Yasser Mahmmod

Yasser Mahmmod is an enthusiastic and results-oriented veterinary researcher with a strong background and experience in applied epidemiology and production animal health. My research experience and interests are centered around an understanding of the epidemiological determinants and pathogenesis of animal infectious diseases and its impact on the al health, production, and welfare. Furthermore, I am concerned also with studying the host-pathogen-environment interactions and impact of the potential risk factors on development and transmission of infectious diseases among animal populations. In the current time, Yasser Mahmmod widens his research interests to a new emerging research area about studying of the animal microbiome in association with the other metadata to assess the disease pathogenesis, and pathogen control. His ultimate research goal is to develop a novel disease monitoring and prevention methods, which strengthen the modern control strategies for improving of the animal health and welfare.

Dr. Mahmmod is conducting research activities on the metagenomics characterization of nasal microbiota and their interaction with swine infectious pathogens such as Haemophilus parasuis and Streptococcus suis in the weaning piglets. He is an active player in data management and biostatistical analysis of data from various epidemiological projects on animal health program. He is receiving extensive training on transcriptomics and bioinformatics methods for analyzing the microbiota data. Additionally, he is receiving good training on leadership and project management skills from P-SPHERE program. Writing research proposals and manuscripts.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

• Wan-Yi Huang, Ya-Pei Wang, Mahmmod YS, Jun-Jie Wang, Tang-Hui Liu, Yu-Xiang Zheng, Xue Zhou, Xiu-Xiang Zhang, Zi-Guo Yuan. (In press). A double-edged sword Complement component 3 in Toxoplasma gondii infection. PROTEOMICS (2019). doi: 10.1002/pmic.201800271.

• Svennesen, Line; Nielsen, Søren; Mahmmod YS; Krömker, Volker; Pedersen, Karl; Klaas, Ilka. (2019). Association between teat skin colonization and intramammary infection with Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae in herds with automatic milking systems. Journal of Dairy Science. doi: 10.3168/jds.2018-15330.

• Svennesen Line, Mahmmod YS, Nanna K. Skjølstrup, Louise R. Mathiasen, Jørgen Katholm, Karl Pedersen, Ilka C. Klaas, and Søren S. Nielsen. 2018. Accuracy of qPCR and bacterial culture for the diagnosis of bovineintramammary infections and teat skin colonisation with Streptococcusagalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus using Bayesian analysis. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 161, 69–74.

• Mahmmod YS, Bettina Nonnemann, Line Svennesen, Karl Pedersen, and Ilka Christine Klaas. 2018. Typeability of MALDI-TOF Assay for Identification of Non-Aureus Staphylococci associated with Bovine Intramammary Infections and Teat Apex Colonization. Journal of Dairy Science. 101:9430-9438.

• Mahmmod YS, Klaas IC, Svennesen L, Pedersen K, Ingmer H. 2018. Communications of Staphylococcus aureus and non-aureus Staphylococcus species from bovine intramammary infections and teat apex colonization. Journal of Dairy Science, 101:7322–7333.

PUBLICATIONS WITHIN THE P-SPHERE PROJECT

• Mahmmod YS, Flor Correa-Fiz, Aragon V. Association of virulent and nonvirulent strains of Haemophilus parasuis with microbiota colonizing nasal mucosa in weaning piglets (In preperation).

• Mahmmod YS, Florencia Correa-Fiz, Virginia Aragon. 2019. Variations in the Association of Nasal Microbiota with Virulent and Non-Virulent Strains of Haemophilus Parasuis in Waning Piglets. ESPHM, May 2019 (submitted).

• Elsohaby I, MM. Mweu, Mahmmod YS, Trenton McClure, Greg Keefe. 2018. Diagnostic Performance of Direct and Indirect Methods for Assessing Failure of Transfer of Passive Immunity in Dairy Calves Using Latent Class Analysis. Oral, 12-16 November, ISVEE 15, Thailand.

• Mahmmod YS, Ilka Klaas, Line Svennesen, Karl Pedersen and Hanne Ingmer. 2018. Coagulase Negative Staphylococci Distribution in Dairy Herds with Automatic Milking System and their Crosstalk with Staphylococcus Aureus from Intramammary Infections and Teat Apex. 57th annual meeting of National Mastitis Council, Jan.30-Feb. 2, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

• Nanna K. Skjølstrup, Louise R. Mathiasen, Ilka C. Klaas, Line Svennesen, Mahmmod YS, Karl Pedersen. 2018. Validation of Real-time PCR and Bacteriological Culture for Identification of Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus in Milk and on Teat Skin in Herds with Automatic Milking System. 57th annual meeting of National Mastitis Council, Jan.30-Feb. 2, Tucson, Arizona, USA.

• Line Svennesen, Mahmmod YS, Karl Pedersen, Volker Krömker, Ilka C. Klaas. 2018. Staphylococcus aureus and Streptococcus agalactiae in Milk and Teat Skin from Cows in Automatic Milking Systems. 57th annual meeting of National Mastitis Council, Jan.30-Feb. 2, Tucson, Arizona, USA

• Entrepreneurship - Training session in 14/11/2018.

• Ethics in the Horizon 2020 program and Open Data training session in 20/09/2018.