Faculty

 

Stephen D. Gaunt
Professor, Veterinary Clinical Pathology

Section Chief, VTH&C Clinical Pathology Laboratory 

Laboratory:
 

Phone: 225-578-9715
Fax:
225-578-9701
sgaunt@vetmed.lsu.edu

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Education:
BS,  Louisiana State University • DVM, Louisiana State University • PhD, Texas A&M University
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Dr. Gaunt is a veterinary clinical pathologist who supervises the diagnostic services in hematology, clinical chemistry, and cytopathology to the veterinary teaching hospital and Louisiana Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory. He coordinates the teaching of clinical pathology to second and fourth year veterinary medical students, an elective rotation in clinical pathology for fourth year students, and training of clinical pathology residents. Dr. Gaunt previously served as an officer in the American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology and on the examination committee for the American College of Veterinary Pathologists.

Research Interests
Dr. Gaunt is involved in collaborative studies on clinical (e.g. PCR detection of carrier state, diagnostic assays) and hematologic (e.g. mechanism of thrombocytopenia) problems associated with canine ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis.  


Selected Publications


Gaunt SD, “Extreme neutrophilic leukocytosis”, “Hemolytic anemias caused by blood rickettsial agents and protozoa”, pp 154-162, 347-349. Schalm's Veterinary Hematology, ed 5. Lippincott, Williams, & Wilkins. 2000.

Hoyt PG, Gill MS, Angel KL, Gaunt SD, Dial SM, Landreneau RM. Corticosteroid-responsive thrombocytopenia in two beef cows. J Am Vet Med Assoc 217:717-720; 2000.

RW Stout, DY Cho, SD Gaunt, Baker DC. Transcutaneous blood gas monitoring in the rat. Comp Med 51:524-533, 2001.

RE Beadle, DW Horohov, SD Gaunt. Interleukin-4 and interferon-gamma gene expression in summer pasture-associated obstructive pulmonary disease affected horses. Equine Vet J 34:389-394; 2002.

JW McBride, RE Corstvet, SD Gaunt, C Boudreaux, T Guedry, DH Walker. Kinetics of antibody response to Ehrlichia canis immunoreactive proteins. Infect Immun 71:24516-2524; 2003.

Gaunt SD. “Morphology, function, and kinetics of leukocytes”; “Laboratory evaluation of leukocytes”; “Interpretation of leukogram”; “Altered morphology and function of leukocytes”, In: Secrets of Veterinary Clinical Pathology, R Cowell, ed., Elsevier. 2004.

 




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