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Stephen A. Kania, MS, Ph.D.


Associate Professor
Department of Comparative Medicine The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4500
Phone: (865) 974-5654
FAX: (865) 974-8222
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Education

  • Ph.D.-Veterinary Infectious Diseases - University of Florida
  • M.S.- Veterinary Science- Washington State University
  • B.S.- Biology - Eastern Connecticut State University

Teaching

  • Graduate and veterinary student training in molecular biology, immunology, microbiology, and infectious diseases.

Clinical Interests

  • Molecular biolgy
  • Clinical immunology
  • Flow cytometry based cell analysis
  • Modulation of the immune response

Research Interests

  • Host-pathogen interactions
  • Molecular characterization of virulence factors
  • PCR based avian and mammalian sex determination
  • Genetic basis of antibiotic resistance
  • Immune response and modulation by vaccines, therapeutic agents, and radiation therapy

Professional Societies

  • American Association of Veterinary Immunologists
  • American Society For Microbiology
  • American Zoo and Aquarium Association
  • Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases
  • Southeastern Society of Parasitologists

Publications

  • Shull, R.M., E.D. Kakkis, M.F. McEntee, S.A. Kania, A.J. Jonas, and E.F. Neufeld. 1994. Enzyme replacement in a canine model of Hurler Syndrome. Proceeding of theNational Academy of Science 91:12937-12941.
  • Kania, S.A., D.R. Allred, and A.F. Barbet. 1995. Host Factors affecting the invasion of erythrocytes by Babesia bigemina. Experimental Parasitology 80:76-84.
  • Kakkis, E.D., M.F. McEntee, A. Schmidtchen, E.F. Neufeld, D.A. Ward, R.E. Gompf, S. Kania, C. Bedolla, S. Chien, and R.M. Shull. 1996. Long-term and high dose trials of enzyme replacement therapy in the canine model of mucopolysaccharidosis. Biochemical and Molecular Medicine. 58:156-167.
  • Burkett, G., L.A. Frank, E.M. Bailey, L.P. Schmeitzel, and S.A. Kania. 1996. Immunology of dogs with juvenile-onset generalized demodicosis as determined by lymphoblastogenesis and CD4:CD8 ratios. Journal of Veterinary Allergy and Clinical Immunology 4:46-52.
  • Kania, S.A., L.K. Richman, M.A. Kennedy R.J. Montaii, and L.N.D. Potgieter. 1997. The isolation, detection, and cross-reactivity of Asian elephant IgG for the development of serological diagnostic tests. Veterinary Allergy and clinical Immunology. 5:125-128.
  • Frank, L.A. and S.A. Kania. 1997. The effect of ivermectin on lymphocyte blastogenesis and T-cell subset ratios in healthy dogs. Journal of Veterinary Allergy and Clinical Immunology 5:27-30.
  • Kania, S.A., M. Kennedy, and L.N.D. Potgieter. 1997. The serological reactivity of sera from feline lenti virus infected felidae with conserved envelope epitopes. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 9:125-129.
  • Harrenstein, L.A., L. Munson, E.C. Ramsey, C.F. Lucash, S.A. Harrenstein, L.A., L. Munson, E.C. Ramsey, C.F. Lucash, S.A. Kania, and L.N.D. Potgieter. 1997. Antibody responses of red wolves (Canis rufus) to canine distemper virus and canine parvovirus. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 33:600-605.
  • Kania, S.A., S. Rajeev, E.H. Burns, T.F. Odom, S.M. Holloway, and D.A. Bemis. 2000. Characterization of a New Bordetella bronchiseptica Fimbrial Gene 256:149-155.
  • Penrose, R.A., E.C. Ramsey, J. New, and S.A. Kania. 2000. Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi in a red wolf (Canis rufus). Infectious Disease Review 2(4):223-224.
  • Kania, S.A., Kennedy M.A., Nowlin, N., Diderrich V.R., Ramsey E. 2000. Development of an ELISA for the diagnosis of ophidian paramyxovirus (OPV). Infectious Disease Review 2(4):213-217.
  • Kennedy, M. A., N. Boedeker, P. Gibbs, and S.Kania. 2001. Deletions in the 7a ORF associated with anepidemic of feline infectious peritonitis. Vet. Micro. 81:229-236.
  • Grubbs, S.T., S.A. Kania, and L.N.D. Potgieter. 2001. Validation of synthetic peptide enzyme immuno assays differentiating two subgroups of ruminant respiratory syncytial virus. J.Vet. Diagn. Invest. 13:123-127.
  • Grubbs, S.T., S.A. Kania and L.N.D. Potgieter.2001. Prevalence of ovine and bovine respiratory syncytial virus infections in cattle determined with a synthetic peptide-based immuno assay. J. Vet. Daign. Invest. 13:128-132.
  • Kania, S.A., S.L. Reed, J.W. Thomford, R.H. Bon Durant, K. Hirata, R.R. Corbeil, M.J. North, L.B. Corbeil. 2001. Degradation of bovine complement C3 by trichomonad extracellular proteinase. Vet. Imm. Immunopath. 78:83-96.
  • Rajeev, S., S.A. Kania, R.V. Nair, J.T. McPherson, R.N. Moore, and D.A. Bemis. 2001. Bordetella bronchiseptica fimbrial protein-enhanced immunogenicity of a Mannheimia haemolytica leukotoxin fragment. Vaccine 19:4842-4850.
  • Kennedy, M. A., T. Dolorico, A. Hillis McNabb, A. Moffat, and S. Kania. 2001. Serology and genetic detection offeline corona virus in captive cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 32:25-30.
  • Eleraky, N.Z., S.A. Kania and L.N.D. Potgieter.2001. The ovine respiratory syncytial virus F gene sequence and its diagnostic implication. J. Vet. Diagn. Invst. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 13:455-461.
  • Kakkis, E.D., E. Schuchman, X. He, Q. Wan, S. Kania, S. Wiemelt, C.W. Hasson, T. O’Malley, M.A. Weil, G.A. Aguirre, D.E. Brown, M.E. 2001. Haskins. Enzyme replacement therapy in feline mucopolysaccharidosis I. Molecular Genetics and Metabolism 72:199-208.
  • Boutette, J.N., E.R. Ramsay, L.N.D. Potgieter and S.A.Kania. 2002. Using DNA sequencing to improve PCR gender identification in birds. Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery16:198-202
  • Frank, L.A., S.A. Kania, K.A. Hnilica, R.P.Wilkes, and D.A. Bemis. 2003. The association of Staphylococcus schleiferi with canine pyoderma. JAVMA 222:451-454
  • Eleraky, N.Z., S.A. Kania, J. Evermann and L.N.D. Potgieter. 2003. RT-PCR assays for detection of bovine and ovine respiratory syncytial viruses. J. Clin. Microbiol.
  • van Vuuren, M., E. Stylianides, S. Kania, E.E.Zuckerman, and W.D. Hardy. 2003. Evaluation of an in directenzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of feline immunodeficiency virus-reactive antibodies in wild felids, employing a puma lentivirus-derived synthetic peptide antigen. Onderstepoort Journal of Veterinary research 70:1-6
  • Kennedy, M.A., S.A. Kania, E. Stylianides, H. Bertschinger, D. Keet, and M. van Vuuren. 2003. Detection of feline coronavirus infection in Southern African exotic felids. Journal of Wildlife Diseases (accepted).
  • Eleraky, N.Z., S.A. Kania, J. Evermann and L.N.D. Potgieter. 2003. Comparison of targeting F and G protein to detect bovine and ovine respiratory syncytial viruses. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 15:277-280.
  • Bemis, D.A., M.A. Owston, L.A. Lickey, S.A.Kania, P. Ebner, B.W. Rohrbach, E.C. Ramsay. 2003. Comparison of phenotypic traits and genetic relatedness of Salmonella enterica subspecies arizonae from a colony of ridgenose rattlesnakes with osteomyelitis. J. Vet. Diagn. Invest.15:382-387.
  • Rajeev, S., R.V. Nair, S.A. Kania, and D.A. Bemis. 2003. Expression of a truncated Pasteurella multocida toxin in Bordetella bronchiseptica. Veterinary Microbiology 94:313-323.