Associate Professor, Head, Diagnostic Microbology

DVM – Firat University
MS – University of Missouri
PhD – Texas A&M University

Areas of Interest:
Diagnostic assays, biosecurity, surveillance and virulence mechanisms of infectious diseases.

Selected recent publications/communications:

John M. Davidson, Jeff D. Ondrak, Arn A. Anderson, Amy K. Swinford, and Erdal Erol. Effects of high temperatures on the survival of Tritrichomonas foetus in InPouch™TF media (Accepted for publication, JAVMA 2010).

Scott HM, Fosgate GT, Libal MC, Sneed LW, Erol E, Angulo AB, Jordan ER. 2007. Field testing of an enhanced direct-fecal polymerase chain reaction procedure, bacterial culture of feces, and a serum enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for detecting Mycobacterium avium subsp paratuberculosis infection in adult dairy cattle. Am J Vet Res. Mar;68(3):236-45.

B. Binas and Erol E. 2007. FABPs as determinants of myocellular and hepatic fuel metabolism. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. May;299(1-2):75-84.

Babur C., Ozdemir V., Kilic S., Erol E., Esen B. 2003 Anti-Leptospira antibodies in slaughterhouse workers in Ankara Mikrobiyol Bul. Apr-Jun;37(2-3):143-50.

Ozdemir V and Erol E. 2002. Leptospirosis in Turkey. Vet Rec. Feb 23;150(8):248-9.