My primary research interests include endocrine and other non-inflammatory alopecic
disorders of dogs and epidemiology and treatment of methicillin resistant staphylococcal
infections. 

Articles

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PCR amplification and DNA sequencing of Demodex injai from otic secretions of a dog (with R A. Brahmbhatt and Stephen A. Kania), Veterinary Dermatology (2013)

BACKGROUND: The identification of Demodex mites from dogs is usually based on morphology and location....

 

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Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius: clinical challenge and treatment options (with A Loeffler), Veterinary Dermatology (2012)

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) has emerged as a major therapeutic challenge for small animal veterinarians...

 

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Treatment outcome of dogs with meticillin-resistant and meticillin-susceptible Staphylococcus pseudintermedius pyoderma (with J Bryan, Barton W. Rohrbach, L J. Burgette, C L. Cain, and David A. Bemis), Veterinary Dermatology (2012)

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of meticillin- and multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) in canine pyoderma has been...

 

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Vulvar pythiosis in two captive camels (Camelus dromedarius) (with Ricardo Videla, Sarel van Amstel, Sherry Newman, Raquel Vilela, and L Mendoza), Medical Mycology (2012)

Two camels (Camelus dromedarius), 3- and 4-years-old, respectively, from an eastern Tennessee wildlife farm presented...

 

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Factors associated with methicillin-resistant versus methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus pseudintermedius infection in dogs (with J S. Weese, M C. Faires, L M. Reynolds, and A Battisti), Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (2012)

OBJECTIVE: To compare methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius (MRSP) and methicillin-susceptible S pseudintermedius (MSSP) infections in dogs....

 

Contributions to Books

Endocrine and metabolic diseases, Muller and Kirk’s Small Animal Dermatology (2013)
 

Alopecia. Non-inflammatory – dogs., Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline (2011)
 

Alopecia, Textbook of Veterinary Internal Medicine (2010)