College of Veterinary Medicine

Associate Professor
Anatomic Pathology

144 Magruder Hall
541-737-9673
541-737-3261 (reception)
541-737-6817 (fax)
cvm.biomed@oregonstate.edu

Education and Professional Training

• 2002 PhD in Veterinary Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman
• 2000 Postdoctoral Fellowship, German Academy of Sciences (Deutsche Akademie der Naturwissenschaftler Leopoldina)  1998 Certification as Veterinary Pathologist, Germany
• 1996 Dr. med. vet. (Pathology), Justus-Liebig Universität, Giessen, Germany
• 1995 Doctoral Fellowship, State of Hesse, Germany (Promotionsstipendium nach dem Gesetz zur Förderung von Nachwuchswissenschaftlern, HGFöN)
• 1992 Veterinary degree, Justus-Liebig Universität, Giessen, Germany

• 2003 Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologist
• American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians (AAVLD)
• American College of Veterinary Pathologists (ACVP)
• European College of Veterinary Pathologists (ESVP)
• German Veterinary Medical Association (DVG)
• International Academy of Pathology (IAP)

Professional Awards

• 2002 Charles Louis Davis Foundation Student Scholarship Award, New Orleans, LA
• 2001 Graduate Student Competition Award, American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Hershey, PA
• 1997 Karl Pfizer Award for Doctoral Thesis in Veterinary Medicine, Justus-Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

Professional and Research Interests

• Neoplastic diseases-pathogenesis, treatment, and prevention
• Infectious diseases-intracellular bacterial pathogens
• Aquatic and exotic animal diseases

Selected Publications

C.B. Cope, C. Camp, C.V. Löhr. Fatal yew (Taxus sp.) poisoning in Willamette Valley, Oregon, horses. Vet Human Toxicol (2004) 46:279-281.

C.V. Löhr, K.A. Brayton, A.F. Barbet, G.H. Palmer. Characterization of the Anaplasma marginale msp2 locus and its synteny with the omp1/p30 loci of Ehrlichia chaffeensis and E. canis. Gene (2004) 325:115-121.

J.P. Teifke, B.A. Kidney, C.V. Löhr, J.A. Yager. Detection of papillomavirus DNA in mesenchymal tumor cells and not the hyperplastic epithelium of feline sarcoids. Veterinary Dermatology (2003) 14:47-56.

C.V. Löhr, K.A. Brayton, V. Shkap, T. Molad, A.F. Barbet, G.H. Palmer. Expression of major surface protein 2 oper-associated genes in Anaplasma marginale during mammalian and arthropod infection. Infection and Immunity (2002) 70:6005-6012.

C.V. Löhr, F.R. Rurangirwa, T.F. McElwain, D. Stiller, G.H. Palmer. Expression of Anaplasma marginale major surface protein 2 salivary gland variants during tick transmission. Infection and Immunity (2002) 70:114-120.

J.P. Teifke, C.V. Löhr, R.E. Marshang, N. Osterrieder, H. Posthaus. Detection of chelonid herpesvirus DNA by nonradioactive in situ hybridization in tissues from tortoises suffering from stomatitis-rhinitis complex in Europe and North America. Veterinary Pathology (2000) 37:377-385.

H. Nieper, J.P. Teifke, A. Jungmann, C.V. Löhr, H. Müller. Infected and apoptotic cells in the IBDV-infected bursa of Fabricius, studied by double-labeling techniques. Avian Pathology (1999) 28:279-285.

J.P. Teifke, C.V. Löhr, H. Shirasawa. Detection of canine oral papillomavirus (COPV)-DNA in canine oral squamous cell carcinomas and p53 overexpressing skin papillomas of the dog using the polymerase chain reaction and nonradioactive in situ hybridization. Veterinary Microbiology (1998) 60:119-130.

C.V. Löhr, J.P. Teifke, A. Trunk, H. Kümper: Thrombarteritis of the patent ductus arteriosus and A. pulmonalis in a 4-year-old cow. Veterinary Record (1997) 141:151-152.

C.V. Löhr, J.P. Teifke, K. Failing, E. Weiss: Characterization of the proliferation state in canine mammary tumors by the standardized AgNOR-method with postfixation and immunohistological detection of Ki-67 and PCNA. Veterinary Pathology (1997) 34:212-221.

C.V. Löhr, J.P. Teifke, E. Weiss: Assessment of AgNORs in canine mammary tumors by image analysis using the standardized AgNOR-method. Electronic Journal of Pathology (1997) 3.1:971-11.txt.

J.P. Teifke and C.V. Löhr. Immunohistochemical detection of p53 overexpression in paraffin-wax embedded squamous cell carcinomas of cattle, horses, cats and dogs. Journal of Comparative Pathology (1996) 114:205-210.