Richard J. Hidalgo

Dr. Hidalgo Joined the LSU School of Veterinary Medicine in 1985 as Associate Dean.  He served as Director of Veterinary Computer Resources.  Prior to coming to LSU, Dr. Hidalgo served for 11 years in the College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A & M University, where he was Professor of Veterinary Microbiology.  He then spent eight years at Mississippi State University where he assisted in founding the College of Veterinary Medicine.  While at Mississippi State, Dr. Hidalgo held the positions of Professor, Administrative Officer, Director of Research and Head of the Department of Veterinary Science.  Dr. Hidalgo has served on the Editorial Boards of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the Journal of Veterinary Research, the Journal of Veterinary Medical Education.  He edited proceedings of two National Hemoparasite Disease Conferences and co-edited at book on the proceedings of an international symposium on bovine brucellosis.  He served as Directory Editor, Board of Governors and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the American College of Veterinary Microbiologists.  He has also served two terms on the Committee of Veterinary Medical Informatics of the American Veterinary Medical Association and was involved in the development of the AVMA Network on Animal Health (NOAH).

Research Interests

Over his career in academia, Dr. Hidalgo has conducted research on bovine respiratory diseases, salmonellosis in white-tailed deer, bovine anaplasmosis and eperythozoonosis, bovine brucellosis, clostridial diseases of animals, biochemical characterization of Leptospira, Clostridium and bovine mycoplasmas and lipid nutrition of bovine mycoplasmas.  He was Graduate Advisor for Department of Veterinary Microbiology and served on the Graduate Committees of 33 M.S. and 26 Ph.D. students while at Texas A & M University.  He also managed the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory.  While at Mississippi State University, he supervised the Microbiology Laboratory of the Teaching Hospital and served on the Graduate Council of the University.

Selected Publications

Brown, J.E., Hidalgo, R.J., Jones E.W., Boyle C.R.  Blood magnesium values in healthy cattle and cattle affected with Anaplasmosis and eperythrozoonosis.  Am J. Vet Res.  1986.  47:158-162.

Hidalgo, R.J., Jones, E.W., Brown, J.E., Ainsworth, A.J., Anaplasma marginale in tick cell culture.  Am J et Resw.  1989.  50:2028-2032.

Hidalgo R.J., Palmer, G.H., Jones, E.W., Brown, J.E., Ainsworth, A.J.  Infectivity and antigencity of Anaplasma marginale from tick cell culture.  Am J Vet Res.  1989.  50:2033-2036.

Hidalgo, R.J.  Proceedings of 8th Nat'l Veterinary Hemoparasite Disease conf.  St. Louis, MO  1989:1-646.

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