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Melissa Kennedy, DVM, Ph.D.


Assistant Professor
Department of Comparative Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
(865) 974-5827
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(865) 974-5643
FAX: (865) 974-5640
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Virology

Education

  • DVM, 1983 University of Tennessee
  • Ph.D., 1991 University of Tennessee, in Comparative & Experimental Medicine

Training

  • Residency in Microbiology 1991-1992

Board Certification

  • American College of Veterinary Microbiologists
  • Subspecialty certification in Virology
  • Subspecialty certification in Immunology, 1995
  • Subspecialty certification in Bacteriology/Mycology, 1997

Teaching

  • Infectious Diseases of Domestic Animals
  • Virology
  • Bacteriology
  • Immunology
  • Mechanisms of Disease

Clinical Interests

  • Diagnostic assays for infectious disease

Research Interests

  • Coronavirus infections of felidae
  • Viral diseases of non-domestic species

Professional Societies

  • Phi Zeta
  • AVMA
  • ACVM
  • AAVLD

Publications

  • Kennedy, M.A., V. Mellon, G. Caldwell, and L.N.D. Potgieter. 1995. Virucidal efficacy of the newer quaternary ammonium compounds. May/June, J. Amer. Anim. Hosp. Assoc.
  • Richman, L. K., R. J. Montali, R. C. Cambre, J. Lehnhardt, S.A. Kania, M. A. Kennedy, and L. N. D. Potgieter. Endothelial inclusion body disease: A newly recognized fatal herpes-like infection in Asian Elephants. Proc.. A. A. Z. V. Mtg., 1996. Presented at the Annual Conference, Nov. 1996.
  • Kania, S. A., M. A. Kennedy, L. N. D. Potgieter, L. K. Richman, and R. J. Montali. Isolation and detection of Asian Elephant IgG. Proc. A. A. Z. V. Mtg., 1996. Presented at the Annual Conference, Nov., 1996.
  • Kennedy, M. A., and L. N. D. Potgieter. Detection of Feline Coronaviruses in biological samples by polymerase chain reaction. Proc. A. A. V. L. D. Mtg., 1996.
  • Kennedy, M.A., E. Ramsey, V. Diderrich, L.Richman, G.P. Allen, and L. N.D. Potgieter. 1996 Encephalitis associated with a variant of equine herpesvirus-1 in a Thomson's Gazelle (Gazella thomsoni). J. Zoo Wildl. Med., 27(4):533-538.
  • Kennedy, M.A., and K.A. Brenneman. 1996. Corona virus in a Rhea (Rhea americana) chick. J. Av. Med. and Surg., 9(2):138-140.
  • Kania, S.A., M.A. Kennedy, and L.N.D. Potgieter. 1997. Serological reactivity of Feline Lentivirus infected Felidae with conserved envelope epitopes. J. Vet. Diag. Invest., 9:125-129.
  • Kania, S.A., L.K. Richman, M.A. Kennedy, R.J. Montali, 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. Vo.,5,No. 4,pp.125-128.
  • Harpold, L. M., A. M. Legendre, M. Kennedy, and P. Plummer. Natural transmission of feline enteric coronavirus to kittens in a cattery. Proc. 15th Annual Meeting of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Lake Buena Vista, FL 1997, p.680.
  • Kennedy, M.A., K. Brenneman, J. Black, R.K. Millsaps, and L.N.D. Potgieter. 1998. Correlation of genomic detection of feline coronavirus with various diagnostic assays for feline infectious peritonitis. J. Vet. Diag. Invest.,10(1):93-97.
  • Harpold, L.M., A.M. Legendre, M.A. Kennedy, P.Plummer. 1999. Fecal shedding of Feline Coronavirus from adult cats and kittens in an Abyssinian cattery. JAVMA, v. 215, n.7:948-951.
  • Kennedy, M., S. Kania, N. Boedeker, P. Gibbs, and L.N.D. Potgieter. Characterization of Feline Coronavirus in Two Purebred Domestic Cat Populations. Proc. C.R.W.A.D., Chicago, 1999.
  • Richman, L.K., R.J. Montali, R.L. Garber, M.A. Kennedy, D.J. Alcendor, and F.S. Hayyward. 1999. High mortality in elephants in North america is attributed to a newly recognized endotheliotropic herpesvirus. Science, 253 (5405):1171-1176.
  • Kennedy, M., T. Dolorico, A. McNabb, A. Moffatt, E. Stylianides, M. van Vuuren, and S. Kania. Genetic Detection of Feline Coronavirus in Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). Proc.C.R.W.A.D., Chicago, 1999.
  • Kennedy, M. A., N. Boedeker, P. Gibbs, and S. Kania. Deletions in the 7a ORF asociated with an epidemic of feline infectious peritonitis. Vet. Micro., submitted.
  • Kennedy, M. A., T. Dolorico, A. Hillis McNabb, A. Serino Moffatt, and S. Kania. 2000. Genetic mutations of the 7a7b genes ofcoronavirus of cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). In preparation.
  • Kennedy, M. A., K. Gertz, A.. Hillis McNabb, A. Serino Moffatt, and S. Kania. 2000. Coronavirus detection in captive Felidae. In preparation.
  • Kennedy, M. A., E. Stylianides, and M. van Vuuren. 2000. Coronavirus in African cheetahs: Virus detection and serology. In preparation. (abstracts, proceedings)
  • Kennedy, M., T. Dolorico, A. McNabb, A. Moffatt, E.Stylianides, M. van Vuuren, and S. Kania. Characterization of Feline Coronavirus of Cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) - Diagnosis, Epidemiology, and Viral Genetic Analysis. Proc. Eur. Assoc. of Zoo and Wildl. Vet., Paris, 2000.