Areas of Expertise

• Viral diseases of food producing and companion animals
• Immunity and pathogenesis of viral infections of animals
• Diagnosis of viral infections
• Antibody induced conformational change of viral proteins, and its impact on immunity

Graduate Students
Arsheep Mann
Manjit Pannu
Mohammed Abo El-Khair

Selected Publications

Parkyn, G., Tolari, F., Cepica A., 2003 A possible novel mechanism of in vivo persistence. Proceedings from the 6th International Congress of Veterinary Virology - Virus persistence and evolution, 63, Saint-Malo, France, 24th-27th August.

Cepica, A. Ethics in research. Vet. Med. Czech - Centaur, 2003, Pages 1-25.
http://centaur.vri.cz/news/prilohy/pril84.pdf.

Cepica, A., Beauregard, M., Qian, B. Fluorescence Spectroscopy Monitoring of the Conformational Restraint of Proteins in Formaldehyde and Glutaraldehyde Treated Virus. Vaccine. 1998 Dec;16(20):1957-61.

A.A. Herreweg, R.J. de Groot, A. Cepica, H.F. Egberink, M.C. Horzinek, and P.J.M. Rottier. 1995 Detection of Feline Coronavirus RNA in Feces, Tissues and Body Fluids of Naturally Infected Cats by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction. J. Clin. Microbiol. Mar; 33(3): 684-9.

A. Cepica, C. Yason, G. Ralling; 1990. The use of ELISA for detection of the antibody-induced conformational change in a viral protein and its intermolecular spread. J. Virol. Methods, 28, 1-1