Capik, Sarah
individual record
Assistant Professor
Positions:
- Assistant Professor, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Texas A&M University
- Assistant Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University
- Assistant Professor, Amarillo Research and Extension Center, Texas A&M AgriLIFE Extension, Texas A&M AgriLife Research
overview
Dr. Capik's research interests include the characterization, transmission dynamics, diagnosis, and control of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD). She has investigated potential methods to mitigate stress in cattle, used behavioral monitoring to identify sick cattle, and evaluated diagnostic sampling strategies for BRD.
education and training
- Ph.D. in Pathobiology (Epidemiology), Kansas State University - (Manhattan, Kansas, United States) 2016
- D.V.M. in , University of Florida - (Gainesville, Florida, United States) 2013
- B.S. in Animal Science - Equine Industry, University of Florida - (Gainesville, Florida, United States) 2008
selected publications
Academic Articles20
- Chitko-McKown, C. G., Bennett, G. L., Kuehn, L. A., DeDonder, K. D., Apley, M. D., Harhay, G. P., ... Lubbers, B. V. (2021). Cytokine and Haptoglobin Profiles From Shipping Through Sickness and Recovery in Metaphylaxis- or Un-Treated Cattle. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 8, 611927.
- Chitko-McKown, C. G., Bierman, S. L., Kuehn, L. A., Bennett, G. L., DeDonder, K. D., Apley, M. D., ... Lubbers, B. V. (2021). Detection of bovine inflammatory cytokines IL-1β, IL-6, and TNF-α with a multiplex electrochemiluminescent assay platform. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology. 237, 110274-110274.
- Myer, P. R., McDaneld, T. G., Kuehn, L. A., Dedonder, K. D., Apley, M. D., Capik, S. F., ... Smith, T. (2020). Classification of 16S rRNA reads is improved using a niche-specific database constructed by near-full length sequencing. PLoS ONE. 15(7), e0235498-e0235498.
- Clawson, M. L., Schuller, G., Dickey, A. M., Bono, J. L., Murray, R. W., Sweeney, M. T., ... Smith, T. (2020). Differences between predicted outer membrane proteins of genotype 1 and 2 Mannheimia haemolytica. BMC Microbiology. 20(1), 250.
- Harhay, G. P., Harhay, D. M., Bono, J. L., Capik, S. F., DeDonder, K. D., Apley, M. D., ... Smith, T. (2020). Publisher Correction: A Computational Method to Quantify the Effects of Slipped Strand Mispairing on Bacterial Tetranucleotide Repeats. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. 10(1), 1633.
researcher on
Principal Investigator2
recent teaching activities
- VTMI685 Directed Studies Instructor
Email
scapik@tamu.edu
First Name
Sarah
Last Name
Capik