Barbara A Byrne

Barbara A Byrne

Professor Emeritus

Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology

Office
4313 VM3A, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, Large Animal
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Microbiology, Bacteriology and Mycology
Education
1980, BA, University of California, Santa Cruz,
1987, DVM, Colorado State University,
1998, PhD, Washington State University,
Active Research Grants
Co-Investigator, Clinical characteristics, susceptibility patterns, and genetic elements of extended-spectrum beta lactamase producing bacteria isolated from a veterinary teaching hospital between 2012-2020, Jane E. Sykes (Principal Investigator), Center for Companion Animal Health Resident Research Grant
Honors and Awards
1984 Tracy Bissette Memorial Scholarship
1986 Phi Zeta, Veterinary Honor Society
1986 Isaac E. Newsom Memorial Scholarship
1987 Pfizer Veterinary Scholarship
1990 The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine Hospital Service Award
1994 Washington State University: TA Excellence in Teaching Award
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2022 Byrne BA, Rankin S: Laboratory Diagnosis of Fungal Infections, Chapter 4, Sykes JE, (ed), Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat 5th Edition, . .
2020 Byrne BA, Tell LA, Martin K, Payne M: Chapter 45: Rational Antimicrobial Therapy, Smith BP, Van Metre DC, Pusterla N, (ed), Large Animal Internal Medicine, 6th Ed, St. Louis. 1545-1562.
2017 Daniels J, Byrne BA: Bacteriology and mycology testing, Chapter 48, Pusterla N, (ed), Interpretation of Laboratory Diagnostics in Equine Medicine, 1st Edition, . .
2017 Byrne BA: PCR Diagnostics, Chase C, Lutz K, McKenzie E, Tibary A, (ed), Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult, Ruminant, 2nd Edition, . .
2017 Byrne BA: Microbiologic Sampling, Chase C, Lutz K, McKenzie E, Tibary A, (ed), Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult, Ruminant. 2nd Edition, . .
Research Focus
Clinical veterinary microbiology and diagnostics, marine mammal bacterial disease, ecology of microbial disease
Specialty Focus
Bacteriology and Mycology
Ten Recent Publications

2023
Eiamcharoen P, Gelli A, Byrne BA, Keel MK
Characterization of Pseudogymnoascus destructans conidial adherence to extracellular matrix: Association with fungal secreted proteases and identification of candidate extracellular matrix binding proteins

2022
Waltenburg MA, Shugart A, Loy JD, Tewari D, Zhang S, Cole SD; CRO Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory Investigation Group; Walters MS, Nichols M
A survey of current activities and technologies used to detect carbapenem resistance in bacteria isolated from companion animals at veterinary diagnostic laboratories --United States, 2020

2022
Skorupski KA, Byrne BA, Palm CA, Burton JH
Prospective comparison of prostatic aspirate culture and cystocentesis urine culture for detection of bacterial infection in dogs with prostatic neoplasia

2022
Basbas C, Garzon A, Silva-del-Rio N, Byrne BA, Karle B, Aly SS, Champagne JD, Williams DR, Lima FS, Machado VS, Pereira RV
Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance and risk factors for recovery of intrauterine Escherichia coli from cows with metritis on California commercial dairy farms.

2022
Johnson LR, Epstein SE, Dear JD, Byrne BA
Assessment of zoonotic risk following diagnosis of canine tularemia in a veterinary medical teaching hospital

2022
Chang EK, Miller M, Shahin K, Batac F, Field CL, Duignan P, Struve C, Byrne BA, Murray MJ, Greenwald K, Smith WA, Ziccardi M, Soto E
Genetics and pathology associated with Klebsiella pneumoniae and Klebsiella spp. isolates from North American Pacific coastal marine mammals

2021
Noll CV, Kilcoyne I, Nieto JE, Thio T, Byrne BA
In vitro efficacy of a 0.2% polyhexamethylene biguanide-impregnated gauze dressing against pathogenic bacterial isolates found in horses.

2021
Abdelfattah EM, Ekong PS, Okello E, Chamchoy T, Karle BM, Black RA, Sheedy D, ElAshmawy WR, Williams DR, Califano D, Tovar LFD, Ongom J, Lehenbauer TW, Byrne BA, Aly SS
Epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) on California dairies: descriptive and cluster analyses of AMR phenotype of fecal commensal bacteria isolated from adult cows.

2021
Dear JD, Reagan KL, Hulsebosch SE, Li CF, Munro MJL, Byrne BA, Affolter VK, Wiederhold N, Cañete-Gibas C, Sykes JE
Disseminated Rasamsonia argillacea species complex infections in 8 dogs.

2021
Berg KJ, Guzman DS, Paul-Murphy J, Hawkins MG, Byrne BA
Diagnosis and treatment of Candida glabrata proventriculitis in an eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus).