A. Morrie Craig

Dr. Morrie Craig
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Professor
Toxicology

Greyhound Database
Endophyte Testing Laboratory

111 Veterinary Research Laboratory
541-737-3036 (voice mail)
541-737-2730 (fax)
a.morrie.craig@oregonstate.edu

Professional Awards: 
  • 1996 OAS Scientist of the Year
Professional and Research Interests: 
  • Bioremediation
  • Toxicology and detoxification of plants
  • Endophyte toxicosis
  • Tansy ragwort toxicosis
  • Aflatoxin toxicosis
  • Role of antioxidants in health and disease conditions
  • Biodegradation of environmental pollutants, particularly oil spills and TNT
  • Drug testing in animal athletes, including sled dogs and racing pigeons
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2004
Fleischmann TJ, Walker KC, Spain JC, Hughes JB, Craig AM.  2004.  Anaerobic transformation of 2,4,6-TNT by bovine ruminal microbes.. Biochemical and biophysical research communications. 314(4):957-63. Abstract
Craig AM, Karchesy JJ, Blythe LL, del Pilar González-Hernández M, Swan LR.  2004.  Toxicity studies on western juniper oil (Juniperus occidentalis) and Port-Orford-cedar oil (Chamaecyparis lawsoniana) extracts utilizing local lymph node and acute dermal irritation assays.. Toxicology letters. 154(3):217-24. Abstract
2002
Kaneps AJ, Craig AM, Walker KC, True JE.  2002.  Lontophoretic administration of dexamethasone into the tarsocrural joint in horses.. American journal of veterinary research. 63(1):11-4. Abstract
2001
Piercy RJ, Hinchcliff KW, Morley PS, Disilvestro RA, Reinhart GA, Nelson SL, Schmidt KE, Craig AM.  2001.  Association between vitamin E and enhanced athletic performance in sled dogs.. Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 33(5):826-33. Abstract
Tor-Agbidye J, Blythe LL, Craig AM.  2001.  Correlation of endophyte toxins (ergovaline and lolitrem B) with clinical disease: fescue foot and perennial ryegrass staggers.. Veterinary and human toxicology. 43(3):140-6. Abstract
1999
Tor-Agbidye J, Palmer VS, Spencer PS, Craig AM, Blythe LL, Sabri MI.  1999.  Sodium cyanate alters glutathione homeostasis in rodent brain: relationship to neurodegenerative diseases in protein-deficient malnourished populations in Africa.. Brain research. 820(1-2):12-9. Abstract
Tor-Agbidye J, Palmer VS, Lasarev MR, Craig AM, Blythe LL, Sabri MI, Spencer PS.  1999.  Bioactivation of cyanide to cyanate in sulfur amino acid deficiency: relevance to neurological disease in humans subsisting on cassava.. Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology. 50(2):228-35. Abstract
1998
Tor-Agbidye J, Palmer VS, Sabri MI, Craig AM, Blythe LL, Spencer PS.  1998.  Dietary deficiency of cystine and methionine in rats alters thiol homeostasis required for cyanide detoxification.. Journal of toxicology and environmental health. Part A. 55(8):583-95. Abstract
1996
Pearson EG, Andreasen CB, Blythe LL, Craig AM.  1996.  Atypical pneumonia associated with ryegrass staggers in calves.. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 209(6):1137-42. Abstract
1994
Blythe LL, Craig AM.  1994.  . . . Role of the liver in detoxification of poisonous plants.... Veterinary and human toxicology. 36(6):564-6.