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\"Lab <\/a>\"Dolphin <\/a>\"Telorchis<\/a>
\nMy\u00a0laboratory is housed in the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences at Texas A&M University.\u00a0Our research<\/a> has\u00a0historically emphasized parasite ecology and systematics of all classes of vertebrate hosts as well as invertebrate groups. Areas of general interest have been host\/parasite population dynamics, utilization of trophic structures by helminthic parasites, biodiversity, systematics, comparative morphology, experimental life cycle determinations and descriptions, epidemiology and genetics. My laboratory has provided opportunities for many students to use multidisciplinary approaches to answer critical questions in parasite systems.<\/p>\n

We<\/a> maintain\u00a0an active national and international collaborative program<\/a> including research projects in China, Ukraine, India, Iraq, Japan, Egypt, South America, France and\u00a0USA. This includes multiple\u00a0zoological parks worldwide\u00a0(e.g.\u00a0Lincoln Park Zoo<\/a>, Parc Zoologique de Montpellier<\/a>, Philadelphia Zoo<\/a>,\u00a0Audubon Zoo<\/a>, and Caldwell Zoo<\/a>). Within Texas A&M, we\u00a0maintain research collaborations with the Schubot Exotic Bird Health Center<\/a>, Department of Pathobiology<\/a>, Department of Entomology<\/a>, Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collection<\/a>, and NSF Biosystematics and Biodiversity Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The lab has hosted a number of studies concerning the parasites of endangered, threatened and uncommon hosts (e.g. pelicans, sea turtles, dolphins, Indonesian freshwater turtles). It also houses an extensive working parasite research collection which serves as a basis for collaboration with other parasite collections (e.g. H.M. Manter Laboratory<\/a>, Natural History Museum of\u00a0London<\/a>, and\u00a0Smithsonian Natural History Museum<\/a>). The lab has produced in excess of 100 publications<\/a> (over 40 in the last 10 years), often including graduate and\/or undergraduate students as authors.<\/p>\n

For additional information please contact me<\/a>!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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