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Tom Swerzek, DVM
Enhancement of Natural Healing
Thomas W. Swerczek, DVM, PhD
Professor
Department of Veterinary Science
College of Agriculture
University of Kentucky
EDUCATION:
BS 1962 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
DVM 1964 Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas
MS 1966 Nutritional Pathology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
PhD 1969 Comparative pathology, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
POSITIONS:
1969-1973: Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Science, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
1973-1977: Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Science, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
1978-2003 Professor, Department of Veterinary Science, College of Agriculture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky.
Dr. Swerczek is a veterinary pathologist in the Department of Veterinary Science, University of Kentucky. He has researched and discovered the etiology and pathogenesis of several diseases of animals including wildlife, small animals, livestock and horses. His studies include the relationship between nutrition and infectious and metabolic diseases of livestock. He has shown that mineral and electrolyte imbalances are responsible for many emerging metabolic and infectious diseases of livestock.
Dr. Swerczek pointed out nearly 30 years ago that the over use of antibiotics and disinfectants may lead to super-bacterial infections and resistant bacteria and fungi. That prediction is now a reality as many bacteria and fungi are currently resistant to nearly all available antibiotics and antifungal drugs.
Dr. Swerczek was the first to isolate the Contagious Equine Metritis Organism in the United States, and he was the first to isolate the antibiotic sensitive CEM organism and to point out that this bacterium became resistant to antibiotics and spread world-wide after it become resistant to antibiotics. He used the bacterium as a model to develop alternative methods for the treatment and prevention of bacterial and fungal infections of wounds and the reproductive tract.
Dr. Swerczek will discuss the relationship between nutrition and infectious diseases of livestock and the importance of mineral and electrolyte balances for the prevention of metabolic and infectious diseases of animals. Also, he will discuss the development and use of natural nutrients for the prevention and treatment of pathogenic microorganisms in wounds of the skin, external genitalia and reproductive tract of animals. |
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