Alma F. Roy

Dr. Roy is a instructor in the clinical diagnostic microbiology course offered in the professional veterinary curriculum.  Her professional veterinary and medical technologist skills are expanded with studies and insight into modern developments in the diagnostic technology in microbiology and immunology.  She draws insight from current diagnostic problems from her role in the Louisiana Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory.  She is the supervisor and coordinator of microbiological and serological diagnostic investigations in the Louisiana Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory.  The diagnostic laboratory provides animal disease diagnostic services to the agricultural and general communities of the State of Louisiana primarily through the veterinary medical profession.

Research Interests

Dr. Roy's research involves laboratory diagnosis of infectious diseases as related to animal disease agents and public health, with new emphasis in molecular diagnostic medicine.

Selected Publications

Tansey, G., Roy, A.F., Bivin, S.W. Acute pneumonia in a syrian hamster: Isolation of a coynbacterium species. Laboratory Animal Science 1995;366:377.

Bauer, R.W., S.L. Lemaire', Roy, A.F. 1997. Case report: Oral conidiobalomycosis in a dog. Vet. Dermatology.

Foil, L., E. Andress, R. Freeland, A. Roy, R. Rutledge, P. Triche.  1998. Experimental infection of domestic cats with Bartonella henselae by inoculation of cat flea, Ctenocephalides felis (Ciphonaptara pulicidae, feces). J. Med. Entomology.

O'Reily K.L., Bauer,R. Freeland, R. Foil, L. Hughes, Rhohde,K. Roy,A.F., Stout.R. Triche, P. 1999, Acute Clinical Disease in Cats following Infection with a Pathogenic Strain of Bartonella henselae (LSU 16) Infection and Immunity.

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