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Education
DVM--1981, Veterinary
Medicine, Colorado State University, Fort Collins
PhD--1972, Microbiology, Colorado State University
BS--1968, Bacteriology (Chemistry Minor),
University of Idaho
Professional Experience
1995-2001: Professor, Animal and Veterinary Science, University of
Idaho, Caine Veterinary Teaching Center, Caldwell
1995-2001: Director, Caine Veterinary Teaching Center, Caldwell
1981-1995: Director, Louisiana
Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory, School of Veterinary
Medicine, Louisiana State University
1981-1995: Associate Professor,
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology, School of Veterinary
Medicine, Louisiana State University
1973-1981: Chief, Virology Section,
CSU Diagnostic Laboratory, Colorado State University
1973-1981: Assistant Professor,
Microbiology, Colorado State University
1972-1973: Postdoctoral Fellow (Viral
Oncology), Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University
1971-1972: Laboratory (Virologist),
Department of Microbiology, Colorado State University
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James England, DVM, PhD --- Virologist.
Research Program
Dr. England has not
a firm appointment in research, yet he has become active in some
high-priority research areas. For example, respiratory disease of
cattle has been the highest research priority for the U.S. Department
of Agriculture for over 50 years. Dr. England has begun a research
project on the earliest occurrences of bovine lung infections
utilizing the University of Idaho’s cattle herd at the Hot Springs
Ranch in Salmon, ID. Close monitoring and a strong health and
wellness program promise to minimize respiratory disease in this
demonstration herd.
Additionally, Dr.
England has been active in another very important cattle disease
arena, Johne’s Disease caused by Mycobacterium paratuberculosis.
This insidious intestinal infection slowly destroys the animal’s
ability to digest properly, causes profuse diarrhea, and the animal
wastes away. Some beef herds have gone out of business because of
it. Dairy productivity can be retarded if Johne’s Disease has its way
there. Existing control programs are having a positive effect.
Dr. England is
involved in a study designed to detect the infected animals early
in life and eliminate them from the herd, thus preventing spread
to the healthy herd mates. It’s that early detection that is vital
and Dr. England’s demonstration project in a beef herd promises to
lead the way in showing how to eliminate this disease from a
population of cattle. Funds are being solicited to show the same kind
of positive result in a dairy herd using new and improved detection
methods.
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