Essam M. Abdelfattah

Essam M. Abdelfattah

Assistant Professor, Department of Animal & Veterinary Science, Huntley College of Agriculture

Email

Phone number

909.869.2078

Office location

Building 2: Room 108

Office hours

M W F | 9 AM - 11:30 AM

About Me

Biography

Dr. Essam Abdelfattah holds a bachelor’s degree in veterinary medicine, along with a PhD and a master’s degree in Poultry and Animal Behavior and Management. Additionally, he has completed postdoctoral scholar training at the UC Davis Department of Animal Science and was a professional reserch scientist at School of Veterinary Medicine, UC Davis. Dr. Abdelfattah is currently working toward board certification by the American College of Animal Welfare (ACAW).

The primary focus of my research is enhancing animal health and welfare through the early detection of disease using new technologies and mitigating stress and pain in animals. He employs behavioral and physiological measures to examine the impact of environmental conditions, nutrition, management practices, and housing design on animal health, production, and welfare. His extension program provides statewide leadership in dairy and beef cattle herd health and food safety, utilizing a variety of outreach and extension methods to educate clientele based on research findings and literature reviews.

Education

PhD

2014

Purdue University, USA and Benha University, Egypt

Mutual supervision (Channel PhD program)

Animal Behaviour and Welfare

Dissertation title: Behavior and performance of veal calves in relation to group housing

MVetMed

2008

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt

Master of Veterinary Medical Sciences

Thesis title:  Effect of some managerial factors on behavior and performance of Japanese quail

BVetMed

2004

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Benha University, Egypt

Bachelor of Veterinary Medical Sciences

Cumulative class rank: 1/250

Courses Taught

AVS 3456: Animal Behavior

AVS 1113: Companion, Laboratory, and Exotic Animal Care

AVS 3350: Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals

AVS 1112: Food Animal Production

AVS 4610: Senior Seminar

AVS 2101L Fundamentals of Animal Nutrition Laboratory

Publications

Abdelfattah EM, Aly SS, Lehenbauer TW, Karle BM. Effects of simplified group housing on behavior, growth performance and health of preweaned dairy calves on a California dairy. J Dairy Sci. 2024 Jan 19:S0022-0302(24)00017-1. doi: 10.3168/jds.2023-23820. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38246538.

Farag HS, Aly SS, Fahim KM, Fayed AA, Abdelfattah EM, El-Sayed SM, Hegazy YM, ElAshmawy WR. Management Practices of Bovine Mastitis and Milk Quality on Egyptian Dairies. Veterinary Sciences. 2023; 10(10):629. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci10100629

McLean AK, Falt T, Abdelfattah EM, Middlebrooks B, Gretler S, Spier S, Turoff D, Navas Gonzalez FJ, Knych HK. Transdermal Flunixin Meglumine as a Pain Relief in Donkeys: A Pharmacokinetics Pilot Study. Metabolites. 2023; 13(7):776. https://doi.org/10.3390/metabo13070776

Breen, M. J., Williams, D. R., Abdelfattah, E. M., Karle, B. M., Byrne, B. A., Lehenbauer, T. W., & Aly, S. S. (2023). Effect of Group Housing of Preweaned Dairy Calves: Health and Fecal Commensal Antimicrobial Resistance Outcomes. Antibiotics, 12(6), 1019. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics12061019

Celeste Morris, Devinda Wickramasingha, Essam M. Abdelfattah, Richard Pereira, Emmanuel Okello and Gabriele Maier. Prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in fecal Escherichia coli and Enterococcus spp. isolated from beef cow-calf operations in northern California and associations with farm practices. Frontiers Microbiology. DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1086203

E. M. Abdelfattah, Franscico Javier Navas Gonzalez and Amy McLean. 2022. Survey of student perception of using online case-scenario exams as assessment method during COVID 19 pandemic. North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture (NACTA) Journal. V66, 155-167.

E. M. Abdelfattah, Ekong, P.S.; Okello, E.; Williams, D.R.; Karle, B.M.; Lehenbauer, T.W.; Aly, S.S. Factors Associated with Antimicrobial Stewardship Practices on California Dairies: One Year Post Senate Bill 27. Antibiotics 2022, 11, 165. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics11020165.

E. M. Abdelfattah, Ekong PS, Okello E, Williams DR, Karle BM, Rowe JD, et al. 2021. 2019 Survey of Antimicrobial Drug Use and Stewardship Practices in Adult Cows on California Dairies: Post Senate 2021. Microorganisms. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms9071507.

Ekong PS, E. M. Abdelfattah, Okello E. 2021. 2018 Survey of factors associated with antimicrobial drug use and stewardship practices in adult cows on conventional California dairies: immediate post-Senate Bill 27 impact 2021. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11596.

Ekong PS, E. M. Abdelfattah, Okello E, Williams DR, Lehenbauer TW, Karle BM, et al. 2021. 2018 Survey of antimicrobial drug use and stewardship practices in adult cows on California dairies: post-Senate Bill 27. PeerJ: 1-36. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11515.

 Wagdy R. ElAshmawy, E. M. Abdelfattah, Williams DR, Gerry AC, Lehenbauer TW, et al. 2021. Stable fly activity is associated with dairy management practices and seasonal weather conditions 1–18. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253946.

E. M. Abdelfattah, Ekong PS, Okello E, Chamchoy T, Karle BM, Black RA, Sheedy D, ElAshmawy WR, Williams DR, Califano D, Tovar LFD, Ongom J, Lehenbauer TW, Byrne BA, Aly SS. 2021. Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on California dairies: descriptive and cluster analyses of AMR phenotype of fecal commensal bacteria isolated from adult cows. PeerJ 9:e11108 DOI 10.7717/peerj.11108.

Lawrence Opio, E. M. Abdelfattah, Joshua Terry, Steven Odongo, and Emmanuel Okello. Prevalence of bovine fascioliasis and associated financial losses in cattle slaughtered at Lira municipality abattoir in Northern Uganda. Animals 2021, 11, 681. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11030681.

Sara Jerele, Samantha Mapes, Francisco Javier Navas González, E. M. Abdelfattah, Carlos Iglesias Pastrana, Eric Davis, Nicola Pusterla, Amy McLean. 2020. Survey of Serum Amyloid A and Bacterial and Viral Frequency Using qPCR Levels in Recently Captured Feral Donkeys from Death Valley National Park (California). Animals. 10(6), 1086.

E. M. Abdelfattah, G. Vezzoli, M. M. Makagon. 2020. Assessment of commercial Pekin duck welfare: a comparison of methods. Poultry Science 99:689–697.

Mohamed E. Abd El-Hack, Cesar Betancur Hurtado, Dairon Más Toro, Mahmoud Alagawany, E. M. Abdelfattah, S.S. Elnesr. 2019. Fertility and Hatchability in Duck Eggs: A Comprehensive Review. World's Poultry Science. 75, 599-608.