Virginia Fajt
Clinical Professor Department of Veterinary Physiology & PharmacologyResearch and Scholarly Interests
Veterinary clinical pharmacology, food animal pharmacology, antimicrobial stewardship and antibiotic resistance, veterinary education, pharmacology education in Biomedical Sciences (BIMS), Professional Veterinary Student Education, Pharmacology
EDUCATION
B.A., Kalamazoo College, 1984
D.V.M., Auburn University, 1995
Ph.D., Iowa State University, 2000
Diplomat, American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology
CREDENTIALS
- American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology, 2004 - 2004, Board Certified
- Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology
- Veterinary Education
- Education
- Food Animal
- Pharmacology
Link to Scholars @ TAMU profile: https://scholars.library.tamu.edu/vivo/display/naed06733/Persons/View%20All
Virginia Fajt is not accepting trainees at this time.
Washburn K, Fajt V, Plummer P, Coetzee J, Washburn S (2014). Plasma concentrations of chlortetracycline following oral administration to sheep for eight days
Fajt VR, Murphy CP, Wickwire P, Foster MJ, McEwen SA, Scott HM (2013). A scoping review of the peer-reviewed literature in human populations and in vitro for potential non-antimicrobial interventions to reduce antimicrobial resistance in cattle
Fajt VR (2013). Animal Medicinal Drug Use Clarification Act, Extralabel Drug Use, and Residue Avoidance
Washburn KE, Bissett WT, Waldron DF, Fajt VR (2013). Serologic and bacteriologic culture prevalence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in goats and sheep and use of Bayesian analysis to determine value of assay results for prediction of future infection. J AM VET MED ASSOC. 7, 997-1002
Fajt VR, Wagner SA, Norby B (2011). Analgesic drug administration and attitudes about analgesia in cattle among bovine practitioners in the United States. J AM VET MED ASSOC. 6, 755-67
Fajt VR (2011). Drug laws and regulations for sheep and goats. VET CLIN NORTH AM FOOD ANIM PRACT. 1, 1-21
Martens RJ, Cohen ND, Fajt VR, Nerren JR, Chaffin MK, Taylor RJ, Bernstein LR (2010). Gallium maltolate: safety in neonatal foals following multiple enteral administrations. J VET PHARMACOL THER. 2, 208-12
Fajt VR, Van House AM, Honnas CM (2010). What is the evidence? In horses with septic bursitis for which the organism has not yet been identified, is IV regional perfusion with amikacin or cefotaxime likely to be effective? J AM VET MED ASSOC. 6, 636-8
Rollo SN, Norby B, Bartlett PC, Scott HM, Wilson DL, Fajt VR, Linz JE, Bunner CE, Kaneene JB, Huber JC Jr (2010). Prevalence and patterns of antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter spp isolated from pigs reared under antimicrobial-free and conventional production methods in eight states in the Midwestern United States. J AM VET MED ASSOC. 2, 201-10
Alali WQ, Scott HM, Christian KL, Fajt VR, Harvey RB, Lawhorn DB (2009). Relationship between level of antibiotic use and resistance among Escherichia coli isolates from integrated multi-site cohorts of humans and swine. PREV VET MED. 3-4, 160-7
Fajt VR (2007). Regulation of drugs used in feedlot diets. VET CLIN NORTH AM FOOD ANIM PRACT. 2, 299-307
Washburn KE, Bissett W, Fajt V, Clubb F, Fosgate GT, Libal M, Smyre KE, Cass KL (2007). The safety of tulathromycin administration in goats. J VET PHARMACOL THER. 3, 267-70
Kochevar DT, Fajt V (2006). Evidence-based decision making in small animal therapeutics. VET CLIN NORTH AM SMALL ANIM PRACT. 5, 943-59
Fajt VR, Brown D, Scott MM (2009). Practicing the skills of evidence-based veterinary medicine through case-based pharmacology rounds. J VET MED EDUC. 2, 186-95
Washburn K, Fajt VR, Plummer P, Coetzee JF, Wulf LW, Washburn S (2014). Pharmacokinetics of oral chlortetracycline in nonpregnant adult ewes. J VET PHARMACOL THER.
Santonastaso A, Hardy J, Cohen N, Fajt V (2014). Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of xylazine administered by the intravenous or intra-osseous route in adult horses. J VET PHARMACOL THER.
Xu S, Wei J, Wang F, Kong LY, Ling XY, Nduom E, Gabrusiewicz K, Doucette T, Yang Y, Yaghi NK, Fajt V, Levine JM, Qiao W, Li XG, Lang FF, Rao G, Fuller GN, Calin GA, Heimberger AB (2014). Effect of miR-142-3p on the M2 macrophage and therapeutic efficacy against murine glioblastoma. J NATL CANCER INST. 8,
Levine JM, Cohen ND, Heller M, Fajt VR, Levine GJ, Kerwin SC, Trivedi AA, Fandel TM, Werb Z, Modestino A, Noble-Haeusslein LJ (2014). Efficacy of a metalloproteinase inhibitor in spinal cord injured dogs. PLOS ONE. 5,
Fajt VR, Scott HM, McIntosh WA, Dean WR, Vincent VC (2013). Survey of instructors teaching about antimicrobial resistance in the veterinary professional curriculum in the United States. J VET MED EDUC. 1, 35-44
Arnold C, Chaffin MK, Cohen N, Fajt VR, Taylor RJ, Bernstein LR (2010). Pharmacokinetics of gallium maltolate after intragastric administration in adult horses. AM J VET RES. 11, 1371-6
Chaffin MK, Fajt V, Martens RJ, Arnold CE, Cohen ND, O'Conor M, Taylor RJ, Bernstein LR (2010). Pharmacokinetics of an orally administered methylcellulose formulation of gallium maltolate in neonatal foals. J VET PHARMACOL THER. 4, 376-82
Washburn KE, Fajt VR, Lawhon SD, Adams LG, Tell LA, Bissett WT (2013). Caprine abscess model of tulathromycin concentrations in interstitial fluid from tissue chambers inoculated with Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis following subcutaneous or intrachamber administration. ANTIMICROB AGENTS CHEMOTHER. 12, 6295-304
Fisher AC, Fajt VR, Gresham VC, Green KK, Kraemer DC (2013). Uterine infection in a cat research colony. LAB ANIM (NY). 10, 365-7
Lawhon SD, Taylor A, Fajt VR (2013). Frequency of resistance in obligate anaerobic bacteria isolated from dogs, cats, and horses to antimicrobial agents. J CLIN MICROBIOL. 11, 3804-10
Fajt VR (2014). Developing connections among pharmacology instructors at multiple institutions: workshops, electronic connections, and creation of Day One competencies
Fajt VR (2014). Evidence-based veterinary medicine: where does it belong in the veterinary curriculum, and how should it be integrated?
Washburn KE, Bissett WT, Fajt VR, Libal MC, Fosgate GT, Miga JA, Rockey KM (2009). Comparison of three treatment regimens for sheep and goats with caseous lymphadenitis. J AM VET MED ASSOC. 9, 1162-6
Fajt VR (2003). Regulatory considerations in the United States. VET CLIN NORTH AM FOOD ANIM PRACT. 3, 695-705
Fajt VR, Apley MD, Roth JA, Frank DE, Brogden KA, Skogerboe TL, Shostrom VK, Chin YL (2003). The effects of danofloxacin and tilmicosin on neutrophil function and lung consolidation in beef heifer calves with induced Pasteurella (Mannheimia) haemolytica pneumonia. J VET PHARMACOL THER. 3, 173-9
Fajt VR (2001). Label and extra label drug use in small ruminants. VET CLIN NORTH AM FOOD ANIM PRACT. 2, 403-20
Fajt VR, Apley MD (2001). Antimicrobial issues in bovine lameness. VET CLIN NORTH AM FOOD ANIM PRACT. 1, 159-73
Fajt VR, Apley MD, Roth JA, Frank DA, Skogerboe TL, Karle VK, Dayton AD (2000). Effects of danofloxacin and tilmicosin on circulating neutrophils in beef heifers. J VET PHARMACOL THER. 3, 181-7
Fajt VR (2008). Skills and competencies required by veterinary pharmacologists: a blueprint for graduate education in veterinary pharmacology in North America. J VET PHARMACOL THER. 1, 22-30
Fajt VR, Apley MD, Brogden KA, Skogerboe TL, Shostrom VK, Chin YL (2004). Effect of danofloxacin and tilmicosin on body temperatures of beef calves with pneumonia experimentally induced by inoculation with Mannheimia haemolytica. AM J VET RES. 5, 610-5
Apley MD, Fajt VR (1998). Feedlot therapeutics. VET CLIN NORTH AM FOOD ANIM PRACT. 2, 291-313
Meyers-Wallen VN, Bowman L, Acland GM, Palmer VL, Schlafer D, Fajt V (1995). Sry-negative XX sex reversal in the German shorthaired pointer dog. J HERED. 5, 369-74
Washburn KE, Bissett WT, Waldron DF, Fajt VR (2013). Serologic and bacteriologic culture prevalence of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis infection in goats and sheep and use of Bayesian analysis to determine value of assay results for prediction of future infection. J AM VET MED ASSOC. 7, 997-1002
Albarzanchi AM, Sayes CM, Ridha Albarzanchi MT, Fajt VR, Dees WL, Kraemer DC (2013). Cilostazol blocks pregnancy in naturally cycling mice. CONTRACEPTION. 4, 443-8
Fajt VR, Wagner SA, Norby B (2011). Analgesic drug administration and attitudes about analgesia in cattle among bovine practitioners in the United States. J AM VET MED ASSOC. 6, 755-67
Fajt VR, Wagner SA, Pederson LL, Norby B (2011). The effect of intramuscular injection of dinoprost or gonadotropin-releasing hormone in dairy cows on beef quality. J ANIM SCI. 6, 1939-43
Fajt VR (2011). Drug laws and regulations for sheep and goats. VET CLIN NORTH AM FOOD ANIM PRACT. 1, 1-21
Martens RJ, Cohen ND, Fajt VR, Nerren JR, Chaffin MK, Taylor RJ, Bernstein LR (2010). Gallium maltolate: safety in neonatal foals following multiple enteral administrations. J VET PHARMACOL THER. 2, 208-12
Rollo SN, Norby B, Bartlett PC, Scott HM, Wilson DL, Fajt VR, Linz JE, Bunner CE, Kaneene JB, Huber JC Jr (2010). Prevalence and patterns of antimicrobial resistance in Campylobacter spp isolated from pigs reared under antimicrobial-free and conventional production methods in eight states in the Midwestern United States. J AM VET MED ASSOC. 2, 201-10
O'Connor A, Fajt V (2015). Evaluating treatment options for common bovine diseases using published data and clinical experience. VET CLIN NORTH AM FOOD ANIM PRACT. 1, 1-15
Murphy CP, Fajt VR, Scott HM, Foster MJ, Wickwire P, McEWEN SA (2015). Scoping review to identify potential non-antimicrobial interventions to mitigate antimicrobial resistance in commensal enteric bacteria in North American cattle production systems. EPIDEMIOL INFECT., 1-18
Jones ML, Washburn KE, Fajt VR, Rice S, Coetzee JF (2015). Synovial fluid pharmacokinetics of tulathromycin, gamithromycin and florfenicol after a single subcutaneous dose in cattle. BMC VET RES. 11, 26
Washburn K, Fajt VR, Coetzee JF, Rice S, Wulf LW, Washburn S (2015). Pharmacokinetics of tulathromycin in nonpregnant adult ewes. J VET PHARMACOL THER. 4, 414-6
Suzanne Shurtz, Virginia Fajt, Erla P Heyns, Hannah F Norton, Sandra Weingart (2016). Teaching Evidence-Based Veterinary Medicine in the US and Canada. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION.
Jordan D Tayce, Suzanne Burnham, Glennon Mays, Juan Carlos Robles, Donald J Brightsmith, Virginia R Fajt, Dan Posey (2016). Developing Cultural Competence through the Introduction of Medical Spanish into the Veterinary Curriculum. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION.
D Love, P Gibbons, V Fajt, M Jones (2016). Pharmacokinetics of single-dose oral ponazuril in weanling goats. JOURNAL OF VETERINARY PHARMACOLOGY AND THERAPEUTICS. 3, 305-8
Ahmed M Taiyeb, Saeeda A Muhsen-Alanssari, Duane C Kraemer, Olivia Ash, Virginia Fajt, Mundhir T Ridha-Albarzanchi (2015). Cilostazol blocks pregnancy in naturally cycling swine: An animal model. LIFE SCIENCES., 92-6
Jeff D Ondrak, Meredyth L Jones, Virginia R Fajt (2015). Temperatures of storage areas in large animal veterinary practice vehicles in the summer and comparison with drug manufacturers' storage recommendations. BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH., 248
C P Murphy, V R Fajt, H M Scott, M J Foster, P Wickwire, S A McEwen (2015). Scoping review to identify potential non-antimicrobial interventions to mitigate antimicrobial resistance in commensal enteric bacteria in North American cattle production systems. EPIDEMIOLOGY AND INFECTION. 1, 1-18
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