Programs Offered
The Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary science consists of several units, including pathology, microbiology, virology, immunology, wildlife diseases, microchemistry, and extension. The department is responsible for teaching, research, and extension programs concerning infectious, metabolic, toxic and neoplastic diseases of agricultural animals, companion animals, laboratory animals, pet birds, poultry, fish and other aquatic species and wildlife. The Department houses the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory and the Northeastern Research Center for Wildlife Diseases. The general mission of the Department is the study of disease processes that affect animals and man.

A PhD program is available. Graduate students spend their first years concentrating on morphologic pathology and specific course work related to their graduate research program. Trainees in pathology receive a broad-based morphologic pathology experience. Weekly gross pathology and histopathology seminars are held. Students have access to the departmental archives, which contain an extensive collection of material. Students may attend a large variety of seminars, both on the Storrs campus and at the Health Center in Farmington. Students are expected to register in the Graduate School. Collaborative opportunities exist with the Plum Island Animal Disease Center.

Facilities
The Department houses the Connecticut Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory which is equipped with a fully functioning mammalian and avian necropsy laboratory, histology, diagnostic microbiology, virology, and serology. The department also houses the Northeastern Research Center for Wildlife Diseases and a Microchemistry Laboratory. The University has excellent laboratory animal care facilities, with a surgical suite and a research farm. The department is located in the science complex close to the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and the University of Connecticut Biotechnology Center. Within the Biotechnology Center there are facilities for macromolecular characterization, animal cell culture, image analysis, and transgenic animal production. The Department has active collaborative programs with the Department of Animal Science, Department of Nutritional Sciences and the School of Pharmacy Center for Biochemical Toxicology. The Department has an active twenty-eight week seminar series that brings outstanding investigators to present their research and interact with faculty.

The Homer Babbidge Library at Storrs provides seating for 3,000 readers and space for 3 million volumes. The building contains the major portion of the University's book collection, housing 2 million volumes of the system's total of 2.7 million. More than 3.7 million items are available in microtext. Current serial and periodical subscriptions total 18,615. The Department has its own smaller library with an extensive journal collection.

Community
The Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science is in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at the University of Connecticut, Storrs. The Department is located in the heart of the University of Connecticut science complex, with close proximity to the Biotechnology Center, Computer Center, and Library.

The University of Connecticut grew out of the Storrs Agricultural School, which was founded in 1881 as a direct result of the gift of land, money, and buildings presented to the Connecticut General Assembly by Charles and Augustus Storrs of Mansfield. Master's degree study was offered by 1920. The Graduate School was established officially in 1939, and the University conferred its first PhDs a decade later.

Most graduate degree programs offered by the University are located at the Storrs campus, which is 25 miles northeast of Hartford. Storrs is a scenic, agricultural area. Programs in biomedical sciences and the marine sciences are also offered at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington (near Hartford) and at the Marine Sciences Institute at Avery Point (on Long Island Sound).

Approximately 6,500 students are enrolled in graduate degree programs. About 2,500 are working toward doctoral degrees.

Stipends and Funding
The current stipend is $25,000. Graduate assistantships are supported by research grants and departmental funds.

Staff

• Bushmich, Sandra L., MS, DVM; Lyme disease in domestic animals: clinical aspects, pathogenesis, transmission, treatment; transplacental and milk transmission of Lyme disease; diagnostic techniques (serological, culture, photoimaging, immunohistochemical) for Lyme borreliosis of humans and animals
• De Guise, Sylvain, DVM, MSc, PhD; Comparative immunotoxicology of organochlorines in marine mammals; immunotoxicology of pesticides in lobsters; comparative immunology of lobsters; oyster immunology and resistance to Perkinsus marinus; marine mammal-reconstituted SCID mice as a model for the immune response against morbillivirus.
• Frasca Jr., Salvatore, VMD, PhD; Diplomate, ACVP; Pathogenesis of infectious diseases of zoo, aquarium and wildlife animals; pathogenesis of intracellular bacteria-induced diseases in fish; pathogen characterization by ultrastructural, antigenic and molecular methods; diagnostic anatomic pathology.
• French, Richard, DVM, PhD; Neuropathology/Neuroimmunology; Immunology of aquatic species; retrovirology; diagnostic pathology
• Garmendia, Antonio E., MV, PhD; Molecular immunology of viruses; mechanisms of immunity against virus infections; subunit approach to induce CTL immunity to viruses; neonatal immunity to viruses
• Geary, Steven J., PhD; Molecular biology of mycoplasmas; mechanisms of attachment of mycoplasmas, binding molecules and host cell receptors; DNA probes and monoclonal antibodies as means of detecting and speciating mycoplasmas; pathogenic factors of mycoplasmas
• Hill, Dennis W., PhD; Disposition of drugs in dogs; development of GC, HPLC, UV, TLC, MS, and IR methodology for detection and confirmation of drugs and biotransformation products in biological matrices; development of computer search routines for identification of drugs from spectral libraries
• Kerr, Kirklyn M., DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate, ACVP; Pathogenesis of infectious diseases of poultry; pathogenesis of virus-induced enteric diseases in neonatal food animals; pathogenesis of mycoplasma-induced diseases in food animals; diagnostic veterinary pathology
• Khan, Mazhar I., DVM, MPVM, PhD; Development of DNA probes and PCR for avian mycoplasmas, viruses and bacteria; molecular epidemiology: arbitrarily primed (AP) PCR fingerprinting, recombinant DNA probes and PCR amplification for the differentiation of Salmonella enteritidis isolates of avian and human origin; molecular diagnosis of Lyme disease; pathogenesis of chicken infectious anemia virus; molecular pathogenesis of B cell and T cell receptor sites in regard to its immunity on infectious bronchitis virus
• Van Kruiningen, Herbert J., DVM, PhD, MD, Diplomate, ACVP; Role of coronavirus in winter dysentery of cattle; search for microbial agents in Crohn's disease; etiology of granulomatous colitis of Boxer dogs; epidemiology of familial Crohn's disease; wildlife diseases

Joint Appointment Faculty

• Marcus, Philip J., PhD; Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
• Sekellick, Margaret J., PhD; Associate Professor, Department of Molecular and Cell Biology
• Silbart, Lawrence K., PhD; Professor, Department of Animal Sciences

Adjunct Faculty

• Rezuke, William N., MD; Adjunct Assistant Professor. Director of Hematology Laboratory, Hartford Hospital.
• St. Aubin, David, PhD; Adjunct Assistant Professor. Mystic Aquarium.
• Tsongalis, Gregory J., PhD; Adjunct Assistant Professor; Director, Molecular pathology, Hartford Hospital.
• Wu, Alan, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor; Director of Clinical Chemistry, Hartford Hospital.
• Yancy, Robert, PhD; Adjunct Professor of Pathobiology. Assistant Director, Molecular & Cellular Bacteriology, Animal Health Biological Discovery, Pfizer, Inc.

Applications
The Doctor of Veterinary Medicine or equivalent degree is required for this program. Post graduate clinical experience is desirable, but not required. Applicants must apply for admission to the graduate school at the University of Connecticut, Storrs.

For information, contact:
H.J. Van Kruiningen, DVM, PhD, MD
Professor and Interim Department Head
Department of Pathobiology and Veterinary Science
The University of Connecticut
61 North Eagleville Road, U-89
Storrs, CT 06269-3089
Phone: (860) 486-0837
Fax: (860) 486-2794
Email: Herbert.VanKruiningen@uconn.edu
WWW: www.patho.uconn.edu

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