Dr Eric Morgan

Summary

Research

I am interested in the dynamic interaction between host and parasite populations, and its manipulation to achieve sustainable control. Applications include the practical diagnosis, epidemiology and control of parasites of veterinary importance, especially helminths. Current research priorities are:

Surveying camel parasites in Kazakhstan

• Migration and parasite transmission in the saiga antelope, Saiga tatarica (with Imperial College London)
• Grazing patterns and parasitic disease in livestock
• Mathematical models as tools for the sustainable control of helminths in domestic animals
• The epidemiology of wildlife disease, and parasite transmission at the wildlife-livestock boundary

Further information about the insect ecology and veterinary parasitology research group can be found on our website.

Memberships

Organisations

School of Veterinary Sciences

Other sites

• Infection-immunity
• Vetscience

Groups

• Ecological and Evolutionary Processes

Recent publications

• Morgan, ER, Azam, D & Pegler, K 2013, ‘Quantifying sources of environmental contamination with Toxocara spp. eggs’. Veterinary Parasitology, vol 193., pp. 390-397
• Smith, F, Ballantyne, R, Morgan, E & Wall, R 2012, ‘Estimating Lyme disease risk using pet dogs as sentinels’. COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES, vol 35., pp. 163 - 5
• Morgan, ER, Hosking, BC, Burston, S, Carder, KM, Hyslop, AC, Pritchard, LJ, Whitmarsh, AK & Coles, GC 2012, ‘A survey of helminth control practices on sheep farms in Great Britain and Ireland’. The Veterinary Journal, vol 192., pp. 390-397
• Dijk, Jv & Morgan, ER 2012, ‘The influence of water and humidity on the hatching of Nematodirus battus eggs’. Journal of Helminthology, vol 86., pp. 287-292
• Relf, VE, Morgan, ER, Hodgkinson, JE & Matthews, J 2012, ‘A questionnaire study on parasite control practices on UK breeding Thoroughbred studs’. Equine Veterinary Journal Supplement, vol 44., pp. 466-471
• Geurden, T, Vanderstichel, R, Pohle, H, Ehsan, A, Samson-Himmelstjerna, Gv, Morgan, ER, Camuset, P, Capelli, G, Vercruysse, J & Claerebout, E 2012, ‘A multicentre prevalence study in Europe on Giardia duodenalis in calves, with molecular identification and risk factor analysis’. Veterinary Parasitology, vol 190., pp. 383-390
• Morgan, ER, Clare, EL, Jefferies, R & Stevens, JR 2012, ‘Parasite epidemiology in a changing world: can molecular phylogeography help us tell the wood from the trees?’. PARASITOLOGY, vol 139., pp. 1924-1938
• Morgan, ER & Dijk, Jv 2012, ‘Climate and the epidemiology of gastrointestinal nematode infections of sheep in Europe’. Veterinary Parasitology, vol 189., pp. 8-14
• Azam, D, Ukpai, O, Said, A, Abd-Allah, G & Morgan, E 2012, ‘Temperature and the development and survival of infective Toxocara canis larvae’. PARASITOLOGY RESEARCH, vol 110., pp. 649 - 8
• Smith, F, Ballantyne, R, Morgan, E & Wall, R 2011, ‘Prevalence, distribution and risk associated with tick infestation of dogs in Great Britain’. Medical and Veterinary Entomology, vol 25., pp. 377 - 384

View complete publications list in the University of Bristol publications system