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Dr. Niels C. Pedersen

Niels C.
Pedersen
Professor
Director - Center for Companion Animal Health
Director - Veterinary Genetics Laboratory

Department of Medicine and Epidemiology
2108 Tupper Hall
University of California
One Shields Ave
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: 530-752-1363
Fax: 530-752-0414
E-mail: ncpedersen@ucdavis.edu

RESEARCH:

Infectious diseases of dogs and cats in shelter and multi-animal environments; applied canine and feline genetics.

   
TEACHING:

Means to foster clinical research; application of canine and feline genetics to indigenous dog and cat populations; the canine major histocompatibility complex and its role in immune disease and genetic diversity, host and agent factors and their influence on the manifestation of certain infectious diseases of cats.
   
SERVICE:

Director, Veterinary Genetics Laboratory
Director, Center for Companion Animal Health
International authority on retrovirology and immunological disorders in small animals, comparative genetics.
Past Chair, Department of Medicine

   
INTERNATIONAL
INTEREST:		 Australia, United Kingdom, Israel, Switzerland, South Africa
FOREIGN LANGUAGES:
LINKS: Department of Medicine and Epidemiology

Center for Companion Animal Health (CCAH)

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Updated 10/25/02

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