Robert S. Livingston
Clinical Associate Professor
DVM, University of Illinois
PhD, University of Missouri-Columbia Diplomate, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine
Research emphasis: Dr. Livingston's research emphasis is infectious diseases of laboratory rodents. Specific areas of ongoing research include characterization of Pneumocystis infections in immunocompetent laboratory rodents (formerly referred to as “RRV”), murine theiloviruses and murine noroviruses. In addition he actively develops polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays and recombinant antigen-based immunoassays to detect microbial infections in laboratory animals.
Teaching: Veterinary Immunology
Selected publications:
Livingston, R.S., C.L. Besch-Williford, M.H. Myles, C.L. Franklin, M.J. Crim and L.K. Riley. Pneumocystis carinii Infection Causes Lung Lesions Historically Attributed to “Rat Respiratory Virus” (submitted)
Patten, C.C., M.H. Myles, C.L. Franklin and R.S. Livingston. Perturbations in Cytokine Gene Expression after Inoculation of C57BL/6 Mice with Pasteurella pneumotropica. 2010. Comp Med 60(1):18-24.
Drake, M.T., L.K. Riley and R.S. Livingston. Differential Susceptibility of SD and CD Rats to a Novel Rat Theilovirus. 2008. Comp Med. 58(5):458-464.
Hsu, C.C., L.K. Riley and R.S. Livingston. Molecular Characterization of Three Novel Murine Noroviruses. 2007. Virus Genes. 34:147-155.