Bush-to-Base Bioinformatics

Taranjit Kaur

V.M.D., M.P.H., Diplomate, A.C.L.A.M.

Assistant Professor
Dept. of Biomedical Sciences & Pathobiology Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine (VMRCVM)

email: taranjit@vt.edu

Education

1998 M.P.H. Public Health in International Health, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
1985 V.M.D. Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
1980 B.S. Biology, Pennsylvania State University


Board Certification

1992 Diplomate, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine (ACLAM)


Professional Experience

2001–Present Assistant Professor, Biomedical Sciences
VMRCVM, Virginia Tech

2001-2007 University Veterinary and Director, Teaching and Animal Care Support Services
VMRCVM, Virginia Tech

1998–2001 Assistant Professor and Director of Animal Resources
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University

1990–1996 Director, Animal Resource Department
The Salk Institute for BiIological Studies

1988–1990 Director, Animal Resources Center
Harbor-UCLA, Research and Education Institute

1985–1988 Chief, Veterinary Surgical Services, Comparative Medicine
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Publications

  • Kaur T, Singh J, Tong S, Humphrey C, Clevenger D, Tan W, Szekely B, Wang Y, Li Y, Muse EA, Kiyono M, Hanamura S, Inoue E, Nakamura M, Huffman MA, Jiang B and Nishida T. (2008) Descriptive epidemiology of fatal respiratory outbreaks and detection of a human-related metapneumovirus in wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) at Mahale mountains national park, western Tanzania. Am J Primatol 70: 755-765. PDF
  • Kaur T and Singh J. (2008) Commentary: Up close and personal with Mahale chimpanzees - A path forward. Am J Primatol 70: 729-733 PDF
  • Kaur T and Lutz M. Newsmakers, Pioneers, Pack ‘n Play, Science 315; 9 March 2007, p. 1347. PDF 
  • Fayer R, Santin M, Trout JM, DeStefano S, Koenen K and Kaur T. (2006). Prevalence of Microsporidia, Cryptosporidium, and Giardia in beavers (Castor canadensis) in Massachusetts. J Zoo Wildlife Med 37(4) 492 -497. PDF
  • Keay JM, Singh J, Gaunt MC and Kaur T. (2006). Fecal Glucocorticoids and their metabolites as indicators of stress in various mammalian species: a literature review. J Zoo Wildlife Med 37(3):234-244. PDF
  • Petrželková K, Hasegawa H, Moscovice,L, Kaur T, Issa M and Huffman M. (2006). Parasitic nematodes for chimpanzees found from the introduced population on Rubondo Island, Tanzania. Internat J Primat 27 (3): 767-777 PDF
  • Kaur T, Singh J, Goodale W, Kramar D and Nelson P. (2005). Developing a cyberinfrastructure for integrated assessments of environmental contaminants. Ecotoxicol 14: 275–281. PDF
  • Kramar D., Goodale W, Kennedy L, Carstensen LW and Kaur T. (2005) Relating Land Cover Characteristics and Common Loon Mercury Levels Using Geographic Information Systems. Ecotoxicol 14: 253-262. PDF
  • Yates, DE, Mayack, DT, Munney K, Evers DC, Major A, Kaur T and Taylor RJ. (2005). Mercury Levels in Mink (Mustela vison) and River Otter (Lontra candadensis) from Northeastern North America. Ecotoxicol 14: 263-274. PDF
  • Zimmerman K L, Wilcke JR, Robertson J L, Feldman B F, Kaur T, Rees LR and Spackman KA. (2005). SNOMED Representation of Explanatory Knowledge in Veterinary Pathology. Veterinary Clinical Pathology 34 (1): 7-16. PDF
  • Jordan C N, Kaur T, Koenen K, Destefano S, Zajac A M and Lindsay D S. 2005. Prevalence of Agglutinating Antibodies to Toxoplasma gondii and Sacrocystis neurona in Beavers (Castor canadensis) from Massachusetts. Journal of Parasitology 91: 1228-1229. PDF
  • Hasegawa H, Ikeda Y, Fujisaki A, Moscovice L R, Petrzelkova K J, Kaur T and Huffman MA. 2005. Morphology of chimpanzee pinworms, Enterobius (Enterobius) anthropopitheci (Gedoelst, 1916) (Nematoda: Oxyuridae), collected from chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes, on Rubondo Island, Tanzania. Journal of Parasitology 91: 1314-1317. PDF
  • Kaur T and Huffman MA. (2004). Descriptive urological record of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) in the wild and limitations associated with using multi-reagent dipstick test strips. J Medical Primatol 33: 187-196. PDF
  • Petrželková K J, Huffman M A, Moscovice L R, Issa M, Kaur T and Singh J. (2004).  Rubondo, ostrov šimpanzum zaslibený.  Primáti – lidoopi.  17 – 22.

Book Chapters

  • Kaur T and Singh J. (2009). Primate-Parasitic Zoonoses and Anthropozoonses: a literature review. In PrimateParasite Ecology: The Dynamics and Study of Host-Parasite Relationships. Cambridge University Press. pp. 199-130.
  • Huffman MA, Petrzelkova K, Moscovice LR, Issi M, Bobakova L, Mazoch V, Singh J and Kaur T. (2008). In Global reintroduction perspectives-Re-introduction case studies from around the globe. Edited Pritpal S. Soore. pp. 213-216. PDF