Peer Reviewed Publications


Submitted	2011	The Status of Bovine Tuberculosis in Wild and Feral Swine Ryan S. Miller and Steven J. Sweeney
Submitted	2011	Bovine Tuberculosis in North American Wildlife: A continued risk Steven J. Sweeney and Ryan S. Miller
Submitted	2011	Model of Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus Transmission from Wild Cervids to Cattle in Colorado: Estimation of risk using a stochastic simulation modeling approach Colleen Duncan, Ashley Hill, Ryan S. Miller, Hana VanCampen, Mo Salman
PDF (350 KB)	2011	Human-bird Interactions in the United States Upland Gamebird Industry and the Potential for Zoonotic Disease Transmission Katharine E. Slota, Ashley E. Hill, Thomas J. Keefe, Richard A. Bowen, Ryan S. Miller, Kristy L. Pabilonia Vector-Borne and Zoonotic Diseases. 11 (00) 2011.
PDF (666 KB)	2010	Recognition of the threat of Ehrlichia ruminantium infection in domestic and wild ruminants in the continental United States Thomas R. Kasari, Ryan S. Miller, Angela M. James, Jerome E. Freier Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 237(5) 2010.
PDF (350 KB)	2010	One Health Approach to Identify Research Needs in Bovine and Human Babesioses Adalberto A Perez de Leon, Daniel A Strickman, Donald P Knowles, Durland Fish, Eileen Thacker, Jose de la Fuente, Peter J Krause, Stephen K Wikel, Ryan S. Miller, Gale G Wagner, Consuelo Almazan, Robert Hillman, Matthew T Messenger, Paul O Ugstad, Roberta A Duhaime, Pete D Teel, Alfonso Ortega-Santos, David G Hewitt, Edwin J Bowers, Stephen J Bent, Matt H Cochran, Terry F McElwain, Glen A Scoles, Carlos E Suarez, Ronald Davey, Jeanne M Howell Freeman, Kimberly Lohmeyer, Andrew Y Li, Felix D Guerrero, Diane M Kammlah, Pamela Phillips, Joe M Pound and Group for Emerging Babesioses and One Health Research and Development in the U.S. Research Journal of Parasites & Vectors. 3(36) 2010.
PDF (763 KB)	2007	An Evaluation of the Scrapie Surveillance in the United States Tracey Lynn, Jennifer Grannis, Kathrine Marshall, Ryan S. Miller, Eric Bush, Stan Bruntz Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 81(1-3) 2007.
PDF (1 MB)	2007	Rift Valley Fever Risk Surveillance System for Africa Using Remotely Sensed Data: Potential for Use on Other Continents Linthicum KJ; Anyamba A; Britch SC; Chretien JP; Erickson RL; Small J; Tucker CJ; Bennett KE; Mayer RT; Schmidtmann ET; Andreadis TG; Anderson JF; Wilson WC; Freier JE; James AM; Miller RS; Drolet BS; Miller SN; Tedrow CA; Bailey CL; Strickman DA; Barnard DR; Clark GG; Zou L Veterinaria Italiana. 43(3), 663-674. 2007.
PDF (666 KB)	2007	Geospatial Analysis and Modeling in the Prevention and Control of Animal Diseases in the United States Jerome E. Freier, Ryan S. Miller; Kenneth D. Geter Veterinaria Italiana. 43(3), 549-557. 2007.
PDF (553 KB)	2007	Linkage of the California Pesticide Use Reporting Database with Spatial Land Use for Exposure Assessment John R. Nuckols, Robert B. Gunier, Philip Riggs, Ryan S. Miller; Peggy Reynolds, Mary H. Ward Environmental Health Perspectives 115(5) 2007.
PDF (100 KB)	2007	Developing a Research Agenda and a Comprehensive National Prevention and Response Plan for Rift Valley Fever in the United States Seth C. Britch, Kenneth J. Linthicum, Rift Valley Fever Working Group (Ryan S. Miller member) Emerging Infectious Diseases 13(8) 2007
PDF (259 KB)	2006	Serologic Evidence of Widespread Everglades Virus Activity in Dogs, Florida. Lark L. Coffey, Cynda Crawford, James Dee, Ryan S. Miller, Jerome Freier, Scott Weaver Emerging Infectious Diseases 12(12) 2006.
PDF (156 KB)	2003	How Accurately Does Geocoding Determine Residential Locations in Rural and Urban Areas? Mary H. Ward, J. Giglierano, C. Wolter, Ryan S. Miller, John R. Nuckols, P. Hartge Epidemiology 14(5) Supplement: S102-S103. 2003.
PDF (1.2 MB)	2000	Identifying populations potentially exposed to agricultural pesticides using remote sensing and a geographic information system Mary H. Ward, John R. Nuckols, Stephanie J. Weigel, Susan K. Maxwell, Kenneth P. Cantor, Ryan S Miller Environmental Health Perspectives 108(1): 5-12. 2000.
PDF (85 KB)	2000	Geographic Information Systems: A New Tool in Environmental Epidemiology Mary H. Ward, John R. Nuckols, Stepahnie J. Weigel, Susan K. Maxwell, Kenneth P. Cantor KP, Ryan S. Miller Annuals of Epidemiology 10(7) 477. 2000.

Technical Reports, Popular Literature and Book Chapters


BOOK In Press	2010	Targeted Surveillance for Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Migratory Waterfowl Across the Conterminous United States Matthew L. Farnsworth, William L. Kendall, Paul F. Doherty Jr., Ryan S. Miller, Gary C. White, James D. Nichols, Kenneth P. Burnham, Alan B. Franklin. In: Avian Influenza: Science, Policy, and Socioeconomic Impact (Shyamal K. Majumdar, Frederic J. Brenner, Jane Huffman, Robert McLean, Assad Panah eds). Pennsylvania Academy of Science. In Press.
Release Pending	2010	Assessment of Pathways for the Introduction and Spread of Mycobacterium bovis in the United States Katie A. Portacci, Jason Lombard, Charlse Fossler, Eric Bush, Kammi Johnson, Dianna Mitchell, Todd Weaver, Randy Pritchard, Steve Sweeney, Ryan S. Miller, Robert Harris. Technical report edited by Katie Portacci and Jason Lombard. USDA APHIS Centers for Epidemiology and Animal Health, Fort Collins, Colorado. May, 2010.
PDF (1 MB)	2010	Bovine Tuberculosis in North American Wildlife: A continued risk Ryan S. Miller and Steven J. Sweeney In: Intrusions and Infectious Disease Emergence, One Health Newsletter (Mary Echols ed). University of Florida. 3(2) 2010.
PDF (4.9 MB)	2009	Avian Influenza Risk Assessment for the United States: Modeling Pathways of Disease Spread by Wild Birds Paul F. Doherty, Colleen T. Webb, Jennifer A. Hoeting, Andrew A. Merton, Ryan S. Miller, Matthew L. Farnsworth, Alan, B, Franklin, Robert G. McLean, Toni J. Piaggio, Gordon C. Reese, Michele M. Gilbert, Amy J. Davis, Kenneth R. Wilson. Technical report edited by Paul F. Doherty and Kenneth R. Wilson. Fort Collins, Colorado. July, 2009.
PDF (5.2 MB)	2008	Assessment of Risk Associated with the Minnesota Proposed Plan for Split-state Status for Mycobacterium bovis (bovine tuberculosis) Katie A. Portacci, Ryan S. Miller, Mary Ann Bjornsen, Eric Bush, Rodney Howe, Skip Lawrence, Ziad Malaeb. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Agency. USDA-APHIS-2008-0117. 2008.
PDF (290 MB)	2008	Assessment of Change in Risk for Release of Ehrlichia ruminantium (Heartwater) into the Continental United States following Discontinuation of the Tropical Bont Tick (Amblyomma variegatum) Eradication Program on St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands Thomas R. Kasari, Ryan S. Miller, Angela M. James, Jerome E. Freier. United States Department of Agriculture, Animal Plant Health Inspection Service. 2008.
PDF (1.4 MB)	2002	Agricultural chemical exposures and childhood cancer John R. Nuckols, Peggy Reynolds, Ryan S. Miller, Robert Gunier, Stephanie J. Weigel, Andrew Hertz, Julie V. Behren. National Institute of Health: National Cancer Institute. Washington DC, Maryland. March 8, 2002.
BOOK (online)	2000	Estimating exposure to agricultural chemicals using remote sensing and a geographic information system Mary H. Ward, John R. Nuckols, Stephanie J. Weigel, Susan K. Maxwell, Ryan S. Miller, Kenneth P. Cantor. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Environmental Engineering and Health (Raynal J, Nuckols JR, Ward MH eds). Water Resources Publications, LLC: Englewood CO. 2000.
PDF (5.3 MB)	1999	Accuracy and feasibility of using spatial data to refine the California pesticide use data set Stephanie J. Weigel, John R. Nuckols, Chris C. Skinner, Ryan S. Miller Technical Report, California Department of Health Services. May 28, 1999.

Published Abstracts and Presentations


PDF (18 KB)	2010	Farm Yard and Rural Home Visitation by White-tailed Deer: Implications for Mitigation of Disease Transmission to Cattle Are R. Berentsen, Ryan S. Miller, Mike R. Dunbar, Regina Misiewicz, Jennifer L. Malmberg. The Wildlife Society 17th Annual COnference. Snowbird,Utah, October 2-6, 2010.
PDF (18 KB)	2010	Spatially targeted surveillance for deer hair loss syndrome in Columbian black-tailed deer in the Pacific Northwest. Ryan S. Miller and Jack Mortensen. The Wildlife Society 17th Annual COnference. Snowbird,Utah, October 2-6, 2010.
PDF (12 KB)	2010	Spatial and Temporal Relationships of Mycobacterium bovis in Animals of the United States Ryan S. Miller, Beth Harris, Katie Portacci, Lauren M. Abrahmsen, Kathleen A. Orloski International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases. Atlanta, Georgia. July. 2010.
PDF (1 MB)	2010	Bovine Tuberculosis in North American Wildlife: A continued risk Ryan S. Miller and Steven J. Sweeney In: Intrusions and Infectious Disease Emergence, One Health Newsletter (Mary Echols ed). University of Florida. 3(2) 2010.
PDF (12 KB)	2009	Assessing the Risk of Contact and Transmission of Bovine Tuberculosis between Cattle and Deer for the Purpose of Regionalization Ryan S. Miller, Katie A. Portacci, Eric J. Bush, Jerome E Freier. Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland. December 2009.
PDF (13 KB)	2009	Risk-based Targeted Surveillance: Identifying Areas and Populations of Importance for Surveillance of High Path Avian Influenza Ryan S. Miller, Matthew L. Farnsworth, Alan, B, Franklin, Jerome E. Freier Society for Risk Analysis Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland. December 2009.
PDF (17 KB)	2009	Farm visitation by White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus): Implications for mitigation of bovine tuberculosis transmission Are. R. Berentsen, Ryan S. Miller, Mike R. Dunbar, Regina Misiewicz. 58th Annual International Conference of the Wildlife Disease Association. Blaine, Washington, 2009 Web. <www.wildlifedisease.org>.
PNG (1.1 MB)	2007	Farm Location and Animal Population Simulator: A system for estimating farm and animal populations Ryan S. Miller, Kenneth Geter, Barbara Corso, Kim Forde-Folle, Dave Neufeld, Jerry Freier, Janet Russell 3rd International GIS Vet Conference (Annette Kjaer Ersboll, Peter Durr, Tony Gatrell eds). Copenhagen, Denmark. 2007. Web. <www.gisvet.org>.
PDF (173 KB)	2007	Risk-based Targeted Surveillance: Identifying Areas and Populations of Importance for Surveillance of High Path Avian Influenza in the United States Ryan S. Miller, Matthew Farnsworth, William Kendall, Paul Doherty, James Nichols, Gary White, Kenneth Burnham, Alan Franklin, Jerome Freier. 3rd International GIS Vet Conference (Annette Kjaer Ersboll, Peter Durr, Tony Gatrell eds). Copenhagen, Denmark. 2007. Web. <www.gisvet.org>.
PNG (195 KB)	2002	Assessing the spatial accuracy of the California pesticide use reporting database for use in exposure assessment studies Ryan S. Miller, John R. Nuckols, Robert Gunier, Andrew Hertz, Peggy Reynolds In: Linking Exposures and Health: Innovations and Interactions. Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the ISEA and the 14th Conference of the ISEE, 11-15 August 2002, Vancouver, BC. Boston:JSI Research and Training Institute, 39.16.
PNG (204 KB)	2002	Linking the California pesticide use reporting database with spatial land use data for exposure assessment Ryan S. Miller, John R. Nuckols, Robert Gunier, Andrew Hertz, Peggy Reynolds In: Linking Exposures and Health: Innovations and Interactions. Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the ISEA and the 14th Conference of the ISEE, 11-15 August 2002, Vancouver, BC. Boston:JSI Research and Training Institute, 39.15.
PNG (937 KB)	2002	A Geographic information system (GIS)-based exposure metric for estimating nitrate in drinking water supplies John R. Nuckols, Philip D. Riggs, Susan M. Maxwell, Ryan S. Miller, Mary H. Ward In: Linking Exposures and Health: Innovations and Interactions. Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the ISEA and the 14th Conference of the ISEE, 11-15 August 2002, Vancouver, BC. Boston:JSI Research and Training Institute, 39.17.
	2002	Proximity to Crops and Residential Exposure to Agricultural Pesticides in Iowa Mary H. Ward, John R. Nuckols, J. Giglierano, C. Wolter, Ryan S. Miller, JS Colt, D Camann, P Hartge In: Linking Exposures and Health: Innovations and Interactions. Proceedings of the 12th Conference of the ISEA and the 14th Conference of the ISEE, 11-15 August 2002, Vancouver, BC. Boston:JSI Research and Training Institute, 39.18.

Thesis


PDF (15 MB)	2001	Determining differences in the spatial distribution of forest structure on the Kaibab Plateau: Implications for forest management and the northern goshawk Ryan S. Miller Thesis. Department of Forest Sciences, Colorado State University, 2001.