Jackie Bird, DVM, PhD

 

Associate Professor
2119 New Science Facility
Office Phone (906) 227-1586
jbird@nmu.edu

Dr. Bird examining giraffe feces for evidence of parasites with a student in Zambia

Research Interests

In my lab, we continue to investigate the effect of climate, geology, host movements on the geographic distribution of tick and tickborne diseases, particularly the deer tick, Ixodes scapularis andthe Lyme disease agent, Borrelia burgdorferi. 

Teaching

Parasitology
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
Introductory Biology: Principles
Animal Nutrition

Selected Publications

• Garvon, J. & Bird, J.  2005.  Attraction of the land snail Anguispira alternate to fresh faeces of white-tailed deer, implications in the transmission of Parelaphostrongylus tenuis.  Canadian Journal of Zoology 83(2):  358-362
• Bird, J., W.P. Shulaw, W.F. Pope & C.A. Bremer. 2001.  Control of anthelmintic resistant endoparasites in a commercial sheep flock through parasite community replacement.  Veterinary Parasitology 97: 219-225.
• Bird, J., M. Larsen, P. Nansen, H-O. Kraglund, J. Gronvold, S.A. Henriksen & J. Wolstrup. 1998  Dung-derived biological agents associated with reduced numbers of infective larvae of equine strongyles in faecal cultures.  Journal of Helminthology 72: 21-26.