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Faculty
Edward Breitschwerdt, DVM
Professor,
Internal Medicine
Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine, Duke University
Medical Center
Doctor
of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia 1974
Internship and Residency, University of Missouri 1974-1977
Phone:
919.513.8277
FAX: 919.513.6336
Email: ed_breitschwerdt@ncsu.edu
Specialty
Board
certification: Companion Animal Internal Medicine.
Professional
Experience & Qualifications
Diplomate,
American College of Veterinary Medicine
Associate Editor for the Journal of Veterinary Internal
Medicine, 1986-91
President,
Specialty of Internal Medicine 1985-88
ACVIM
Board of Regents 1996-2001
Dr.
Breitschwerdt has published more than 130 articles in
scientific journals.
Special
Recognitions
Pfizer
Animal Health Award for Research Excellence, 1995
American Kennel Club, Excellence in Canine Research
Award, 1995
Man of The Year, 1995
International Who's Who of Professionals, 1997
NCSU-CVM Clinician of the Year, 2000
Research
Area
Research
Interests: Infectious diseases and immunology.
Dr.
Breitschwerdt's research emphasis has been on vector-transmitted,
intracellular pathogens. Since 1984, he has supervised
a biosafety level P-3 research laboratory and co-supervised
the Tick-transmitted
Diagnostic Laboratory.
Selected
Publications
Maggi
RG, EB Breitschwerdt: Isolation of bacteriophages from
Bartonella vinsonii subsp. Berkhoffii and
the characterization of Pap31 gene sequences from bacterial
and phage DNA. J Mol Microbiol Biotechnol 9(1):44-51;
2005.
Doyle
CK, MD Labruna, EB Breitschwerdt, YW Tang, RE Corstvet,
BC Hegarty, KC Bloch, P Li, DH Walker, JW McBride: Detection
of medically important Ehrlichia by quantitative multicolor
TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction of the dsb
gene. J Mol Diagn 7(4): 504-510; 2005.
Lester
SJ, EB Breitschwerdt, CD Collis, BC Hegarty: Anaplasma
phagocytomphilum infection (granulocytic anaplasmosis)
in a dog from Vancouver Island. Can Vet J 46(9): 825-827;
2005.
Birkenheuer
AJ, MT Correa, MG Levy, EB Breitschwerdt: Geographic
distribution of babesiosis among dogs in the United
States and association with dog bites: 150 cases (2000-2003).
J Am Vet Med Assoc 227(6): 942-947; 2005.
Dillon
B, J Iredell, EB Breitschwerdt, RG Maggi: Potential
limitations of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic region for
molecular detection of Bartonella species. J Clin Microbiol
43(9):4921-4922; 2005.
Schwan
TG, SJ Raffel, ME Schrumpf, PF Policastro, JA Rawlings,
RS Lane, EB Breitschwerdt, SF Porcella: Phylogenetic
analysis of the spirochetes Borrelia parkeri and Borrelia
turicate and the potential for tick-borne relapsing
fever in Florida. J Clin Microbiol 43(8):3851-3859;
2005.
Breitschwerdt
EB, C DebRoy, AM Mexas, TT Brown, AK Remick: Isolation
of necrotoxigenic Escherichia coli from a dog with hemorrhagic
pneumonia. J Am Vet Med Assoc 226(2):2016-2019; 2005.
Maggi RG, AW Duncan, EB Breitschwerdt: Novel chemically
modified liquid medium that will support the growth of
seven bartonella species. J Clin Microbiol 43(6):2651-2655;
2005.
Breitschwerdt
EB, BC Hegarty, R Maggi, E Hawkins, P Dyer: Bartonella
species as a potential cause of epistaxis in dogs. J
Clin Microbiol 43(5):2529-2533; 2005.
Schantz PM, FJ
Steurer, ZH Duprey, KP Kurpel, SC Barr, JE Jackson,
EB Breitschwerdt, MG Levy, JC Fox: Autochthonous visceral
leishmaniasis in dogs in North America. J Am Vet Med
Assoc 226(8):1316-1322; 2005.
Maggi RG, EB Breitschwerdt:
Potential limitations of the 16S-23S rRNA intergenic
region for molecular detection of Bartonella species.
J Clin Microbiol 43(3):1171-1176; 2005.
Roura X, E Breitschwerdt,
A Lloret, L Ferrer, B Hegarty: Serological evidence
of exposure to Rickettsia, Bartonella, and
Ehrlichia species in healthy or Leishmania
infantum -infected dogs from Barcelona. Intern
J Appl Vet Res 3:129-137; 2005.
Goodman RA, EB
Breitschwerdt: Clinicopathological findings in dogs
seroreactive to Bartonella henselae antigens.
Am J Vet Res 66:2060-2064; 2005.
Maggi RG, CA Harms,
AA Hoh, DA Pabst, WA McClellan, WJ Walton, DS Rotstein,
EB Breitschwerdt: Bartonella henselae in porpoise
blood. Emerg Infect Dis 11:1894-1898; 2005.
O'Rourke LG, C
Pitulle, BC Hegarty, S Kraycirik, JW Brown, EB Breitschwerdt:
Bartonella quintana in cynomolgus monkey (
Macaca fascicularis ). Emerg Infect Dis 11:1931-1934;
2005.
Hess PR, RV
English, BC Hegarty, GD Brown, EB Breitschwerdt: Experimental
Ehrlichia canis infection in the dog does not cause immunosuppression.
Vet Immunopathol 109:117-125; 2006.
Links
Biosafety
level P-3 research laboratory
Tick-transmitted
Diagnostic Laboratory
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