Devin Holman, Ph.D.

Research Scientist

Livestock Microbiology

Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Lacombe, Alberta

Current research and/or projects

  • Understanding the dynamics of the swine gut microbiome in response to perturbations and weaning.
  • Sow milk microbiome and resistome
  • Developing antimicrobial alternatives for use in swine production.
  • Nasopharyngeal microbiome of beef cattle and the development of bovine respiratory disease.

Professional activities / interests

Editorial Board Member, Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 2020-present. 

Vice-chair, Lacombe Research and Development Centre Animal Care Committee. 2021-present.

Western Director, Canadian Society of Animal Science. 2022-present.

Chair, Lacombe Research and Development Centre Animal Care Committee, 2018-2021.

Education and awards

Ph.D., Microbiology, McGill University

M.Sc., Food Microbiology, Dalhousie University

B.Sc. (Hons.), Environmental Biology, Nova Scotia Agricultural College (Dalhousie University)                       

International experience and/or work

ORISE Postdoctoral Fellow, United States Department of Agriculture, National Animal Disease Center, Ames, IA, USA, 2016-17.

Additional links

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Devin_Holman

Key publications

  1. Yang, Xianqin, Hui Wang, Scott Hrycauk, Devin B. Holman, and Tim C. Ells. 2023. "Microbial Dynamics in Mixed-Culture Biofilms of Salmonella Typhimurium and Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Bacteria Surviving Sanitation of Conveyor Belts of Meat Processing Plants" Microorganisms 11, no. 2: 421. https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11020421

    2023 - View publication details

  2. Liu, X.; Floate, K.D.; Gorzelak, M.A.; Holman, D.B.; Hrycauk, S.; Kubota, H.; Lupwayi, N.; Neilson, J.A.D.; Ortega Polo, R.; Petri, R.M.; Tran, L.; Wang, H.; Wilches, D.; Yang, X.; Zorz, J.; Guarna, M.M. Prairie Agroecosystems: Interconnected Microbiomes of Livestock, Soil and Insects. Agriculture 2023, 13, 326. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13020326

    2023 - View publication details

  3. Zhang, P., Ruan, E., Holman, D.B., Yang, X. (2022). Effects of a Carnobacterium maltaromaticum strain at natural contamination levels on the microbiota of vacuum-packaged beef steaks during chilled storage. Food Science and Technology - LWT, [online] 168 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lwt.2022.113944

    2022 - View publication details

  4. Holman, D.B., Kommadath, A., Tingley, J.P., Abbott, D.W. (2022). Novel Insights into the Pig Gut Microbiome Using Metagenome-Assembled Genomes. Microbiology Spectrum, [online] 10(4), http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/spectrum.02380-22

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  5. Holman, D.B., Klima, C.L., Gzyl, K.E., Zaheer, R., Service, C., Jones, T.H., McAllister, T.A. (2021). Antimicrobial Resistance in Enterococcus Spp. Isolated from a Beef Processing Plant and Retail Ground Beef. Microbiology Spectrum, [online] 9(3), http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/Spectrum.01980-21

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  6. Holman, D.B., Gzyl, K.E., Mou, K.T., Allen, H.K. (2021). Weaning age and its effect on the development of the swine gut microbiome and resistome. mSystems, [online] 6(6), http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00682-21

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  7. Yang, X., Wang, H., Badoni, M., Zawadski, S., McLeod, B., Holman, D., Uttaro, B. (2020). Effects of a novel three-step sous-vide cooking and subsequent chilled storage on the microbiota of beef steaks. Meat Science, [online] 159 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.meatsci.2019.107938

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  8. Klima, C.L., Holman, D.B., Ralston, B.J., Stanford, K., Zaheer, R., Alexander, T.W., McAllister, T.A. (2019). Lower Respiratory Tract Microbiome and Resistome of Bovine Respiratory Disease Mortalities. Microbial Ecology, [online] 78(2), 446-456. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00248-019-01361-3

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  9. Holman, D.B., Yang, W., Alexander, T.W. (2019). Antibiotic treatment in feedlot cattle: A longitudinal study of the effect of oxytetracycline and tulathromycin on the fecal and nasopharyngeal microbiota. Microbiome, [online] 7(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40168-019-0696-4

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  10. Holman, D.B., Gzyl, K.E. (2019). A meta-analysis of the bovine gastrointestinal tract microbiota. FEMS Microbiology Ecology, [online] 95(6), http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz072

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  11. Holman, D.B., Bearson, B.L., Allen, H.K., Shippy, D.C., Loving, C.L., Kerr, B.J., Bearson, S.M.D., Brunelle, B.W. (2019). Chlortetracycline enhances tonsil colonization and fecal shedding of multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium DT104 without major alterations to the porcine tonsillar and intestinal microbiota. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, [online] 85(4), http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02354-18

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  12. Holman, D.B., Timsit, E., Booker, C.W., Alexander, T.W. (2018). Injectable antimicrobials in commercial feedlot cattle and their effect on the nasopharyngeal microbiota and antimicrobial resistance. Veterinary Microbiology, [online] 214 140-147. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2017.12.015

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  13. Huang, Q., Holman, D.B., Alexander, T., Hu, T., Jin, L., Xu, Z., McAllister, T.A., Acharya, S., Zhao, G., Wang, Y. (2018). Fecal microbiota of lambs fed purple prairie clover (Dalea purpurea Vent.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Archives of Microbiology, [online] 200(1), 137-145. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00203-017-1427-5

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  14. Holman, D.B., Timsit, E., Amat, S., Abbott, D.W., Buret, A.G., Alexander, T.W. (2017). The nasopharyngeal microbiota of beef cattle before and after transport to a feedlot. BMC Microbiology, [online] 17(1), http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12866-017-0978-6

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  15. Holman, D.B., Hao, X., Topp, E., Yang, H.E., Alexander, T.W. (2016). Effect of co-composting cattle manure with construction and demolition waste on the archaeal, bacterial, and fungal microbiota, and on antimicrobial resistance determinants. PLoS ONE, [online] 11(6), 1-21. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0157539

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  16. Timsit, E., Workentine, M., Schryvers, A.B., Holman, D.B., van der Meer, F., Alexander, T.W. (2016). Evolution of the nasopharyngeal microbiota of beef cattle from weaning to 40 days after arrival at a feedlot. Veterinary Microbiology, [online] 187 75-81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2016.03.020

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  17. Holman, D.B., Timsit, E., Alexander, T.W. (2015). The nasopharyngeal microbiota of feedlot cattle. Scientific Reports, [online] 5 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep15557

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  18. Holman, D.B., McAllister, T.A., Topp, E., Wright, A.D.G., Alexander, T.W. (2015). The nasopharyngeal microbiota of feedlot cattle that develop bovine respiratory disease. Veterinary Microbiology, [online] 180(1-2), 90-95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.07.031

    2015 - View publication details

Contact

Research facility

Lacombe Research and Development Centre
6000 C and E Trail
Lacombe, AB T4L 1W1
Canada

Expertise

Agriculture›Beef
Agriculture›Bioinformatics
Agriculture›Microbiology›Enteric microbiology and intestinal health
Agriculture›Microbiology›Intestinal
Agriculture›Pork
Animals›Animal Microbiology›Bacteria
Food›Microbiology›Pathogenes
Health›Microbiology
Technology›Bioinformatics
Technology›Microbiology

Affiliations

• American Society for Microbiology
• Canadian Society of Microbiologists

• Canadian Society of Animal Science

Language

English