Virginia R. Fajt

Clinical Associate Professor

Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine

Hwy. 60, VMA Bldg., MS 4466

College Station, TX 77843-4466

979-845-7299

vfajt@cvm.tamu.edu

EDUCATION PhD Iowa State University 2000

DVM Auburn University 1995

Attended Colorado State University 1986-1988

BA Kalamazoo College 1984

OTHER TRAINING Bayer Animal Health Communication Project Faculty Member, 2007

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, 2004

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2011-present Clinical Associate Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology,

College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University

2005-2011 Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology,

College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University

2000-2005 Collaborator, Veterinary Antimicrobial Decision Support System, Dept. of Veterinary

Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa

State University

2001-2005 Adjunct Lecturer, Dept. of Biology, Colorado State University-Pueblo

1997-2000 Adjunct Instructor, Beef Production Medicine, Dept. of Veterinary Diagnostic and

Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University

1996-1997 Clinical Instructor, Field Services Section, Agricultural Practices, Veterinary Medical

Teaching Hospital, Kansas State University

1995-1996 Intern, Agricultural Practices, Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital, Kansas State

University

FUNDED PROJECTS – Pharmacology-Related 2010-2014: H.M. Scott, B. Norby, P. Morley, M.T. Brashears, G. Loneragan, S. McEwen, Y.

Grohn, V.R. Fajt, L.A. Branham, P. Boerlin, Practical interventions to effectively

manage antibiotic resistance in beef and dairy cattle systems: a fully integrated

approach, $2,000,000 ($67,000 subcontract), U.S.D.A. National Institute of Food and

Agriculture, National Integrated Food Safety Initiative.

2010-2011: C. Wolff, S. Kerwin, S. Lawhon, V. Fajt, J. Osterstock, Prevalence of methicillin-

resistant staphylococci in dogs presenting for orthopedic surgery at a U.S. veterinary

medical teaching hospital, $14,000, American College of Veterinary Surgery

Foundation Surgeon-in-Training Grant.

2010-2011: A. Taiyeb, D. Kraemer, V. Fajt, C. Sayes, Evaluation of PDE3-Inhibitors as

Contraceptives for Mammals, $5,000,Texas A&M University College of Veterinary

Medicine and Biomedical Sciences Graduate Trainee Research Grant.

2009-2010: D. Nelson, A. Guedes, V. Fajt, S. Kerwin, G. Fosgate, K. Russell, Feasibility of

Flovagatran as a Replacement for Heparin and Protamine Sulfate in Cardiopulmonary

Bypass and Cardiac Surgery, $301,000, Paion, Deutschland GmBH.

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2009: S.A. Wagner, V.R. Fajt, L. Pedersen, Dairy Beef Quality Assurance: Does injection of

reproductive hormones cause significant edible tissue damage? $3,680, National

Cattlemen’s Beef Association Beef Quality Assurance Program.

2008-2010: K.E. Washburn, D. Waldron, W.T. Bissett, V.R. Fajt, M.C. Libal, The Prevalence of

Caseous Lymphadenitis in Selected Goat Populations and the Impact of Treatment with

Tulathromycin vs. Culling Affected Animals, $18,000, American Sheep and Goat

Center.

2008-2009: V.R. Fajt, S. Marsh, B. Norby, Efficacy of boldenone in improving recovery from

racing in Thoroughbred horses, $4,000, Equine Research Fund, Texas AgriLife

Research.

2008-2009: K.E. Peck, B. Biswas, V.R. Fajt, S. Marsh, Elimination of Boldenone, Stanozolol, and

Exogenous Testosterone from the Urine and Serum of Horses in Training, $20,000,

Equine Research Fund, Texas AgriLife Research.

2007-2009: D.C. Kraemer, V.R. Fajt, and B. Norby, A Contraceptive to Aid in the Control of

Predators, $40,000, USDA Formula Animal Health.

2007-2008: C. Arnold, M.K. Chaffin, N. Cohen, and V. Fajt, Pharmacokinetics of Gallium

Maltolate in Adult Horses, $4,635, Large Animal Clinical Sciences Research Funds,

College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences.

1999-2000: V.R. Fajt, Development of a Veterinary Antimicrobial Use Database Based on

Therapeutic Applications, U.S. Pharmacopeia, Rockville, Maryland, $15,000 USP

Information Fellowship.

1998: M.D. Apley and V.R. Fajt, Antimicrobial Treatment of Induced Bovine Respiratory

Disease in Beef Calves, Pzifer Animal Health, Lee's Summit, Missouri, $144,234.

FUNDED PROJECTS – Teaching-Related 2009-2012: V. R. Fajt, D. Posey, F. Faries, M. Libal, and J. Musser, Gift for Course Development

and Implementation - Food Animal Production Tour, $10,000/year, Private Donor.

2008-2009: V.R. Fajt, Assessment of Critical Thinking Skills and Critical Thinking Disposition in

Veterinary Students, $5,000, Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar

Program, Texas A&M University.

2008-2009: V.R. Fajt, F. Faries, M. Libal, J. Musser, and D. Posey, Enhancing Recruitment and

Retention of Students Interested in Food Supply Veterinary Medicine: Food Animal

Production Tour Elective, $2,500, Office of Professional Programs, College of

Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University.

2006: V.R. Fajt and M.M. Scott, Assessing the Use of Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine

Resources by 4th

Year Veterinary Students, $2,500 Teaching Excellence Incentive

Grant, Office of Professional Programs, College of Veterinary Medicine and

Biomedical Sciences, Texas A&M University.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 2012

A.M.T. Albarzanchi,

C. Sayes, M.T.R. Al-Barzanchi, V.R. Fajt,

W.L. Dees,

and D. Kraemer,

Cilostazol blocks pregnancy in naturally cycling mice, Contraception, doi:

10.1016/j.contraception.2012.09.008.

V.R. Fajt, H.M. Scott, W.A. McIntosh, W.R. Dean, and V.C. Vincent, Survey of instructors teaching

about antimicrobial resistance in the veterinary professional curriculum in the United States,

Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, DOI: 10.3138/jvme.0511-049R1.

K.E. Washburn, W. Bissett, D. Waldron, V. Fajt, Serologic and clinical lesion prevalence of

Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis and predictive value of the serum hemolysin inhibition

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test in sheep and goats using a Bayesian analysis, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical

Association, In Press.

V.R. Fajt, F.I. Gelwick, P. Merton, G. Moore, I.M. Moyna, V. Loureiro-Rodriguez, and J. Zaretsky,

Feedback and fellowship: Stories from a successful writing group, In Working with Faculty

Writers, A.E. Geller and M. Eodice, eds., In Press.

2011

V.R. Fajt, S.A. Wagner, B. Norby, Analgesic Drug Use and Attitudes about Analgesia in Cattle

Among Bovine Practitioners in the U.S., Journal of the American Veterinary Medical

Association, 238:755-767.

V.R. Fajt, S.A. Wagner, L.L. Pederson, B. Norby, The effect of intramuscular injection of dinoprost or

GnRH in dairy cows on beef quality, Journal of Animal Science, 89(6): 1939-1943,

doi:10.2527/jas.2010-2923.

2010

C. Arnold, M.K. Chaffin, N. Cohen, V. Fajt, R.J. Taylor, L.R. Berstein, Pharmacokinetics of gallium

maltolate after intragastric administration in adult horses, American Journal of Veterinary

Research, 71(11):1371-1376.

M. Chaffin, V. Fajt, R. Martens, C. Arnold, N. Cohen, M. O’Conor, R. Taylor, and L. Bernstein,

Pharmacokinetics of an orally-administered methylcellulose formulation of gallium maltolate

in neonatal foals, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 33(4): 376-382.

V. R. Fajt, A. Van House, and C. Honnas, What’s the Evidence: “In septic joints in the horse with

organism not yet identified, is IVRP with amikacin and cefotaxime likely to be effective in

resolving the infection?” Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 236(6):636-

638.

R. Martens, N. Cohen, V. Fajt, M. Chaffin, J. Nerren, R. Taylor, and L. Bernstein, Gallium maltolate:

Safety in neonatal foals following multiple enteral administrations, Journal of Veterinary

Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 33(2):208-212.

S.N. Rollo, B. Norby, P.C. Bartlett, H.M. Scott, D.L. Wilson, V.R. Fajt, J.E. Linz, C.E. Bunner, J.B.

Kaneene, and J.C. Huber, Prevalence and patterns of antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter

spp. isolated from pigs reared under antimicrobial-free and conventional production methods in

eight states in the Midwestern United States, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical

Association, 236(2):201-210.

2009

V. R. Fajt, D. Brown, and M.M. Scott, Practicing the Skills of Evidence-Based Medicine through

Case-Based Pharmacology Rounds, Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, 36(2):186-195.

W. Q. Alali, H. M. Scott, K.L. Christian, V. R. Fajt, R. B. Harvey, D. B. Lawhorn, Relationship

between level of antibiotic use and resistance among Escherichia coli isolates from integrated

multi-site cohorts of humans and swine, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, 90(3-4):160-167.

K.E. Washburn, W.T. Bissett, V.R. Fajt, M.C. Libal, G.T. Fosgate, J. Miga, and K. Rockey,

Comparison of three treatment regimens for sheep and goats with caseous lymphadenitis,

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 234(9):1162-1166.

2008

V.R. Fajt and C. McCook, Evidence-based Clinical Question: An evidence-based analysis of anabolic

steroids as therapeutic agents in horses, Equine Veterinary Education, 20, 542-544.

B. Knust, L. Nelson, L. Schott, L. Pedersen, and V. Fajt, Drug Residue Avoidance and Beef Quality

Assurance Practices in Dairy Cattle—Veterinarian Survey Results, Bovine Practitioner, 42(2):

139-146.

V.R. Fajt, Skills and competencies required by veterinary pharmacologists: A blueprint for graduate

education in veterinary pharmacology in North American, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology

and Therapeutics, 31(1):22-30.

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2007

K. Washburn, W. Bissett, V. Fajt, F. Clubb, G.T. Fosgate, M. Libal, K. Smyre, and K. Cass, The

Safety of Tulathromycin Administration in Goats, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and

Therapeutics, 30(3):267-70.

Prior to 2007

V.R. Fajt, Apley, M.D., Brogden, K.A., Skogerboe, T.L., Karle, V.K., and Chin, Y.-L., The effect of

danofloxacin and tilmicosin on body temperatures in beef calves with pneumonia

experimentally induced by inoculation with Mannheimia haemolytica, American Journal of

Veterinary Research, 65(5): 610-15, 2004.

V.R. Fajt., Apley, M.D., Roth, J.A., Frank, D.E., Brogden, K.A., Skogerboe, T.L., Karle, V.K., Chin,

Y.-L., The effects of danofloxacin and tilmicosin on neutrophil function and lung consolidation

in beef heifer calves with induced Pasteurella (Mannheimia) haemolytica pneumonia, Journal

of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 26(3): 173-179, 2003.

V.R. Fajt, Apley, M.D., Roth, J.A., Frank, D.E., Skogerboe, T.L., Karle, V.K., Dayton, A.D., Effects

of danofloxacin and tilmicosin on circulating neutrophils in beef heifers, Journal of Veterinary

Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 23(3):181-187, 2000.

ABSTRACTS 2012

C.P. Murphy, V.R. Fajt, P. Wickwire, M.J. Foster, S.A. McEwen, P.S. Morley, and H.M. Scott, A

Scoping Review of the Peer-Reviewed Literature for Potential Interventions to Reduce

Antibiotic Resistance in Beef Cattle: Preliminary Results, 6th

Conference on Antimicrobial

Agents in Veterinary Medicine, Rockville, MD.

V.R. Fajt, H.M. Scott, W.A. McIntosh, W.R. Dean, and V.C. Vincent, Survey of Veterinary Medical

Instructors Teaching About Antimicrobial Resistance in the United States, 6th

Conference on

Antimicrobial Agents in Veterinary Medicine, Rockville, MD.

S. Washburn, O. Sawant, R. Lunde, T. Hohman, V. Fajt, G. Wu, and T. Cudd, Pharmacokinetics and

Bioavailability Study of L-Glutamine in Maternal and Fetal Compartment after Acute Ethanol

Exposure in Sheep (Poster), 35th

Annual Research Society on Alcoholism Scientific Meeting,

San Francisco, CA.

V.R. Fajt and M.M. Scott, Decision-Making Schema for Pharmacotherapeutics: The Decision-Making

Map and Its Use with Veterinary Students (Poster), American Academy of Veterinary

Pharmacology and Therapeutics Pharmacology Teaching Workshop, College Station, TX.

V.R. Fajt, Graphical Pharmacokinetic Data in Companion Animals to Assist with Interpretation of

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Results (Poster), American Academy of Veterinary

Pharmacology and Therapeutics Pharmacology Teaching Workshop, College Station, TX.

2011

A. Taiyeb, V. Fajt, D. Kraemer, C.M. Sayes, The Effects of Cilostazol on Mouse Oocyte Meiotic

Maturation and Morphology, Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.

2010

V.R. Fajt, R.D. Posey, F. Faries, J.M.B. Musser, J.M. Davidson, and M.C. Libal, Enhancing the

Recruitment and Retention of Food Supply Veterinarians: Changes in Knowledge after the

Food Animal Production Tour at Texas A&M University, 43rd

Annual Convention of the

American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Albuquerque, NM.

2009

S. Wagner, V. Fajt, L. Pedersen, and B. Norby, Dairy Beef Quality Assurance: Do reproductive

hormone injections in dairy cows cause significant edible tissue damage? 42nd

Annual

Convention of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Omaha, NE.

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2008

S. Ensley, P. Plummer, P. Imerman, and V. Fajt, Pharmacokinetics and Microscopic Lesions of a One

Time Oral Dose of Lasalocid in Cattle, Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease,

Chicago, IL.

V.R. Fajt and S.A. Wagner, Factors Affecting Analgesic Use and Attitudes about Analgesia in Cattle

Among Bovine Practitioners in the U.S., 41st Annual Convention of the American Association

of Bovine Practitioners, Charlotte, NC.

M.K. Chaffin, V. Fajt, N.D. Cohen, R.J. Martens, L.R. Bernstein, Pharmacokinetics of a

methylcellulose oral formulation of gallium maltolate in neonatal foals (Abstract), 4th

Havemeyer Workshop on Rhodococcus equi, Edinburgh.

R.J. Martens, N.D. Cohen, M.K. Chaffin, T.L. Blanchard, V.R. Fajt, R.J. Taylor, L.R. Bernstein,

Safety of enteral gallium maltolate in neonatal foals (Abstract), 4th Havemeyer Workshop on

Rhodococcus equi, Edinburgh..

K.E. Washburn, W.T. Bissett, V. Fajt, M. Libal, G. Fosgate, J. Miga, K. Rockey, Comparison Of

Treatments For Caseous Lymphadenitis In Small Ruminants:Opening, Flushing And Draining

Versus Intralesional Or Parenteral Tulathromycin (Abstract), American College of Veterinary

Internal Medicine Forum, San Antonio, TX.

V.R. Fajt and S.A. Wagner, Analgesic Practices and Attitudes About Pain Control Among Bovine

Practitioners in the U.S. (Poster), International Symposium on Beef Cattle Welfare, Manhattan,

KS.

2007

K.L. Christian, H.M. Scott, W.Q. Alali, V.R. Fajt, R.B. Harvey, and D.B. Lawhorn, Relationship

between level of antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance among Escherichia coli isolated from

swine in a multi-site integrated farm-to-plate system (Poster), Graduate Student Association

Symposium, Texas A&M University, College Station TX.

2006

D. Brown, V. Fajt, M. Scott, and D. Kochevar, Assessing the use of evidence-based medicine

resources by 4th

year veterinary students (Poster), American Association of Veterinary Medical

Colleges Veterinary Teaching Hospitals and the Future of Clinical Veterinary Education

Symposium, Kansas City, MO.

Prior to 2006

V.R. Fajt, M.D. Apley, V.C. Langston, and J. Wilcke, Developing a Therapeutically Based

Antimicrobial Decision System for Food Animals: An Effort of the Veterinary Profession with

Support from Food Animal Producers (Poster), Proceedings of the Conference on Agriculture’s

Role in Managing Antimicrobial Resistance, Toronto, Ontario, 1999.

V.R. Fajt, M.D. Apley, K.A. Brogden, and T.L. Skogerboe, Development of an induced Pasteurella

pneumonia model for use in pharmaceutical trials (Abstract), Proceedings of the 32nd

Annual

Convention of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Nashville, TN, 1999.

ELECTRONIC PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS Website: Antimicrobial Pharmacokinetics for Companion Animals

http://vetmed.tamu.edu/antimicrobials

Design, content development, and review

Poster presented at AAVPT Pharmacology Teaching Workshop in June 2012

First made available to local users in 2009; made public in 2012

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Listserv: Pharmacology Teaching Listserv

Google Groups

Created and maintain

Started 2012

Wiki: Pharmacology Teaching Wiki on Wikispaces

http://pharmacology-teaching.wikispaces.com/

Created, maintain, and add content

Created 2012

Review of Module 23: Use of Antibiotics in Animals

National Veterinary Accreditation Program, USDA-APHIS, 2011-2012

http://www.aphis.usda.gov/animal_health/vet_accreditation/nvap_modules/ABX/ABX/index.ht

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EDITING Series Coordinator, Hoard’s Dairyman, 7 monthly articles on Using Medications Wisely written by

subject matter experts who are members of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, 2010.

Section Editor, Section XI: Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Current Veterinary Therapy Food

Animal Practice, 2008.

FORMULARIES Fajt, V.R., and Pugh, D.G., Appendix I: Commonly Used Drugs in Sheep and Goats: Suggested

Dosages, In Sheep and Goat Medicine, 2nd

edition, Pugh, D.G. and Baird, A.N., eds., Elsevier,

2011.

Fajt, V.R., and Pugh, D.G., Appendix I: Commonly Used Drugs in Sheep and Goats: Suggested

Dosages, In Sheep and Goat Medicine, Pugh, D.G., ed., W.B. Saunders, 2002.

BOOK CHAPTERS Fajt, V.R., Drug Therapy in Llamas and Alpacas, Wiley-Blackwell, In Llama and Alpaca Care:

Medicine, Surgery, Reproduction, Nutrition, and Herd Health, C. Cebra, D.E. Anderson, A.

Tibary, R. Van Saun, L. Johnson, eds., Elsevier, Accepted.

Fajt, V.R., Drug Laws and Regulations for Sheep and Goats, In Therapeutics and Control of Diseases

of Sheep and Goats, G.C. Fthenakis and P. Menzies, eds., Veterinary Clinics of North America

- Food Animal Practice, In Veterinary Clinics of North America – Food Animal Practice, 27:1:

1-21, 2011.

Fajt, V.R., Pharmacology, In Infectious Disease Management in Animal Shelters, Wiley-Blackwell

Publishing, 2009.

Larson, R., and Fajt, V.R., Evidence-based Veterinary Medicine – Therapeutic Considerations, In

Current Veterinary Therapy Food Animal Practice, Elsevier, 2008.

Fajt, V.R., Regulation of Drugs Used in Feedlot Diets, In Feedlot Nutrition, L.C. Hollis and K.C.

Olson, eds., Veterinary Clinics of North America – Food Animal Practice, 23:2, July 2007:

299-307.

Kochevar, D.T., and Fajt, V.R., Evidence-based Decision Making in Small Animal Therapeutics, In

Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Boothe, D.M., ed., Veterinary Clinics of North American –

Small Animal Practice, 36:5, September 2006: 943-959.

Fajt, V.R., Regulatory Considerations in the United States, In Clinical Pharmacology Update,

Brumbaugh, G., ed., Veterinary Clinics of North America – Food Animal Practice, 19:3,

November 2003: 695-705.

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Fajt, V.R., Label and Extralabel Drug Use in Small Ruminants, In Small Ruminant Medicine, Van

Metre, D.C., ed., Veterinary Clinics of North America--Food Animal Practice, 17:2, July

2001:403-420.

Fajt, V.R., and Apley, M.D., Antimicrobial Issues in Bovine Lameness, In Bovine Lameness,

Anderson, D.E., ed., Veterinary Clinics of North America--Food Animal Practice, 17:1, March

2001:159-173.

Apley, M.D. and Fajt, V.R., Feedlot Therapeutics, In Feedlot Update, Stokka, G., ed., Veterinary

Clinics of North America—Food Animal Practice, 14:2, July 1998:291-314.

TRADE AND EXTENSION PUBLICATIONS C.B. Navarre and V.R. Fajt, Understanding Drug Use Regulations in Food Producing Animals,

Animal Health Notes, Louisiana Cooperative Extension Service, April 2012.

V.R. Fajt, Response to Poll: Who should be held accountable for antibiotic residues in meat?

Progressive Dairyman, January 20, 2011.

S.A. Wagner and V.R. Fajt, The why’s and do’s and don’ts of drug use, Hoard’s Dairyman, March 25,

2010.

M. Apley, V. Fajt, and D. Griffin, Using FDA Approved Medications: Common Scenarios, National

Cattlemen’s Beef Association Beef Quality Assurance Program, 2009.

F.C. Faries, Jr., and V.R. Fajt, Proper Use of Sulfonamides in Market Show Animals, Texas AgriLife

Extension Publication L-5495, 2008.

V.R. Fajt, Compounding: What’s legal, what’s not, Bovine Veterinarian, March-April 2003, 26-32.

V.R. Fajt, Preparing for a Revolution in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing, Proceedings of the 33rd

Annual Meeting of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Rapid City, South

Dakota, Sept. 21-23, 2000.

V.R. Fajt, Optimizing Antimicrobial Regimens, Proceedings of the 33rd

Annual Meeting of the

American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Rapid City, South Dakota, Sept. 21-23, 2000.

V.R. Fajt, and Lechtenberg, K., Using Anti-inflammatories in the Treatment of Bovine Respiratory

Disease, Large Animal Practice, November/December 1998, 19(6), 34-39.

V.R. Fajt, Food-Animal Research Update, Veterinary Medicine. September 1997:830-833.

HONORS

2011 American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Teaching Award, given in

recognition of significant contributions in teaching clinical pharmacology to veterinary

students, graduate students, and veterinary professionals

2010 Texas Veterinary Medical Association, Faculty Achievement Award, In Recognition of

Outstanding Accomplishment in Research

2008 Montague-Center for Teaching Excellence Scholar, Texas A&M University

1995 Auburn University President’s Award

1993 Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society, Auburn University

COURSES Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine

Course Coordinator

• Veterinary Pharmacology II (3 hr. course)

• Spring, 2006-2012

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• Veterinary Pharmacology (Undergraduate) as Study Abroad in Bonn, Germany (3 hr. course)

• Spring 2013

• Food Animal Production Tour (1 hr. course)

• Spring, 2008-2012

• Antibiotics and Antibiotic Resistance (1 hr. course)

• Spring, 2012

• Large Animal Therapeutics (1 hr. course)

• Spring, 2009, 2012

• Current Topics in Pharmacology (3 hr. course)

• Fall, 2006, 2008, 2010

Course Co-instructor

• Veterinary Pharmacology I (5 hr. course)

• Fall, 2005-2011

• Clinical Pharmacology/Evidence-Based Medicine Rounds (2-week rotation)

• 1 hour of rounds every other week, Class of 2012, 2013

• Veterinary Pharmacology (Undergraduate) as Study Abroad in Padua, Italy (3 hr. course)

• Summer, 2011

• Clinical Pharmacology/Evidence-Based Medicine Rounds (2-week rotation)

• 2 hours of rounds every other week, Class of 2007, 2008

• Clinical Pharmacology (1 hr. course)

• Spring, 2006, 2007

Colorado State University-Pueblo

• Histology, Spring 2005

• Virology, Fall 2004

• Immunology, Spring 2001 and 2004

• Vertebrate Physiology, Fall 2003

CONTINUING EDUCATION PRESENTATIONS (last 5 years) • Small Ruminant Antimicrobial Pharmacology

• AVMA Convention, Seattle, Washington, 7/09

• Southwest Veterinary Symposium, Dallas, Texas, 10/08

• IVMA Convention, Ames, Iowa, 9/08

• ACVIM Forum, San Antonio, Texas, 6/08

• Cattle Antimicrobial Pharmacology

• Central Veterinary Conference, San Diego, 11/10

• Central Veterinary Conference, Kansas City, 8/10

• Auburn Annual Veterinary Conference, Auburn, Alabama, 4/10

• Southwest Veterinary Symposium, Dallas, Texas, 10/08

• AVMA Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 7/08

• Food Animal Drug Use Regulations

• Antimicrobials and public policy: impacts on veterinary practice, Beef Cattle Short Course

Preconference Meeting for Veterinarians, Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory,

College Station, Texas, 8/12

• Case-based approach to drug regulations for the food animal veterinarian: what’s legal, what’s

not, and why, Nebraska Veterinary Medical Association, 6/12

• Antimicrobial resistance and public policy: impacts on veterinary practice, Nebraska

Veterinary Medical Association, 6/12

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• Consumer perception and public policy on drugs used in cattle, Central Veterinary

Conference, San Diego, 11/10

• Consumer perception and public policy on drugs used in cattle, Central Veterinary

Conference, Kansas City, 8/10

• Auburn Annual Veterinary Conference, Auburn, Alabama, 4/10

• Beef Practitioners, College Station, Texas, 1/10

• Beef Practitioners, Amarillo, Texas, 12/09

• AVMA Convention, Seattle, Washington, 7/09

• North American Veterinary Conference, Orlando, Florida, 1/09

• Southwest Veterinary Symposium, Dallas, Texas, 10/08

• IVMA Convention, Ames, Iowa, 9/08

• Evidence-Based Medicine

• Central Veterinary Conference, San Diego, 11/10

• Central Veterinary Conference, Kansas City, 8/10

• Auburn Annual Veterinary Conference, 4/10

• AVMA Convention, Seattle, Washington, 7/09

• North American Veterinary Conference, Orlando, Florida, 1/09

• AVMA Convention, New Orleans, Louisiana, 7/08

• General pharmacology

• How drugs move through the body, Central Veterinary Conference, San Diego, 11/10

• How drugs work, Central Veterinary Conference, San Diego, 11/10

• Anti-inflammatories and analgesics for cattle, Central Veterinary Conference, San Diego,

11/10

• How drugs move through the body, Central Veterinary Conference, Kansas City, 8/10

• How drugs work, Central Veterinary Conference, Kansas City, 8/10

• Anti-inflammatories and analgesics for cattle, Central Veterinary Conference, Kansas City,

8/10

• Review of how drugs move through the body, North American Veterinary Conference,

Orlando, Florida, 1/09

• Review of how drugs work, North American Veterinary Conference, Orlando, Florida, 1/09

• Perioperative antibiotics, 15th

Veterinary Technician Conference, College Station, Texas, 1/08

• Teaching pharmacology

• Program Chair, American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics Veterinary

Teaching Workshop, College Station, Texas, 6/12

• Something for everyone: engaging and assessing learning with cell phones and clickers,

Bridges Teaching Academy, Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine, College

Station, Texas, 9/11

• Session moderator, Veterinary Pharmacology Curriculum in Veterinary Schools, American

Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Madison, Wisconsin, 5/11

• Teaching drug decision-making, American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Albuquerque,

New Mexico, 8/10

• Session moderator, Teaching Topics in Pharmacology and Sharing Pharmacology Teaching

Resources, American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Rockville,

Maryland, 6/09

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GRADUATE STUDENTS Committee Co-chair

Ahmed M.T. Ridha, Ph.D., Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, 2012

Dissertation: Evaluation of contraceptive properties of cilostazol (a phosphodiesterase-

3 inhibitor) in mice

Committee Member

Tom Hairgrove, Ph.D., Animal Science

Expected completion in 2013

Andrea Davila, M.S., Biomedical Sciences

Expected completion in 2012

Non-thesis Master’s

Susan Rollo, Ph.D., Epidemiology, 2011

Dissertation: Herd-level risk factors associated with antimicrobial susceptibility

patterns and distributions in fecal bacteria of porcine origin

Angie Dement, M.S., Epidemiology, 2009

Thesis: Opportunities and Barriers to Manage Antibiotic Resistance in Feedlots:

Results of a Multi-state Survey

Kristi Christian, M.S., Epidemiology, 2008

Thesis: The Relationship Between The Level Of Antibiotic Use And Resistance Among

Enteric Bacteria In A Multi-Site Integrated Human And Swine Population

Shawn Ashley, M.S., Veterinary Microbiology, 2007-2008

Major changed in 2008

Todd Stewart, M.S., Biomedical Sciences, 2007

Non-thesis Master’s

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE National Level

American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

• Program Chair, Pharmacology Teaching Workshop, 2012

• Program Committee, 18th

Biennial, 2012-2013

• Education Committee Chair, 2011-2012

• Website liaison, 2006-2012

• Membership Committee, 2006-2012

• Program Committee, 17th

Biennial, 2009-2011

• Councilor, 2007-2010

• Program Committee, 16th

Biennial: Education Sessions Chair, 2008-2009

American Association of Bovine Practitioners

• Committee on Pharmaceutical and Biological Issues, American Association of Bovine

Practitioners, 2005-2011; Chair 2006-2011

• Program Committee, 2009 Annual Convention: General Session Chair

• Information Management Committee, 1999-2005

• AABP Representative to the Drug Advisory Committee, AVMA, 2000-2001

American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology

• Vice President and Chair of Credentials Committee, 2007-2013

• Credentials Committee, 2004-2007

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American Veterinary Medical Association

• Delegate representing the American Association of Bovine Practitioners to AVMA

Legislative Advisory Committee, 2010-2013

• Antimicrobial Use Task Force, representing the American Association of Bovine

Practitioners, 2009-2010

• Noninhalant Agents Working Group, AVMA Panel on Euthanasia, 2009-2011

• Alternate Delegate representing the American Association of Bovine Practitioners to AVMA

Legislative Advisory Committee, 2004-2010

Evidence Based Veterinary Medical Association

• Education Committee, 2008-2012

• Director, Southern Region, 2010-2012

Veterinary Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Subcommittee of the Clinical and Laboratory

Standards Institute

• Member, 2008-2012

• Observer, 2006-2007

College Level

Current

• Academic Building Oversight Committee, 2012

• Veterinary Medical Curriculum Committee, 2008-present

• Pharmacy and Therapeutics Committee, 2005-present

• Infection Control Committee, 2006-present

Previous

• Ad hoc committee to revise Faculty Tenure and Promotion Guidelines to include non-tenure

track faculty, 2010-2012

• Search Committee for Analytical Epidemiologist, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, 2009

• Search Committee for Food Animal Surgeon, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, 2008

• Instructional Technology Committee, 2006-2008

• Scholarship and Awards Committee, 2005-2008

• Search Committee for Analytical Epidemiologist, Veterinary Integrative Biosciences, 2008

• Search Committee for Associate Director of the Executive Leadership Center, 2007

• Committee to evaluate service for VIBS faculty member for promotion and tenure, 2007

• Ad Hoc Interviewer, College of Veterinary Medicine, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009

University Level

Previous

• Teaching-Learning Roadmap Committee, to develop the Teaching-Learning Roadmap portion

of the Academic Master Plan – Accelerating Excellence, 2009

Final Report: “Teaching and Learning Roadmap Committee Report for the TAMU

Academic Master Plan”

Editorial Positions and Manuscript/Grant Reviews

• Editorial Board, Journal of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, 2010-2012

• Editorial Advisory Board, Veterinary Therapeutics, 2007-2010

• Editorial Advisory Board, Small Ruminant Research, 2001-2005

• Editorial Advisory Board, The Veterinary Journal, 2013

• Member of committee to create criteria for and evaluate the inaugural Evidence-Based Veterinary

Medicine Association Research Funding Opportunity, 2012

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• Ad hoc proposal reviews

• North Carolina Biotechnology Center Multidisciplinary Research Grant Program, 2011

• National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development (FONDECYT), Chile, Initiation

into Research Funding Competition, 2012

• Ad hoc manuscript reviews: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, American Journal of

Veterinary Research, Bovine Practitioner, Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research, Journal of Animal

Science, Journal of Dairy Science, Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Journal of the American

Veterinary Medical Association, Journal of Veterinary Medical Education, Journal of Zoo and Wildlife

Medicine, Research in Veterinary Science, Small Ruminant Research, Veterinary Therapeutics,

Zoonoses and Public Health

MEMBERSHIPS

• Academy of Veterinary Consultants

• American Academy of Veterinary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

• American Association of Bovine Practitioners

• American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners

• American Association of University Professors

• American Veterinary Medical Association

• Evidence Based Veterinary Medical Association

• Texas Veterinary Medical Association