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Beth Ann Bauer
Clinical Assistant Professor

• DVM, University of Tennessee
• Postdoctoral Training: Laboratory animal medicine- University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas ; Parvovirus pathogenesis- University of Missouri
• Diplomate, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine

bauerbe@missouri.edu

Research emphasis:
Dr. Bauer's research interests include pathogenesis of murine parvovirus, the use of mice and rats as disease models for biomedical research and on development of novel molecular diagnostics for testing cell lines.

Selected publications:
Bauer, B.A., C. Besch-Williford, L. K. Riley. Comparison of the Mouse Antibody Production (MAP) Assay and the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Assay for the Detection of Viral Contaminants. (Submitted).

Bauer, B. A., L. K. Riley. Ante mortem Diagnosis of Mouse Parvovirus and Mice Minute Virus by Fecal Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR). (In Preparation).

Pathogen Transmission via Sperm, Oocytes and Embryos, 2002 AALAS National Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 2002.

Ante Mortem Detection of Autonomous Parvoviruses in Mice by Fecal PCR Assay, 2001 AALAS National Meeting, Baltimore, MD, October 2001.

Bauer, B.A., S.L. Lumbley, and E.J. Hansen. Characterization of a Waaf (Rfaf) Homolog Expressed by Haemophilus ducreyi. Infection and Immunity. 67(2):899-907, 1999.

Bauer, B.A., M.K. Stevens, E.J. Hansen. Involvement of the Haemophilus ducreyi gmhA Gene Product in Lipooligosaccharide Expression and Virulence. Infection and Immunity. 66(9):4290-4298, 1998.