Department of Population Medicine & Diagnostic Sciences at the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine

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Hollis N. Erb

Professor

Department of Population Medicine
and Diagnostic Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York 14853

607-253-3573, hne1@cornell.edu

My original work was on dairy cows and calves: descriptive epidemiology, risk-factor analyses, and also long-term consequences of diseases.

I have been Chief Editor of the journal,"Preventive Veterinary Medicine" for over a decade, so I have considerable insight into "who is doing what, and where."

My current research role is primarily as a collaborator for issues of study design and analysis throughout the Veterinary College and also in the Department of Animal Sciences; I therefore at any one time am usually involved in 10 or 12 varied applied projects (ranging from randomized clinical trials through retrospective studies; and for all kinds of animal species).

Education

Certifications and Licenses

Honors and Awards

Research and Professional Experience

Professional Society Memberships

Selected Publications

Education

B.S.	- 1972	University of California, Davis
DVM	- 1974	University of California, Davis
M.S.	- 1976	University of Guelph - Ontario, Canada
Ph.D.	- 1979	University of Guelph - Ontario, Canada

		1974-1975	-	Internship in Large Animal Medicine; Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
		May 28-30, 1980	-	"Decision-making in clinical medicine." Center for the Analysis of Health Practices, Harvard School of Public Health. Boston, MA.

Certifications and Licenses

listing of certifications and licenses not currently available

Honors and Awards

		BS with High Honors
		Lambda Chapter, Society of Phi Zeta
		Award of Recognition - Member, 1994. Association of Teachers of Veterinary
		Public Health and Preventive Medicine

Research and Professional Experience

		July 1979 - present			Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine (7/79-6/85)
					Associate Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Preventive Medicine (7/85-3/93)
					Professor of Epidemiology, Department of Clinical Sciences(4/93-present)
		July 1980 - present			Courtesy Joint Appointment, Department of Animal Science
		April 15 - April 26, 1985			Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine - University of California, Davis

Professional Society Memberships

		American Veterinary Medical Association
		Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
		Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease
		Society for Clinical Trials
		Curriculum Committee; 1980-198, 2001-2004
		Chief, Section of Epidemiology; 1987-90, 2001-2004
		International Management Committee, International Society for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics; 1994-2003
		Member, Scientific Committee Xth International Symposium for Veterinary Epidemiology and Economics (Chile, 2003); 2000-2003
		Member, DVM/PhD Oversight Committee; CVM; 2001-2004
		Member, National Review Panel, National Phi Zeta Manuscript Competition; 2001-2006
		University Appeals Panel; 1996-2001
		Secretary of the College Faculty; 1997-2002
		Advisor, Cornell Women in Science Fund; 1997-present
		Member, Health Careers Program Advisory Panel (Cornell University); 1998-2004
		Member, Organizing Committee (and liaison to the CVM), Horses 2001 at Cornell (2000-01) (Conference April 7-8, 2001); Horses 2002 at Cornell (2001-2002).

Selected Publications

*First author = graduate student, intern, resident, post-doctoral associate, or undergraduate student while the work was being done.

Chapters in books
	1.	ERB HN and RD Smith. The effects of periparturient events on breeding performance of dairy cows. Vet Clinics North Am: Bovine Reproduction. 3:501-511. 1987
	2.	ERB HN. The benefit-cost analysis of disease control programs. Vet Clinics North Am: Food Animal Practice. 4:169-181. 1988.
	3.	Schukken, YH, JPTM Noordhuizen, and HN ERB. Application of epidemiology in herd health and production management programs. Wageningen Press. Wageningen, NL. 1996. Herd Health and Production Management in Dairy Practice.
Selected refereed publications
	1.	ERB*, HN, SW Martin, N Ison, and S Swaminathan. Interrelationships between production and reproductive diseases in Holstein cows. Path analysis. J Dairy Sci 64:282-289. 1981.
	2.	White, ME, and HN ERB. Optimum postpartum interval for screening dairy cows for ovarian cysts by rectal palpation. Cornell Vet 72:137-141. 1982.
	3.	McDermott*, MP, HN ERB, RP Natzke, FD Barnes, and D Bray. Cost benefit analysis of lactation therapy with somatic cell counts as indications for treatment. J Dairy Sci 66:1198-1203. 1983.
	4.	Curtis*, CR, HN ERB, CJ Sniffen, RD Smith, and DS Kronfeld. Path analysis of dry period nutrition, postpartum metabolic and reproductive disorders, and mastitis in Holstein cows. J Dairy Sci 68:2347-2360. 1985.
	5.	ERB HN, RD Smith, PA Oltenacu, CL Guard, RB Hillman, PA Powers, MC Smith, and ME White. Path model of reproductive disorders and performance, milk fever, mastitis, milk yield, and culling in Holstein cows. J Dairy Sci 68:3337-3349. 1985.
	6.	Hamudikuwanda*, H, HN ERB, and RD Smith. Effects of sixty-day milk yield on postpartum breeding performance in Holstein cows. J Dairy Sci 70:2355-2365. 1987.
	7.	Curtis*, CR, HN ERB, and ME White. Descriptive epidemiology of calfhood morbidity and mortality in New York Holstein herds. Prev Vet Med 5:293-307. 1988.
	8.	Correa*, MT, CR Curtis, HN ERB, and ME White. Effect of calfhood morbidity on age at first calving in New York Holstein herds. Prev Vet Med 6:253-262. 1988.
	9.	Milian-Suazo*, F, HN ERB, and RD Smith. Risk factors for reason-specific culling of dairy cows. Prev Vet Med 7:19-29. 1989.
	10.	Schukken*, YH, HN ERB, and JM Scarlett. A hospital-based study on the relationship between retained placenta and mastitis in dairy cows. Cornell Vet 79:319-326. 1989
	11.	ERB HN. A non-statistical approach for calculating the optimum number of animals needed in research. Lab Animal March 1996, 25:45-49. (Reprinted with permission and correction of the title from ILAR News. 32:11-16. 1990.)
	12.	Curtis*, CR, RH Mauritsen, PH Kass, MD Salman, and HN ERB. Ordinary versus random-effects multiple logistic regression for analyzing herd-level calf morbidity and mortality data. Prev Vet Med 16:207-222. 1993.
	13.	Curtis*, CR, HN ERB, JM Scarlett, and ME White. Path model of herd-level risk factors for calfhood morbidity and mortality in New York Holstein herds. Prev Vet Med 16:223-237. 1993.
	14.	Pankowski*, JW, DM Galton, HN ERB, CL Guard, and YT Gröhn. Use of prostaglandin F2? as a postpartum reproductive management tool for lactating dairy cattle. J Dairy Sci 78:1477-1488. 1995.
	15.	Warnick*, LD, HN ERB, and ME White. Lack of association between calfhood morbidity and subsequent first lactation milk production in 25 New York Holstein herds. J Dairy Sci 78:2819-2830. 1995.
	16.	Warnick*, LD, HO Mohammed, ME White, and HN ERB. The relationship of the interval from breeding to uterine palpation for pregnancy diagnosis with calving outcomes in Holstein cows. Theriogenol. 44: 811-825, 1995.
	17.	ERB, HN, AJ Heinrichs, RE Woods, and WM Sischo. Test-retest repeatability of the National Animal Health Monitoring System Dairy Heifer Health Report in New York and Pennsylvania, USA. Prev Vet Med 25:291-300. 1996.
	18.	Allore*, HG, HN ERB, LW Schruben, and PA Oltenacu. A simulation of strategies to lower bulk tank somatic cell count below 500,000 per milliliter. J Dairy Sci 81:694-702. 1998.
	19.	Allore*, HG, and HN ERB. Partial budget of the discounted annual benefit of mastitis control strategies. J Dairy Sci 81:2280-2292. 1998.
	20.	Allore*, HG, and HN ERB. Simulated effects on dairy cattle health of extending voluntary wait period with recombinant bovine somatotropin. Prev Vet Med 46:29-50. 2000.
	21.	Bailey*, D, H ERB, L Williams, D Ruslander, and M Hauck. Carboplatin and doxorubicin combination chemotherapy for the treatment of appendicular osteosarcoma in the dog. J Vet Int Med 17:199-205. 2003.
	22.	Trainor, D, SA Center, JF Randolph, CE Balkman, KL Warner, MA Crawford, K Adachi, and HN ERB. Urine sulfated and non-sulfated bile acids as a diagnostic tool for liver disease in cats. J Vet Int Med 17:145-156. 2003.
	23.	Balkman*, CE, SA Center, JF Randolph, D Trainor, KL Warner, MA Crawford, K Adachi, and HN ERB. Evaluation of urine sulfated and nonsulfated bile acids as a diagnostic test for liver disease in dogs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 222:1368-1375. 2003.
	24.	Chevalier*, H, LP Posner, JW Ludders, TW French, HN ERB, and RD Gleed. Accuracy and precision of a point-of-care hemoglobinometer for measuring hemoglobin concentration and estimating packed-cell volume in horses. J Am Vet Med Assoc 223:78-83. 2003.
	25.	Peters*, J, DW Scott, HN ERB, and WH Miller. Hereditary nasal parakeratosis in Labrador retrievers: 11 new cases and a retrospective study on the presence of accumulations of serum ("serum lakes") in the epidermis of parakeratotic dermatoses and inflamed nasal plana of dogs. Vet Derm 14:197-203. 2003.
	26.	Tater*, KC, DW Scott, WH Miller, and HN ERB. The cytology of the external ear canal in the normal dog and cat. J Vet Med Assoc. 50:370-374.2003
	27.	Ainsworth, DM, G Grünig, MB Matychak, J Young, B Wagner, HN ERB, and DF Antzcak. Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) in horses is characterized by IFN-? and IL-8 production in bronchoalveolar lavage cells. Vet Immunol Immunopathol. 96:83-91.2003.
	28.	Todhunter, RJ, JE Bertram, S Smith, JP Farese, AJ Williams, A Manocchia, HN ERB, NL Dykes, NI Burton-Wurster, and G Lust. Effect of dorsal hip loading, sedation, and general anesthesia on the dorsolateral subluxation score in dogs. Vet Surg (in press).
	29.	Ducharme, NG, RP Hackett, JB Woodie, N Dykes, HN ERB, LM Mitchell, and LV Soderholm. Investigations into the role of the thyrohyoid muscles in the pathogenesis of dorsal displacement of the soft palate in horses. Eq Vet J (in press).
	30.	Balkman*, CE, JF Randolph, D Trainor, KL Warner, MA Crawford, K Adachi, and HN ERB. Urine sulfated and non-sulfated bile acids as a diagnostic tool for liver disease in cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc (accepted).
	31.	Ducharme, NG, RP Hackett, DM Ainsworth, HN ERB, L Mitchell, and LV Soderholm. Surgical treatment of experimentally induced dorsal displacement of the soft palate in the horse. Eq Vet J (accepted).
	32.	Van Biervliet*, J, PV Scrivani, TJ Divers, HN ERB, A de Lahunta, and A Nixon. Evaluation of decision criteria for detection of spinalcord compression based on cervical myelography in horses: 38 cases (1981-2001). Eq Vet J 36:14-20.2004.
	33.	Pease*, AP, PV Scrivani, HN ERB, and VL Cook. Accuracy of increased large-intestine wall thickness during untrasonography for diagnosing large-colon torsion: 42 adult horses (2002-2003). Vet Radiol (accepted conditionally).
	34.	Scrivini, PV, NL Dykes, and HN ERB. Clarifying some aspects of diagnostic-accuracy research. Vet Radiol Ultrasound. (accepted with conditions).
	35.	McEntee, MC, RL Page, A Théon, HN ERB, and D E Thrall. Malignant tumor formation in dogs previously irradiated for oral acanthomatous epulis. Vet Radiol Ultrasound (accepted).

Last Update 28 September 2006