Kathy Perdue, D.V.M., Diplomate ACLAM

Laboratory Animal Medicine Section
Animal Health Quality Assurance Unit
Deputy Animal Program Director, Special Projects
Senior Veterinarian

Dr. Perdue obtained her D.V.M. from Washington State University. She worked as a clinical practitioner for ten years before coming to the National Institutes of Health in 1993 as a PHS Commissioned Corps officer. Her first position at NIH was with the Veterinary Resources Program working with non-human primates; later she became the Facility Veterinarian for the 14C North transgenic mouse facility. She joined the Comparative Medicine Branch in 1997 as the Twinbrook II Facility Veterinarian. In 2000 she became a Diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. Currently she is the CMB Deputy APD, Special Projects and the NIAID Rodent and Rabbit Quality Control Officer.

Description of Research Program

Research projects are primarily aimed at learning more about the prevalence and spread of murine infectious agents that have been shown to have an impact on research, in CMB managed colonies.

Major Areas of Research

• Murine norovirus
• Spironucleus muris
• Ulcerative dermatitis

Awards

• Commendation Medal, Awarded 2006: for leadership in creating & implementing electronic methods for managing the NIAID/Comparative Medicine Branch, Animal Quality Control Program.

Research Group Members

Ms. Michelle Copeland, LATG, Ms. Michele Fain, M.S.

Selected Recent Publications

Kastenmayer, RJ, Perdue, KA: “Variation in Organ Volumes of Matched BALB/c Mice by MicroCT Analysis”; J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci, in press.

Kastenmayer, RJ, Fain, M, Perdue, KA: “A Retrospective Study of Idiopathic Ulcerative Dermatitis in Mice with a C57BL/6 Background”; J Am Assoc Lab Anim Sci. 2006. 45(6):8-12.

Clarke CL, Perdue KA: “Detection and Clearance of Syphacia obvelata Infection in Swiss Webster and Athymic Nude Mice”; Contemp. Top Lab Anim Sci, 43(3):8 – 12, May 2004.

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