Jeff W. Tyler
Professor and Section Head
    Food Animal Medicine & Surgery

· DVM (Veterinary Medicine), University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
· MPVM (Epidemiology), University of California, Davis, CA
· PhD (Comparative Pathology), University of California, Davis, CA

· Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) (Large Animal Internal Medicine)

TylerJ@missouri.edu

Research emphasis:

· Effect of colostral lactoferrin on neonatal immune function
· Associations between serum copper concentrations and infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis incidence in feeder calves.
· Strategies to reduce neonatal transmission of bovine leukosis virus

Teaching:  Food animal medicine and surgery

Selected publications:

Nagy DW, Tyler JW, Kleiboeker SB.  Decreased periparturient transmission of bovine leukosis virus in colostrum-fed calves.  J Vet Intern Med 2007; 21(5):1104-07.  [Abstract]

Chigerwe M, Middleton JR, Williams F 3rd, Tyler JW, Kreeger JM.  Atypical coccidiosis in South American camelids. J Vet Diagn Invest 2007; 19(1):122-25.  [Abstract]

Luby CD, Middleton JR, Ma J, Rinehart CL, Bucklin S, Kohler C, Tyler JW.  Characterization of the antibody isotype response in serum and milk of heifers vaccinated with a Staphylococcus aureus bacterin (Lysigin). J Dairy Res 2007; 74(2):239-46. [Abstract]

Nagy DW, Tyler JW, Kleiboeker SB. Timing of seroconversion and acquisition of positive polymerase chain reaction assay results in calves experimentally infected with bovine leukemia virus. Am J Vet Res 2007; 68(1):72-75.  [Abstract]

Tyler JW, Larson RL.  A proposal for the assessment of the quality of food supply veterinary medical education.  J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2006; 229(8):1240-43.  [No abstract available]

Tyler JW, Larson RL. Assessing veterinary medical education with regard to the attraction, admission, and education of students interested in food supply veterinary medicine and retention of student interest in a career in the food supply sector. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2006; 229(6):922-27.  [No abstract available]

Lakritz J, Middleton JR, Anderson DE, Linden DR, Sams RA, Tessman RK, Tyler JW.  Pharmacokinetics of intravenously administered caffeine in healthy alpacas (Lama pacos) and llamas (Lama glama). Am J Vet Res 2006; 67(6):1063-69.  [Abstract]

Chigerwe M, Tyler JW, Dawes ME, Nagy DW, Schultz LG, Luby CD, Middleton JR, Gourley D.  Enteral feeding of 3 mature cows by rumenostomy.  J Vet Intern Med 2005; 19(5):779-81.  [Abstract]

Chigerwe M, Dawes ME, Tyler JW, Middleton JR, Moore MP, Nagy DM.  Evaluation of a cow-side immunoassay kit for assessing IgG concentration in colostrum.  J Am Vet Med Assoc 2005 ; 227(1):129-31.  [Abstract]

Larson RL, Tyler JW. Reducing calf losses in beef herds.  Vet Clin North Am Food Anim Pract 2005; 21(2):569-84.  Review.  [No abstract available]

Garcia-Seco E, Wilson DA, Kramer J, Keegan KG, Branson KR, Johnson PJ, Tyler JW.  Prevalence and risk factors associated with outcome of surgical removal of pedunculated lipomas in horses: 102 cases (1987-2002).  J Am Vet Med Assoc 2005; 226(9):1529-37. [Abstract]

Moore M, Tyler JW, Chigerwe M, Dawes ME, Middleton JR. Effect of delayed colostrum collection on colostral IgG concentration in dairy cows.  J Am Vet Med Assoc 2005; 226(8):1375-77.  [Abstract]

Chigerwe M, Tyler JW, Middleton JR, Tessman RK, Steevens BJ.  An alternative method to assess efficiency of estrus detection in dairy herds.  J Am Vet Med Assoc 2005; 226(7):1050-52.  [No abstract available]

Lakritz J, Marsh AE, Cockrell M, Smith MF, Tyler JW. Characterization of gelatinases in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and gelatinases produced by alveolar macrophages isolated from healthy calves. Am J Vet Res 2004; 65(2):163-72  [Abstract]

Middleton JR, Hardin D, Steevens B, Randle R, Tyler JW.  Use of somatic cell counts and California mastitis test results from individual quarter milk samples to detect subclinical intramammary infection in dairy cattle from a herd with a high bulk tank somatic cell count. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004; 224(3):419-23.  [Abstract]

Dawes ME, Lakritz J, Tyler JW, Cockrell M, Marsh AE, Estes DM, Larson RL, Steevens B.  Effects of supplemental lactoferrin on serum lactoferrin and IgG concentrations and neutrophil oxidative metabolism in Holstein calves. J Vet Intern Med. 2004; 18(1):104-08.  [Abstract]

Larson RL, Tyler JW, Schultz LG, Tessman RK, Hostetler DE. Management strategies to decrease calf death losses in beef herds. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2004; 224(1):42-48. (No abstract available)

Tyler JW, Turnquist SE, David AT, Kleiboeker SB, Middleton JR. West Nile virus encephalomyelitis in a sheep.
J Vet Intern Med 2003;17(2):242-44. No abstract available.

Tyler JW, Miller RB, Constable PD, Hostetler DE, Lakritz J, Hardin DK, Angel KL, Wolfe DF.  Factors related to in-house agricultural animal caseloads in US veterinary teaching hospitals. J Vet Intern Med 2002;16:7-11.  [Abstract]

Holloway NM, Tyler JW, Lakritz J, Carlson SL, Tessman RK, Holle J.  Serum IgG concentrations in calves fed fresh colostrum or a colostrum supplement. J Vet Intern Med 2002; 16:187-91.  [Abstract]

Holloway NM, Lakritz J, Tyler JW, Carlson SL.  Serum lactoferrin concentrations in calves. Am J Vet Res 2002; 63:476-78.  [Abstract]

Calloway CD, Tyler JW, Tessman RK, Hostetler D, Holle J.  Comparison of refractometers and test endpoints in the assessment of passive transfer status in calves. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2002; 221:1605-08.  [Abstract]

Tessman RK, Lakritz J, Tyler JW, Casteel SW, Williams JE, Dew RK.  Sensitivity and specificity of serum copper concentrations in the detection of low liver copper stores in feeder calves. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2001; 218:756-60.  [Abstract]

Holloway NM, Tyler JW, Lakritz J, Carlson SL, Holle J.  Serum immunoglobulin G concentrations in calves fed fresh and frozen colostrum. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2001; 219:357-359.  [Abstract]

Weaver DM, Tyler JW, VanMetre DC, Hostetler DE, Barrington GM. Passive transfer of colostral immunoglobulin in calves. J Vet Int Med 2000; 14:569-77.  [Abstract]

Tyler JW, Parish SM, Besser TE, VanMetre D, Barrington G, Middleton J. Detection of low serum immunoglobulin concentrations in clinically-ill calves. J Vet Int Med 1999;13:40-43.  [Abstract]

Tyler JW, Hancock DD, Thorne JG, Gay CC, Gay JM.  Partitioning the mortality risk associated with inadequate passive transfer of colostral immunoglobulins in dairy calves.  J Vet Int Med 1999; 13:335-37.  [Abstract]

Tyler JW, Steevens BJ, Hostetler DE, Holle J, Denbigh J.  Colostral IgG concentrations in Holstein and Guernsey cows. Am J Vet Res 1999; 60:1136-39.  [Abstract]

Tyler JW, Hancock DD, Wicksie SE, Holler SL, Gay JM, Gay CC.  Use of serum total protein concentration to predict mortality in mixed-source dairy replacement heifers. J Vet Int Med 1998; 12:79-83.  [Abstract]