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Professor, Veterinary Parasitology
B.S. University of California D.V.M. University of California Ph.D. University of Georgia |
As supervisor of the Clinical Parasitology Service of the Louisiana Veterinary
Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, Dr. Malone provides diagnostic support to private
veterinarians and the agricultural sector and is active in clinical research on
unusual cases of parasitic disease in both companion animals and livestock.
Dr.
Malone teaches in the second year professional courses and coordinates the
diagnostic parasitology course to Year 4 veterinary students. He offers the
"Population Dynamics and Ecology of Parasitic and Vector-Borne
Diseases" graduate course and contributes in other courses as a full-member
of the graduate faculty. Dr. Malone is past-president of the American
Association of Veterinary Parasitologists and currently serves as the USA
representative on the executive committee of the World Association for the
Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology. He was the 1986 recipient of the School
of Veterinary Medicine Distinguished Scholar Award.
Research Interests
Use of earth observing satellite imagery and geographic information systems (GIS network on snail borne infections) to evaluate the suitability of the environment for disease agents is the major emphasis of Dr. Malone's research program. Successful use of climate forecasts and geographic methods in early work in Louisiana on control of Fasciola, a snail-borne liver parasite of cattle, has developed into international health research involvements in Egypt, Brazil and Ethiopia on vector-borne diseases, including human schistosomiasis, a major disease in rural agricultural communities in developing countries. Support has been provided by the Louisiana Department of Agriculture, the USDA, NIH, and USAID. Dr. Malone was a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Egypt in 1991 and a Visiting Scientist at the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization in 1996.
Selected Publications
Malone, J.B., M.S. Abdel Rahman, M.M. El Bahy, O.K.Huh, M. Shafik and M. Bavia. 1997. Geographic information systems and the distribution of
Schistosoma mansoni in the Nile delta. Parasitology Today 13:112-119.
Abdel-Rahman, S.M., K.L. O'Reilly and J.B. Malone. 1998. Evaluation of a diagnostic monoclonal
antibody-based capture enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of a 26-28kD
Fasciola hepatica coproantigen in cattle. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 59:533-537.
Malone, J.B., R. Gommes, J. Hansen, F. Snijders, J. Slingenberg and E. Ataman. 1998. A geographic information system on the potential distribution and abundance of
Fasciola hepatica and
F. gigantica in East Africa based on Food and Agricultural Organization databases. Veterinary Parasitology.
74:87-101.
Malone, J.B. and J.M. Yilma. 1998. Predicting outbreaks of fasciolosis: From Ollerenshaw to Satellites. IN:
Fasciolosis. Ed. JP Dalton CAB International Publications, Cambridge: pp. 151-183 (Ch 5).
Bavia, M.E., L.F. Hale, J.B. Malone, D.H. Braud and S.M. Shane. 1998. Geographic information systems and the environmental risk of schistosomiasis in Bahia, Brazil.
American Journal of
Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. 60:566-572.
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