Sharon K Hietala

Sharon K Hietala

Professor Emeritus

California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab


Education
1973, AA, American River College, Carmichael, California
1979, BA, University of California, Davis, CA
1987, PhD, University of California, Davis, CA
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2005 Hietala SK, Crossley BM: Bovine viral diarrhea replication, Goyal and Ridpath, (ed), Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus: Diagnosis, Management, and Control, 1st edition, Ames, Iowa. .
1999 Hietala SK, Gardner IA: Validity of using diagnostic tests that are approved for use in domestic animals for nondomestic species, Fowler ME, Miller RE, (ed), Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, 4th edition, Philadelphia, PA. 55-58.
1999 Thurmond MC, Hietala SK: Neospora caninum infection and abortion in cattle, Howard JL, Smith RA, (ed), Current Veterinary Therapy: Food Animal Practice. Protozoal Diseases. Section 9, Philadelphia, PA. 425-430.
1996 Gardner IA, Hietala SK, Boyce WM: Wildlife husbandry and diseases: The validity of using serologic tests for diagnosis of diseases in wild animals, , Office International de epizootics, Revue Scientifique, . .
Ten Recent Publications

2010
Mayo, CE, Crossley, BM, Hietala, SK, Gardner, IA, Breitmeyer, RE, Maclachlan, NJ
Colostral transmission of bluetongue virus nucleic acid among newborn dairy calves in California.

2010
Schumaker, BA, Mazet, JA, Gonzales, BJ, Elzer, PH, Hietala, SK, Ziccardi, MH
Evaluation of the Western immunoblot as a detection method for Brucella abortus exposure in elk.

2009
Jackwood, DJ, Sommer-Wagner, SE, Stoute, AS, Woolcock, PR, Crossley, BM, Hietala, SK, Charlton, BR
Characteristics of a very virulent infectious bursal disease virus from California.

2009
Charlton B, Crossley B, Hietala S
Conventional and future diagnostics for avian influenza

2008
Lenhoff RJ, Naraghi-Arani P, Thissen JB, Olivas J, Carillo AC, Chinn C, Rasmussen M, Messenger SM, Suer LD, Smith SM, Tammero LF, Vitalis EA, Slezak TR, Hullinger PJ, Hindson BJ, Hietala SK, Crossley BM, McBride MT
Multiplexed molecular assay for rapid exclusion of foot-and-mouth disease

2007
Lloyd-Smith JO, Greig DJ, Hietala S, Ghneim GS, Palmer L, St Leger J, Grenfell BT, Gulland FM
Cyclical changes in seroprevalence of leptospirosis in California sea lions: endemic and epidemic disease in one host species