Caroline Sobotyk, DVM, PhD
Dr. Sobotyk is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Parasitology and Director of the Parasitology section at the Clinical Infectious Disease Laboratory at Penn Vet. Her research focuses on zoonotic helminth infections in domestic and wild animals, as well as the improvement and development of diagnostic techniques for detecting parasitic infections of veterinary and public health relevance.
Hannah A. Danks, Caroline Sobotyk, Meriam N. Saleh, Matthew Kulpa, Joe L. Luksovsky, Lee C. Jones, Guilherme G. Verocai Opening a can of lungworms: Molecular characterization of Dictyocaulus (Nematoda: Dictyocaulidae) infecting North American bison (Bison bison). Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl 18: 128-134, 2022.
Sobotyk, C., Nguyen, N., Negron, V., Varner, A., Saleh, M. N., Hilton, C., Tomecek, J. M., Esteve-Gasent, M. D., Verocai, G. G. Detection of Dirofilaria immitis via integrated serological and molecular analyses in coyotes from Texas, United States Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl 18: 20-24, 2022.
Zarate-Rendon, D. A., Salazar-Espinoza, M. N., Catalano, S., Sobotyk, C., Mendoza, A. P., Rosenbaum, M., Verocai, G. Molecular characterization of Dipetalonema yatesi from the black-faced spider monkey (Ateles chamek) with phylogenetic inference of relationships among Dipetalonema of Neotropical primates Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl 17: 152-157, 2022.
Wallitsch, K., Jaffey, J. A., Ferguson, S., Verocai, G. G., Sobotyk, C., van Eerde, E., Bashaw, S.Extensive Aberrant Migration of Onchocerca lupi in a Dog Top Companion Anim Med 49: 100666, 2022.
Upton, K. E., Sobotyk, C., Edwards, E. E., Verocai, G. G. Dirofilaria immitis in an Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus) from southeastern Louisiana, United States Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 29: 100703, 2022.
St Jean, S. C., Bryan, L. K., Sobotyk, C., Verocai, G. G. Pathology in Practice J Am Vet Med Assoc 259: 1-3, 2022.
Diaz-Delgado, J., Cruz, D., Sobotyk, C., Hensley, T., Anguiano, M., Verocai, G. G., Gomez, G.Pathologic features and molecular identification of parelaphostrongylosis in a sitatunga (Tragelaphus spekii) J Vet Med Sci 83: 1476-1480, 2021.
Park, J. Y., Sobotyk, C., Edwards, E. E., Porter, B. F., Verocai, G. G. Fatal cerebral cuterebrosis in a dog Vet Parasitol Reg Stud Reports 26: 100636, 2021.
Hasse, K. E., Garner, M. M., Knightly, F. A., Sobotyk, C., Luksovsky, J. L., Verocai, G. G. Fatal Fascioloides Magna in a Lesser Spot-Nosed Guenon (Cercopithecus Petaurista) J Zoo Wildl Med 52: 1309-1313, 2021.
Febronio, A. M. B., Boos, G. S., Batista, R. L. G., Amorim, D. B., Guimaraes, J. P., Bianchi, M. V., Mariani, D. B., Koproski, L., Mari, C., Parente, J. E. V., Sonne, L., Werneck, M. R., Marques, S. M. T., Driemeier, D., Kolesnikovas, C. K. M., Groch, K. R., Sobotyk, C., Verocai, G. G., Groch, K. R., Diaz-Delgado, J. Crassicaudiasis in three geographically and chronologically distant Cuvier”s beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) stranded off Brazil Int J Parasitol Parasites Wildl 16: 262-269, 2021.
Texas A&M University (2019 to 2021)
Veterinary Clinical Parasitology
Hospital & Services:
Education:
PhD Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil), 2019
MSc Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil), 2015
DVM Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (Brazil), 2013
Contact:
University of Pennsylvania
School of Veterinary Medicine
3800 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104