Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine

Misty Abrams Edmondson, DVM, MS, DACT

Dr. Edmondson is a native of Elmore County, Alabama and received a BS in microbiology from Auburn University in 1997 and DVM from Auburn University in 2001. She worked in a mixed animal practice for 2 years before returning to Auburn University to complete a residency in food animal theriogenology. Dr. Edmondson completed residency and MS in biomedical sciences from Auburn University in 2006 and became a Diplomate of the American College of Theriogenologists in 2005. She currently is an assistant professor in the food animal section where duties include management of clinical hospital cases, didactic teaching, research, and outreach.

334-844-4490
abramms@auburn.edu

Research Interests

Interests: Impact of infectious disease on reproduction, control of horn flies in cattle population, urogenital surgery; cattle, camelids, small ruminants.

Description: Major interest is theriogenology of cattle, small ruminants, and camelids. These interests include current projects involving analysis of diagnostic tests for accurate detection of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) in cattle, methods to control horn flies, effects of BVDV on reproduction in alpacas, and pharmacological studies with alpacas. A large portion of clinical interests involve food animal medicine and surgery.

Selected Publications

Edmondson MS. Local and regional anesthesia in cattle. Vet Clin Food Anim 24:211-226, 2008.

Edmondson MS. Givens MD, Walz PH, Waldrop JG, Stringfellow DA, Carson RL. Comparison of tests for detection of bovine viral diarrhea virus in diagnostic samples. J Vet Diagn Invest 29:376-381, 2007.

Yabsley MJ, Edmondson MS. Theileriosis in Alabama Reindeer. SCWDS Briefs, October, 23(3):3-4, 2007.

Abrams MS, Givens MD, Walz PH, Waldrop JG, Stringfellow DA, Carson RL. Comparison of tests for detection of cattle persistently infected with bovine viral diarrhea virus. 48th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Hershey, Pennsylvania, November 3-8, 2005.

Givens MD, KP Riddell, Abrams MS, Zhang Y, Brodersen BW, Carson RL, Stringfellow DA. Persistent testicular infection with bovine viral diarrhea virus due to field exposure to persistently infected heifers. 48th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Hershey, Pennsylvania, November, 2006.