Carlos Pijoan, College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota

Professor - Veterinary Population Medicine

Please note, Dr. Pijoan passed away on January 9, 2007.
For more information please refer to the news release .

Degrees

M.V.Z. (D.V.M.) National University of Mexico 1969

Dip. Bact. London School of Hygiene and tropical Medicine, UK 1971

Ph.D. University of Surrey, UK 1973

Research Interests

• Respiratory Diseases of Pigs
• Disease transmission
• Disease Eradication
• Swine Housing in warm climates

Clinical Interests

• Swine diseases
• Swine production
• Swine behavior and welfare

Instructional areas

• Swine Diseases
• Swine Behavior
• Animal housing: buildings and ventilation

Publications

For a listing of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine.

Current Funding

• Serotyping of H. parasuis Pfizer Co.
• Transmission and shedding of Mycoplasma National Pork Board

Honors and Awards

• Mark of Distinction on the Diploma in Bacteriology Course, 1971-1972, University of London.
• Honorary Academic Membership to the Mexican Society of Swine Practitioners (A.M.V.E.C.).
• Academic on the Veterinary Sciences Academy of Barcelona, Spain, 1981.
• Secretary General of the IPVS, 1982-1984.
• Medal and Diploma for Excellence in Teaching and Research. Given by faculty and graduate students of the Nat'l University of Mexico (Cuautitlan) 1990.
• Norden Teaching Excellence Award. College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota. 1991.
• Academic on The Mexican Veterinary Academy 1996.
• Honorific Professor (Honor Degree) University of Rio Cuarto, Argentina.
• Lifetime Honorary President, ALVEC (Latin Pig Vet Society).
• Best Teacher award: Veterinary Medicine graduate program, 1999.
• Honorary Recognition for Achievement: Sonoran Swine Veterinary Society (Mexico) 2000.
• Best teacher award: Vet Med graduate program: 2000.
• Mark of Excellence award: given for outstanding Scientific Contributions College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota, 2001.
• Best teacher award: Veterinary Medicine graduate program, 2001.
• H. Alhusen Memorial Lecture: North Carolina State University, 2001.
• Pfizer Award for Research Excellence CVM, University of Minnesota 2002.
• "Mario Gomez Medina" Keynote lecture AMVEC, Guadalajara, 2003.
• Research Building named after me, Cuautitlan campus, National University of Mexico
• Keynote lecture, International Pig Veterinary Society Congress, Hamburg, Germany
• Library named after me, Population Medicine Department, University of Maracay, Venezuela
• Congress named after me, AMVEC (Mexican pig vet society) Mazatlan, Mexico 2004
• Congress named after me "Dia del Porcicultor" Navojoam Mexico 2004

Current Students

• Current Ph.D. Candidates:
• E. Fano (Vet. Med.- U of Minnesota)
• A. Rovira (Vet. Med.- U of Minnesota)
• JP Cano (Vet. Med.- U of Minnesota)
• M. Pieters (Vet. Med.- U of Minnesota)
• Current M.S. Candidates:
• A Busso MS (U of Rio Cuarto, Argentina)

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