Daniel T. Scholl

Dr. Scholl joined the department as an Assistant Professor in 1992 after completing his PhD degree.  In 1997 he received tenure and was named Associate Professor.  He is also active in the school’s clinical service program.  Since 1995 Dr. Scholl has worked with both the Angola Prison Dairy and the LSU Dairy Herd, monitoring and consulting on the productivity and health of the animals. In 1996 he participated in a cooperative effort between LSU and Global Health Action, working in Haiti to improve small ruminant health.

Dr. Scholl has served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Teachers of Veterinary Public Health and Preventive Medicine.  He is an ad hoc reviewer for the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, an external peer-reviewer for Preventive Veterinary Medicine, and reviewer for American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.  Dr. Scholl received Merck Award for Teaching Creativity in 1993.

Research Interests

Dr. Scholl’s main research interest is the estimation of the effect of controllable risk factors on the incidence of disease in domestic and non-domestic animal species.  Some of his recent projects have focused on transplacental bovine immunodeficiency virus infection of calves in naturally infected dairy cows; interleukin 2 production by CD4(+) T lymphocytes from bovine immunodeficiency virus (BIV) infected and non-infected cattle; vaccine protection of cattle against tick-transmitted anaplasmosis; investigation for the existence of a bovine arterivirus; investigation of Bartonella henselae infection in the cat reservoir; and a longitudinal study of the incidence density of seroconversion and histopathological evidence of infection of wild armadillos with Mycobacterium leprae.  He has also been involved in an evaluation of alternative strategies to prevent Newcastle disease in Cambodia; an evaluation of age as a risk for perianesthetic morbidity and mortality in the dog; the correlation of summer pasture-associated obstructive pulmonary disease (SPAOPD) with selected environmental variables; and improving the prediction of thoroughbred stallion fertility by adjusting the live foal percentage statistic for age and foaling status of mares bred.

Selected Publications

Scholl, D.T., Truax, R.E., Baptista, J.M., et al. Natural transplacental infection of dairy calves with bovine immunodeficiency virus and estimation of effect on neonatal health. Prev Vet Med Accepted.

Orr, K.A., Scholl, D.T., and O'Reilly, K.L. “Estimation of sensitivity and specificity of two tests for bovine immunodeficiency virus infection.” 80th Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases. 1999. November 8-9; Chicago, Ill.

Hosgood, G., and Scholl, D.T. “Impact of observations from euthanized animals on survival function estimation. 80th Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases. 1999. November 8-9; Chicago, Ill.

Parr, K., Brown, T., Tedder-Ferguson, B., Scholl, D.T., et al. “Maternal and transfused passive antibody prevents clinical disease following infection with Bartonella henselae LSU16. 80th Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases. 1999. November 8-9; Chicago, Ill.

Freeland, R.L., Scholl, D.T., Rohde, K.R., Shelton, L.J., and O'Reilly, K.L. Identification of Bartonella-like specific immunodominant antigens recognized by the feline humoral immune system. Clin Diag Lab Immunol 1999; 6:558-566.

Hosgood, G., and Scholl, D.T. Evaluation of age as a risk factor for perianesthetic morbidity and mortality in the dog. J Vet Emerg Crit Care 1998; 8: 222-236.

Sen, S., Shane, S.M., Scholl, D.T., et al. Evaluation of alternative strategies to prevent Newcastle disease in Cambodia. Prev Vet Med 1998;35:283-295.

Baptista, J.M., Scholl, D.T., Ingawa, K., et al. “Transplacental transmission of bovine immunodeficiency virus in naturally infected dairy cattle.” 78th Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases. 1997. November 10-11; Chicago, Ill.

Paige, C.F., Truman, R.W., and Scholl, D.T. “Incidence density of Mycobacterium leprae infection of free ranging nine-banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus).” 78th Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases. 1997. November 10-11; Chicago, Ill.

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