Carol A. Lichtensteiger
Clinical Assistant Professor, Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory
Professional Interests: Virulence
mechanisms of pathogens, host immune defense mechanisms and diagnostic
assays for infectious agents.
Respiratory disease is a major health problem in swine production and bacteria
are a component of many of the respiratory diseases. Scientific understanding
of the pathogenesis-virulence factors of the bacteria and defense mechanisms
of the pig for these bacteria is incomplete. One approach to investigate how
bacteria establish an infection and cause disease is to study which bacterial
genes are activated during infection and then determine the function of the gene
products. Preliminary studies are underway to pursue in vivo expression
technology for toxigenic Pasteurella multocida , an essential etiologic
agent in atrophic rhinitis. We are investigating polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
based diagnostic assays for P. multocida, Bordetella bronchiseptica, Haemophilus
parasuis and Actinobacillus pleuropneumoniae.
Selected Publications:
Haldane S, TK Graves, S Bateman and CA Lichtensteiger. (2006) Profound hypokalemia causing respiratory failure in a cat with hyperaldosteronism. (In press)
Vashisht K, CA Lichtensteiger, LA Miller, LFP Gondium, and M McAllister. (2005) Naturally occurring Sarcosystis neurona -like infection in a dog with myositis. Vet Parasitol (In press.).
Steenbergen, SM, CA Lichtensteige, R Caughlan, J Garfinkle, TE Fuller, and ER Vimr. (2005) Sialic acid metabolism and systemic pasteurellosis. Inf Immun, 73:1284-1294.
Paulman A, CA Lichtensteiger and L Kohrt. (2005) What's your diagnosis: cytomegalovirus in finches. J Avian Med Surg (In press.)
Benitah JL Matousek, RF Barnes, CA Lichtensteiger, and KL Campbell. (2004) Diaphragmatic and perineal hernias associated with cutaneous asthenia in a cat. J Am Vet Med Assoc, 224:706-709.
Campbell KL and CA Lichtensteiger. (2004) Structure and Function of the Skin, pp 1-9. In: Small Animal Dermatology Secrets. KL Campbell, ed. Hanley & Belfus, Philadelphia.
Campbell KL and CA Lichtensteiger. (2004) The Vocabulary of Dermatology, pp 9-21. In: Small Animal Dermatology Secrets. KL Campbell, ed. Hanley & Belfus, Philadelphia.
Matousek JL, KL Campbell, and CA Lichtensteiger.(2001) Paraneoplastic Alopecia, pp196-201. In: Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine. JR August, ed. W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia.
