Ross P. Cowart
Associate Professor, Food Animal Medicine & Surgery

· BS (Agriculture), University of Georgia, Athens, GA
· DVM, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
· MS, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

· Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (Food Animal Practice Specialty)

CowartR@missouri.edu

Teaching:

• Disease prevention and therapy in swine production
• Diagnosis and treatment of selected swine diseases
• Physical examination and diagnostic procedures in swine
• Herd health visits to swine herds and emergency veterinary service to all farm animal species

Selected publications:

Miller RB, Hardin LE, Cowart RP, Ellersieck MR.  Practitioner-defined competencies required of new veterinary graduates in food animal practice. J Vet Med Educ. 2004 (Winter); 31(4):347-65. [Abstract]

Cowart RP, Casteel SW, Pace LW.  Dermal necrosis and mortality from alkali exposure in a group of finisher pigs. Swine Health and Production 2000; 8(5):225-227.

Weaver DM, Tyler JW, Miller MA, Shore MD, Cowart RP.  Bilateral testicular interstitial cell tumor in an aged boar. Vet Rec 2000; 146(8):224.  [Abstract]

Tyler JW, Weaver DM, Shore MD, Cowart RP, Branson K, Urdaz J.  Preputial diverticulum stone in a boar. Vet Rec 2000; 147(8):225  [Abstract]

Campagnolo ER, Warwick MC, Marx HL, Cowart RP, Donnell HD, Bajani MD, Bragg SL, Esteban JE, Alt DP, Tapper JW, Bolin CA, Ashford DA.  Analysis of the 1998 outbreak of leptospirosis in Missouri in humans exposed to infected swine. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2000; 216(5):676-682.  [Abstract]

Cowart RP, Payne JT, Turk JR, Tyler JW, Casteel SW.  Factors optimizing the use of a subcutaneous vascular access ports in weaned pigs. Contemp Topics Lab An Med 1999; 38:67-70.  [Abstract]

Casteel SW, Cowart RP, Weis CP, Henningsen GM, Hoffman E, Brattin WJ, Guzman RE, Starost MF, Payne JT, Stockham SL, Becker SV, Drexler JW, Turk JR. Bioavailability of lead to juvenile swine dosed with soil from the Smuggler Mountain NPL site of Aspen, Colorado. Fundam App Toxicol 1997; 36:177-187.  [Abstract]

Mann FA, Cowart RP, McClure RC, Constantinescu GM.  Permanent urinary diversion in two Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs by extrapelvic urethral or urethropreputial anastomosis. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1994; 205:1157-1160.  [Abstract]

Cowart RP, Boessen CR, Kliebenstein JB.  Patterns associated with season and facilities for atrophic rhinitis and pneumonia in slaughter swine. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1992;200:190-193.  [Abstract]

Casteel SW, Turk JR, Cowart RP, Rottinghaus GE.  Chronic toxicity of fumonisin in weanling pigs. J Vet Diagn Invest 1993; 5:413-417.  [Abstract]

Cowart RP, Lipsey RJ, Hedrick HB.  Measurement of conchal atrophy and pneumonic lesions and their association with growth rate in commingled feeder pigs. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1990;196:1262-1264.  [Abstract]

Cowart RP, Moss RH, Mussman TS, Leung CS, Pace LW.  Development of a digital image processing system for the diagnosis of porcine atrophic rhinitis. Proceedings of the Symposium on Computer Applications in Medical Care 1990; 912-916.

Cowart RP, Backstrom L, Brim TA.  Pasteurella multocida and Bordetella bronchiseptica in atrophic rhinitis and pneumonia in swine. Can J Vet Res 1989;53:295-300.  [Abstract]

Backstrom L, Hoefling DC, Morkoc AC, Cowart RP.  Effect of atrophic rhinitis on growth rate in Illinois swine herds. J Am Vet Med Assoc 1985;187:712-715.  [Abstract]