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Dr. Joan Burke

Research Animal Scientist
USDA, Agricultural Research Service

 

(479) 849-5399
joan.burke@usda.gov

Dale Bumpers Small Farms Research Center
6883 South State Highway 23
Booneville, AR  72927

Joan Burke is a Research Animal Scientist with USDA-ARS since 1999.  She received a B.S. in Animal Science from Cornell University and Ph.D. from Oregon State University. Dr. Burke conducts research on small ruminants with a focus on holistic gastrointestinal parasite control. She has published research articles, fact sheets and contributed to outreach events on the validation of the FAMACHA© system in the U.S., use of copper oxide wire particles to control Haemonchus contortus, feeding sericea lespedeza to aid in the control of gastrointestinal nematodes, using rotational grazing to minimize the need for deworming lambs, genetic and genomic selection for parasite resistance, resilience and tolerance, and use of Duddingtonia flagrans (nematode-trapping fungus) to control parasites on pastures. The genetic resistance of Katahdin sheep to parasites led to collection of genotypes (~10,000) on 50K SNP that were developed into genomic-enhanced estimated breeding values in the National Sheep Improvement Program. Dr. Burke also has examined the effects of endophyte-infected tall fescue on production and reproduction in sheep and cattle. Dr. Burke has been able to conduct this research through funding by USDA-ARS, USDA-NIFA-OREI, Southern Region SARE, and USDA-SBIR.

Conference proceedings
Copper Oxide Wire Particles to Control Haemonchus contortus in Sheep and Goats; Joan Burke, James Miller, and Thomas H. Terrill; 10th Anniversary Conference of the American Consortium for Small Ruminant Parasite Control [May 2013].

Potential Newer Control Methods. Jim Miller, Joan Burke, and Thomas Terrill. W4: What Works with Worms Congress, Pretoria, South Africa [May 2015].

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Factsheets

Best Management Practices:  Worm Trapping Fungus [January 2021]

Best Management Practices:  The Periparturient Egg Rise [April 2020]

Other Worms: Threadworm (Strongyloides)  [November 2022]
Tools for Managing Internal Parasites in Small Ruminants: Sericea Lespedeza [2007]

Tools for managing internal parasites in small ruminants: copper oxide wire particles [2007]

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Infographics
Gastrointestinal parasites [January 2023]

Podcasts
Copper oxide as a dewormer for goats - For the Love of Goats  [December 2020]

How BioWorma can help control parasites - ASI Research Podcast [May 2024]

Red Cell: study evaluates its effectiveness - For the Love of Goats [April 2023]


Timely Topics

Changing dogma: changes to parasite management in the 2000's to keep your dewormers working [March 2015]
Copper oxide wire particles to control Haemonchus contortus in small ruminants [November 2013]

How can artificial insemination (AI) further parasite resistance in sheep? [February 2014]
Using Copper Oxide Wire Particles to Increase Dewormer Efficacy [September 2016]
Selection for Parasite Resistance [October 2017]
Nematode trapping fungus [January 2019]

The value of using FEC EBVs [September 2021]

 

Last updated 04.19.23

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