Patti Cynthia (Cynda)
Crawford, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Maddie's Clinical Assistant Professor of Shelter Medicine
Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
e-mail: CrawfordC@vetmed.ufl.edu
PO Box 100126
2015 SW 16th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32610-0138
(352) 392-2226 ext. 5731
Fax: (352) 392-6125
Education:
B.S., Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1975
M.S., Animal Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1978
Ph.D., Immunology/Infectious Diseases, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1984
D.V.M., Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1989
Awards and Honors:
Pfizer Award for Research Excellence, 2006
Superior Accomplishment Award, Academic Personnel, University of Florida, 2006
Florida Association of Kennel Clubs Award for Outstanding Clinical Investigation, 2004
Research Interests:
Canine and feline infectious disease and immunology, diagnostic tests and vaccines for infectious diseases, and transfusion medicine and blood banking
Selected Publications:
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Payungporn S, Crawford PC, Kouo TS, Chen LM, Pompey J, Castleman WL, Dubovi EJ, Katz JM, Donis RO. Influenza A virus (H3N8) in dogs with respiratory disease, Florida. Emerg Infect Dis 14(6):902-908, 2008.
Levy J, Crawford C, Hartmann K, Hofmann-Lehmann R, Little S, Sundahl E, Thayer V. 2008 American Association of Feline Practitioners' feline retrovirus management guidelines. J Feline Med Surg 10:300-316, 2008.
Reese MJ, Patterson EV, Tucker SJ, Dubovi EJ, Davis RD, Crawford PC, Levy JK. Effects of anesthesia and surgery on serologic responses to vaccination in kittens. J Am Vet Med Assoc 233:116-121, 2008.
Levy JK, Crawford PC, Kusuhara H, Motokawa K, Gemma T, Watanabe R, Arai S, Bienzle D, Hohdatsu T. Differentiation of feline immunodeficiency virus vaccination, infection, or vaccination and infection in cats. J Vet Intern Med 22:330-334, 2008.
Levy JK, Crawford PC, Lappin MR, Dubovi EJ, Levy MG, Alleman R, Tucker SJ, Clifford EL. Infectious diseases of dogs and cats on Isabela Island, Galapagos. J Vet Intern Med 22:60-65, 2008.
Levy JK, Crawford PC, Appel LD, Clifford EL. Comparison of intratesticular injection of zinc gluconate versus surgical castration to sterilize male dogs. Am J Vet Res 69:140-143, 2008.
Rosenberger JA, Pablo NV, Crawford PC. Prevalence of and intrinsic risk factors for appendicular osteosarcoma in dogs: 179 cases (1996-2005). J Am Vet Med Assoc 231:1076-1080, 2007.
Novak JM, Crawford PC, Kolenda-Roberts HM, Johnson CM, Mergia A. Viral gene expression and provirus load of Orf-A defective FIV in lymphoid tissues and lymphocyte subpopulations of neonatal cats during acute and chronic infections. Virus Res 130:110-120, 2007.
Jacks S, Giguère S, Crawford PC, Castleman WL. Experimental infection of neonatal foals with Rhodococcus equi triggers adult-like gamma interferon induction. Clin Vaccine Immunol 14:669-677, 2007.
Patterson EV, Reese MJ, Tucker SJ, Dubovi EJ, Crawford PC, Levy JK. Effect of vaccination on parvovirus antigen testing in kittens. J Am Vet Med Assoc 230:359-363, 2007.
Fischer SM, Quest CM, Dubovi EJ, Davis RD, Tucker SJ, Friary JA, Crawford PC, Ricke TA, Levy JK. Response of feral cats to vaccination at the time of neutering. J Am Vet Med Assoc 230:52-58, 2007.
Coffey LL, Crawford C, Dee J, Miller R, Freier J, Weaver SC. Serologic evidence of widespread everglades virus activity in dogs, Florida. Emerg Infect Dis 12:1873-1879, 2006.
Claus MA, Levy JK, MacDonald K, Tucker SJ, Crawford PC. Immunoglobulin concentrations in feline colostrum and milk, and the requirement of colostrum for passive transfer of immunity to neonatal kittens. J Feline Medicine and Surgery 8:184-191, 2006.
Levy JK, Scott HM, Brien JL, Crawford PC. Seroprevalence of feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus infection in North American cats and risk factors for seropositivity. J Am Vet Med Assoc 228:371-376, 2006.
Crawford PC, Levy JK, Werner LL. Surrogate markers for passive transfer of immunity in kittens. J Am Vet Med Assoc 228:1038-1041, 2006.
Levy JK, Werner LL, Crawford PC. Effect of age on clinical biochemistry reference intervals for neonatal cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc 228:1033-1037, 2006.
DiGangi BA, Crawford PC, Levy JK. Outcome of cats adopted from a biomedical research program. J Appl Anim Welf Sci 9:143-163, 2006.
Hackett TB, Jensen WA, Lehman TL, Hohenhaus AE, Crawford PC, Giger U, Lappin MR. Prevalence of DNA of Mycoplasma haemofelis, 'Candidatus Mycoplasma haemominutum,' Anaplasma phagocytophilum, and species of Bartonella, Neorickettsia, and Ehrlichia in cats used as blood donors in the United States. J Am Vet Med Assoc 229:700-705, 2006.
Wardrop KJ, Reine N, Birkenheuer A, Hale A, Hohenhaus A, Crawford C, Lappin M. Canine and feline blood donor screening for infectious disease. J Vet Intern Med 19:135-142, 2005.
Crawford PC, Dubovi EJ, Castleman WL, Stephenson I, Gibbs EPJ, Chen L, Smith C, Hill RC, Ferro P, Pompey J, Bright RA, Medina M-J, Influenza Genomics Group, Johnson CM, Olsen CW, Cox NJ, Klimov AI, Katz JM, Donis RO. Transmission of equine influenza virus to dogs. Science 310(5747):482-485, 2005.
Crawford PC, Slater MR, Levy JK. Accuracy of polymerase chain reaction for diagnosis of FIV infection . J Am Vet Med Assoc 226:1503-1507, 2005.
Donald K, Levy JK, Tucker SJ, Crawford PC. Effects of passive transfer of immunity on results of diagnostic tests for antibodies against feline immunodeficiency virus in kittens born to vaccinated queens. J Am Vet Med Assoc 225:1554-1557, 2004.
Levy JK, Crawford PC, Slater MR. Effect of vaccination against feline immunodeficiency virus on results of serological testing in cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc 225:1558-1561, 2004.
Levy JK, Crawford PC. Humane strategies for controlling feral cat populations. J Am Vet Med Assoc 225:1354-1360, 2004.
Crawford PC, Hanel RM, Levy JK. Evaluation of treatment of colostrum-deprived kittens with equine IgG. Am J Vet Res 64:969-975, 2003.
Hanel RM, Crawford PC, Hernandez J, Benson NA, Levy JK. Neutrophil function and plasma opsonic capacity in colostrum-fed and colostrum-deprived neonatal kittens. Am J Vet Res 64:538-543, 2003.
Lee IT, Levy JK, Gorman SP, Crawford PC, Slater MR. Prevalence of feline leukemia virus infection and serum antibodies against feline immunodeficiency virus in unowned free-roaming cats. J Am Vet Med Assoc 220:620-622, 2002.
Scott KC, Levy JK, Crawford PC. Characteristics of free-roaming cats presented for sterilization. J Am Vet Med Assoc 221:1136-1138, 2002.
Crawford PC, Papadi GP, Levy JK, Benson NA, Mergia A, Johnson CM. Tissue dynamics of CD8 lymphocytes that suppress virus replication in cats infected neonatally with feline immunodeficiency virus. J Inf Diseases 184:671-681, 2001.
Norway RM, Crawford PC, Johnson CM, Mergia A. Thymic lesions In cats infected with a pathogenic molecular clone or an ORF-A/2 deficient molecular clone of feline immunodeficiency virus. J Virol 75:5833-5841, 2001.
Johnson CM, Bortnick SJ, Crawford PC, Papadi GP. Unique susceptibility of the fetal thymus to feline immunodeficiency virus infection: an animal model for HIV infection in utero. Am J Reproductive Immunol 45:273-288, 2001.
Levy JK, Crawford PC, Collante WC, Papich MG. Use of adult cat serum to correct failure of passive transfer in kittens. J Am Vet Med Assoc 219:1401-1405, 2001.