Julie Kay Levy, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Maddie's Professor of Shelter Medicine
Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
e-mail: LevyJ@vetmed.ufl.edu
PO Box 100126
2015 SW 16th Ave
Gainesville, FL 32608-0126
(352) 392-2226 ext. 5717
Fax: (352) 392-6125
Education:
B.A., Journalism, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, 1982
D.V.M., Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, 1989
Internship, Medicine and Surgery, Angell Memorial Animal Hospital, Boston, MA, 1990
Residency, Internal Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1993
Ph.D., Immunology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 1997
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Small Animal), 1993
Honors and Awards:
European Society of Feline Medicine Award for Outstanding Contributions in the Field of Feline Medicine, to be awarded in Budapest, Hungary, September 2007.
Outstanding Woman Veterinarian of the Year, Association of Women Veterinarians, 2005.
Commendation for Community Service, Alachua County Board of Commissioners, 2005.
Clinical Investigator Award, Florida Veterinary Medical Association, 2003.
Carl J. Norden-Pfizer Distinguished Teacher Award, 2003.
Student Organization Advisor of the Year for the Student Chapter of the American Association of Feline Practitioners, University of Florida, 2002.
Superior Accomplishment Award, for establishment of Operation Catnip, a large-scale spay-neuter clinic for feral cats at the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, 2000.
Distinguished Research Award, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 1993.
Silver Animal Bedside Manner Award, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, 1993.
Research Interests:
Small animal medicine; Feline medicine; Immunology; Infectious disease; FIV; FeLV
Selected Publications (*students, interns, residents supervised by Julie Levy)
For Publications Extracted from Medline Click HERE
Goldkamp CE,* Levy JK, Edinboro CH, Lachtara JL. Seroprevalences of feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus in cats with abscesses or bite wounds and rate of veterinarian compliance with current guidelines for retrovirus testing. J Am Vet Med Assoc 232:1152-1158, 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.
Ben-Amotz R,* Ellison GW, Thompson MS, Sheppard BJ, Estrada AH, Levy JK. Pericardial lipoma in a geriatric dog with an incidentally discovered thoracic mass. J Small Anim Pract 48:596-599, 2007.
Levy JK, Edinboro CH, Glotfelty-CS,* Dingman PA,* West AL, Kirkland-Cady-KD. Seroprevalence of Dirofilaria immitis, feline leukemia virus, and feline immunodeficiency virus among dogs and cats rescued from the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricane disaster area. J Am Vet Med Assoc 231:218-225, 2007.
Fiorello CV, Cunningham MW, Cantwell SL, Levy JK, Neer EM, Conley K, Rist PM. Diagnosis and treatment of presumptive postobstructive pulmonary edema in a Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi). J Zoo Wildl Med pp 317-322, 2007.
Haber MD, Tucker MD, Marr HS, Levy JK, Burgess J, Lappin MR, Birkenheuer AJ. The detection of Cytauxzoon felis in apparently healthy free-roaming cats in the USA. Vet Parasitol 146:316-320, 2007.
Patterson EV,* Reese MJ,* Tucker SJ, Dubovi EJ, Crawford PC, Levy JK. Effect of vaccination on parvovirus testing in kittens. J Am Vet Med Assoc 230:359-363, 2007.
Crawford PC, Levy JK. New challenges for the diagnosis of feline immunodeficiency virus infection. Vet Clin North Am Small Anim Pract 37:335-350, 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.
Richards JR, Elston TH, Ford RB, Gaskell RM, Hartmann K, Hurley KF, Lappin MR, Levy JK, Rodan I, Scherk M, Schultz RD, Sparkes AH. The 2006 American Association of Feline Practitioners Feline Vaccine Advisory Panel Report. J Am Vet Med Assoc 229:1405-1441, 2006.
Wallace JL,* Levy JK. Population characteristics of feral cats admitted to seven trap-neuter-return programs in the United States. J Fel Med Surg 8:279-284, 2006.
DiGangi BA,* Levy JK. Outcome of cats adopted from a biomedical research program. J Appl Anim Welfare Sci 9: 143-163, 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 Fel Med Surg 8:184-191, 2006.
Crawford PC, Levy JK, Werner LL. Evaluation of surrogate markers for passive transfer of immunity in kittens. J Am Vet Med Assoc 228:1038-1041, 2006.
Levy JK, Crawford PC, Werner LL. Effect of age on reference intervals of serum biochemical values in kittens. J Am Vet Med Assoc 228:1033-1037, 2006.
Crosse PA,* Soares K,* Wheeler JL, Cooke KL, Adin CA, O’Kelley JJ, Levy JK. Chromobacterium violaceum infection in two dogs. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 28:559-563, 2006.
Milner RJ, Channell CD, Levy JK, Schaer M. Survival times for cats with hyperthyroidism treated with iodine 131, methimazole, or both: 167 cases (1996-2003). J Am Vet Med Assoc 228:559-563, 2006.
Levy JK, Scott HM, Lachtara JL, Crawford PC. Sero-prevalence of feline leukemia virus and feline immunodeficiency virus infection among cats in North America and risk factors for seropositivity. J Am Vet Med Assoc 228:371-376, 2006.