Department of Pathobiology Faculty

Chair
Robert M. Jacobs
(Professor and Chair)
Research Interests - Bovine viruses, effect on the immune response; canine hereditary glomerulopathy
Graduate Coordinator
Jeff Caswell
(Professor)
Anatomic Pathology: Respiratory and cardiovascular pathology, Bacterial pneumonia of cattle and pigs, Innate immunity in the lung
Faculty Research Interests
Ian K. Barker
(Retired Professor)
Wildlife/Zoo Animal Pathology; Wildlife Zoonoses; Wildlife Disease Surveillance
John R. Barta
(Professor)
Parasitology: Protozoan parasites of the phylum Apicomplexa
Dorothee Bienzle
(Professor)
Clinical Pathology: Retroviral pathogenesis; Mechanisms of airway inflammation
Patrick Boerlin
(Associate Professor)
Bacteriology: Epidemiology of infectious diseases
Byram W. Bridle
(Assistant Professor)
Cancer immunotherapy, Oncolytic virotherapy
Robert A. Foster
(Professor)
Anatomic Pathology: Reproductive pathology, surgical pathology
Tony Hayes
(Professor)
Anatomic Pathology: Anatomic Pathology, Toxicological Pathology, Mechanisms of innate resistance to bacterial infection
Bruce Hunter
(DECEASED)
Avian Medicine and Pathology: Avian diseases; nursing disease of mink; pulmonary function in turkeys; circovirus infection in pigeons
Claire Jardine
(Assistant Professor)
Comparative Pathology: Wildlife and ecosystem health; Ecology of diseases in wild animal populations; Rodent and vector borne zoonotic diseases
Brandon Lillie
(Assistant Professor)

Anatomic Pathology:  Lectins and innate immunity; mechanisms of resistance to infectious diseases; genetics of disease; anatomic pathology

John S. Lumsden
(Professor)
Comparative Pathology: Fish health, Innate and muccosal host response, Pathology.
Janet MacInnes
(Professor)
Bacteriology: Molecular analysis of virulence determinants of bacteria, development of recombinant and live attenuated vaccines
Bonnie Mallard
(Professor)
Immunology: Immunogenetic aspects of antibody and cellular mechanisms of host defense with emphasis on breeding commercial livestock for inherent disease resistance.
Éva Nagy
(Professor)
Virology: Veterinary virology, molecular virology of avian viruses, development of recombinant viral vaccines, viral epidemiology, diagnostic tests for viral diseases of animals
Andrew S. Peregrine
(Associate Professor)
Parasitology: Epidemiology, impact and control of parasitic infections

Brandon L. Plattner (Assistant Professor)

Anatomic pathology: innate immuno-pathology of enteric mycobacterial disease (Johne’s disease) of cattle, bovine gamma-delta T cells
John F. Prescott
(Professor)
Bacteriology: Bacterial disease in animals; Effective antimicrobial drug use
Shayan Sharif
(Professor)
Immunology: Immunology and genetics of host disease resistance
Patricia E. Shewen
(Retired Professor)
Immunology: Bovine respiratory disease, immunity in neonatal calves, vaccinology
Dale A. Smith
(Professor)
Pathology and Clinical Medicine: Diseases of Avian, Exotic, Wildlife and Zoo Animals.
Patricia Turner
(Professor)
Lab Animal Science: Diseases of laboratory animals; Toxicologic pathology
Scott Weese
(Associate Professor)
Bacteriology: Bacterial infections in animals and humans, methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infections, Clostridium difficile, antimicrobial resistance, emerging infectious diseases, infection control.
Darren Wood
(Associate Professor)
Clinical Pathology: Canine hematology and hemostasis; poultry hemostasis; effects of BVDV on hematopoietic tissue
Geoffrey A. Wood
(Associate Professor)
Anatomic Pathology: Pathology of neoplasia; mouse models of disease; comparative oncogenomics
Sarah Wootton
(Assistant Professor)
Virology: Molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis
Adjunct Faculty Department
Yuehau (Hugh) Cai Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Douglas G. Campbell Department of Pathobiology, CCWHC, University of Guelph
Susy Carman Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Robert C. Clarke Health Canada
Alfonso Clavijo National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease
Graham J. Crawshaw Metro Toronto Zoo
Harry D. Danforth Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Christopher J. Dutton Metro Toronto Zoo
Noel Harrington Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Murry J. Hazlett Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Doug Hodgins Department of Pathobiology, University of Guelph
Brent Hoff Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Simon Hollamby Metro Toronto Zoo
Roger P. Johnson

Public Health Agency of Canada, Laboratory for Foodborne Zoonoses

Paul Kitching National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease
John A. Lynch Food Safety and Consumer Protection Directorate , Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Grant M. Maxie Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Beverly J.E. McEwen Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Gordon Mitchell Ottawa Laboratory Fallowfield, Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Klaus H. Nielsen Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Davor Ojkic Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Felipe Reggeti Antech, Toronto
Lela Riley Department of Veterinary Pathology, University of Missouri
Dragan R. Rogan Bioniche Life Sciences Inc.
Margaret J. Stalker Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph
Michael Taylor OVC Teaching Hospital, University of Guelph
Tony A. vanDreumel Animal Health Laboratory, University of Guelph