Dr. Bowman is a Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology
and has been associated with the department since 1987 (previously an
assistant professor,1987-1993). He received the MS degree in Parasitology
from Tulane University in 1976. He then received his PhD from Tulane
University in 1983 studying Parasitology. He has held successive positions
at Cornell University since 1987. He has obtained continuous funding
(corporate and federal) throughtout his career to study animal parasitology.
Research Interests
| Graduate Fields | Lab
Members | Related Links | Selected
References
Research Interests
Soil transmitted parasites, parasites of wildlife, visceral larva
migrans, host response to soil transmitted pathogens, detection of soil
transmitted parasites.
Graduate Fields
Dr. Bowman is a member of the following Graduate Fields:
Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Microbiology
Zoology
Lab Members
Mary Leona Bellosa, Vet Student Worker
Alice Lee, Postdoctoral Associate
Araceli Lucio-Forster, Researcher/Teaching Support Specialist
Janice Liotta, Technical Support
Related Links
Office of Undergraduate Biology - Research Job Openings with Biology Faculty
Selected References
Jenkins MB, Walker MJ, Bowman DD, Anthony LC, Ghiorse WC. (1999). Use
of a sentinel system for field measurements of Cryptosporidium
parvum oocyst inactivation in soil and animal waste. Appl.
Env. Microbiol. 65:1998-2005.
Werre SR, Bowman DD, Mohammed HO, Jenkins MB, Quimby FW, Horton KM,
Dubey JP. (1999). Transmission to guinea pigs of very low doses of oocysts
of Toxoplasma gondii in drinking water. J.
Parasitol 46: 71s-72s.
Bowman DD, Reimers RS, Little MD, Jenkins MB, Bankston WS, Atique
MM. (2000). Assessnt and comparison of Ascaris egg and Cryptosporidium
oocyst inactivation with respect to biosolids processing. Residul &
Biosolids 2000 pp. 334-346.
Bowman DD, Griffiths JK. (2000). Treatment of larval toxocariasis.
Current Treatment Options in Infectious Disease 2:70-77.
Kato S, Bowman DD, Brown DL. Efficacy of Chenopodium ambrosioides as
an antihelmintic for treatment of gastrointestinal nematodes in lambs.
J. Herbs, Spices, Med. Plants 7:11-25.
Dubey JP, Speer CA, Bowman DD, Horton K, Venturini C, Venturini L. (2000)
Experimental transmission of Sarcocystis speeri Duby and Lindsay,
1999 from the South American opossum (Didelphis lbiventris) to
the North American opossum (Didelphis virginianus). J.
parasitol. 86:624-627.
