Dušan Palić, DVM, PhD

Assistant Professor Department of Biomedical Sciences 2036 College of Veterinary Medicine 515.294.0877 dulep@iastate.edu

Dr. Dušan Palić received his DVM and MS degrees in Veterinary Preventive Medicine from Belgrade University, Serbia, and PhD in Immunobiology and Fisheries Biology at Iowa State. Dr. Palić is an assistant professor at the Department of Biomedical Sciences, and affiliated with Departments of Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine and Natural Resources Ecology and Management. He served as a veterinary specialist in aquatic animal medicine for the Center for Food Security and Public Health from 2005 to 2007, and is now affiliated faculty involved in developing National Veterinary Accreditation Plan modules for aquatic animal medicine and collaborative research projects. Dušan does research and teaching in areas of innate immunology of fish, mammals, and birds; aquatic animal health; and ecosystem health. Current projects in his lab include: dietary immunomodulation of β-glucans and yeast compounds in fish; neutrophil extracellular trap formation in fish, birds and mammals; heterophil function in chickens exposed to Salmonella infection; effects of tulathromycin on bovine neutrophils; development of zebrafish fluorescent neutrophil research model; effects of field runoff to neutrophil function in fish and development of GIS flow path analysis model; and stress effects on immunology of fish species of special concern. Teaching duties include AEcl/VDPAM 401 Introduction to Aquatic Animal Medicine, and HON322A Concepts of Ecosystem Health.

The Center for Food Security and Public Health. Dr. Palic is an affliated faculty member. The mission of the CFSPH is to increase national and international preparedness for accidental or intentional introduction of disease agents that threathen food production or public health.