Reichard, Mason V.

Photograph of Mason V. Reichard

Favorite Tick and Why: Amblyomma maculatum because it is large and transmits Hepatozoon americanum.

Photograph of Mason V. Reichard

Favorite Tick and Why: Amblyomma maculatum because it is large and transmits Hepatozoon americanum.

Photograph of Maculatum female and male

Education: M. S. (1999) Northern Michigan University; Ph. D. (2003) Oklahoma State University

Title: Assistant Professor

Phone: (405) 744-8159

Fax: (405) 744-5275

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Area of Research Expertise: Veterinary Parasitology

Research Interests: General and veterinary parasitology; tick-borne diseases; zoonotic parasites of wild animals.

Teaching: Veterinary Parasitology I (VMED 7223) to first-year veterinary students; Ecology of Infectious Diseases (ZOOL 5010) to zoology graduate students; contributing lectures and labs in Veterinary Parasitology II (VMED 7323) to second-year veterinary students and Diagnostics (VMED 7933) to fourth-year veterinary students.

Selected Publications: (Last 3-5 years)

P. H. Joyner, M. V Reichard, J. H. Meinkoth, V. E. Milne, A. W. Confer, A. A. Kocan, J. P. Hoover. 2007. Experimental infection of domestic cats (Felis domesticus) with a novel Cytauxzoon-like piroplasm Veterinary Parasitology: 146: 302-306

Reichard, M. V., R. F. Wolf, D. W. Carey, J. J. Garrett, and H.A. Briscoe. 2007. Efficacy of Fenbendazole and Milbemycin Oxime for Treating Baboons infected with Trichuris trichiura. Journal of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science: 46(2): 42-45

Mixson, Tonya R., Scott R. Campbell, James S. Gill, Howard S. Ginsberg, Mason V. Reichard, Terry L. Schulze, and Gregory A. Dasch. 2006. Prevalence of Ehrlichia, Borrelia, and Rickettsial Agents in Amblyomma americanum (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae) Collected from Nine States. Journal of Medical Entomology: 43(6): 1261-1268.

Petrosino, J. F., Q. Xiang, H. Jiang, S. Yerrapragada, Y. Liu, S. E. Karpathy, K. Kalafus, J. Gioia, L. Hemphill, A. Gonzalez, A. Uzman, G. E. Fox, S. Highlander, M. Reichard, R. Morton, K. Clinkenbeard, and G. E. Weinstock. Chromosome rearrangement and diversification of Francisella tularensis revealed by the type B (OSU18) genome sequence. J. Bacteriol. 2006 Oct.; 188 (19): 6977-85.

Reichard, M. V., and A. A. Kocan. 2006. Vector Competency of Genetically Distinct Populations of Amblyomma americanum in the Transmission of Theileria cervi. Comparative Parasitology 73(2): 214-221.

J. J. Garrett, R. J. Panciera, R. J. Bahr, S. A. Ewing, M. V. Reichard, and A. A. Kocan. 2005. Experimental Hepatozoon americanum Infection in Adult and Juvenile Coyotes (Canis latrans). Journal of Wildlife Diseases 41(3): 588-592.

Reichard, M. V., R. A. Van Den Bussche, J. H. Meinkoth, J. P. Hoover, and A. A. Kocan. 2005. A new species of Cytauxzoon from Pallas’ Cats Caught in Mongolia and Comments on the Systematics and Taxonomy of Piroplasmids. Journal of Parasitology 91(2): 420-426.

Reichard, M. V., A. A. Kocan, R. A. Van Den Bussche, R. W. Barker, J. H. Wyckoff III, and S. A. Ewing. 2005. Sequence Variation of the Second Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS 2) Region in Two Spatially Distinct Populations of Amblyomma americanum (L.) (Acari: Ixodidae). Journal of Parasitology 91(2): 260-263.

Reichard, M. V., D. Caudell, and A. A. Kocan. 2004. Survey of Helminth Lung Parasites of Bobcats (Lynx rufus) from Alabama, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Virginia. Comparative Parasitology 71(1): 88-90.