Michael Pearce

Michael Pearce is a Lecturer in Veterinary and Animal Science at Scotland's Rural College (SRUC), affiliated with the Centre for Epidemiology and Planetary Health. His research focuses on animal health, microbial pathogenesis, and epidemiological analysis in livestock and aquaculture systems. He has contributed to projects addressing diseases in cattle, pigs, and farmed salmon.

Key research interests include:

• Bovine and porcine infectious diseases
• Salmon gill health and microbiome dynamics
• Emerging viral pathogens in poultry
• Epidemiological surveillance of zoonotic agents

Recent projects include:

• "Gill Health in Scottish Farmed Salmon" (2018-2024)
• "Pigdemic: Farmer-centric networks to control endemic pig diseases" (2021-2022)
• "An Integrated Parasite Control Framework for Ruminants" (2022-2023)

His work has produced peer-reviewed publications on topics like E. coli virulence in cattle, porcine respiratory syndrome seroprevalence, and vaccine safety in poultry.