Adam Birkenheuer

About

Adam Birkenheuer is a faculty member associated with the College of Veterinary Medicine at NC State University. The page text does not provide specific details about his research focus, background, or key contributions. Therefore, no detailed biography information is available from the provided content.

Research topics

• Medicine
• Internal medicine
• Biology
• Anesthesia
• Virology
• Veterinary medicine
• Genetics
• Radiology
• Pathology
• Gastroenterology

Selected publications

• A new piroplasmid species infecting dogs: morphological and molecular characterization and pathogeny of Babesia negevi n. sp.

  Parasites & Vectors · 2020 · 38 citations

  INTRODUCTION: Babesiosis is a protozoan tick-borne infection associated with anemia and life-threatening disease in humans, domestic and wildlife animals. Dogs are infected by at least six well-characterized Babesia spp. that cause clinical disease. Infection with a piroplasmid species was detected by light microscopy of stained blood smears from five sick dogs from Israel and prompted an investigation on the parasite's identity. METHODS: Genetic characterization of the piroplasmid was performed…

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• ACVIM consensus statement on the diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenia in dogs and cats

  Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine · 2024-05-16 · 29 citations

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  Immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is the most common acquired primary hemostatic disorder in dogs. Immune thrombocytopenia less commonly affects cats but is an important cause of mortality and treatment-associated morbidity in both species. Immune thrombocytopenia remains a diagnosis of exclusion for which diagnostic guidelines are lacking. Primary, or non-associative, ITP refers to autoimmune platelet destruction. Secondary, or associative, ITP arises in response to an underlying disease trigger. H…

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• Serum procalcitonin concentrations in dogs with induced endotoxemia

  Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine · 2020 · 27 citations

  Senior authorCorresponding

  BACKGROUND: Procalcitonin (PCT) is an important biomarker for sepsis in human medicine, but there is little information regarding PCT as a biomarker for sepsis in dogs. There are no controlled studies evaluating serial concentrations of PCT in dogs. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVE: That PCT would be rapidly detectable in serum after injection of LPS and would remain increased for at least 24 hours. Objective was to evaluate serial serum PCT concentrations in dogs after a single IV injection of LPS compared…

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• Global distribution of canine Babesia species identified by a commercial diagnostic laboratory

  Veterinary Parasitology Regional Studies and Reports · 2020 · 26 citations

  1st authorCorresponding
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• Babesia in North America

  Veterinary Clinics of North America Small Animal Practice · 2022-11-01 · 17 citations

  reviewOpen accessSenior author
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Frequent coauthors

• Leah A. Cohn

  Missouri College

  49 shared

• Henry S. Marr

  41 shared

• Edward B. Breitschwerdt

  North Carolina State University

  35 shared

• Michael G. Levy

  31 shared

• Megan E. Downey

  North Carolina State University

  18 shared

• Margaret A. Booth-Sayer

  Carolina Veterinary Specialists

  16 shared

• Sonya G. Gordon

  Texas A&M University

  16 shared

• Marlyn S. Whitney

  University of Missouri

  16 shared

Awards & honors

• Andy Quattlebaum Distinguished Chair in Infectious Disease R…
• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine

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