Department of Population Health, Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study
Professor Emeritus
Expertise
Wildlife Diseases | Epidemiology
Biography
Education
- Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1989
- M.S., University of Georgia, 1977
- B.S., University of Georgia, 1973
Teaching Experience
- Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
- Wildlife Diseases
Research Interests
Understanding the impacts of diseases on wildlife populations and the potential for these species to act as reservoirs or sentinels for livestock, poultry, and human diseases represent the central missions of our lab. Most of Dr. Stallknecht’s current work is oriented towards the epidemiology of viral and vector-borne diseases, specifically:
- Epidemiology of bluetongue and the epizootic hemorrhagic disease viruses in white-tailed deer
- Natural history of avian influenza viruses in free-living duck and shorebird populations
Specific research objectives are variable reflecting the multi-disciplinary mix of our immediate group and an abundance of intra- and extramural collaborative opportunities, and range from improving basic and molecular diagnostic tests, understanding pathogenesis, development of sentinel systems involving wildlife, understanding mechanisms involved in pathogen transmission and persistence, to molecular epidemiology.
Publications
Publications by Dr. Stallknecht may be found on PubMed.
