Nicola Pusterla

Nicola Pusterla

Professor

Medicine & Epidemiology

Office
3109 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Completion of the Educational Commission for Foreign Veterinary Graduates (ECFVG) certification prog
California Veterinary License
Diplomate of the American Veterinary Dental College - Equine
Education
2002, Habilitation, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1998, FVH, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1994, Dr med vet, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
1991, Med Vet, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Respiratory pathogens in nasal secretions and environment, (Principal Investigator), Advancement in Equine Research Award, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health
Principal Investigator, Isolation and molecular typing of Equine-Alphaherpesvirus-1 (EHV-1) strains during a multicounty Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy (EHM) outbreak in California, 2021-2022, (Principal Investigator), Advancement in Equine Research Award, Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health
Principal Investigator, Voluntary surveillance program for important equine infectious respiratory pathogens in the United States, (Principal Investigator), Merck Animal Health
Principal Investigator, Determining the association between EHV-4 viral shedding and environmental contamination, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health
Principal Investigator, Investigation of the frequency of respiratory pathogens in healthy horses and their environment during the Traverse City horse show period, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2022 Berryhill E, Pusterla N, Carmalt J: Medical and Surgical Treatment of Equine Oral Neoplasia, Easley J, Dixon P, du Toit N, (ed), Equine Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Newcastle upon Tyne. 567-577.
2022 Pusterla N: Equine Oral Medicine, Easley J, Dixon P, du Toit N, (ed), Equine Dentistry and Maxillofacial Surgery, Newcastle upon Tyne. 207-220.
2022 Pusterla N, Hodzic E: Susceptibility and Spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Animals, Waters MD, Dhawan A, Mars T, Anderson D, Warren S, Hughes CL, (ed), The Coronavirus Pandemic and the Future Volume 2: Virology, Epidemiology, Translational Toxicology and Therapeutics, Marylebone. 137-150.
2020 Pusterla N, Leutenegger CM: Chapter 29, Molecular Testing for Infectious Diseases in Horses, Smith BP, Van Metre DC, Pusterla N, (ed), Large Animal Internal Medicine, 6th edition, St. Louis. 466-471.
2020 Leutenegger CM, Pusterla N: Chapter 29, Molecular Diagnostics in Large Animals, Smith BP, Van Metre DC, Pusterla N, (ed), Large Animal Internal Medicine, 6th edition, St. Louis. 462-466.
Research Focus
Equine infectious diseases with an emphasis on molecular epidemiology
Specialty Focus
Equine Medicine
Ten Recent Publications

2023
Straub J, Weber C, Pusterla N, Freise F, Venner M
Comparison of refractometer and biuret reaction as measurement methods for serum total protein concentration in Warmblood foals

2023
Trsan J, Nottle BF, Pusterla N^
Effect of procaine penicillin G and flunixin meglumine on serum amyloid A response in healthy adult horses.

2023
Jaramillo-Morales C, James K, Barnum S, Vaala W, Chappell DE, Schneider C, Craig B, Bain F, Barnett DC, Gaughan E, Pusterla N^
Voluntary Biosurveillance of Streptococcus equi Subsp. equi in Nasal Secretions of 9409 Equids with Upper Airway Infection in the USA

2023
Chappell DE, Barnett DC, James K, Craig B, Bain F, Gaughan E, Schneider C, Vaala W, Barnum SM, Pusterla N^
Voluntary Surveillance Program for Equine Influenza Virus in the United States during 2008-2021

2023
Spann K, Barnum S, Pusterla N^
Investigation of the Systemic Antibody Response and Antigen Detection Following Intranasal Administration of Two Commercial Equine Herpesvirus-1 Vaccines to Adult Horses

2023
Pusterla N, Barnum S, Lawton K, Wademan C, Corbin R, Hodzic E
Investigation of the EHV-1 genotype (N752, D752 and H752) in swabs collected from equids with respiratory and neurological disease and abortion from the United States (2019-2022).

2023
Pusterla N
Equine Coronaviruses.

2023
Pusterla N, Vaala W, Bain FT, Chappell DE, Craig B, Schneider C, Barnett DC, Gaughan E, Papich MG
Pharmacokinetics of a FDA-labeled dose of diclazuril administered orally once weekly to adult horses.

2023
Bernardino PN, Pusterla N, Conrad PA, Packham AE, Tamez-Trevino E, Aleman M, James K, Smith WA
Evidence of intrathecally-derived antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in horses suspected of neurological disease consistent with equine protozoal myeloencephalitis.

2023
Pusterla N, Kalscheur M, Peters D, Bidwell L, Holtz S, Barnum S, Lawton K, Morrissey M, Schumacher S
Investigation of the Frequency of Detection of Common Respiratory Pathogens in Nasal Secretions and Environment of Healthy Sport Horses Attending a Multi-Week Show Event during the Summer Months.