Nobuko Wakamatsu-Utsuki, DVM, PhD, DACVP, DACPV

Contact Info

Clinical Professor
Anatomic Pathologist/Pathology Section Head

Department of Comparative Pathobiology | Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory
Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine
625 Harrison Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907

765-494-7473
nutsuki@purdue.edu

Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory | National Library of Medicine Publications

Education

2005 - PhD | Veterinary Pathology, University of Georgia
2000 - BVSc | Veterinary Science/Medicine, Kitasato University

Experience

2024–Present | Clinical Professor, Purdue University
2020–2024 | Clinical Associate Professor, Purdue University
2012–2020 | Associate Professor, Louisiana State University
2007–2012 | Assistant Professor, Louisiana State University
2005–2007 | Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

Certifications

• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists
• Diplomate, American College of Poultry Veterinarians

Areas of Interest

• Avian Pathology and Avian Diagnostics
• Diagnostic Pathology
• Avian and Non-Domestic Animal Pathology

Selected Publications

• Wakamatsu N, King DJ, Seal BS, Samal SK, Brown CC. The pathogenesis of Newcastle disease: A comparison of selected Newcastle disease virus wild-type strains and their infectious clones. Virology, 353(2): 333-343, 2006.
• Wakamatsu N, Collins JB, Parker JS, Tessema M, Clayton NP, Ton TT, Hong HL, Belinsky S, Devereux TR, Sills RC, Lahousse SA. Gene expression studies demonstrate that the K-ras/Erk MAP kinase signal transduction pathway and other novel pathways contribute to the pathogenesis of cumen-induced lung tumors. Toxicologic Pathology, 36:743-752, 2008.
• Beaufrère H, Nevarez JG, Holder K, Pariaut R, Tully TN, Wakamatsu N. Characterization and classification of psittacine atherosclerotic lesions by histopathology, digital image analysis, transmission and scanning electron microscopy. Avian Pathology 40:531-544, 2011.
• Higbie C, Bennett RA, Wakamatsu N, Baumruck RA, Rademacher N, Nevarez JG, Magee AN, Langohr IM. Semen-matrix calculi in a juvenile chinchilla (Chinchilla lanigera). Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine, 28:69-75, 2019.
• Berg K, Anderson A, Wakamatsu N, Tully TN. What if your diagnosis? Sarcocystis encephalitis in a Moluccan cockatoo (Cacatua moluccensis). Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 33:314-320, 2019.
• Lewis BW, Vo T, Choudhary I, Kidder A, Bathula C, Ehre C, Wakamatsu N, Patial S, Saini Y. Ablation of IL33 suppresses Th2 responses, but with sustained mucus obstruction, in the Scnn1b transgenic mouse model. The Journal of Immunology, 204:1650-1660, 2020.
• Patial S, Higbie C, Tully TN, Wakamatsu N. Proximal hind limb leiomyosarcoma with disseminated metastasis in a budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus). Journal of Exotic Pet Medicine. 35:101-102, 2020.
• Sullivan JL, Wakamatsu N, Yin J-H, Roberts T, Bennett RA. Assessment of a vessel and tissue-sealing device for ovariectomy in chickens to evaluate the potential application of the procedure to other avian species. American Journal of Veterinary Research. 82:310-317, 2021.