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Clinkenbeard, Kenneth D

Professor
Coordinator Veterinary Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

Specialty: Veterinary microbiology and clinical pathology





PhD, biological chemistry, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1975
Postdoctoral fellow, University of California at Davis, School of Medicine, 1974-76
DVM, University of California at Davis, 1978

Department: Veterinary Pathobiology

Contact Information:
162 McElroy Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Office: (405) 744-4467
Fax: (405) 744-4461
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Fields of Interest:

diagnostic hematology; clinical chemistry and cytology; microbial pathogenesis; mechanisms of action of bacterial toxins



Current Research Focus:

Dermacentor variabilis because this is the tick that we use to study transmission of Francisella.


Selected Publications:
  • Clinkenbeard KD, Reed WD, Mooney RA, Lane MD. Intracellular localization of the 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA cycle enzymes in liver: Separate cytoplasmic and mitochondrial 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl CoA generating systems for cholesterogenesis and ketogenesis. J Biol Chem 1975;250:3108-3116.
  • Clinkenbeard KD, Cowell RL, Tyler RD. Disseminated histoplasmosis in cats; 12 cases (1981-1986). J Am Vet Med Assoc 1987;190:1445-1448.
  • Clinkenbeard KD, Mosier DA, Confer AW. Transmembrane pore size and role of cell swelling in cytotoxicity caused by Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin. Infect Immun 1989;57:420-425.
  • Li J, Clinkenbeard KD, Ritchey JW. Bovine CD18 identified as a receptor for the RTX toxin Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin. Vet Microbiol 1999;67:93-99.
  • Snider TA, Fabich AJ, Washburn KE, Sims WP, Blair JL, Cohen PS, Conway T, Clinkenbeard KD. Evaluation of a model for Escherichia coli O157:H7 colonization in streptomycin-treated adult cattle. Amer J Vet Res 2006;67:1914-20.

Courses Taught:
  • VBSC 5554 Bacterial Pathogenesis
  • VMED 7620 Molecular Bacteriology