Members of staff

Dorina Timofte is a veterinarian who qualified (DVM) from Iasi University, Romania in 1991. She undertook her postgraduate studies in microbiology working on Campylobacter species isolated from farm animals and their implication in public health. In 1998, Dorina was awarded a PhD and subsequently she was appointed Lecturer in Microbiology at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, Iasi where she worked until June 2004 when she moved to Liverpool. In 2009, Dorina took responsibility for providing the clinical bacteriology/mycology diagnostic service. She is also involved in the veterinary undergraduate microbiology teaching at the School of Veterinary Science in Liverpool. She continues to publish her research in several areas of veterinary clinical microbiology.

Selected publications

Solcan G, Carp-Carare M, Guguianu E, Timofte D, Carp-Carare C, Solcan C, 2001: Therapeutical approaches of canine deep pyoderma. Buletinul Universitătii de Stiinte Agricole si Medicină Veterinară Cluj-Napoca, Seria Medicină Veterinară 55/56,146-149.

Ruginosu E, Carp-Cărare M, Timofte D, Sofronie M, Bădelită C, 2001: Investigations on the dynamics of uterus bacterial flora in puerperal cows. Cercetări Agronomice în Moldova 33,133-140.

Guguianu E, Nicolai V, Timofte D, Carp-Cărare C, 2002: Cultivation, identification and antibiotic resistance of Penibacillus larvae varietas larvae. Lucrări Stiinifice - Medicină Veterinară, USAMV, Iasi 45,560-564.

Hritcu LD, Timofte D, 2002: Clinical and paraclinical investigations regarding bacterial flora in cats with urolythiasis and the reaction to antibiotics treatment. Lucrări Stiinifice - Medicină Veterinară, Universitatea de Stiinte Agricole si Medicină Veterinară "Ion Ionescu de la Brad", Iasi 45, 357-365.

Evans NJ, Bown K, Timofte D, Simpson VR, Birtles RJ, 2009. Borreliosis due to a relapsing fever spirochete in a British bat. Emerg Infect Dis 15,1331-1333.

Evans, NJ, Brown JM, Demirkan I, Singh P, Getty B, Timofte D, Vink WD, Murray RD, Blowey RW, Birtles RJ, Hart CA, Carter SD, 2009. Association of unique, isolated treponemes with bovine digital dermatitis lesions. J Clin Microbiol 47,689-696.

Evans NJ, Timofte D, Carter SD, Brown J M, Scholey RS, Read D, Blowey RW, 2010. The association of treponemes with bovine ulcerative mammary dermatitis. Vet Rec 166,532-533.

Evans NJ, Blowey RW, Timofte D, Isherwood DR, Brown JM, Murray R, Paton RJ, Carter SD, 2011. Association between bovine digital dermatitis treponemes and a range of 'non-healing' bovine hoof disorders. Veterinary Rec 168, 214

Timofte D, Dandrieux J, Wattret A, Fick J, Williams NJ, 2011. Detection of extended-spectrum-{beta}-lactamase-positive Escherichia coli in bile isolates from two dogs with bacterial cholangiohepatitis. J Clin Microbiol 49, 3411-3414.

Members of Staff contributing to the Microbiology Services

The School has particular research strengths in infectious diseases and a range of colleagues provide their expertise to expand and improve the Diagnostic Microbiology Services.

  • Prof M Bennett, BVSc, PhD, FRCPath, DiplECVPH, MRCVS - Professor of Veterinary Pathology
  • Professor J M Bradbury, BSc, MSc, PhD - Emeritus Professor (Mycoplasmology)
  • Dr P Wigley, BSc PhD - Reader (Bacteriology, Immunology)
  • Dr N Williams, BSc (hons), PhD - Senior Lecturer in Bacterial Zoonotic Diseases
  • Dr Z Woldehiwet, DVM, PhD, MRCVS - Reader (Bacteriology, Virology)