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MICROBIOLOGY
and
PARASITOLOGY LAB of:



Robert A. Norton
Professor
Poultry Science Department
Mailing Address:
Department of Poultry Science
Auburn University
201 Poultry Science Building
Auburn, AL 36849-5416
   
Phone: 334-844-2604
FAX: 334-844-2641
E-mail: nortors@auburn.edu


Laboratory Supervisor: Steve Martin
E-mail: martisw@auburn.edu
Lab Phone: 334-844-2606


RESEARCH:

Dr. Norton is a veterinary microbiologist with research interests in several poultry diseases including cellulitis, gangrenous dermatitis and necrotic enteritis, as well as the anaerobic bacteria associated with these and other diseases. His research focuses on the pathogenesis of Escherichia coli involved in several disease complexes including gangrenous dermatitis and cellulitis. Other research interests include the effect of the Major Histocompatability Complex on the resistance to E.coli infections associated with cellulitis.

STAFF PHOTOS:



Steve Martin
Research Assistant
martisw@auburn.edu  
   
 
   
 


The Poultry Microbiology and Parasitology Laboratory is a fully equipped clinical laboratory capable of the isolation and identification of bacterial and parasite pathogens.




TEACHING:

1. Anaerobic Bacteriology Course Outline
2. Anaerobic Bacteriology Class Description -- POUL 8620
3. Anaerobic Bacteriology Class Notes
4. Living Gut Class Description




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Robert Norton

Department of Poultry Science
College of Agriculture
Auburn University, Alabama USA
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