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Sylvia Checkley

ResearcherFaculty of Veterinary MedicineUniversity of Calgary

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Sylvia Checkley

Researcher

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

University of Calgary

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
11 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 NSERC), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Animal production Antimicrobial resistance genes Antimicrobial use Bioinformatics Environment Epidemiology Poultry Risk factors

Latest papers

Influence of drinking water quality on immune responses to viral vaccines in layer chickens.
Veterinary immunology and immunopathology · 2026
Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter Species from Broiler Chicken Litter.
Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
Whole genome sequencing of non-aureus Staphylococcus species from poultry barn bioaerosols across Alberta reveals circulation of isolates with multiple antibiotic resistant genes and disinfectant resistant genes.
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance · 2025

All 32 publications

Latest funding

Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$2,700,000
Molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in poultry, poultry products, and the environment.
NSERC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$168,000
Evaluating microbial risks and performance criteria for safe management of stormwater and rainwater use in Alberta
NSERC · 2017 · Co-investigator
$442,632

All 5 grants and awards

32 publications.

Influence of drinking water quality on immune responses to viral vaccines in layer chickens.

Farooq M, Ghaffar A, Perera AS, Cork S, Niu YD, Checkley S, Abdul-Careem MF

Veterinary immunology and immunopathology2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2025.111035 PMID: 41314116

Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter Species from Broiler Chicken Litter.

Tran TT, Checkley S, Caffrey N, Mainali C, Gow S, Agunos A, Liljebjelke K

Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland)2025

DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics14080759 PMID: 40867954

Whole genome sequencing of non-aureus Staphylococcus species from poultry barn bioaerosols across Alberta reveals circulation of isolates with multiple antibiotic resistant genes and disinfectant resistant genes.

Ghaffar A, Liljebjelke K, Checkley S, van der Meer F, Farooq M, Mudiyanselage HH, Abdul-Careem MF

Journal of global antimicrobial resistance2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jgar.2025.03.014 PMID: 40210109

Mapping Ixodes pacificus and Borrelia burgdorferi Habitat Suitability Under Current and Mid-Century Climate in the Pacific Northwest (BC and WA).

Couloigner I, Dizon C, Mak S, Dykstra E, Fraser E, Morshed M, Iwasawa S, Checkley S, Cork S

Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)2025

DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2024.0025 PMID: 39092518

The distribution of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes species ticks in Canada: Implications for one health surveillance.

Guillot C, Pelletier J, Aenishaenslin C, Coatsworth H, Dibernardo A, Koffi JK, Kulkarni MA, Rocheleau JP, Wilson C, Russell C, Nelder MP, Badcock J, Carr J, Checkley S, Clow KM, Cooper S, Cork S, Dumas A, Dergousoff S, Faraone N, Fraser E, Graham-Derham S, Irace-Cima A, Iwasawa S, Jenkins E, Leighton PA, McKay R, Morshed M, Pelletier R, Ripoche M, Rochon K, Thivierge K, Voordouw MJ, Ogden NH, Bouchard C

Ticks and tick-borne diseases2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2024.102413 PMID: 39571507

Student and Clinical Educator Perceptions of the Impacts of COVID-19 on Final-Year Veterinary Clinical Training in a Distributed Learning Model.

Yi J, Adams C, Chalhoub S, Checkley S, McMillan C

Journal of veterinary medical education2024

DOI: 10.3138/jvme-2023-0004 PMID: 39499560

Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Orf Virus and Muskox Rhadinovirus 1 from Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in the Canadian Arctic.

Dalton CS, Tomaselli M, Rothenburger JL, Mavrot F, Di Francesco J, Leclerc LM, Ytrehus B, Checkley S, Kutz S, Abdul-Careem MF, van der Meer F

Journal of wildlife diseases2024

DOI: 10.7589/jwd-d-22-00170 PMID: 38334201

Risk factors for Echinococcus multilocularis intestinal infections in owned domestic dogs in a North American metropolis (Calgary, Alberta).

Toews E, Musiani M, Smith A, Checkley S, Visscher D, Massolo A

Scientific reports2024

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-55515-6 PMID: 38429417

Comparative pathogenicity of infectious bronchitis virus Massachusetts and Delmarva (DMV/1639) genotypes in laying hens.

Farooq M, Abd-Elsalam RM, Ratcliff N, Hassan MSH, Najimudeen SM, Cork SC, Checkley S, Niu YD, Abdul-Careem MF

Frontiers in veterinary science2023

DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2023.1329430 PMID: 38313768

Examination of the horizontal gene transfer dynamics of an integrative and conjugative element encoding multidrug resistance in Histophilus somni.

Farghaly M, Hynes MF, Nazari M, Checkley S, Liljebjelke K

Canadian journal of microbiology2023

DOI: 10.1139/cjm-2021-0349 PMID: 36495587

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Sylvia Checkley

Research

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Influence of drinking water quality on immune responses to viral vaccines in layer chickens.

Characterization of Antimicrobial Resistance in Campylobacter Species from Broiler Chicken Litter.

Whole genome sequencing of non-aureus Staphylococcus species from poultry barn bioaerosols across Alberta reveals circulation of isolates with multiple antibiotic resistant genes and disinfectant resistant genes.

Mapping Ixodes pacificus and Borrelia burgdorferi Habitat Suitability Under Current and Mid-Century Climate in the Pacific Northwest (BC and WA).

The distribution of Babesia odocoilei in Ixodes species ticks in Canada: Implications for one health surveillance.

Student and Clinical Educator Perceptions of the Impacts of COVID-19 on Final-Year Veterinary Clinical Training in a Distributed Learning Model.

Detection and Phylogenetic Analysis of Orf Virus and Muskox Rhadinovirus 1 from Muskoxen (Ovibos moschatus) in the Canadian Arctic.

Risk factors for Echinococcus multilocularis intestinal infections in owned domestic dogs in a North American metropolis (Calgary, Alberta).

Comparative pathogenicity of infectious bronchitis virus Massachusetts and Delmarva (DMV/1639) genotypes in laying hens.

Examination of the horizontal gene transfer dynamics of an integrative and conjugative element encoding multidrug resistance in Histophilus somni.

Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)

Molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance in poultry, poultry products, and the environment.

Evaluating microbial risks and performance criteria for safe management of stormwater and rainwater use in Alberta

Double-headed, differential interference contrast microscope, with dedicated camera assembly for parasitological research and training of HQP.

Unified decision-support surveillance and risk assessment architecture for livestock production systems, public and animal health and rural communities

Frequent collaborators

Frank van der Meer

Susan Kutz

Simon Otto

Marco Musiani

Paul Stothard

Darcy Visscher

Nicholas Ashbolt

Emily Jenkins

Cheryl Waldner

Nicoletta Faraone

Hans-Joachim Wieden

Graham Plastow

Javier Sanchez

Norman Neumann

Norma Ruecker

Aidan Hollis

Ian Lewis

Kathy McCoy

Myles Leslie

Xiaoli Pang

Elissa Rennert-May

Anya Smith

Remo Panaccione

Jeroen De Buck

Ellen Goddard

Kathreen Ruckstuhl

Levinus Dieleman

Tao Dong

Lisa Tymensen