Residency in Veterinary Pathology - University of Pennsylvania, School of Veterinary Medicine 1984

DVM, Colorado State University, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 1980

General pathology

American College of Veterinary Pathologists, 1988

CL Davis Award in Veterinary Pathology

Phi Zeta Honor Society in Veterinary Medicine

• Diagnostic Veterinary Pathologist - Animal Diagnostic Laboratory
• Head of Biopsy Laboratory - Animal Diagnostic Laboratory
• Head of Histopathology Laboratory - Animal Diagnostic Laboratory
• Immunohistochemical detection of Neospora caninum in small animals
• Characterization of Neospora caninum-induced bovine fetal abortions in Pennsylvania

Diagnostic pathology, diagnostic immunohistochemistry, bovine fetal neosporosis

Selected Publications

Hattel AL, TR Drake, BJ Anderholm, ES McAllister. Pulmonary aspergillosis associated with enterocolitis in a horse. J Amer Vet Med Assoc 199:5, 589-590, 1991.

Metzger , FL , AL Hattel, DG White. Hematuria, hyperestrogenemia and hyperprogesteronemia due to a sertoli cell tumor in a bilaterally cryptorchid dog. Canine Practice 18:3, 32-35, 1993.

Margolis, MJ, LJ Hutchinson, KB Kephart, AL Hattel, RH Whitlock, JB Payeur. Results of using histologic examination and acid-fast staining to confirm a diagnosis of swine mycobacteriosis made on the basis of gross examination. J Amer Vet Med Assoc 204:10, 1571-1572, 1994.

McAnulty, JF , AL Hattel, CE Harvey. Wound healing and brain stem auditory evoked potentials after experimental total ear ablation with lateral tympanic bulla osteotomy in dogs. Veterinary Surgery 24:1, 1-8, 1995.

Dubey, JP, FL Metzger , AL Hattel, DS Lindsay, DL Fritz. Canine cutaneous neosporosis: Clinical improvement with Clindamycin. Veterinary Dermatology 6:1, 37-43, 1995.

Hamir, AN, G Moser, T Wampler , AL Hattel, B Dietzschold, C Rupprecht. Use of a single anti-nucleocapsid monoclonal antibody to detect rabies antigen in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissues. Veterinary Record 138:114-115, 1996.

Hattel AL, MD Castro, JD Gummo, D Weinstock, JA Reed, JP Dubey. Neosporosis-associated bovine abortion in Pennsylvania . Veterinary Parasitology 74:307-313, 1998.

Lutz MA, Gervais F, Bernstein A, Hattel AL, Correll PH. STK receptor tyrosine kinase regulates susceptibility to infection with Listeria monocytogenes. Infection and Immunity . 70(1):416-8. 2002.

Boger, L., A.L. Hattel. Additional evaluation of undiagnosed bovine abortion cases may reveal fetal neosporosis . Veterinary Parasitology . 113(1):1-6, 2003.

Hattel, A.L., D.P. Shaw, B.C. Love, D.C. Wagner, T.R. Drake, J. W. Brooks. A retrospective study of mortality in Pennsylvania captive white-tailed deer ( Odocoileus virginanus ): 2000-2003. J Vet Diagn Invest 16:515-521, 2004.