Areas of Interest: Bacteriology, equine education, equine research, infectious diseases, Microbiology

Employment and Professional Experience

1965-67; Research Assistant, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Wisconsin.

1967-72; Assistant Lecturer, College Lecturer, Department of Veterinary Medicine, University College, Dublin.

1972-86; Assistant Professor, Associate Professor of Veterinary  Bacteriology, Department of Microbiology, NYS College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University.

1978-84; Lecturer, Aquavet Program, Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

1979-80; Visiting Lecturer, Bacteriology, The Medical  School, University of Bristol, England.

1985-86; Visiting Associate Professor of Veterinary Bacteriology, University of California/Davis, Davis, CA.

1986-91; Professor of Veterinary Bacteriology, Department  of Microbiology, NYS College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell  University.

1991-present; Keeneland Chair of Infectious Diseases, Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky,  Lexington.

Selected Publications

Timoney, J.F., R. DeNegri, A.  Sheoran and N. Forster. 2010. Affects of N-terminal variation in the SeM  protein of Streptococcus equi on antibody and fibrinogen binding.  Vaccine. 28:1522-1527.

Kumar, P. and J.F. Timoney. 2009.  Light and ultrastructural studies on the ependymal secretion and formation of  Reissner’s fibre in horses. Indian J. Am. Sci. 79:1087-1188.

Causey, R.C., S.C. Artiushin,  J.F. Crowley, J.A. Weber, A.D. Homola, A. Kelley, L.A. Stephenson, H.M. Opitz,  S. Guilmain and J.F. Timoney. 2009. Immunization of the equine uterus against Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus using an intranasal attenuated Salmonella vector. Veterinary Journal.  doi:10.1016/j.tujl.2009.05.001.

Tiwari, R. and J.F. Timoney.  2008. Streptococcus equi bacteriophage SeP9 binds to group C  carbohydrate but is not infective for the closely related S. zooepidemicus. Vet. Microbiol. 135:304-307.

Pesavento, P.A., K.F. Hurley, M.J. Bannasch, S. Artiushin and J.F. Timoney. 2008. A  clonal outbreak of acute hemorrhagic pneumonia in intensively housed (shelter)  dogs caused by Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus. Vet. Pathol. 45:51-53.

Kumar,  P. and J.F. Timoney. 2008. Histomorphology of the subcommissural organ of the  horse, Indian J. of Animal Sciences. 78:1227-30.

Verma, A., S.R. Rathinam, C.  Gowri Priya, V.R. Muthukkaruppan, B. Stevenson Brian and J.F. Timoney. 2008.  LruA and LruB antibodies in sera of humans with leptospiral uveitis. Clin.  Vaccine Immunol. 15:1019-1023.

Timoney,  J.F. and P. Kumar. 2008. Early pathogenesis of equine Streptococcus equi infection (strangles), Eq. Vet. J. 40:  637-642.

Tiwari, R., A. Qin,  S. Artiushin and J.F. Timoney. 2007. Se18.9, an antiphagocytic factor H-binding  protein of Streptococcus equi. Vet.  Microbiol. 121:105-115.

Timoney, J.F., J. Yang, J. Liu,  and C. Merant. 2007. IdeE reduces the bactericidal activity of equine  neutrophils for Streptococcus equi. Vet. Immunol. and Immunopathol. 122:76-82.

Timoney, J.F.,  A. Qin, S. Muthupalani, and S. Artiushin. 2007. Vaccine potential of novel  surface exposed and secreted proteins of Streptococcus  equi. Vaccine 25:5583-5590.

Verma, A., J. Hellwage, S.  Artiushin, P.F. Ziffel, P. Kraiczy, J.F. Timoney and B. Stevenson. 2006. LfhA,  a novel factor H-binding protein of Leptospira interrogans. Infect. Immun. 74:2659-66.

Breathnach, C.C, M.R. Yeargan,  J.F. Timoney and G.P. Allen. 2006. Detection of equine herpesvirus-specific  effector and memory cytotoxic immunity in the equine upper respiratory tract.  Vet. Immunol. Immunopathol. 111:117-25.