Kevin Keel
Veterinary pathologist, conservation advocate, wildlife-disease scientist, outdoorsman. And I love parasites, but especially the metazoans!
Scientific, one-health and naturalist content.
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- Beautiful representation of feather follicles from a chickadee. A happy accident from the histology lab. They are not supposed to be sectioned obliquely but it makes them look pretty interesting in an abstract sort of way. 🪶
- Submit your case for the Wildlife Pathology Workshop at #WDA2025 📅 Deadline for slide submission: June 9 🔬 Focus: Gross & histopathology of wildlife cases 📍 Held during the WDA Annual Meeting #VeterinaryPathology #WildlifeHealth #OneHealth wda2025.com/event/wda-an...
- With 1,000 dairy herds affected by avian influenza and the disease regularly changing, the absence of this program is going to hurt. www.reuters.com/business/hea...
- California is no stranger to domoic acid, but this year it's much worse much earlier. Stranded pinnipeds often exhibit listlessness, head bobbing, disorientation and seizures. Mortality rates are estimated to be ~25% www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-stor... #VetMed #MarineMammal #VetPath
- Well, shit. This is going to cost us a lot more than the money saved. For the price of 38 Abrams tanks, #FAO has gotten a hell of a lot done with support from the U.S. kbhbradio.com/funding-term... #VetMed #AnimalHealth #OneHealth
- This seems a bit obvious, but it's a very cool illustration of the idea. I tried to figure out where it was first published, but all I found were many social media posts with the image. Guilty!
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- Not a new article, but it's worth posting again just in case you missed it. Bullfrogs are normally tadpoles for 2 or 3 years. Something disrupted this one's metamorphosis so it just kept on growing! I love the references for scale! #frogs #wildlife www.americanscientist.org/blog/from-th...
- If only we had a vaccine for ignorance. But, wait! We do!! Or, at least we did. Unfortunately, critical thinking and education, it would seem, are passé. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...
- An exhibitionist egret on display. These courtship threads beat millinery any day. Populations of common #egrets (and other spp.) were once decimated so we could put their nuptial plumes in women’s hats. Goshen Swamp, Liberty Co, Georgia. #birds #wildlife #NaturePhotography #Photography
- These are some crazy kidneys! You don't have to be a pathologist to think these lesions are beautiful! I have suspicions as to pathogenesis, but histo will tell. 9-yo dog. Clinicians susp granulomatous osteomyelitis of lumbar v but no gross lesions were evident. #pathsky #vetpath #RenalPath
- It's that time of year again! The #egrets are getting frisky. My parents are lucky enough to have a rookery in their backyard. Common egret, Liberty Co, #Georgia #birds #nature #wildlife #NaturePhotography #Nikon #swamp
- Here's a case you don’t see every day! A hepatic sarcoma in a rat caused by tapeworm larvae. Taenia taeniaformis infestation with chronic inflammation and spindle-cell proliferation paves the way for neoplastic transformation. Nature is weird sometimes! #skypath #vetpath #parasites
- I should have mentioned that RFK is the other well known cat who had a tapeworm larvae in his brain. This cat will survive. Luckily, he's not likely to seek a career in politics. That was a pretty big hole in his brain! #VetPath #Histopathology #Parasites bsky.app/profile/ucpa...
- Coolest biopsy of the week! A coenurus from the brain of a cat. This tapeworm larvae has multiple invaginated scolices. The cat was doing well when discharged 7 days post op. #VetPath #PathSky #Parasites #Histopathology
- Coolest biopsy of the week! A coenurus from the brain of a cat. This tapeworm larvae has multiple invaginated scolices. The cat was doing well when discharged 7 days post op. #VetPath #PathSky #Parasites #Histopathology
- The great-tailed grackle. My most favorite of all the grackles. Look at that tail! Look at that beak! He is seems pretty proud of the whole package. Woodland, CA. I wonder how long before they try to change the name to Quiscalus americanus. #birds #wildlifephotography #naturephotography
- Looking for opinions on this (alleged) ovarian mass from a garter snake. I presume the amphophilic material is redundant basement membrane. Could this be a granulosa cell tumor? We have seen those in snakes (incl garter snakes) but this one is odd. #pathsky #vetpath #veterinary #tumor #repro
- What's your diagnosis? American crow with a lesion on the back of the shank. I've seen this bird every day for a week and a half. #VetPath #AvianDisease #Veterinary #DermPath
- Normally we go to Lake Solano (Yolo Co, California) to see the migrator waterfowl, especially the buffleheads and goldeneye. This day the #RiverOtters were putting on more of a show. #mammals #WildlifePhotography #Nikon #wildlife
- A new kind of box #fish? Nope! It's much more interesting. This fishy cell has been stained with an antibody specific for rabies. They don't call it neurotropic for nothing! Antigen fills the cytoplasm but spares the nucleus creating a stark contrast betw the two.🧪 #histopath #PathSky #VetPath
- It's a couple of years old but this is a great review of #rabies #virus #pathogenesis and #immune evasion. A student's question on antibody response prompted me to dig a little deeper in the literature. Who doesn't appreciate a good review article? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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- A beautiful cleared example of Fascioloides magna that was submitted to the vet school. The large liver fluke leads to condemnation of beef livers and can cause significant disease in sheep and goats. I see it in white-tailed #deer, who don't seem affected. #veterinary #parasitology #trematode
- Here is an awesome case from our #histopathology conference this morning! Lung from a #macaque. What's your dx? The residents hate it when I say, "It's a classic". But it is! 😊 #VetPath #PathSky #lung #parasites
- FFS! Do NOT start calling this "Zombie Deer Disease"!! It is chronic-wasting disease (CWD). It's bad enough without giving screwball false impressions to the public. #deer #CWD #Veterinary #prion #SciComm www.11alive.com/article/life...
- Last night friends asked me about the genetic test for intervertebral disk #disease (IVDD) in #dogs. I'm proud to say this comes from my department. Fibroblast growth factor 4 (FGF4) retrogene insertion on chromosome 12 (CFA12) #Science #VetPath #neurology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
