Publications

America L. Edwards, Timothy L. Sellnow, Deanna D. Sellnow, Joel Iverson, Adam Parrish & Steve Dritz (2020): Communities of practice as purveyors of instructional communication during crises, Communication Education, https://doi.org/10.1080/03634523.2020.1802053

Clark, E. M., Merrill, S. C., Trinity, L., Bucini, G., Cheney, N., Langle-Chimal, O., Shrum, T., Koliba, C., Zia, A., and Smith, J. M. (In review) Emulating agricultural disease management: Comparing risk preferences between industry professionals and online participants using experimental gaming simulations and paired lottery choice surveys. Frontiers in Veterinary Science.

Clark, E. M., S. C. Merrill, L. Trinity, G. Bucini, N. Cheney, O. Langle-Chimal, T. Shrum, C. Koliba, A. Zia, and J. M. Smith. (2020). Using experimental gaming simulations to elicit risk mitigation behavioral strategies for agricultural disease management. PLOS ONE 15(3): e0228983. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0228983

Farley, D. Crisis as a Constant: Understanding the Communicative Enactment of Communities of Practice within the Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN). September 2020. https://scholarworks.umt.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=12734&context=etd

Smith, J. M., M. Colby, C. Koliba, S. Merrill, L. Trinity, E. Clark, O. Langle, G. Tonsor, A. Zia, G. Bucini, T. Sellnow, D. Sellnow, J. McDonald, K. Hiney, J. Cummings, M. Seeger, M. Myers, and J. Iverson. (n.d.). Animal disease biosecurity coordinated agricultural project 2019 symposium summary. Animal Disease Biosecurity Coordinated Agricultural Project. https://agbiosecurityproject.org

Tonsor, G. T., and Schulz, L. L. (2020) Will an incentive‐compatible indemnity policy please stand up? Livestock producer willingness to self‐protect. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.13626

Trinity, L., S. C. Merrill, E. M. Clark, C. J. Koliba, A. Zia, G. Bucini, and J. M. Smith. (2020). Effects of social cues on biosecurity compliance in livestock facilities: evidence from experimental simulations. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2020.00130

Zia, A., A. H. Delgado, G. Bucini, S. C. Merrill, C. Koliba, G. Del Rossi, B. Norby, and J. M. Smith. (In review). Socio-psychological determinants of cattle producers’ intent to comply with animal disease control measures: A structural equation modeling approach. Risk Analysis.

2019 ADBCAP Symposium Summary. A report that summarizes the presentations from the symposium. View the publication.

Educating Youth About Biosecurity. (November 2019). Futurum Careers. Links to the article, brochure and activity sheet.

ADBCAP: A Human Approach to Improving Biosecurity. (November 2019). Scientia. View the publication.

Bucini, G., Merrill, S. C. , Clark, E., Moegenburg, S. M., Zia, A., Koliba, C. J., Wiltshire S., Trinity, L., and Smith, J. M. (2019) Risk attitudes affect livestock biosecurity decisions with ramifications for disease control in a simulated production system. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6 Article 196. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00196

Merrill, S. C., Koliba, C. J., Moegenburg, S. M., Zia, A., Parker, J., Sellnow, T., Wiltshire, S., Bucini, G., Danehy, C., and Smith, J. M. (2019). Decision-making in livestock biosecurity practices amidst environmental and social uncertainty: evidence from an experimental game. PLOS ONE, 14(4): e0214500. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214500

Merrill, S. C., Moegenburg, S. M., Koliba, C. J., Zia, A., Trinity. L., Clark, E., Bucini, G., Wiltshire, S., Sellnow, T., Sellnow, D., and Smith, J. M. (2019). Willingness to comply with biosecurity in livestock facilities: evidence from experimental simulations. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6 Article 156. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00156

Pudenz, C. C., Schulz, L. L., and Tonsor, G. T. (2019). Adoption of Secure Pork Supply plan biosecurity by U.S. swine producers. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6 Article 146. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00146

Sellnow, D. D., T. L. Sellnow, and J. M. Martin. (2019). Strategic message convergence in communicating biosecurity: the case of the 2013 porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. Communication Reports, 32(3), 125-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/08934215.2019.1634747

Wiltshire, S., Zia, A., Koliba, C., Bucini, G., Clark, E., Merrill, S., Smith, J., and Moegenburg, S. (2019). Network meta-metrics: Using evolutionary computation to identify effective indicators of epidemiological vulnerability in a livestock production system model. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, 22(2): 8. https://doi.org/10.18564/jasss.3991

Sellnow, T., Sellnow, Parker, D. J., and Martin, J. (2018). Risk and crisis communication narratives in response to rapidly emerging diseases. Journal of Risk Research. 22:7, 897-908. https://doi.org/10.1080/13669877.2017.1422787

Wu, Q., Schulz, L. L., and Tonsor, G. T. (2018). Using expert knowledge to understand biosecurity adoption Aimed at reducing Tier 1 disease risks in the U.S. livestock industry. Journal of Agricultural Science, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.5539/jas.v10n1p12

Schulz, L.L., Hayes, D. J., Holtkamp, D. J., and Swenson, D. A. (2018). Economic impact of university veterinary diagnostic laboratories: A case study. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 151, 5-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.12.018

Wiltshire, S. W. (2018). Using an agent-based model to evaluate the effect of producer specialization on the epidemiological resilience of livestock production networks. PLOS ONE 13(3): e0194013. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0194013

Tonsor, G. T. (2018). Public animal welfare discussions in the United States: perspectives from a Missouri farm boy turned economist. Animal Frontiers, 8(1), 4–7. https://doi.org/10.1093/af/vfx002

Thompson, J. M., Tonsor, G. T., Pendell, D. L., and Preston, W. (2018). United States feedlot operator willingness to pay for disposal capacity to address foreign animal disease risk. Transboundary and Emerging Diseases, 65(6), 1951-1958. https://doi.org/10.1111/tbed.12976

Wu, Q., Schulz, L. L., Tonsor, G. T., and Smith, J. M. (2017). Expert views on effectiveness, feasibility, and current implementation of biosecurity measures for mitigating Tier 1 disease risks in the U.S. swine, beef cattle, and dairy industries. Journal of Veterinary Science & Technology, 8(2), 435. https://doi.org/10.4172/2157-7579.1000435

Sellnow, Timothy L., Parker, Jason S., Sellnow, Deanna D., Littlefield, Robert S., Helsel, Emily M., Getchell, Morgan C., Smith, Julia M., and Merrill, Scott C. (2017). Improving biosecurity through instructional crisis communication: Lessons learned from the PEDv outbreak. Journal of Applied Communications, 101(4). https://doi.org/10.4148/1051-0834.1298

Schulz, L.L. and Tonsor, G. T. (2015). Assessment of the economic impacts of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus in the United States. Journal of Animal Science, 93(11), 5111–5118. https://doi.org/10.2527/jas.2015-9136