Education:
B.A., Anthropology, University of South Carolina, 1972
M.S., Wildlife, University of Georgia, 1989

Research Interests:
Avian diseases, tick-borne diseases.

Recent Publications

• Pillai, S.R., H.L. Mays Jr., D.H. Ley, P. Luttrell, V.S. Panangala, K.L. Farmer, and S.R. Roberts.  2003.  Molecular variability of house finch Mycoplasma gallisepticum isolates as revealed by sequencing and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of teh pvpA gene.  Avian Diseases.  47(3):640-648.  [PDF Reprint] 
• Luttrell, M.P., D.E. Stallknecht, S.H. Kleven, D.M. Kavanaugh, J.L. Corn, and J.R. Fischer.  2001.  Mycoplasma gallisepticum in house finches (Carpodacus mexicanus) and other wild birds associated with poultry production facilities.   Avian Diseases 45: 321-329.
• Stallknecht, D.E., M.P. Luttrell, J.R. Fischer, and S.H. Kleven.  1998.  Potential for transmission of the finch strain of Mycoplasma gallisepticum between house finches and chickens.  Avian Diseases 42:352-358.
• Luttrell, M.P., D.E. Stallknecht, J.R. Fischer, C.T. Sewell, and S.H. Kleven.  1998.  Natural Mycoplasma gallisepticum infection in a captive flock of house finches.  Journal of Wildlife Diseases 34(2):289-296.