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Diane Gaertner D.V.M., Diplomate ACLAM
Professor of Laboratory Animal Medicine

Department of Pathobiology
176 EJ Old Vet Quad
University Laboratory Animal Resources
SVM, 3800 Spruce Street
177 E Old Vet Quadrangle, mc 6009
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Qualifications

DVM, University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo
Postdoctoral Fellow, Laboratory Animal Medicine and Comparative Pathology, Department of Comparative Medicine, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
Diplomate, American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine

Clinical Interests
Laboratory animal medicine, especially rodent medicine and rodent quality assurance, zoonotic agents Training of veterinarians in the specialty of laboratory animal medicine Provision of quality care in large, complex academic environments
Research Interests
Rodent viral disease pathogenesis, rat coronavirus, rat parvovirus
Selected Publications
Jacoby, R.O., Bhatt, P.N., Gaertner, D.J. , Smith, A.L., Johnson, E.A.: The pathogenesis of rat virus infection in infant and juvenile rats after oronasal inoculation. Arch Virol, 95:251 270, 1987.

Jacoby, R.O., Gaertner, D.J. , Bhatt, P.N., Paturzo, F.X., Smith, A.L.: Transmission of experimentally induced rat virus infection. Lab Anim Sci, 38:1:11 14, 1988.

Gaertner, D.J. , Jacoby, R.O., Smith, A.L., Ardito, R.B., Paturzo, F.X.: Persistence of rat parvovirus in athymic rats. Arch Virol, 105:259 268, 1989.

Gaertner, D.J. , Lytton, B., Morgenstern, S.M.: Pelvic urinary bladder diverticulum causing partial urethral obstruction in a female rhesus monkey. JAVMA, 199:1772-4, 1991.

Jacoby, R.O., Johnson, E.A., Gaertner, D.J. , Smith, A.L., Paturzo, F.X., Brandsma, J.L.: Persistent rat virus infection in individually housed rats. Arch Virol, 117:193-205, 1991.

Gaertner, D.J. , Smith, A.L., Paturzo, F.X.: Susceptibility of rodent cell lines to rat coronaviruses and differential enhancement by trypsin and DEAE-dextran. Arch Virol, 118:57-66, 1991.

Gaertner, D.J. , Jacoby, R.O., Smith, A.L., Paturzo, F.X., Johnson, E.A., Brandsma, J.L.: Modulation of lethal and persistent rat parvovirus infection by antibody. Arch Virol, 118:1-9, 1991.

La Regina, M., Woods, L., Gaertner, D.J. , Paturzo, F.X.: Transmission of Sialodacryoadenitis virus (SDAV) from infected rats to mice through handling, contact and soiled bedding. Lab Anim Sci 42:344-346, 1992.

Gaertner, D.J. , Jacoby, R.O., Johnson, E.A., Paturzo, F.X., Smith, A.L., Brandsma, J.L.:Characterization of acute rat parvovirus infection by in situ hybridization. Virus Research, 28:1-18, 1993.

Gaertner, D.J. , Winograd, D.F., Compton, S.R., Paturzo, F.X., Smith, A.L.: Development and optimization of plaque assays for rat coronaviruses. J Virol Methods, 43:53-64, 1993.

Gaertner, D.J. , Compton, S.R., Winograd, D.F.: Survival of rat coronaviruses after drying and storage at room temperature (Letter to the editor). Lab Anim Sci 43:403-4, 1993.

Gaertner, D.J. , Jacoby, R.O., Paturzo, F.X., Johnson, E.A., Smith, A.L., Ball-Goodrich, L.J.: Characterization of acute and persistent rat parvovirus infection in athymic and euthymic juvenile rats. Lab Anim Sci 45: 249-253,1995.

Gaertner, D.J. , S.R. Compton, D.F. Winograd and A.L. Smith: Growth characteristics and protein profiles of prototype and wild-type rat coronavirus isolates grown in a cloned subline of mouse fibroblasts (L2p.176 cells). Virus Research 41:55-66, 1996.

Gaertner, D.J. , L. Riley and D.Martin. Animal Care Needs :A Vision for the Future. ILAR Journal,9:46-51, 1998

Cork, L.C., T.B. Clarkson, R.O. Jacoby, D.J. Gaertner , S.L. Leary, J.M. Linn, S. P. Pakes, D.H. Ringler, J.D.Strandberg, M.M. Swindle. The Costs of Animal Research: Origins and Options (Policy Forum). Science 276: 758-9, 1997.

Compton, S.R., A.L. Smith and D.J. Gaertner . Comparison of the Pathogenicity in rats of Rat Coronaviruses from Different Neutralization Groups. Laboratory Animal Science 49:514-518, 1999.

D. J. Gaertner , and K. D. Moody. Amending IACUC Protocols. In: The IACUC Handbook. J. Silverman, M. A. Suckow and S. Murthy, editors. CRC Press. 2000.

Shek, W.R. and D. J. Gaertner : Quality Assurance: In: Fox, J.G. and Andersen, L. ed, Laboratory Animal Medicine, Second Edition, Academic Press, NY. 2002

D.J. Gaertner , M. Batchelder, L. Herbst and H. Kaufman. Transmission of Vaccinia Virus to Bedding and Contact Sentinel Mice May cause False Positive Tests for Ectromelia Virus, Comparative Medicine, Comparative Medicine. 2003