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Richard E. Corstvet
Professor, Veterinary Microbiology
and Veterinary Science
Laboratory:
Phone: 225-578-5431
Fax: 225-578-9701
rcorst1@lsu.edu |
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Education:
B.S. University of Wisconsin • M.S. University of Wisconsin • Ph.D. University of California
Honorary Diplomate American College of Veterinary Microbiologists
Dr. Corstvet has a joint appointment in the Department of Pathobiological Sciences in the School of Veterinary Medicine and the Department of Veterinary Science in the LSU Agricultural Center. Dr. Corstvet teaches in courses of microbiology and diagnostics in the veterinary curriculum and is an active participant in graduate student education and microbiology course offerings. He is Assistant Chief Microbiologist for the Louisiana Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory. He serves as a member of the NC107-Respiratory Disease in Cattle and is a member of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians Committee to compile a diagnostic manual for virology and bacteriology. He has been on the review board of several scientific journals and is currently a member of the grant review panel for USDA Special Grants Program for respiratory diseases. He is associate editor of the Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation and a reviewer for manuscripts submitted to the American Veterinary Medical Association journals and grants submitted to USDA concerned with respiratory disease.
Research Interests
Dr. Corstvet's area of research interest is in host-parasite interactions in infectious disease and immunity. His research involvements have been directed toward elucidation of the pathogenesis of infection and disease. Applied aspects of his current research are in the development of efficient immunizing procedures and reagents for the shipping fever complex in cattle and ehrlichiosis in animals. He directs a major multidisciplinary project on bovine respiratory disease that is funded from both federal and state agencies. The ehrlichiosis research in dogs and horses is funded from state commercial sources.
Selected Publications
Gaunt, S.D. and R.E. Corstvet. 1996. Isolation of Ehrlichia canis from dogs following subcutaneous inoculation. J. Clin. Microbiol.;34:1429-1432.
McBride, J.W., R.E. Corstvet, S.D. Gaunt, J. Chivsangaran, G.Y. Akita, and B.I. Osburn. 1996. PCR detection of acute Ehrlichia canis in dogs. J. Vet. Diag. Invest. 8:441-447.
Brennan, R.E., R.E. Corstvet, and J.W. McBride. 1997. A simplified method for isolating outermembrane protein from Pasteurella haemolytica. Al. J. Microbiol. Met.;29:201-206.
McBride, J.W., R.E. Corstvet, M.A. Dietrich, C. Berry, R. Brennan, B.C. Taylor, J.L. Stott, and B.I. Osborn. 1997. Memory and CD8+ are the predominant bovine bronchoalveolar lymphocyte phenotypes. Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol.;58:55-62.
Brennan R.E., R.E. Corstevet and D.B. Paulson. 1998. Antibody responses to Pasteurella haemolytica 1:A and three of its outer membrane proteins in serum, nasal secretions and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid from calves. Am J Vet Res. 59(6): 727-732.
McBride J.W., R.E. Corstvet, B.C. Taylor and B.I. Osburn. 1999. Primary and amanestic responses of bovine brochoalveolar and peripheral blood lymphocyte subsets to aerosolized Pasteurella haemolytica Al. Vet Immunol Immunopath; 67(2):161-170.
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