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Food Animal Health and Management Program

Amelia Woolums
Professor

Large Animal Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Georgia
501 D.W. Brooks Drive
Athens, Georgia 30602
Ph: 706-542-9329
Email: awoolums@uga.edu

Dr. Amelia Woolums participates in the FAHM mission by teaching veterinary courses in food animal respiratory disease and infectious disease. She also undertakes research to improve our understanding of how the immune system of cattle responds to infection, and how vaccination can improve immunity. Respiratory disease prevention through management and vaccination is a major focus of Dr. Woolums' research; she is also working on developing methods to improve immunity in young calves. Projects Dr. Woolums is currently working on with other FAHM members and collaborators outside FAHM include the following:

1. research to determine whether vaccines given into the nose (intranasal) are as effective as vaccines given by injection when administered to young calves;

2. research to determine how maternal cells in colostrum affect the resistance of calves to BVDV infection;

3. research to determine how bovine respiratory syncytial virus (BRSV) affects the cells lining the airways of cattle, and to determine how airway cell responses change the immune response to BRSV infection;

4. research to determine if treatment with small inhibiting ribonucleic acid (siRNA) molecules can suppress BRSV infection and related diseae in cattle, and

5. research to determine if intestinal parasites affect the ability of cattle to respond to vaccines for respiratory viruses.

Degrees
D.V.M., Purdue University, 1988
M.V.Sc., University of Saskatchewan, 1991
Ph.D., Comparative Pathology, University of California at Davis, 1998

Board Certification
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Microbiologists

Courses Coordinated and Taught
LAMS 5160, Large Animal Infectious Diseases
LAMS 5301, Ruminant Respiratory Diseases

Courses Taught as Team Instructor
VPHY 5140, Basic Comparative Nutrition (small ruminant nutrition)
IDIS 5150, Veterinary Immunology
VETM 5110, Veterinary Medicine: An Umbrella of Opportunities
LAMS/SAMS 5150, Physical Diagnosis
POPH 5215, Animal Welfare
LAMS 5415, Large Animal Medicine Clinical Rotation
SAMS 5760, Seminars in Clinical Medicine and Surgery

Clinical Interests
infectious diseases of ruminants and horses
respiratory disease of ruminants and horses

Research Interests
immune response to infectious bovine respiratory disease
mechanisms and efficacy of vaccination to prevent bovine respiratory disease
calf immunity
interstitial pneumonia of ruminants

Publications Indexed by PubMed
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?term=Woolums%A

This page was last updated on October 12, 2011.