The University of Georgia College of Veterinary Medicine

Food Animal Health and Management Program

David Hurley

Associate Professor

Department of Population Health
H-372 College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7385
Ph: 706.542.6371
Fax: 706.542.8907
dhurley@vet.uga.edu

Degrees
BA Chemistry/Biochemistry University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee, 1977
PhD Microbiology/Biophysics The Pennsylvania State University -
University Park, 1988
Post-doctoral Fellow Veterinary Immunology, The Pennsylvania State
University - University Park, 1988-89

Awards
Awards: UpJohn Graduate Student Award in Cancer Research (AACR), 1988
Ernest L. Buckley Award for Innovation in University - Industry Related Economic Development, 1993
Award for Innovation in Research and Economic Development, for innovation and initiative in “Creation de l'institut de biotechnologie veterinare et alimentaire” (from the Federal Government of Canada through the Federal Executive Council of Quebec – 1998)

Research Interests
Immunology of dairy and beef cattle, swine, horses, small ruminants and rodents
Neonatal inflammatory and immune development
Vaccine and adjuvant development and assessment
Assessment of the impact of management practices on animal health (acidosis, alkalosis, dietary fats, energy partitioning, housing, heat and cold stress, handling and restraint)
Inflammatory mechanisms in equine and bovine laminitis
Measures to control and eliminate Johne's disease.

Courses Taught

LAMS 5160 LA infectious diseases

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