Faculty Profiles

Brian Aldridge

Departmemt Chair

Office: Lehotsky Hall
Phone: 864-656-9504

Education & Professional Certifications

BVSc University of Liverpool, United Kingdom

MS (Clinical Sciences) Colorado State University, USA

PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Areas of Expertise

• Large animal internal medicine
• Neonatology

• Neonatal immunology
• Mucosal heath
• Early disease detection

• Interdisciplinary health science
• Curricular innovation
• Active student learning
• Competency outcomes - critical thinking and clinical reasoning
• Innovation in online learning

Publications

Park, G., Sander, WE., Martenies, SE., Rosencranz, H., Rice, LA., Jayasingh-Ramkumar, J., Michaels, S., Aldridge, B. Beyond the Imodium, A One Health Discussion on Diarrhea and the Impact of Climate Change. Med Sci Educ. September 2023. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-023-01865-1

Hubner, Andrew; Frederico Canisso, Igor; Peixoto, Phillip; Coelho Junior, Wilson; Barbosa, Leonardo; Aldridge, Brian; Lima, Fabio. Randomized controlled trial of propylene glycol and cyanocobalamin treatment on naturally occurring disease, milk yield, and reproduction of dairy cows with concurrent hyperketonemia and hypoglycemia. J Dairy Sci 2022 Nov;105(11):9070-9083. doi: 10.3168/jds.2021-21328. Epub 2022 Sep 14

Migliorisi A, Hart K, Vaughn S, Austin S, Aldridge B, Wilkins P. Plasma ascorbic acid, antioxidant capacity and reactive oxygen species in healthy foals, American J of Vet Res, 2022 Jul 13;83 (9).

Jiangong Lia, Angela R. Green-Miller, Xiaodan Hu, Ana Lucic, Mahesh Mohan M. R, Ryan N. Dilger, Isabella C.F.S. Condotta, Brian Aldridge, John M. Hart, Narendra Ahuja. Barriers to Computer Vision Applications in Pig Production Facilities. Journal of Computer and Electronics in Agriculture 2022, Sept, 200; 107227

Brian Aldridge, Lorena Nodar, Santiago Casademunt, 2021. ‘Impacting Animal Health: The Economics of Vaccine Use.’ In: Bovine Immunity: Making Immunology and Vaccinology Come Alive. 192-221. Girona Spain: Hippra

Zeineldin M., Lowe J., Aldridge B. Effect of tilomicosin treatment on the nasopharyngeal microbiota of feedlot cattle with respiratory disease during the first week of clinical recovery. Front Vet Sci 2020, 7. doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00115

Megahed, A., Aldridge B., Lowe J. Antimicrobial efficacy of aqueous ozone and ozone-lactic acid blends on Salmonella contaminated chicken drumsticks using the sequential application approach. Front Microbiol 2020, 11:593911. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2020.593911

Megahed A., Zeineldin M., Evans K., Maradiaga N., Blair B., Aldridge B., Lowe J. Impacts of environmental complexity on respiratory and gut microbiome community structure and diversity in growing pigs. Sci Rep. 2019 Sep 24;9(1):13773. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-50187-z.

Zeineldin, M., Lowe, J., Aldridge, B. Contribution of the mucosal microbiota to bovine respiratory health. Trends Microbiol 2019, May 16. pii: S0966-842X(19)30098-8. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2019.04.005

Zeineldin, M., Lowe, J., Aldridge, B. Antimicrobial effects on swine gastrointestinal microbiota and their accompanying antibiotic resistome. Front Microbiol. 2019, May 15;10:1035. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01035

Maradiaga N, Aldridge B, Zeineldin M, Lowe J. Gastrointestinal microbiota and mucosal immune gene expression in neonatal pigs reared in a cross-fostering model. Microb Pathog. 2018; Aug; 121:27-39. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.05.007

Zeineldin, M., Aldridge, B., Blair, B., Kancer, K., Lowe, J. Impact of parenteral antimicrobial administration on the structure and function of the fecal microbiota in growing pigs. Microb Pathog. 2018; May: 118: 220-229. doi: 10.1016/j.micpath.2018.03.035.

BM Aldridge, SL Ishaq, E. Bichi, SK Olivio, J Lowe, CJ Yeoman. Biogeographical differences in the influence of maternal microbial sources on the early successional development of the bovine neonatal gastrointestinal tract. Nature Scientific Reports. 2018; Feb 16; 8(1):3197. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-21440-8

Zeineldin, M., Lowe, J., Grimmer, E., de Godoy, M., Ghanem, M., Abd El-Raof, Y., Aldridge, B. Relationship between nasopharyngeal and bronchoalveolar microbial communities in clinically healthy feedlot cattle. BMC Microbiol. 2017; 17:138.

Zeineldin, M., Lowe, J., de Godoy, M., Maradiaga, N., Ramirez, C., Ghanem, M., Abd El-Raof, Y., Aldridge, B. Disparity in the nasopharyngeal microbiota between healthy cattle on feed, at entry processing and with respiratory disease. Vet Microbiol. 2017; Sep;208:30-37. doi: 10.1016/j.vetmic. 2017.07.006. Epub 2017 Jul 13.

C.R. Ramirez, S. Dumas, K. Schlist, D. French, E. Bichi, B. Rivero, B. Aldridge, J. Lowe. Evidence in support of veterinary involvement in antimicrobial stewardship training programs in the dairy industry: a preliminary study. 2016. Bovine Practitioner 2017:52;2.

Moore, AR, Hsiao SH, Chu CT, Aldridge, BM, Schnelle AM. Pathology in Practice. Thromboembolic meningoencephalitis (TME) in a calf. JAVMA. 2017: 17:1 (6), 665-668.

Dumas SE, French HM, Lavergne SN, Ramirez CR, Brown LJ, Bromfield CR, Garrett EF, French DD, Aldridge BM. Judicious use of prophylactic antimicrobials to reduce abdominal surgical site infections in periparturient cows: part 1 – a risk factor review. Vet Rec. 2016 Jun 25;178(26):654-60. doi: 10.1136/vr.i103677.

Honors and Awards

Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Helper Veterinary Faculty Collegiality Award- For ‘enhancing a cooperative learning environment among students and constructive mentoring/coaching relationship between faculty/students’. University of Illinois, March 2014, 2018

Dr. and Mrs. Lloyd Helper Veterinary Faculty Collegiality Award-For ‘enhancing a cooperative learning environment among students and constructive mentoring/coaching relationship between faculty/students’. University of Illinois, March 2016

Dr. Gordon and Mrs. Helen Kruger Teaching Excellence Award-Selected by third and fourth year students for ‘contributing to the tradition of excellence at the College of Veterinary Medicine’. University of Illinois, June 2013, 2014.

Zoetis Teaching Award- For ‘outstanding teaching ability as well as dedication, character and leadership qualities and contributions to the advancement of the profession. University of Illinois, March 2014.