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.

Mike Donahue, MA, PhD

Contact:
Phone: 859-253-0571 x120
Fax: 859-255-1624
E-mail: jdonahue@uky.edu

Professor
Veterinary Microbiologist

MA and PhD - University of Missouri

Selected recent publications/communications:

Newman D, Donahue M. Equine leptospirosis. Equine Disease Quarterly. 2007;16(3);4-5.

Labeda DP, Donahue JM, Sells SF, Kroppenstedt RM. Lentzea kentuckyensis sp nov., of equine origin. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2007;57:1780-1783.

Christensen BW, Roberts JF, Pozor MA, Giguere S, Sells SF, Donahue JM. Nocardioform placentitis with isolation of Amycolatopsis spp in a Florida-bred mare. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2006;228:1234-1239.

Donahue JM, Sells SF, Bolin DC. Classification of Actinobacillus spp isolates from horses involved in mare reproductive loss syndrome. Am J Vet Res 2006;67:1426-1432.

Bolin DC, Donahue JM, Vickers ML et al. Microbiologic and pathologic findings in an epidemic of equine pericarditis. J Vet Diagn Invest 2005;17:38-44.