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, DVM
Associate Professor (Part-Time)
Pathology and Molecular Medicine
Director, Central Animal Facility
McMaster University
1U23A Health Sciences Centre
905-525-9140 ext. 22367
fletch@mcmaster.ca
Faculty Biography
Education and Professional Standing
MSc, University of Guelph, 1968DVM, Ontario Veterinary College, 1965
Interests
Dr. Fletch’s research is in Laboratory Animal Medicine. This includes the following areas:
- Spontaneously occurring rat models of dysmelination
- Analgesics and pain management
- Infectious diseases caused by viral protozoan agents
Dr. Fletch’s teaching interests include laboratory animal care and husbandry, anesthesia, surgery and human care of laboratory animals.
Selected Publications
- Kwiecien JM, Blanco M, Fox JG, Delaney KH, Fletch AL. Neuropathology of bouncer Long Evans, a novel dysmyelinated rat. Comp Med. 2000 Oct;50(5):503-10.
- Kwiecien JM, O'Connor LT, Goetz BD, Delaney KH, Fletch AL, Duncan ID. Morphological and morphometric studies of the dysmyelinating mutant, the Long Evans shaker rat. J Neurocytol. 1998 Aug;27(8):581-91.
- O'Connor LT, Goetz BD, Kwiecien JM, Delaney KH, Fletch AL, Duncan ID. Insertion of a retrotransposon in Mbp disrupts mRNA splicing and myelination in a new mutant rat. J Neurosci. 1999 May 1;19(9):3404-13.
- Delaney KH, Kwiecien JM, Wegiel J, Wisniewski HM, Percy DH, Fletch AL. Familial dysmyelination in a Long Evans rat mutant. Lab Anim Sci. 1995 Oct;45(5):547-53.
