Our faculty promote the understanding of causes of infectious disease in animals and the mechanisms by which diseases develop at the organismal, cellular and molecular levels. Veterinary microbiology also includes research on the interaction of pathogenic and symbiotic microbes with their hosts and the host response to infection.

• Bacteriology
• Bioinformatics
• Immunology
• Virology

Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine faculty form the core of two major Iowa State University institutes and centers.

Institute for International Cooperation in Animal Biologics

Center for Food Security and Public Health

2180 Veterinary Medicine
Iowa State University Ames, IA, 50011

takrock@iastate.edu