Susan J. Tornquist, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVP

Lois Bates Acheson Dean, Professor of Clinical Pathology


Office: 541-737-6943 (voice mail)
Other: 541-737-2098 (reception)
Fax: 541-737-4245

Magruder Hall

Magruder Hall 200B

700 SW 30th Street

700 SW 30th Street
Corvallis, OR 97331
Honors and Awards: 
Norden Distinguished Teacher Award, 1999; Pfizer Research Award for Research Excellence, 2002; Inducted into Veterinary Honor Roll, Morris Animal Foundation, 2003
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At OSU
Affiliated with: 
Veterinary Medicine
Headquarters: 
OSU Main Campus
Research/Career Interests: 
  • Hematology
  • Diagnostic cytology and hematology
  • Metabolic disease
  • Medical education/curriculum

My research interests are primarily in immune response to infectious disease, hematology and metabolic diseases. We do most of our work with camelids (llamas and alpacas), but also collaborate on studies in a variety of animal species. Our particular interest is in Mycoplasma haemolamae, an organism that affects red blood cells of llamas and alpacas. We developed a PCR assay for the organism and have used it to study multiple aspects of the infection. 

Publications

My Publications

2010

Journal Article

S. J. Tornquist, Boeder, L., Rios-Phillips, C., and Alarcon, V., “Prevalence of Mycoplasma haemolamae infection in Peruvian and Chilean llamas and alpacas.”, Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 766-9, 2010.

2009

Journal Article

S. J. Tornquist, Boeder, L., Cebra, C. K., and Messick, J., “Use of a polymerase chain reaction assay to study response to oxytetracycline treatment in experimental Candidatus Mycoplasma haemolamae infection in alpacas.”, American journal of veterinary research, vol. 70, no. 9, pp. 1102-7, 2009.
E. M Gorman, Villarroel, A., Tornquist, S. J., Flachsbart, J., Warden, A., and Boeder, L., “Comparison between manual and automated total nucleated cell counts using the ADVIA 120 for pleural and peritoneal fluid samples from dogs, cats, horses, and alpacas.”, Veterinary clinical pathology / American Society for Veterinary Clinical Pathology, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 388-91, 2009.
S. J. Tornquist, “Clinical pathology of llamas and alpacas.”, The Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 311-22, 2009.
D. Morton, Berent, L. M., Bolon, B., Boyd, K. L., Coleman, G. D., Hall, R. L., Kinsel, M. J., Tornquist, S. J., and Wilson, D. W., “The 2008 ACVP role delineation survey and initial data analysis: from the Role Delineation Task Force.”, Veterinary pathology, vol. 46, no. 4, pp. 567-75, 2009.

2008

Journal Article

S. J. Tornquist, “Bone marrow and lymph node evaluation.”, The Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 261-83, v, 2008.
C. K. Cebra, Tornquist, S. J., and Reed, S. K., “Collection and analysis of peritoneal fluid from healthy llamas and alpacas.”, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, vol. 232, no. 9, pp. 1357-61, 2008.
A. Graupmann-Kuzma, Valentine, B. A., Shubitz, L. F., Dial, S. M., Watrous, B. J., and Tornquist, S. J., “Coccidioidomycosis in dogs and cats: a review.”, Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, vol. 44, no. 5, pp. 226-35, 2008.

2006

Journal Article

L. H. Waitt, Cebra, C. K., Tornquist, S. J., and Löhr, C. V., “Panniculitis in a horse with peripancreatitis and pancreatic fibrosis.”, Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 405-8, 2006.

2005

Journal Article

L. A. Harrenstien, Tornquist, S. J., Miller-Morgan, T. J., Fodness, B. G., and Clifford, K. E., “Evaluation of a point-of-care blood analyzer and determination of reference ranges for blood parameters in rockfish.”, Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, vol. 226, no. 2, pp. 255-65, 2005.

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