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Nancy A. Dreschel

Nancy A. Dreschel

Instructor, Small Animal Sciences
Undergraduate Adviser
Advisor for Students for the Responsible Use of Animals (SRUA)

Special Interests: Animal Behavior, Veterinary Medicine, Human-Animal Interactions

312 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building
voice: 814-863-4197
fax:    814-865-7442
e-mail: nad5@psu.edu

Education:

PhD 2007 Biobehavioral Health, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Thesis title: The Biobehavioral Effects of Stress Related to Fear and Anxiety in Domestic Canines.

DVM 1989 Cornell University, New York State College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY Senior Seminar Title: The Epidemiology of White Muscle Disease in Sheep in Morocco

BS 1986 Animal Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Classes Taught

An Sc 215 Pets in Society (On-line and Residence)

An Sc 305 Companion Animal Nutrition and Management

An Sc 315 Small Animal Health and Disease

Employment

Instructor, Small Animal Sciences Department of Dairy and Animal Science, Penn State University 2004- Present

Project Coordinator, Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant Department of Biobehavioral Health University Park, PA 1999- 2004

Small Animal Veterinarian 1992- 2004 State College, PA; Depew, NY

Mixed-Practice Veterinarian 1989-1991 Hermitage and Conneaut Lake, PA

Selected Publications

Dreschel, N.A. & Granger, D.A. Methods of collection for salivary cortisol measurement in dogs. Hormones and Behavior, 55 (2009): 163-168.

Dreschel, N.A. & Granger, D.A. Physiological and behavioral reactivity to stress in thunderstorm-phobic dogs and their caregivers. Applied Animal Behaviour Science, 95 (2005): 153-168.

Granger, D. A., Dreschel, N. A., & Shirtcliff, E. A. Developmental Psychoneuroimmunology: The Role of Cytokine Network Activation in the Epigenesis of Developmental Psychopathology. In D. Cicchetti & E. Walker (eds). Neurodevelopmental mechanisms in the genesis and epigenesis of psychopathology. Cambridge University Press: New York. (2003)

Hood, Kathryn E., Dreschel, Nancy A.., Granger, Douglas A.. Maternal Behavior Changes after Immune Challenge of Neonates with Developmental Effects on Adult Social Behavior. Developmental Psychobiology, 42 (2003):17-34.

Granger, Douglas A., Hood, Katherine E., Dreschel, Nancy A., Sergeant, Eric, Likos, Andrea. Developmental effects of early immune stress on aggressive, socially reactive, and inhibited behaviors. Development and Psychopathology, 13 (2001), 597-608.

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