Discipline:

Veterinary Pathology and Histology. Emphasis on avian diseases and avian histology. 

Research:

• Histopathology of avian infectious diseases with emphasis on the lymphoid system
• Diagnostic avian histopathology. 

Teaching Experience

1987-present     Teach graduate courses and graduate special projects in                               Comparative Histology, Avian Histopathology, and                               Comparative Histopathology

Professional Honors:

University of Delaware
      College of Agriculture Sciences Superior Research Performance          Award – 1992 

         Medal of Achievement, Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. – 2007   

Professional Organizations:

American Veterinary Medical Association
Charles L. Davis, D.V.M. Foundation
Mark L. Morris Animal Foundation
American Association of Avian Pathologists
American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians
Council for Agricultural Science and Technology
Delmarva Poultry Incorporated – Poultry Heath Committee

Publications: 

• E. Spackman, C. R. Pope, S. S. Cloud, and J. K. Rosenberger. 2003.  The Effects of Avian Leukosis Virus Subgroup J on Broiler Chicken Performance and Response to Vaccination.  Avian Diseases, 47:618-626.
• Isaac R. Rodriguez-Chavez, John K. Rosenberger, Sandra S. Cloud, and Conrad R. Pope. 2002.  Characterization of the antigenic, immunogenic, and pathogenic variation of infectious bursal disease virus due to propagation in different host systems (bursa, embryo, and cell culture). III. Pathogenicity.  Avian Pathology, 31:485-492.

• Ladman, B. S., C. R. Pope, A. F. Ziegler, T. Swieczkowski, J. M. Callahan, S. Davison, and J. Gelb, Jr.  2002.  Protection of chickens following live and inactivated virus vaccination against challenge with nepthropathogenic infectious bronchitis virus PA/Wolgemuth/98.  Avian Diseases, 46:938-944.

• E. Spackman, S. S. Cloud, C. R. Pope, and J. K. Rosenberger. 2002.  Comparison of a Putative Second Serotype of Chicken Infectious Anemia Virus with a Prototypical Isolate I. Pathogenesis.  Avian Diseases, 46:945-955.

• Emara, M. G., M. A. Abdellatif, D. L. Pollock, M. Sadjadi, S. S. Cloud, C. R. Pope, J. K. Rosenberger, and H. Kim. 2001.  Genetic Variation in Susceptibility to Marek’s Disease in a Commercial Broiler Population.  Avian Diseases, 45:400-409.