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The College of Veterinary Medicine

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Faculty

John C. New, Jr., DVM, MPH, DACVPM
Professor, Dept Head Comparative Medicine
Department of Comparative Medicine
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone
FAX: (865) 974-5640
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Education

  • B.S. Texas A&M University, 1970
  • D.V.M. Texas A&M University, 1971
  • M.P.H. University of Minnesota, 1977

Research Interests

  • Infectious disease epidemiology especially zoonotic diseasesand diseases of free-ranging wildlife.
  • Human-animal interactions such as factors related to theacquisition and retention of pets and the use of animals astherapeutic interventions (animal-assisted therapy).

Professional Societies

  • American Veterinary Medical Association
  • American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine
  • Tennessee Veterinary Medical Association
  • Association for Veterinary Epidemiology and PreventiveMedicine
  • U.S. Animal Health Association
  • Conference of Research Workers in Animal Disease
  • American Association of Food Hygiene Veterinarians
  • American Association of Human-Animal Bond Veterinarians
  • National Academies of Practice-Veterinary Medicine

Publications

  • Faulkner, C.T., B.B. Garcia, M.H. Logan, J.C. New, S.Patton. 2003. Prevalence of endoparasitic infection in children and its relation with cholera prevention efforts in Mexico. Pan American Journal of Public Health, Vol 14(1), pp31-41.

  • Scarlett, J.M., M.D. Salman, J.C. New, P.H. Kass.2002. The role of veterinary practitioners in reducing dog and cat relinquishments and euthanasias, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Vol 220(3), pp 306-311.

  • Kass, P.H., J.C. New, Jr., J.M. Scarlett, M.D. Salman.2001. Understanding animal companion surplus in the United States: Relinquishment of nonadoptables to animal shelters for euthanasia, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Vol 4(4), pp237-248.
  • Adams, H.R., J.M. Sleeman, I. Rwego, J.C. New, Jr..2001. Self-reported medical history survey of humans as a measure of health risk to the chimpanzees (Pan troglodytesschweinfurthii) of Kibale National Park, Uganda, Oryx,(accepted).
  • Penrose, R., E.C. Ramsay, J.C. New, S.A. Kania.2000. Borrelia burgdorferi infection in a Red Wolf (Canis rufus), Infectious Disease Reviews, Vol 2(4), pp 223-224.
  • New, Jr., J.C., M.D. Salman, J.M. Scarlett, P.H. Kass, M. King, J.M. Hutchison. 2000. Shelter relinquishment: Characteristics of shelter-relinquished animals and their owners compared with animals and their owners in U.S. pet-owning households, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Vol 3(3), pp179-201.
  • Salman, M.D., J.M. Hutchison, R. Ruch-Gallie, L. Kogan, J.C.New, Jr., P.H. Kass, J.M. Scarlett. 2000. Behavioral reasons for relinquishment of dogs and cats to 12 shelters, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Vol 3(2), pp. 93-106.
  • New, Jr., J.C., M.D. Salman, J. Scarlett, P. Kass, J.Vaughn, S. Scherr, W. Kelch. 1999. Moving: Characteristics of dogs and cats and those relinquishing them to 12 U.S. animal shelters, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Vol 2(2), pp.83-96.
  • Scarlett, J.M., M.D. Salman, J.C. New, Jr., P.H. Kass.1999. Reasons for relinquishment of companion animals in U.S. animal shelters: ed health and personal issues, Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Vol 2 (1), pp. 41-57.
  • Kelch, W.J., R.C. Lynn, C.A. Smith, J.C. New, Jr.1998. Canine Hypoadrenocorticism (Addison's Disease), The Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian, Vol 20 (8), pp. 921-935.
  • Salman, M.D., J. Scarlett, P. Kass, J.C. New, Jr., R.Ruch-Gallie, S. Hetts, 1998. Human and animal factors related to the relinquishment of dogs and cats in 12 ed animal shelters in the U.S.A., Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science, Vol 1 (3), pp 207-226.