Ruth Blunt

Contact

• workGateway Building
  Sutton Bonington Campus
  Sutton Bonington
  Leicestershire
  LE12 5RD
  UK
• work0115 951 3238
• fax0115 951 6440
• ruth.blunt@nottingham.ac.uk

Biography

Ruth Blunt obtained a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Conservation Wildlife Management and Biology from Nottingham Trent University. She then completed an MSc in Environmental Management and PhD from The University of Nottingham. She then spent a year working as a Post-doctoral researcher on a knowledge transfer project at The University of Birmingham before moving back to Nottingham to join the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science in 2007.

Expertise Summary

Ruth Blunt is a Lecturer in Applied Entomology and Parasitology at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science. She is involved with teaching Veterinary Parasitology, particularly Ectoparasitology, in the year 1, 2, and 3 modules.

Research Summary

I am currently working on a project to characterise the invertebrate communities present on UK pig farms and to assess the potential of these invertebrates to act as vectors of disease.

Recent Publications

• BLUNT, R., MCORIST, S., MCKILLEN, J., MCNAIR, I, JIANG, T. and MELLITS, K., 2011. House fly vector for porcine circovirus 2b on commercial pig farms Veterinary Microbiology. 149(3-4), 452-455
• SHEELAGH LLOYD and RUTH BLUNT, 2011. Ticks and tick-borne diseases of pets in the UK: risks to travellers The Veterinary Nurse. 2(3), 140-149
• MCORIST, S., BLUNT, R. and GEBHART, C.J., 2011. Pig-associated Lawsonia intracellularis in various on-farm dipterous fly stages Journal of Swine Health and Production. 19(5), 277-283
• HANDS, I., MCORIST, S., BLUNT, R. and LAWRENCE K, 2010. Current infection patterns of porcine proliferative enteropathy in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. Veterinary Record. 167(9), 343-344

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Past Research

I have a long standing interest in insect communities and agro environmental work. I have conducted a wide range of insect survey work including projects for the Game Conservancy Trust to assess the impact of set aside covers on game and song bird food sources. During my PhD I worked on invertebrate communities within oilseed rape crops to assess the impact of an altered glucosinolates profile on various pest and beneficial species.

• BLUNT, R., MCORIST, S., MCKILLEN, J., MCNAIR, I, JIANG, T. and MELLITS, K., 2011. House fly vector for porcine circovirus 2b on commercial pig farms Veterinary Microbiology. 149(3-4), 452-455
• SHEELAGH LLOYD and RUTH BLUNT, 2011. Ticks and tick-borne diseases of pets in the UK: risks to travellers The Veterinary Nurse. 2(3), 140-149
• MCORIST, S., BLUNT, R. and GEBHART, C.J., 2011. Pig-associated Lawsonia intracellularis in various on-farm dipterous fly stages Journal of Swine Health and Production. 19(5), 277-283
• HANDS, I., MCORIST, S., BLUNT, R. and LAWRENCE K, 2010. Current infection patterns of porcine proliferative enteropathy in Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. Veterinary Record. 167(9), 343-344
• MCORIST, S., BLUNT, R., EL-SHEIKHA, H., ALUJAS, A.M., OCAK, M. and DENIZ, A., 2010. Evaluation of efficacy of oral toltrazuril (Baycox 5%®) for the improvement of post weaning gut health in pigs Pig Journal. 63, 73-79