Devin Holman, Ph.D.

Current research and/or projects

  • Antimicrobial resistance in swine production
  • Sow milk microbiome and resistome
  • Developing antimicrobial alternatives for use in swine production
  • Methane abatement strategies and the bovine rumen microbiome
  • Connecting the beef cattle rumen microbiome with carcass merit and meat quality
  • Nasopharyngeal microbiome of beef cattle and the development of bovine respiratory disease

Professional activities / interests

Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Animal Science. 2023-present.

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

Awards and Honours Committee Chair. Canadian Society of Animal Science. 2023-present.

Vice-chair, Lacombe Research and Development Centre Animal Care Committee. 2021-2024.

Western Director, Canadian Society of Animal Science. 2022-2023.

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.

Key publications

  1. Holman, D.B., Gzyl, K.E., Scott, H., Service, C., Prieto, N., López-Campos, Ó. 2024. Associations between the rumen microbiota and carcass merit and meat quality in beef cattle. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol.108(1):287. doi: 10.1007/s00253-024-13126-1.

    2024 - View publication details

  2. Lee, C., Zaheer, R., Munns, K., Holman, D.B., Van Domselaar, G., Zovoilis, A., McAllister, T.A. (2023). Effect of Antimicrobial Use in Conventional Versus Natural Cattle Feedlots on the Microbiome and Resistome. Microorganisms, [online] 11(12), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11122982

    2023 - View publication details

  3. Holman, D.B., Gzyl, K.E., Kommadath, A. (2023). The gut microbiome and resistome of conventionally vs. pasture-raised pigs. Microbial genomics, [online] 9(7), http://dx.doi.org/10.1099/mgen.0.001061

    2023 - View publication details

  4. Yang, X., Wang, H., Hrycauk, S., Holman, D.B., Ells, T.C. (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, [online] 11(2), http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms11020421

    2023 - View publication details

  5. 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

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  6. Jones, T.H., Service, C., Hrycauk, S., Gzyl, K.E., Holman, D.B. (2023). Salmonella Prevalence is Low in Deep Tissue Lymph Nodes of Hog Carcasses from a Pork Processing Plant in Alberta, Canada. Food Protection Trends (FPT), [online] 43(5), 383-390. http://dx.doi.org/10.4315/FPT-23-005

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  7. 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

  8. 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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  9. 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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  10. 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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  11. 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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  12. 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

    2019 - View publication details

  13. 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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  14. 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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  15. 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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  16. 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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  17. 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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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. 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

    2016 - View publication details

Research facility

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

Affiliations

• American Society for Microbiology
• Canadian Society of Microbiologists

• Canadian Society of Animal Science

Language

English