Dr. M. Kevin Keel

Professional Certification
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathology (2003)

Recent Publications

• Bartholomew JL, Atkinson SD, Hallett SL, Lowenstine LJ, Garner MM, Gardiner CH, Rideout BA, Keel MK, Brown JD. 2008. Myxozoan parasitism in waterfowl. Int J Parasitol. 2008 Feb 14 [ahead of print].
• Hammitt MC, Bueschel DM, Keel MK, Glock RD, Cuneo P, DeYoung DW, Reggiardo C, <>Trinh HT, Songer JG. 2008. A possible role for Clostridium difficile in the etiology of calf enteritis. Vet Microbiol. 127(3-4):343-52.
• Keel MK, Songer JG. 2007. The distribution and density of Clostridium difficile toxin receptors on the intestinal mucosa of neonatal pigs. Vet Pathol. 2007 Nov;44(6):814-22.<>
• Gerhold RW, Allison AB, Temple DL, Chamberlain MJ, Strait KR, Keel MK. 2007.  Infectious canine hepatitis in a gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus). J Wildl Dis.43(4):734-6.
• Brown JD, Keel MK, Yabsley MJ, Thigpen T, Maerz JC. 2006. Clinical challenge. Skin, moderate, chronic, multifocal, histiocytic dermatitis with intralesional trombiculid mites (Hannemania sp.). J Zoo Wildl Med. 37(4):571-3.
• Keel MK, Songer JG. 2006.  The comparative pathology of Clostridium difficile-associated disease. Vet Pathol. 43(3):225-40. 
• Keel, M.K., J.G. Patterson, T.H. Noon, G.A. Bradley and J.K. Collins.2003. Caprine herpesvirus-2 in association with naturally occurring malignant catarrhal fever in captive sika deer (Cervus nippon). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation. 15:179-183.
  
• Keel, M.K., R.W. Davidson, L. Lewis and G. Doster. 2002. Northern bobwhite and lead shot deposition in an upland habitat. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology. 43:318-322.
  
• Boyce, W.M., L.W. Woods, M.K. Keel, N.J. Maclachlan, C.O. Porter and H.D. Lehmkuhl. 2000. An epizootic of adenovirus-induced hemorrhagic disease in captive black-tailed deer. Journal of  Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. 31:370-373.
  
• Dickinson P.J., Keel M.K., Higgins R.J., Koblik P.D., LeCouteur R.A., Naydan D.K., Bollen A.W., Vernau W. 2000. Clinical and pathologic features of oligodendrogliomas in two cats.Veterinary Pathology. 37:160-167.
  
• Pedersen, N.C., J.B. Elliott, A. Glasgow, A. Poland and K. Keel. 2000. An isolated epizootic of hemorrhagic-like fever in cats caused by a novel and highly virulent strain of feline calicivirus. Veterinary Microbiology. 73:281-300.
• Lapointe, J.M., L.W. Woods, H.D. Lemkuhl, M.K. Keel, P.V. Rossito, P.K. Swift and N.J. Maclachlan. 2000. Serologic detection of adenoviral hemorrhagic disease in black-tailed deer by enzyme-linked immunosorbent and serum neutralization assays. Journal of  Wildlife Diseases. 36:374-377.
• Dickinson, P.J., M.C. McEntee, B.K. Sturges, D. Lipsitz, M.K. Keel and R.A. LeCouteur. 2000. Radiation induced vertebral osteosarcoma following treatment of an intradural extramedullary spinal cord tumor in a dog. Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound 42:463-470.
• Keel, M.K., W.L. Goff and W.R. Davidson. 1995. An assessment of the role of white-tailed deer in the epidemiology of anaplasmosis in the southeastern United States. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 31:378-385
• Katz, J.B., A.F. Barbet, S.H. Mahan, D. Kumbula, J.M. Lockhart, M.K. Keel, J.E. Dawson, J.G. Olson, and S.A. Ewing. 1995. White-tailed deer but not cattle sera from the southeastern United States react positively by immunoblot using a modified recombinant Cowdria ruminantium 32-Kilodalton major antigenic protein. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 32:424-430.