Brian G Murphy

Brian G Murphy

Professor and Agronomist

Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology

Office
4315 Vet Med 3A, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Pathologists
Education
1988, BA, Whitman College, Walla Walla WA
1992, DVM, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
2006, PhD, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
Active Research Grants
Co-Principal Investigator, FIP Clinical Trial Coordinator, Brian Murphy Krystle Reagan (Principal Investigator), UCD VCCT Circle Grant
Co-Principal Investigator, EIDD-2801 (Molnupiravir): establishing an oral dose and evidence for efficacy in cats with FIP, Brian Murphy Krystle Reagan (Principal Investigator), EveryCat Health
Co-Principal Investigator, Oral remdesivir versus oral GS-441524 in cats with effusive FIP: a randomized non-inferiority trial , Brian Murphy Krystle Reagan (Principal Investigator), UCD CCAH
Co-Principal Investigator, Feline erythropoietin gene therapy in mice: moving towards cats (a continuation study of 2020-43-R), Brian Murphy Tatiana Wolf (Principal Investigator),
Co-Investigator, Multi-pronged therapy for immune system regeneration and recovery in a FIP model of MIS-C, Amir Kol (Principal Investigator), NIH
Research Focus
  • Retroviral transcriptional regulation and the relationship of viral-host cell interaction to pathogenesis
  • Coronavirus cell/tissue tropism and pathogenesis
  • Orthopedic and oral pathology
Specialty Focus
  • Orthopedic and oral pathology
  • Pathology of lower vertebrates and invertebrates
Ten Recent Publications

2022
Cook S, Castillo D, Williams S, Haake C, Murphy B
Serotype I and II feline coronavirus replication and gene expression patterns of feline cells- building a better understanding of serotype I FIPV biology

2022
Schreeg ME, Radkin M, Haugland J, Murphy BG, Rushton S, Linder KE
Ameloblastic carcinoma in horses: case report and literature review

2022
Pye J, Spriet M, Dow P, Katzman S, Murphy BG
Osteochondral necrosis of the femoral condyles in Thoroughbred foals: eight cases (2008-2018).

2021
O'Toole D, Häfliger IM, Leuthard F, Schumaker B, Steadman L, Murphy B, Drogemuller C, Leeb T
X-linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia in crossbred beef cattle due to a large deletion in EDA

2021
Asin J, Murphy BG, Samol MA, Polanco J, Moore JD, Uzal FA
Rickets in a Thoroughbred-cross foal: case report and review of the literature.

2021
Norvall A, Spriet M, Espinosa P, Ariño-Estrada G, Murphy BG, Katzman SA, Galuppo LD
Chondrosesamoidean ligament enthesopathy: Prevalence and findings in a population of lame horses imaged with positron emission tomography.

2021
Murphy BG, Castillo D, Mete A, Vogel H, Goldsmith D, Barro M, Gonzales-Viera O
Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus Is Associated with Renal Lesions.

2020
Dickinson PJ, Bannasch M, Thomasy SM, Murthy VD, Vernau KM, Liepnieks M, Montgomery E, Knickelbein KE, Murphy B, Pedersen NC
Antiviral treatment using the adenosine nucleoside analogue GS-441524 in cats with clinically diagnosed neurological feline infectious peritonitis

2020
Bolland SJ, Zahedi A, Oskam C, Murphy B, Ryan U
Cryptosporidium bollandi n. sp. (Apicomplexa: Cryptosporidiiae) from angelfish (Pterophyllum scalare) and Oscar fish (Astronotus ocellatus)

2020
Haake C, Cook S, Pusterla N, Murphy B
Coronavirus infections in companion animals: virology, epidemiology, clinical and pathologic features.