalence and antimicrobial resistance of Salmonella enterica in swine, $24,923, 2002 to 2003.
National Pork Board: Validation of a diagnostic test to identify Salmonella in swine: Preliminary comparison of fecal culture and serum antibody detection, $21,456, 2001 to 2002.
OSU Formula Funds: Control of antimicrobial resistance in the fecal flora of swine: The role of subtherapeutic doses of chlortetracycline, $27,000, 2001 to 2002.
United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS): Programs to prevent the emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance in swine as food animals, $225,000, 2001 to 2004.

• Funk JA, Wittum TE, LeJeune JT, Rajala-Schultz PJ, Mack A, Bowman AS (2007) Evaluation of stocking density and subtherapeutic chlortetracycline on Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica shedding in growing swine., Veterinary Microbiology, 124, 202-208
• Wang QH, Souza M, Funk JA, Zhang W, Saif LJ (2006) Prevalence of noroviruses and sapoviruses in swine of various ages determined by reverse transcription-PCR and microwell hybridization assays., Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 44, 2057-2062
• Funk JA, LeJeune JT, Rajala-Schultz PJ, Wittum TE (2006) The effect of subtherapeutic chlortetracycline on the fecal flora of swine., Microbial Drug Resistance, 12, 210-218
• Bowman AS, Glendening C, Wittum TE, LeJeune JT, Stitch RW, Funk JA (2006) Prevalence of Yersinia enterocolitica in different phases of swine production., Journal of Food Protection, 124, 202-208
• Horteloup MP, Funk JA, Threlfall WR (2005) The early conception factor (ECF) lateral flow assay for non-pregnancy determination in the mare., Theriogenology, 64, 1061-1071
• Alexander KA, Drost T, Mattoon JS, Kowalski JJ, Crabtree AC, Funk JA (2005) Uptake of technetium-99m-ciprofloxacin versus technetium-99m-pertechnetate into live and killed equine isolate of Escherichia coli., Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research, 69, 272-277
• Wang QH, Han MG, Cheetham S, Sousa M, Funk JA, Saif LF (2005) Porcine noroviruses related to human noroviruses, Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11, 1874-1881
• Wang QH, Han MG, Bowman G, Janies DA, Saif LJ (2005) Genetic diversity and recombination of porcine sapoviruses., Journal of Clinical Microbiology, 43, 5963-5972
• Davies PR, Scott Hurd H, Funk JA, Fedorka-Cray PJ, Jones FT (Winter 2004) The role of contaminated feed in the epidemiology and control of Salmonella enterica in pork production., Foodborne Pathog Dis, 1 (4), 202-15
• Gebreyes WA, Davies PR, Turkson PK, Morrow WE, Funk JA, Altier C, Thakur S (Apr 2004) Characterization of antimicrobial-resistant phenotypes and genotypes among Salmonella enterica recovered from pigs on farms, from transport trucks, and from pigs after slaughter., Journal of Food Protection, 67 (4), 698-705
• Gebreyes WA, Davies PR, Turkson PK, Morrow WE, Funk JA, Altier C (Apr 2004) Salmonella enterica serovars from pigs on farms and after slaughter and validity of using bacteriologic data to define herd Salmonella status., Journal of Food Protection, 67 (4), 691-7
• Gebreyes WA, Davies PR, Turkson PK, Morrow WE, Funk JA, Altier C, Thakur S (Apr 2004) Characterization of antimicrobial-resistant phenotypes and genotypes among Salmonella enterica recovered from pigs on farms, from transport trucks, and from pigs after slaughter., Journal of Food Protection, 67 (4), 698-705
• Gebreyes WA, Thakur S, Davies PR, Funk JA, Altier C (2004) Trends in antimicrobial resistance, phage types and integrons among Salmonella serotypes from pigs, 1997-2000., Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, 53, 997-103
• Funk JA (2004) A review of risk-factors associated with Salmonella enterica shedding in swine., Journal of Swine Health and production, 12, 246-251
• Funk JA, Harris IT, Davies PR (2004) Comparison of Fecal Culture and Danish Mix-ELISA for Determination of Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica Prevalence in Growing Swine., Veterinary Microbiology, 107, 115-126
• Funk JA, Davies PR, Nichols MA (Oct 2001) Longitudinal study of Salmonella enterica in growing pigs reared in multiple-site swine production systems., Veterinary Microbiology, 83 (1), 45-60
• Funk JA, Davies PR, Gebreyes W (Sep-Oct 2001) Risk factors associated with Salmonella enterica prevalence in three-site swine production systems in North Carolina, USA., Berliner Und Munchener Tierarztliche Wochenschrift, 114 (9-10), 335-8
• Funk JA, Davies PR, Nichols MA (Sep 2000) The effect of fecal sample weight on detection of Salmonella enterica in swine feces., Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation : Official Publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc., 12 (5), 412-8
• Davies PR, Turkson PK, Funk JA, Nichols MA, Ladely SR, Fedorka-Cray PJ (Jul 2000) Comparison of methods for isolating Salmonella bacteria from faeces of naturally infected pigs., Journal of Applied Microbiology, 89 (1), 169-77
• Funk JA, Troutt HF, Davis SA, Fossler CP (Mar 2000) In vitro susceptibility of Yersinia enterocolitica isolated from the oral cavity of swine., Journal of Food Protection, 63 (3), 395-9
• Davies PR, Funk JA, Morrow WEM (2000) Fecal Shedding of Salmonella by Gilts Before and After Introduction to a Swine Breeding Farm., Journal of Swine Health and Production, 8, 25-29
• Davies PR, Funk JA, Morrow WEM (1999) Journal of Swine Health and Production, Fecal Shedding of Salmonella by a Cohort of Finishing Pigs in North Carolina., 7, 231-235
• Funk JA, Troutt HF, Isaacson RE, Fossler CP (Jun 1998) Prevalence of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in groups of swine at slaughter., Journal of Food Protection, 61 (6), 677-82
• Davies PR, Bovee FG, Funk JA, Morrow WE, Jones FT, Deen J (Jun 1998) Isolation of Salmonella serotypes from feces of pigs raised in a multiple-site production system., Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 212 (12), 1925-9