Gay Y. Miller
Professor, Pathobiology
Professor, Veterinary Clinical Medicine
Professional Interests: The economic
impact of disease prevention and control has been an area of interest
for the veterinary profession in the last three decades. Dr. Miller holds
the BS, MS, and PhD degrees in agricultural economics in addition to
her veterinary background. Her specialty is computer modeling and estimating
the economic impact of disease prevention and control programs for food
animal producers at the farm level. Recent research includes modeling
the economic impact of porcine respiratory disease control for batch
swine finishers after conducting a large vaccine trial in a large scale
vertically integrated swine production operation, understanding the implications
for pork producers and consumers of enhancing pork food safety with a
particular emphasis on the economic and health economics of Salmonella risks,
feedgrade antibiotic use and the development of antimicrobial resistance.
She is currently on a fellowship sponsored by the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
Selected Publications:
Singer RS, LA Cox, JS Dickson, HS Hurd, I Phillips, and GY Miller. "Modeling the relationship between food animal health and human foodborne illness." Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2007, to appear.
PB Bahnson, DJ Damman, RE Isaacson, RM Weigel, GY Miller, and H Fred Troutt. "Prevalence and serovars of Salmonella enterica isolated from ileocolic lymph nodes of market pigs reared in selected Midwest U.S. swine herds." Journal of Swine Health and Production, 2006, 14(4):182-188.
Huang H and GY Miller. "Citizen complaints, regulatory violations, and their implications for swine operations in Illinois." Review of Agricultural Economics, 2006, 28 (1): 89-110.
Miller GY, PE McNamara, and RS Singer. "The Importance of Antibiotic Use Information from the Economist Stakeholder Perspective." Journal of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 2006. 73:163-168.
Huang H, GY Miller, B Sherrick, and M Gomez. "Factors Influencing Illinois Farmland Values". American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2006. 88(2):458-470.
KM Rich, GY Miller, and A Winter-Nelson. "Review of Economic Tools for The Assessment of Animal Disease Outbreaks." Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'Office International des Epizootie, 2005. 24(3): 833-845.
KM Rich, A Winter-Nelson, and GY Miller. "Enhancing Economic Models for the Analysis of Animal Disease." Revue Scientifique et Technique de l'Office International des Epizootie, 2005, 24(3):847-856.
Miller GY, X Liu , PE McNamara, and DA Barber. "The Influence of Salmonella In Pigs Pre-Harvest and During Pork Processing on Salmonella Human Health Costs and Risks from Pork." Journal of Food Protection, 2005. 68(9):1788-1798.
Bahnson PB, JY Kim, RM Weigel, GY Miller, and HF Troutt. "Associations Between On-Farm and Slaughter Plant Detection of Salmonella In Market Weight Hogs." Journal of Food Protection, 2005, 68(2): 246-250.
Liu X, GY Miller, and PE McNamara. "Do Antibiotics Reduce Production Risk for U.S. Pork Producers?" Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2005, 37(3): 565-575.
Miller GY, X Liu , PE McNamara, and EH Bush. "Farm-level Impacts of Banning Growth-promoting Antibiotics Use in U.S. Pig Grower/Finishing Operations." Journal of Agribusiness, 2005, 23(2): 147-162.
Huang H, GY Miller, M Ellis, T Funk, G Hollis, Y Zhang, and AJ Heber. "Odor Management in Swine Finishing Operations: Cost Effectiveness." Journal of Food, Agriculture, and the Environment, 2004, 2(3&4): 130-135.
Miller GY, RG Maghirang, GL Riskowski, AJ Herber, M Muyot, MJ Robert, and KR Cadwallader. "Influences on Air Quality and Odor from Mechanically Ventilated Swine Finishing Buildings in Illinois." Journal of Food, Agriculture, and the Environment, 2004, 2(2): 353-360.
Miller GY, K Algozin, P McNamara, and EJ Bush. "Productivity and Economic Impacts of Feed-grade Antibiotic Use in U.S. Pork Production." Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, December 2003, 35(3):469-482.
Barber DA, GY Miller, and PE McNamara. "Modeling Food Safety and Food-Associated Antimicrobial Resistance Risk to Humans." Journal of Food Protection, 2003, 66(4): 700-709.
