Pathologist and Head of Department of Pathology
National Zoological Park
Smithsonian Institution
PO Box 37012
MRC 551
Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
rmontali@nzp.si.edu
Research Interests
My research interests include indentification, epidemiology, clincal and pathological aspects and control of infectious diseases in mammals and birds.
Current Research Projects
My current research projects include herpesvirus and tuberculosis in elephants, arenaviruses and other infectious diseases of Callitrichidae, mycobacterial infection in avians and tree kangaroos and caninine distemper in exotic carnivores.
Recent Publications
Montali, R.J., Bush, M., Cromie, R., Holland, S.M., Maslow, J.N., Worley, M., Witebsky, F.G., and Phillips, T.M.: Primary Mycobacterium avium Complex Infection Correlate with Lowered Cellular Immune Reactivity in Matschie's Tree Kangaroos (Dendrolagus matschiei). Journal of Infectious Diseases, 178(6):1719-1725, 1998.
Montali, Richard J., Spelman, Lucy, Cambre, Richard, Chatterjee, Delphi, and Mikota, Susan: Factors Influencing Interpretation of Indirect Testing Methods for Tuberculosis in Elephants. AAZV Proceedings, 109-112, 1998.
Williams, Elizabeth S. and Montali, Richard J.. Vaccination of black-footed ferret x Siberian polecat hybrids against canine distemper with recombinant and modified-live virus vaccines. Wildlife Disease Association, August, 1998.
Montali, R.J., and Bush, M.: Diseases of the Callitrichidae. M. Fowler and E. Miller, eds., Zoo and Wild Animal Medicine, Current Therapy 4, W.B. Saunders & Co., Philadelphia, 369*376, 1999.
Richman, L.K., Montali, R.J., Garber, R.L., Kennedy, M.A., Lehnhardt, J., Hildebrandt, T., Schmitt, D., Hardy, D., Alcendor, D.J., and Hayward, G.S.: Novel Endotheliotropic Herpesviruses Fatal for Asian and African Elephants. Science, 283:1171*1176, February 19, 1999
Montali, R.J.: Important Aspects of Zoonotic Diseases in Zoo and Wildlife Species. Verh. ber. Erkrg. Zootiere 39, 149*155, 1999.
Richman, L.K., Montali, R.J., Cambre, R.C., Schmitt, D., Hardy, D., Hildebrandt, T., Bengis, R.G., Hamzeh, F.M., Shahkolahi, A., and Hayward, G.S.: Clinical and Pathological Findings of a Newly Recognized Disease of Elephants Caused by Endotheliotropic Herpesviruses. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 36(1):1*12, 2000.
Richman, L. and Montali, R.: Elephant Herpesviruses. Infectious Diseases of Wild Mammals, Eds.: Barker, I. and Williams: 2000 (in press).
Mikota, S.K., Larsen, R.S., and Montali, R.J.: Tuberculosis in Elephants in North America. Zoo Biology, May, 2000 (in press).
Montali, R.J., Mikota, S.K. and Cheng, L. Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Zoo and Wildlife Species. In, Scientific and Technical Review, International office of Epizootics, (O.I.E.) In press, July, 2000