Research Interests

Pathogenic mechanisms of infectious diseases of domestic animals.

Treatment and prophylaxis of infectious diseases of domestic animals.

Models of medical device-related infection.

Bacterial biofilms.

 

Courses Taught

Graduate Students

Selected publications

• Stevenson SML, McAllister TA, Selinger LB, Yanke LJ, Olson ME, Morck DW, Read RR. Transfer of a rifampicin-resistant Escherichia coli strain among feedlot cattle. J Applied Microbiol 2003;95:398-410
• Walter, M.r.V. and D.W. Morck. 2002. Chemotaxis, phagocytosis, and oxidative metabolism in bovine macrophages exposed to a novel interdigital phlegmon (foot rot) lesion isolate, Porphyromonas levii. Am. J. Vet. Research 63: 757-762.
• Walter, M.R.V. and D.W. Morck. 2002. In vitro expression of tumor necrosis factor-a, interleukin 1B and interleukin 8 mRNA by bovine macrophages following exposure to Porphyromonas levii. Can. J. Vet. Research 66: 93-98.
• Olson, M.E., Ceri, H., Morck, D.W., Buret, A.G. and R.R. Read. 2002. biofilm bacteria: formation and comparative susceptiblity to antibiotics. Can. J. Vet. Res. 66: 86-92.
• Holland SP, Mathias RG, Morck DW, Chiu J, Slade SG. Diffuse lamellar keratitis related to endotoxin release from sterilizer reservoir biofilms. Ophthalmology. (accepted March 2000).
• Schultz CL, Buret AG, Olson ME, Ceri H, Read RR, Morck DW. Lipopolysaccharide entry in the damaged cornea and specific uptake by polymorphonuclear neutrophils. Infection and Immunity 2000;68:1731-1734.
• Morck DW, Olson, ME, Ceri H. Microbial Biofilms: Prevention, Control, and Removal. In Sterilization, Disinfection and Preservation. 5^th Edition. S.S. Block Editor. Williams and Wilkens. 2000 (in press).
• Lobb D, Loeman H, Sparrow D, Morck DW. Bovine polymorphonuclear neutrophil-mediated phagocytosis and an immunoglobulin G2 protease produced by Porphyromonas Levii. Can J Vet Res. 1999;63:113-118.
• Morck DW, Olson ME, Read RR, Buret A, Ceri H. The Rabbit Model of Catheter-associated Urinary Tract Infection" Handbook of Animal Models of Infection. 2^nd Edition. O Zak, M Sande Editors. Academic Press. 1999 Chapter 53 pp 453-462.
• Ceri H, Olson ME, Morck DW. Biocide susceptibility testing of biofilms. In Sterilization, Disinfection and Preservation. 5^th Edition. S.S. Block Editor. Williams and Wilkens. 2000 (in press).
• Ceri H, Olson ME, Stremick C, Read RR, Morck DW, Buret A. The calgary biofilm device: new technology for rapid determination of antibiotic susceptibilities of bacterial biofilms. J Clin Microbiol 1999;37:1771-1776.
• O'Handley RM, Cockwill C, McAllister TA, Jelinski M, Morck DW, Olson ME. A longitudinal study of natural occurring Giardia and Cryptosporidium infections in dairy calves. J Amer Vet Med Assoc 1999;214:391-396.
• Merrill JK, Morck DW, Olson ME, Dick DP, "Evaluation of the Dosage of Tilmicosin for the Treatment of Acute Bovine Footrot (Interdigital Phlegmon), The Bovine Practitioner. 1999;33:60-62.
• Olson ME, Ceri H, Morck DW. Giardia vaccination. Parasitology Today. 2000 (in press).
• Sparrow, D.G., S. Gard, A. Buret, H. Ceri, M. Olson and D.W. Morck. Expression of tumor necrosis factor-" and granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulation factor by bovine endothelial cells in vitro. Clin Infect Dis 1997;25:5178-5179.
• Morck, D.W., J.K. Merrill, M.S. Gard, M.E. Olson and P.N. Nation. Treatment of experimentally induced pneumonic pasteurellosis of young calves with tilmicosin. Can J Vet Res 1997;61:187-192.
• Morck, D.W., T. Louie, M.E. Olson, A. Koppe and B. Quinn. Acute bovine footrot (interdigital phlegmon): a comparative study of the use of ceftiofur sodium and oxytetracycline in feedlot cattle. J Amer Vet Med Assoc 1998;212:254-257.