Dr Harriet Auty

Senior Lecturer (Infectious Disease Ecology)

Biography

I trained as a veterinarian at University of Liverpool where I also intercalated in veterinary conservation medicine. After a stint in veterinary practice I moved to University of Edinburgh to do my PhD on wildlife reservoirs of human African trypanosomiasis in Tanzania. I’ve remained interested in trypanosomiasis, both in people and animals, ever since. I spent some time as a post-doc at University of Glasgow before moving to the SRUC Epidemiology Research Unit in Inverness. Much of my time was spent working on EPIC, working closely with Scottish Government policy teams on livestock disease outbreak response and contingency planning. I also continued to work on vector-borne diseases, both trypanosomiasis in Tanzania and Lyme Disease and ticks in Scotland. I moved to the Institute for Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine at University of Glasgow in January 2020.

Research interests

I am a veterinary epidemiologist interested in the epidemiology and control of livestock diseases and zoonoses.

My research includes:
- Epidemiology, ecology and control of vector-borne diseases
- Disease transmission between wildlife, livestock and people
- Outbreak response and contingency planning for outbreaks of livestock diseases and zoonoses
- The interface between scientific research and policy making
My current projects:
- An integrated approach to tackling drug resistance in livestock trypanosomes’, BBSRC industrial partnership with Galvmed, 2019-2021
- ‘ENABLES: Enabling Livestock-keepers to Eliminate Sleeping Sickness’, BBSRC/DfID 2019-2020
- ‘What can you learn from a fly? Biting insects as non-invasive samplers’, Leverhulme, 2020-2023
- ‘Atypical bovine morbilliviruses in the Serengeti Ecosystem’, BBSRC, 2018–2020
- EPIC Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks, Scottish Government RESAS, 2016-2021 (www.epicscotland.org)
- ‘One health approaches to trypanosomiasis control - the path from research to policy’, Soulsby Foundation travel fellowship

Current and recent PhD students include:
- Fiona Allan - East Coast Fever and vaccination at the livestock/wildlife interface, University of Edinburgh, completed 2019
- Rita Ribeiro - Predicting tick-borne disease risk: improving the distribution mapping of ticks and tick-bite risk in Scotland, University of Edinburgh/SRUC, 4th year
- Ursula Arthur – Atypical hosts of peste des petits ruminants virus and canine distemper virus, University of Glasgow, 3rd year

I am a diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Public Health and currently supervise two residents, Carla Gomes (Animal Health Ireland) and Ellen Hughes (University of Glasgow).

Research groups

Publications

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Number of items: 68.

2023

Ribeiro, R. , Eze, J. I., Gilbert, L. , Macrae, A., Duncan, A., Baughan, J., Gunn, G. and Auty, H. (2023) Linking human tick bite risk with tick abundance in the environment: a novel approach to quantify tick bite risk using orienteers in Scotland. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases, 14(2), 102109. (doi: 10.1016/j.ttbdis.2022.102109)

2022

Fujiwara, M., Auty, H. , Brown, I. and Boden, L. (2022) Assessing the likelihood of high pathogenicity avian influenza incursion into the gamebird sector in Great Britain via designated hatcheries. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 9, 877197. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2022.877197) (PMID:35529831) (PMCID:PMC9072826)

Wragg, D. et al. (2022) A locus conferring tolerance to Theileria infection in African cattle. PLoS Genetics, 18(4), e1010099. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010099) (PMID:35446841) (PMCID:PMC9022807)

2021

Allan, F. K. et al. (2021) A cross-sectional survey to establish Theileria parva prevalence and vector control at the wildlife-livestock interface, Northern Tanzania. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 196, 105491. (doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2021.105491) (PMID:34562810) (PMCID:PMC8573586)

Richards, S., Morrison, L. J., Torr, S. J., Barrett, M. P. , Manangwa, O., Mramba, F. and Auty, H. (2021) Pharma to farmer: field challenges of optimizing trypanocide use in African animal trypanosomiasis. Trends in Parasitology, 37(9), pp. 831-843. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2021.04.007) (PMID:33962879)

Channumsin, M., Ciosi, M. , Masiga, D., Auty, H. , Turner, C. M., Kilbride, E. and Mable, B. K. (2021) Blood meal analysis of tsetse flies (Glossina pallidipes: Glossinidae) reveals higher host fidelity on wild compared with domestic hosts. Wellcome Open Research, 6, 213. (doi: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.16978.1) (PMCID:PMC8513123)

Auty, H. , Swai, E.S., Virhia, J., Davis, A., de Glanville, W.A., Kibona, T., Lankester, F., Shirima, G. and Cleaveland, S. (2021) How can we realise the full potential of animal health systems for delivering development and health outcomes? Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics), 40(2), pp. 483-495. (doi: 10.20506/rst.40.2.3239) (PMID:34542101)

Allan, F. K. et al. (2021) Antigenic diversity in Theileria parva populations from sympatric cattle and African buffalo analyzed using long read sequencing. Frontiers in Genetics, 12, 684127. (doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.684127) (PMID:34335691) (PMCID:PMC8320539)

2020

Boden, L. A., Auty, H. K. , Delgado, A., Grewar, J. D., Hagerman, A. D., Porphyre, T. and Russell, G. C. (2020) Editorial: risk-based evidence for animal health policy. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 595. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00595) (PMID:33088827) (PMCID:PMC7498533)

Lord, J. S. et al. (2020) Assessing the effect of insecticide-treated cattle on tsetse abundance and trypanosome transmission at the wildlife-livestock interface in Serengeti, Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 14(8), e0008288. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0008288) (PMID:32841229) (PMCID:PMC7473525)

Bessell, P. R., Auty, H. K. , Roberts, H., McKendrick, I. J., Bronsvoort, B. M. d. C. and Boden, L. A. (2020) A tool for prioritizing livestock disease threats to Scotland. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 223. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00223) (PMID:32391390) (PMCID:PMC7193530)

Boden, L. A., Voas, S., Mellor, D. and Auty, H. (2020) EPIC, Scottish Government's Centre of Expertise in Animal Disease Outbreaks: a model for provision of risk-based evidence to policy. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7, 119. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00119) (PMID:32211431) (PMCID:PMC7066993)

2019

Ribeiro, R. , Eze, J. I., Gilbert, L. , Wint, G. R. W., Gunn, G., Macrae, A., Medlock, J. M. and Auty, H. (2019) Using imperfect data in predictive mapping of vectors: a regional example of Ixodes ricinus distribution. Parasites and Vectors, 12, 536. (doi: 10.1186/s13071-019-3784-1) (PMID:31727162) (PMCID:PMC6857280)

Auty, H. , Mellor, D. , Gunn, G. and Boden, L. A. (2019) The risk of foot and mouth disease transmission posed by public access to the countryside during an outbreak. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6, 381. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2019.00381) (PMID:31750321) (PMCID:PMC6848457)

2018

Casey-Bryars, M. et al. (2018) Waves of endemic foot-and-mouth disease in eastern Africa suggest feasibility of proactive vaccination approaches. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 2(9), pp. 1449-1457. (doi: 10.1038/s41559-018-0636-x) (PMID:30082738)

Lord, J. S., Torr, S. J., Auty, H. K. , Brock, P. M. , Byamungu, M., Hargrove, J. W., Morrison, L. J., Mramba, F., Vale, G. A. and Stanton, M. C. (2018) Geostatistical models using remotely-sensed data predict savanna tsetse decline across the interface between protected and unprotected areas in Serengeti, Tanzania. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55(4), pp. 1997-2007. (doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.13091) (PMID:30008483) (PMCID:PMC6032868)

Porphyre, T., Rich, K. M. and Auty, H. K. (2018) Assessing the economic impact of vaccine availability when controlling foot and mouth disease outbreaks. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 5, 47. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2018.00047) (PMID:29594161) (PMCID:PMC5859371)

2017

Boden, L. A., Auty, H. , Reeves, A., Rydevik, G., Bessell, P. and McKendrick, I. J. (2017) Animal health surveillance in Scotland in 2030: using scenario planning to develop strategies in the context of “Brexit”. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 4, 201. (doi: 10.3389/fvets.2017.00201) (PMID:29230402) (PMCID:PMC5711829)

Correia-Gomes, C., Henry, M. K., Auty, H. K. and Gunn, G. J. (2017) Exploring the role of small-scale livestock keepers for national biosecurity—the pig case. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 145, pp. 7-15. (doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2017.06.005)

Correia-Gomes, C. and Auty, H. K. (2017) Detecting and managing new animal health threats: how vulnerable are we? Veterinary Record, 181(3), pp. 65-66. (doi: 10.1136/vr.j3355) (PMID:28710167)

Porphyre, T., Correia-Gomes, C., Chase-Topping, M. E., Gamado, K., Auty, H. K. , Hutchinson, I., Reeves, A., Gunn, G. J. and Woolhouse, M. E.J. (2017) Vulnerability of the British swine industry to classical swine fever. Scientific Reports, 7, 42992. (doi: 10.1038/srep42992) (PMID:28225040) (PMCID:PMC5320472)

Duckett, D. G., McKee, A. J., Sutherland, L.-A., Kyle, C., Boden, L. A., Auty, H. , Bessell, P. R. and McKendrick, I. J. (2017) Scenario planning as communicative action: lessons from participatory exercises conducted for the Scottish livestock industry. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 114, pp. 138-151. (doi: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.07.034)

Boden, L.A., Auty, H. , Reeves, A., Bessell, P., Rydevik, G., Mckay, T. and McKendrick, I.J. (2017) Year 2030: What Is the Future of Animal Surveillance in Scotland? Project Report. Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks.

Boden, L.A., Auty, H. , Sparks, N. and Mellor, D.J. (2017) Veterinary Risk Assessment for Avian Influenza in the AI Outbreak in the UK. Project Report. Scottish Government.

2016

Bessell, P. R., Searle, K. R., Auty, H. K. , Handel, I. G., Purse, B. V. and Bronsvoort, B. M. d. C. (2016) Assessing the potential for Bluetongue virus 8 to spread and vaccination strategies in Scotland. Scientific Reports, 6, 38940. (doi: 10.1038/srep38940) (PMID:27958339) (PMCID:PMC5154200)

Auty, H. , Cleaveland, S. , Malele, I., Masoy, J., Lembo, T. , Bessell, P., Torr, S., Picozzi, K. and Welburn, S. C. (2016) Quantifying heterogeneity in host-vector contact: tsetse (Glossina swynnertoni and G. pallidipes) host choice in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. PLoS ONE, 11(10), e0161291. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0161291) (PMID:27706167) (PMCID:PMC5051720)

Auty, H. , Morrison, L. J., Torr, S. J. and Lord, J. (2016) Transmission dynamics of Rhodesian sleeping sickness at the interface of wildlife and livestock areas. Trends in Parasitology, 32(8), pp. 608-621. (doi: 10.1016/j.pt.2016.05.003) (PMID:27262917)

Porphyre, T., Boden, L. A., Correia-Gomes, C., Auty, H. K. , Gunn, G. J. and Woolhouse, M. E. J. (2016) Using national movement databases to help inform responses to swine disease outbreaks in Scotland: the impact of uncertainty around incursion time. Scientific Reports, 6, 20258. (doi: 10.1038/srep20258) (PMID:26833241) (PMCID:PMC4735280)

2015

Boden, L. A. et al. (2015) Scenario planning: the future of the cattle and sheep industries in Scotland and their resiliency to disease. Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 121(3-4), pp. 353-364. (doi: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2015.08.012) (PMID:26349432)

Auty, H., , Torr, S.J., Michoel, T., Jayaraman, S. and Morrison, L.J. (2015) Cattle trypanosomosis: the diversity of trypanosomes and implications for disease epidemiology and control. Revue scientifique et technique (International Office of Epizootics), 34(2), pp. 587-598. (doi: 10.20506/rst.34.2.2382) (PMID:26601459)

Auty, H. , Bessell, P., Boden, L., Bronsvoort, M., Duckett, D., Kyle, C., Liu, J. and Mckendrick, I. (2015) What Will the Scottish Sheep Industry Look Like in 2040 and How Resilient Will It Be to Livestock Disease? Project Report. Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks.

Bessell, P. R., Auty, H. K. , Searle, K. R., Handel, I. G., Purse, B. V. and Bronsvoort, B. M. d. C. (2015) Impact of temperature, feeding preference and vaccination on Schmallenberg virus transmission in Scotland. Scientific Reports, 4, 5746. (doi: 10.1038/srep05746) (PMID:25034464) (PMCID:PMC4102919)

Boden, L. and Auty, H. (2015) Public health risk of Giardia and Cryptosporidium posed by reintroduction of beavers into Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Natural Heritage.

2014

Porphyre, T., Boden, L. A., Correia-Gomes, C., Auty, H. K. , Gunn, G. J. and Woolhouse, M. E.J. (2014) How commercial and non-commercial swine producers move pigs in Scotland: a detailed descriptive analysis. BMC Veterinary Research, 10, 140. (doi: 10.1186/1746-6148-10-140) (PMID:24965915) (PMCID:PMC4082416)

Auty, H. , Bessell, P., Boden, L., Bronsvoort, M., Duckett, D., Kyle, C., Liu, J. and Mckendrick, I. (2014) What Will the Scottish Cattle Industry Look Like in 2040 and How Resilient Will It Be to Livestock Disease? Project Report. Centre of Expertise on Animal Disease Outbreaks.

Boden, L., Auty, H. , Goddard, P., Stott, A., Ball, N. and Mellor, D. (2014) Working at the science-policy interface. Veterinary Record, 174(7), pp. 165-167. (doi: 10.1136/vr.g1430)

2013

Colizza, V., Porphyre, T., Auty, H. K. , Tildesley, M. J., Gunn, G. J. and Woolhouse, M. E. J. (2013) Vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease: do initial conditions affect its benefit? PLoS ONE, 8(10), e77616. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077616) (PMID:24204895) (PMCID:PMC3815046)

Bessell, P. R., Searle, K. R., Auty, H. K. , Handel, I. G., Purse, B. V. and Bronsvoort, B. M. d. (2013) Epidemic potential of an emerging vector borne disease in a marginal environment: Schmallenberg in Scotland. Scientific Reports, 3, 1178. (doi: 10.1038/srep01178) (PMID:23378911) (PMCID:PMC3560360)

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 1: What Are the Risks of Causing a New Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Walking Susceptible Livestock from One Part of a Premises to Another Part of the Same Premises across a Public Road for Welfare Reasons, Such as for Milking, Emergency Veterinary Treatment or to Give Birth, in the Restricted Zone? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 10: What Are the Risks of Causing New Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Walking, and Other Similar Activities Such as Dog Walking, Rambling and Climbing? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 11: What Are the Risks of Causing New Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Cycling? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 12: What Are the Risks of Causing New Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Canoeing? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 13: What Are the Risks of Causing a New Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Fishing? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 14: What Are the Risks of Causing New Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Horse Riding (Hacking)? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 15: What Are the Risks of Causing New Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Staging an Equestrian Event? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 16: What Are the Risks of Causing New Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Staging a Horse-racing Event? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 17: What Are the Risks of Causing New Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Staging Events (Such as Fetes, Fairs and Car Boot Sales) on Agricultural Land? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 18: What Are the Risks of Causing New Outbreaks of FMD by Staging Organised Sporting Events (Including Running, Cycling or Canoeing Events Such as Triathlons or Marathons)? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 19: What Are the Risks of Causing a New Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Hunting (Drag, Any Other Trial)? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 2: What Are the Risks of Causing New Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth (FMD) by Moving Fallen Stock from a Road, Premises, Market, Collection Centre or Slaughterhouse to an Approved Premises for Disposal in the Restricted Zone? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 20: What Are the Risks of Causing a New Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Stalking and Shooting Deer? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 22: What Are the Risks of Causing New Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Infection and Onward Transmission by Camelids? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 3: What Are the Risks of Causing a New Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Moving Stray Susceptible Animals from Roads within a Restricted Zone? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 4: What Are the Risks of Causing a New Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Allowing Susceptible Livestock That Are Caught in Transit at Markets to Return Home or to Move to Their New Owner’s Premises, as an Exemption from the Immediate National Livestock Movement Ban in the Restricted Zone? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 5: What Are the Risks of Causing a New Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) through Movement of Animal By-products Derived from FMD-susceptible Animals from an Approved Slaughterhouse in a Restricted Zone? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 7: What Are the Risks of Causing a New Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) through Movement of FMD-susceptible Animals from a Restricted Zone for Slaughter in an Approved Slaughterhouse within the Restricted Zone? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 8: What Are the Risks of Causing a New Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Allowing Provision of Livestock Services (Other Than Sheep Shearing and Sheep Dipping) in a Restricted Zone? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2013) VRA 9: What Are the Risks of Causing New Outbreaks of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) through Movements of FMD Susceptible Livestock from Scottish Islands to a Single Premises on Another Scottish Island or the Scottish Mainland, When These Areas Fall within the Restricted Zone? Project Report. Scottish Government.

2012

Halliday, J. , Daborn, C., Auty, H. , Mtema, Z., Lembo, T. , Bronsvoort, B. M. d., Handel, I., Knobel, D. , Hampson, K. and Cleaveland, S. (2012) Bringing together emerging and endemic zoonoses surveillance: shared challenges and a common solution. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 367(1604), pp. 2872-2880. (doi: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0362)

Auty, H. et al. (2012) Trypanosome diversity in wildlife species from the Serengeti and Luangwa Valley ecosystems. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 6(10), e1828. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001828)

Auty, H.K. , Picozzi, K., Malele, I., Torr, S.J., Cleaveland, S. and Welburn, S. (2012) Using molecular data for epidemiological inference: assessing the prevalence of Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense in Tsetse in Serengeti, Tanzania. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 6(1), e1501. (doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001501)

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2012) VRA 21: What Are the Risks of Causing a New Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Shooting Birds? Project Report. Scottish Government.

Auty, H. and Boden, L. (2012) VRA 6: What Are the Risks of Causing a New Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) by Moving Carcases of Animals Slaughtered on Confirmation or Suspicion of FMD for Disposal? Project Report. Scottish Government.

2011

Lembo, T. et al. (2011) Serologic surveillance of anthrax in the Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania, 1996–2009. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 17(3), pp. 387-394. (doi: 10.3201/eid1703.101290)

Halliday, J. et al. (2011) Surveillance and Monitoring of Zoonoses: Report for the Department for International Development. Project Report. Department for International Development.

Hampson, K. et al. (2011) Predictability of anthrax infection in the Serengeti, Tanzania. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48(6), pp. 1333-1344. (doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.02030.x)

2008

Auty, H. , Mundy, A., Fyumagwa, R. D., Picozzi, K., Welburn, S. and Hoare, R. (2008) Health management of horses under high challenge from trypanosomes: a case study from Serengeti, Tanzania. Veterinary Parasitology, 154(3-4), pp. 233-241. (doi: 10.1016/j.vetpar.2008.02.034) (PMID:18450381)

2004

Drake, G.J.C., Kennedy, L.J., Auty, H.K. , Ryvar, R., Ollier, W.E.R., Kitchener, A.C., Freeman, A.R. and Radford, A.D. (2004) The use of reference strand-mediated conformational analysis for the study of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) feline leucocyte antigen class II DRB polymorphisms. Molecular Ecology, 13(1), pp. 221-229. (doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.02027.x) (PMID:14653802)

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