Donna Carver
Associate Professor and Extension Veterinarian
234 Scott Hall
Tel: (919) 515-5526
Email: donna_carver@ncsu.edu
Educational Background
B.S. (1988) NC State University, Poultry Science
D.V.M. (1989) NC State University
Ph.D. (1992) NC State University, Population Medicine
Board Certification: Diplomate, American College of Poultry Veterinarians, 1993-present
Veterinary Licensure: North Carolina, 1989-present
Teaching Interests
PO (VMF) 062 Livestock and Poultry Disease Management - Basic principles of disease and disease management in livestock and poultry. Disease prevention through sanitation and vaccination. Diseases of horses, pigs, ruminants, poultry, and disease prevention programs for each species.
FS (FSA) 520 Pre-Harvest Food Safety - Dairy, beef, swine, poultry, and seafood modules. Production, government regulation of products, use of antimicrobials in production, and the emergence of resistant human pathogens. Field fruit and vegetable crops section. Hazards in food, including pesticide residues, philosophy and practice of organic farming, and the public's perception of food and biotechnology.
PO 590 On-Farm Food Safety Best Management Practices - The course is composed of separate modules (i.e., subject areas) including the basic principles of HACCP, feed production, breeder and hatchery to farm, biosecurity, integrated pest management, preventive health, water quality, and loading and transport. Students are expected to adhere to a specific schedule to assure the completion of the course within the semester time limit. Mandatory online tests for each module will be used to assess the progress of each student.
Extension Interests
My major interests are in the area of epidemiology, which is the study of infectious agents and how they behave in large populations. These agents may produce disease in a flock of birds such as Avian Influenza, or may cause no disease in the birds but cause disease in humans such as Campylobacter species.
Understanding how these agents behave in a flock is important so that prevention programs can be developed and implemented. Many transmissible agents can be avoided through proper biosecurity and monitoring. Training growers in best management practices for disease prevention is one way to prevent disease outbreaks and reduce food safety threats.
Presentations
Biosecurity: Protect Your Investment
Campylobacter Species – What We Know and What We Need to Know
Disease:
- Avian Influenza
- Central Nervous System Disorders
- Diagnosis
- Exotic Newcastle Disease
- Gastrointestinal Diseases
- Recognition
- Respiratory Diseases
- Spongiform Encephalopathies
- Treatment and PreventionFood Safety – On-Farm Practices to Reduce Levels of Pathogens
Using Epidemiologic Principles to Get the Most from Diagnostic Tests
Publications
Carver, D.K. and Elizabeth A. Krushinskie, Avian Influenza: Human Pandemic Concerns. Jan. 2006. CAST
Lee, B.C., N. Reimers, J. Barnes, C. D’lima, D. Carver, and S. Kathariou. Strain persistence and fluctuation of multiple-antibiotic resistant Campylobacter coli colonizing turkey over successive production cycles. Foodborne Pathogens & Disease. Mar 2005, Vol. 2, No. 1: 103-110.
M. Alfonso, L. Adochiles, V.M. Hendrickson, D.K. Carver, G.C. Rodriguez, and H. John Barnes. Metastatic Adenocarcinoma in the Lungs of Older Laying Hens. Avian Diseases, In press.
Carver, D. K., J. Fetrow, T. Gerig, K. K. Krueger and H. J. Barnes, 2002. Hatchery and transportation factors associated with early poult mortality in commercial turkey flocks. Poult. Sci. 81(12):1818-1825.
Carver, D. K., J.-P. Vaillancourt, S. M. Stringham, 2002. Risk factors associated with PEMS-positive turkey flocks. Avian Dis. 46:1021-1024.
Carver D.K., VaillancourtJ-P, Stringham M, Guy JS, Barnes HJ. Mortality Patterns Associated with Poult Enteritis Mortality Syndrome (PEMS) and Coronaviral Enteritis in Turkey flocks Raised in PEMS-Affected Areas. Avian Dis. In Press, 2001.
Carver D.K., Grimes JL, Christensen VL, Joyce KA, Fairchild BD, Fairchild AS. A Novel Delivery of Oxytetracycline in Turkey Breeder Hens. Avian Dis. 45:437-441, 2001.
Carver D.K., Fetrow J, Gerig T, Krueger KK, Correa MT, Barnes HJ. Use of Statistical Modeling to Assess Risk for Early Poult Mortality in Commercial Turkey Flocks.. J App Poult Res. 2000.
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