University of Kentucky - Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center

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Shipping address:
University of Kentucky
Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center
1490 Bull Lea Rd.
Lexington, KY 40511

Mailing address:
University of Kentucky
Livestock Disease Diagnostic Center
P.O. Box 14125
Lexington, KY 40512-4125

Phone: (859) 253-0571
Fax: (859) 255-1624

Diagnostic Services Coordinator:
Dr. Deborah Maples Williams:
(859) 253-0571 ext. 150

Office Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Receiving Hours:
Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Holiday Hours:
Labor Day
Monday, Sep. 1, 2008 9:00 a.m. - Noon *

* - Open to receive animals and specimens only. No test results available.

Jacqueline L. Smith, BS, MS

Contact:
Phone: 859-253-0571 x159
Fax: 859-255-1624
E-mail: jsmit8@uky.edu

Epidemiology Section Chief

PhD candidate - University of Kentucky
MS - University of Wisconsin
BS - Berea College, Kentucky

Selected recent publications/communications:

Cohen ND, Carter CN, Scott HM, Shaffin MK, Smith JL, Grimm MB, Kuskie KR, Takai S, Martens RJ. Association of soil concentrations of Rhodococcus equi foal pneumonia at farms in central Kentucky. Am J Vet Res March 2008;69(3):

Hardin, Brian; Campbell, Kenneth; Smith, Jeffrey; Arbogast, Sandrine; Smith, Jacqueline; Moylan, Jennifer; Reid, Michael. TNFa Acts Via TNFR1 and Muscle-Derived Oxidants to Depress Myofibrillar Force in Murine Skeletal Muscle. J Appl Physiol, Mar 2008; 104: 694 – 699.

Arbogast, S; Smith, J; Matuszczak, Y; Hardin, B; Moylan, J; Smith, J; Ware, J; Kennedy, A; Reid, M.B. Bowman-Birk Inhibitor Concentrate Prevents Atrophy, Weakness, and Oxidative Stress in Soleus Muscle of Hindlimb-Unloaded Mice. J Appl Physiol, Mar 2007; 102: 956 - 964.

Carter CN, Odoi A, Riley J, Smith J, Stepusin R, Cattoi T, McCollum S: Laboratory-based early animal disease detection utilizing a prospective space-time permutation scan statistic. Proceed of the XIII International Symposium of the WAVLD, 2007, p96.

Smith JL, Sheffield LG. Production and regulation of leptin in bovine mammary epithelial cells. Domest Anim Endocrinol May 2002;22(3):145-154.

PubMed Sequence Submissions:

Sheffield, L.G., Smith, J.L. and Smuga-Otto, K.M.S. Bos taurus leptin mRNA, partial cds. PubMed accession number: AY044438. May, 2003