Anne Lichtenwalner, DVM PhD

Director, UM Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

University of Maine

17 Godfrey Drive
University of Maine
Orono, ME 04473

(w) (207) 581-2789

About

Anne Lichtenwalner DVM PhD is an Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension and the School of Food and Agriculture, and cooperating faculty in the Honors College as well as the School of Biology and Ecology at the University of Maine at Orono. Since 2008, Dr. Lichtenwalner has been the director and diagnostician for the University of Maine Veterinary Diagnostic Lab (UMVDL). She is involved in research about, and service to, Maine animal industries. She conducts translational research in the fields of infectious diseases and parasitology, involving students in these efforts. Due to the diverse nature of agriculture in Maine, and due to the close proximity of farms and wild lands, she studies both domestic and wildlife species. Current and past funded research includes studies of common ovine infectious and parasitic diseases, moose lung parasites, shellfish pathogens, lobster immune modulation, algal mastitis, zoonotic pathogen prevalence in wild turkeys and chlamydia immunopathology in mammalian hosts. She is a member of the One Health and the Environment initiative within the College of Natural Sciences, Forestry and Agriculture.