Theodore KnightJones BSc BVSc PGDip MSc MRCVS ECVPH
- LSHTM
- Keppel Street
- London
- WC1E 7HT
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Theo started his career as a farm animal veterinarian working in the UK and abroad. He is now a recognised specialist in veterinary public health and population medicine.
He is currently conducting a PhD evaluating foot and mouth disease vaccines and vaccination programmes in endemic countries (Iran and Turkey).
Theo has worked as a consultant veterinary epidemiologist for various organisations including the Food & Agriculture Organisation, OIE, Royal Veterinary Collge, African Union-Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources, Southern African Development Community and the European Food Safety Authority.
Affiliation
Teaching
Theo has run courses in risk analysis and epidemiology for government vets from various African nations. He has worked as a trainer on FAO foot and mouth disease real-time training courses aimed at EU government vets (held in Turkey).
He has taught a range of topics, from statistics and epidemiology to practical farm animal clinical skills.
Research
Besides foot and mouth disease, his recent work includes assessing different livestock health certification methods for Somali exports (involving risk analysis and economic evaluation). He has worked on a range of research projects including the Swiss Bovine viral diarrhoea eradication scheme, surveillance of wild bird avian influenza as well as the application of biosecurity during outbreaks, MRSA colonisation of piglets and the prioritisation of foodborne diseases as well as horizon scanning for threats to agriculture, biodiversitiy and public health originating from wildlife.
Research areas
- Vaccines
- Viruses
Disciplines
- Epidemiology
Disease and Health Conditions
- Infectious disease
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Selected publications
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Assessment of farm-level biosecurity measures after an outbreak of avian influenza in the United Kingdom.
Knight-Jones, T.J. ; Gibbens, J. ; Wooldridge, M. ; Stärk, K.D. ;
Transbound Emerg Dis, 2011; 58(1):69-75
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Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) eradication in Switzerland-Experiences of the first two years.
Presi, P. ; Struchen, R. ; Knight-Jones, T. ; Scholl, S. ; Heim, D. ;
Prev Vet Med, 2011; 99(2-4):112-21
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Evaluation of effectiveness and efficiency of wild bird surveillance for avian influenza.
Knight-Jones, T.J. ; Hauser, R. ; Matthes, D. ; Stärk, K.D. ;
Vet Res, 2010; 41(4):50
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Animal production food safety: priority pathogens for standard setting by the World Organisation for Animal Health.
Knight-Jones, T.J. ; Mylrea, G.E. ; Kahn, S. ;
Rev Sci Tech, 2010; 29(3):523-35
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