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Dr Gary Muscatello

Dr Gary Muscatello

BVSc
Lecturer in Applied Animal Microbiology
JD Stewart Building, B01
Room 212
Faculty of Veterinary Science
The University of Sydney 2006

Ph: +6 1 2 93515074
Fax: +6 1 2 93517348
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Qualifications

  • BVSc (Melb.)
  • PhD (Melb.)
  • GradCertUnivTeach (Melb.)

Teaching Areas

  • Veterinary Microbiology – Year 3 BVSc
  • Veterinary Public Health – Year 3 BVSc
  • Food Safety – Veterinary Public Health Management
  • Research projects – Year 4 AVBS
  • Food Safety – Year 4 (elective) AVBS (2009+)
  • Introduction to Veterinary Pathogenesis – Year 2 AVBS (2009+)
  • Agents of Disease – Year 3 (elective) AVBS (2010+)
  • Laboratory Disease Investigations – Year 3 (elective) AVBS (2010+)
  • Undergraduate and Postgraduate research supervision

Administration

  • Unit of study coordinator – Food Safety – Year 4 (elective) AVBS (2009+)
  • Unit of study coordinator – Agents of Disease – Year 3 (elective) AVBS (2010+)
  • Seminar series coordinator (Sydney, 2008)

Research Interests

  • Equine infectious diseases, specifically Rhodococcus equi pneumonia and equine transport pneumonia and the use of aerosol culture method to detect respiratory pathogens in the horse.
  • Molecular diagnostics of infectious agents.
  • Sequencing techniques to identify unusual bacterial and fungal agents.
  • Climate change, animal productivity and infectious diseases.
  • Methods to improve student learning and application of veterinary knowledge.

Contribution to the Profession and the Community

  • Member of the AVA, EVA and ASAVA
  • Veterinary Practitioners Registration: Victoria and New South Wales
  • Ad hoc referee for Veterinary Microbiology

Selected Publications

  • Muscatello G., Lowe J.M., Flash M.L., McBride K.L., Browning G.F. and Gilkerson J.R. (2007). Review of the epidemiology and ecology of Rhodococcus equi. AAEP 53:214-217.
  • Muscatello G., Leadon D.P., Klay M., Ocampo-Sosa A., Lewis D.A., Fogarty U., Gilkerson J.R., Meijer W.G. and Vazquez-Boland J.A. (2007). Rhodococcus equi infection in foals: the science of ‘rattles’. Equine Vet J. 39:470-478.
  • Muscatello G., Gilkerson J.R and Browning G.F. (2007). Comparison of two selective media for the recovery, isolation, enumeration and differentiation of Rhodococcus equi. Vet Microbiol. 119:324-329.
  • Muscatello G., Anderson G.A., Gilkerson J.R. and Browning G.F. (2006). Association between ecology of virulent Rhodococcus equi and the epidemiology of R. equi pneumonia on Australian Thoroughbred farms. Appl Environ Microbiol. 72:6152-6160.
  • Muscatello G., Gerbaud S, Kennedy C, Gilkerson J.R., Buckley T, Klay M, Leadon D.P. and Browning G.F. (2006). Comparison of concentrations of Rhodococcus equi and virulent R. equi in air of stables and paddocks on horse breeding farms in a temperate climate. Equine Vet J. 38:263-265.
  • Phumoonna T., Muscatello G., Chicken C., Gilkerson J.R., Browning G.F., Barton M.D. and Heuzenroeder M.W. (2006). Clinical evaluation of a peptide-ELISA based upon N-terminal B-cell epitope of the VapA protein for diagnosis of Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in foals. J Vet Med B Infect Dis Vet Public Health. 53:126-132.
  • Muscatello G. and Browning G.F. (2004). Identification and differentiation of avirulent and virulent Rhodococcus equi using selective media and colony blotting DNA hybridization to determine their concentrations in the environment. Vet.Microbiol. 100:121-127.
  • Haites R. E., Muscatello G., Begg A.P. and Browning G.F. (1997). Prevalence of the virulence-associated gene of Rhodococcus equi in isolates from infected foals. J. Clin. Micobiol. 35: 1642-1644.