Zoology & Wildlife Conservation Researchers
Research at the College of Veterinary Medicine meets the clinical and research demands of human and animal health. Consistently ranked among the top veterinary colleges in the country, the College leads in scientific discovery. Faculty expertise focus on the interface between scientific research and clinical practice as well as a commitment to animal and human health.
| Faculty Index | Faculty A-C | Faculty D-L | Faculty M-R | Faculty S-Z |
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Exotic and wildlife medicine; anesthesia, elephant medicine |
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| Soil transmitted parasites, parasites of wildlife, visceral larva migrans, host response to soil transmitted pathogens, detection of soil transmitted parasites |
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| Infectious and non-infectious diseases of fish, pathogenesis of important bacterial pathogens of cultured and wild fish, evaluation of therapeutic compounds for use in cultured food fish |
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| Molecular pathogenesis of the infectious bronchitis virus; Ecology and conservation of disease in birds and wildlife |
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Disease prevention, surveillance, and control programs; Wildlife and Zoo Medicine |
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Comparative anatomic pathology, conservation biology, ecology, comparative osteology |
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Molecular biology of infectious disease; DNA and recombinant subunit vaccine development; molecular basis of bacterial pathogenesis; immunopathology of infectious disease; molecular diagnosis of infectious diseases; host defense mechanisms; comparative genomics and proteomics |
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Clinical oncology; ovarian cancer |
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Viral diseases of cattle; Bovine viral diarrhea virus; Viral diseases of dogs; Canine influenza virus; Viral diseases of domestic animals that impact endangered wildlife; Herd health program; Biosecurity; effective use of veterinary biologicals |
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Infectious disease and host immune response |
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Muscle biology; biomechanics of locomotion; gait abnormalities; elucidation of interactions between nerves and muscles in affecting the phenotype of mature muscles; specializing in bat research |
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Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, and Reintroduction Medicine affecting Wildlife Health and Conservation |
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Sensory biology, and ecology; retinal physiology and biochemistry; clinical electrophysiology; visual sciences |
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Diseases of multiple species, defining epidemiology and risk factors for diseases |
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Exotic and Wildlife Medicine; avian transfusion medicine, coagulation parameters; infectious diseases of rabbits |
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Embryology and animal development, with the emphasis on the development of vertebreatre craniofacial muscless, blood vessels, and skeletal tissues |
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Anatomic pathology; dermatopathology; animal models of skins diseases; wildlife diseases |
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Mammalian reproductive biology with a focus on the life history of trade-offs associated with timing of hormone secretion and reproductive effort, sexual differentiation |
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Sperm motility regulation and transport into the female reproductive tract |
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Genetic regulation of growth in the canine; identification of genes related to risk of specific cancers in particular canine breeds; study of genes that contribute to body size in the dog |
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Micro and nano-biotechnology; biomaterials & drug delivery; Reproductive Physiology; Cell biology of male germ cells; preservation of genetic diversity; comparative biology of male germ cells; signaling and metabolism of sperm during capacitation; organization of lipid raft membrane sub-domains in sperm; applications of technologies using reproductive stem cells for wildlife conservation |
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Biology, diagnosis, and epidemiology of parasitic infections in domestic and wild animals |
