UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine

School of Veterinary Medicine


   
Portrait Ricahrd L. Walker, DVM, MPVM, Ph.D.

Professor of Clinical Diagnostic Bacteriology
Email: rlwalker@ucdavis.edu

California Animal Health and Food Safety Laboratory System
CAHFS - Davis Lab
School of Veterinary Medicine
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Phone: (530) 752-8754
Fax: (530) 752-5680
   
Research
Infectious Disease
(Avian, Bovine, Equine, Ruminant, Swine)
Clinical veterinary bacteriology and mycology; pathogenesis of bacterial diseases, specifically diseases caused by spirochetes and members of the Streptococcaceae; infectious foot diseases of cattle, particularly papillomatous digital dermatitis; use of molecular diagnostic techniques in clinical bacteriology.
   
Teaching
Professional veterinary students and Residents.
Continuing Education for graduate veterinarians and livestock/poultry industry reps.
   
Service
Member, ACVM, AAVLD.
Liaison with California's animal agriculture industries.
Expert in bacteriology and veterinary pathogens important to animal agriculture.
   
International Interest
Europe, Far East.