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DALTON R. MCWHINNEY Ph.D.
Central Campus
Houston Community College System
1300 Holman, Houston, Texas
EDUCATION:
Post Ph.D.
University of Texas Medical School 1994 Immunochemistry
Immunology
Ph.D. Texas A&M University 1992 Veterinary
Microbiology
M.S. Prairie View A&M University 1984 Biology/Animal
Science
B.S.C. Prairie View A&M University 1982 Animal Science
(Agriculture)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES:
2006 – Present Faculty (Professor)/Biology
Houston Community College System - Central
2004-2006 Adjunct Faculty/Biology
Houston Community College System - Central
1994-2004 Research Scientist,/Animal Science Faculty
Cooperative Agricultural Research Center
Prairie View A&M University
1992-1994 Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Texas Medical
School-Houston
1998-1992 Research Assistant, Department of Medical Biochemistry &
Genetics
College of Medicine, Texas A&M University
1982-1984 Research Assistant, College of Agriculture
TEACHING EXPERIENCES:
1994- Present Biology 1308, 1406, 1407, 2401 (Anatomy & Physiology)
2420 (Microbiology)
Houston Community College – Central/Coleman
1994 - 2004 ANSC 2513 - Livestock Production
ANSC 4433 Genetics and Animal Breeding
FDSC 3593 Food Bacteriology
ANSC 5553 Dairy Goat Production
Continuing Education Course in Goat Production and Management
Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, TX 77446
1986-1988 Teaching Assistant, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology,
Texas A&M University

STUDENT DEVELOPMENT (*Chair of Committee)
*Shela Brown MS Thesis Maternal and dietary influences on neonatal
1997 immune development in goat kids infected
with caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus
*La Shaunda A. Grimes MS Thesis Influence of a gp38 transmembrane protein
on
1996 DNA-Hydrolyzing antibody activity in
Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis infected
goats.
*Canute Thompson MS Thesis Effects of Antibiotics in a Soybean/Sorghum
Ration
1997 fed to finishing pigs.Bruce Carrol: MS
Thesis AImmune response to the active and
inactive forms of Pasteurella haemolytica
leukotoxin in a goat model.
Howard Taylor MS Thesis The economic impact of a specially
formulated
1998 ration on milk yield and health in lactating
dairy goats.
*Paul Stewart MS Thesis A comparative analysis of bacterial flora
colonizing
1998 the respiratory tract of goats with a focus on
Pasteurella haemolytica infection.
*Bruce Carrol MS Thesis Immune response to the active and Inactive
forms
1999 of Pasteurella haemolytica Leukotoxin in a
goat model
*Kiley Williams MS Thesis Influence of Dietary Fat in the Presence or
Absence
1999 of Cholesterol on Parameters of Cholesterol
Metabolism in Neonatal Pigs
*Corey Fink MS Thesis Microbial Analysis of Non-Point Source
Pollution
2001 Control in Small Dairy Agricultural.
Miguel A. Bolanos MS Thesis Laboratory Monitoring of Redox Conditions
in
2001 three Seasonally Wet Soils on the Texas
Gulf Coast Prairie.
Peter D. Cook MS Thesis The response of Caprine Glutamate
dehydrogenase
to Herbicide Toxicity in Goats feed post
plus, herbicide adulterated diet.
Philip Cook. MS Thesis Sensitivity of Glutamate Dehydrogenase to
the preface of Gramoxone [Paraquat] in
Caprine diet.

Mohammad Ilyas MS Thesis Monitoring of Gaseous Compounds
produced by
2001 decomposition of organic substances in
agricultural waste water lagoon systems and
natural wetlands
*Samuel Golding MS Thesis The Effects of Lactic Acid, Acetic Acid, and
Flame
2002 Treatment on Goat Carcass for the
Reduction of Microbial Count
Charles D. Gray MS Thesis Impact of biosolids on soil and forage
nutrient
2002 profile used for animal production
*Carol Gill MS Thesis Rapid Detection of Sub-Clinical Mastitis in
2003 Lactating Dairy Goats
*Kingsley Dunkley MS Thesis Development and Propagation of a
Continuous
2003 Flow Culture of Bacteria Effective against
Pasteurella haemolytica Infection in
Ruminants
OTHER COLLEGIATE ASSIGNMENTS:
Member, College Recruitment Committee, College of Agriculture and Human
Sciences
Advisor, Masters Candidates, College of Agriculture and Human Sciences
Chairman of auction committee of the 18 th Annual Goat Field Day
Beef Cattle Committee- CARC
Member, Swine Research Committee- CARC
Member, Caprine Research Committee- IGRC
Presenter, Waller High School Career Day
Participant, Elementary and Secondary School Farm Tour
Chair, Tomball College Agriculture Student Tour Committee
Faculty Leader, IGRC, Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Goat Competition
2000-2004
WORKSHOPS
Dairy Goat Judging Workshop, 16 th Goat Field Day May 1, 1999
DNA Technology, AgBiotechnology Workshop for School Teachers 2000-2004
EXTENSION/ COMMUNITY SERVICES:
Texas Dairy Goat Products Cooperative Board of Directors Member
South West Texas Goat Producers Cooperative President
Rain Bow 4-H Club, Prairie View TX, Adult Leader
Member, Beef Cattle Extension Specialist Selection Committee

CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AND ACADEMIC MEMBERSHIPS
Southwest Texas Goat Ranchers Association –President (Present)
American Dairy Goat Association
American Meat Goat Association
Texas Branch American Society for Microbiology
American Society for Microbiology
Beta Beta Beta Biological Society
Jamaica Society for Agricultural Sciences
H0NORS:
1982 American Society Animal Science Scholarship, PVAMU.
1990-91 President, College of Medicine Graduate Student Council, TAMU
1990-91 Presidential Scholarship, Texas A&M University
1991 2nd Place: TAMU College of Medicine Graduate Research Symposium
and Poster Competition, Texas A&M University
1995 National Judge - Expo Fercia Ecag '95, Escuela Centroamericana De
Ganaderia, Costa Rica
1995 Torch Bearer - Exemplary University Achiever, Prairie View A&M
University
1996 Outstanding Services as Mentor for Future Research Scientist, NASA
Sharp Plus Apprenticeship Program
1997 Outstanding Services as Mentor for Future Research Scientist, NASA
Sharp Plus
Apprenticeship Program
1999 Expo Agro Caprino - Gomez Palacio, Durango Mexico
Grants and Contracts
2001 The Effects of Lactic and Acetic Acid on Bacterial Decontamination of
Goat Carcass.
USDA Special Grant
1999 Marketing & Infrastructure Development for a Dairy Goat Products
Cooperative
Rural Development
USDA Special Grant
$90,000.00
1998 Goat Production Strategies for Small Scale Production II.
USDA/ARS $69,000
1998-1999 Strategies for Small Scale Goat Produces: Production, Health and Valued
Added Products
USDA 98-34136-6886
$58,891
1995-2000 Wetland-Pond Ecosystems Impacted by Agricultural Wastewater.
Texas State Water Control Board
$74,000
(Cooperative Project with Texas Agricultural Experiment Station)

TSSWCB 95-13 1998-2001
TAES/TSSWCB $66,000
Wetland for Non Point Source Control
“Wetlands for Nonpoint Source Pollution in Small Agricultural Watersheds”
Wetland Microbial Populations and Communities QAPP-TAMU Collaborator
Grants and Contracts cont.
2000-2004 Memorandum of Understandings
-Mexican Exchange Program
-Cooperative Agreement with Jamaica
A regional model for goat production: Central America and Caribbean Basin, Freddie
Richards, Rodrigo Rosales, Dalton McWhinney Alfred Parks.
PUBLICATIONS
McWhinney, Dalton R., R.F. Young, and D.K. Struck. 1991. Domain exchange defines
regions
which determine lytic specificities of the Pasteurella haemolytica and
Actinobacillus
pleuropneumonia toxins. Abstract - 91st General Meeting of the American
Society for
Microbiology, Dallas, Texas. May 5-9.
Tu, A.H., Dalton R. McWhinney, R.F. Young, and D.K. Struck. 1991. Mutational
analysis of the Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia hemolysin gene. Lost Pines
Molecular Biology Conference, Smithville, Texas. October.
McWhinney, Dalton R., R.F. Young, and D.K. Struck. 1991. Mapping the porcine
leukocyte specificity determinant of the Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia
hemolysin gene. Lost Pines Molecular Biology Conference, Smithville, Texas.
October.
McWhinney, D., R. F. Young, and D. K. Struck. 1992. Separable domains define target
cell specificities of an RTX hemolysin from Actinobacillus pleuropneumonia. J.
Bacteriology. Vol 174:291-297.
McWhinney, Dalton R. and Scott Rodkey. 1993. Development of crosslinked Zwitterion
mixtures suitable for high resolution isoelectric focusing. Electrophoresis Society
Conference, North Carolina. November.
McWhinney, Dalton R., Barbara Johnson, and Gennaday Gololobov. 1994. Immune
response to caprine arthritis encephalitis virus in dairy goats. 10th Biennial
Research Symposium, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 2-5.
McWhinney, D. R., P. DeShong, and L. S. Rodkey. 1995. Development of cross-linked
polyamines suitable for synthesizing complex ampholytes for isoelectric focusing.
Applied and Theoretical Electrophoresis 4:167-173.

McWhinney, D.R, Louis Nuti, Sheila Brown, Jackson Dzakuma, Freddie Richards and
Alfred Parks.1995 Boer Goat Germplasm: New Approach to Improve Meat Goat
Production. JAGRIST. 6:26-29
McWhinney, Dalton R., B. Carroll, S. Jordan, B. Johnson, and J. Harris. 1996. Immune
Response to active and inactive forms of Pasteurella haemolytica leukotoxin in a
goat model system. 96th General Meeting ASM, New Orleans, LA, May 19-23.
pg. 277.
McWhinney, Dalton R. S. Brown B. Johnson, R. Glass and G. Gololobov. 1997.
Antibodies to Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus in Goat Kids may not be an
indication of Infection. 97 th General meeting ASM E37-p26.
Cromwell, Candy, LaShaunda Grimes, Robert Glass, Genady Gololobova, and Dalton
McWhinney. 1998. Inhibition of hydrolytic activity of antibodies from the
Serum of Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Infected Goats by gp 38 Transmembrane
Protein. Texas Branch-American Society for Microbiology Junction, Texas,
March 26-28.
McWhinney, Dalton R., P.R. Stewart, M.E. Hume, J.J. Godwin, V. Sauls-McWhinney.
1998. Changes in Volatile Fatty Acid Profiles of Bacteria Colonizing the
Respiratory Tract of Healthy and Sick Goats Suffering from Pasteurella
haemolytica Infection. Abstract presented 97 th ASM General Meeting.
McWhinney, Dalton R., C.C. Cromwell, S. Taylor, J.J. Godwin, V. Sauls-McWhinney.
1999. Vertical Transmission of Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis Virus From
Surrogate Infected Dams to Kids During Early Lactation. Abstract presented 99th
ASM General Meeting. P.274
McWhinney, D.R, C.W. Fink, C.C. Cromwell, L.L. Nuti, V.J. McWhinney, L.
Weatherspoon, B. Johnson. 1999. Post Weaning Performance of Boer X Nubian
and Boer X Spanish Cross Bred Kids Under Semi-feedlot Operation. Submitted
Tex. J Natur. Res.
McWhinney, Dalton R., Paul R. Stewart, and Corey Fink. 2000. Influence of a
Pasteurella haemolytica Bacterin on Bacterial Dynamics in the Respiratory Tract
of Goats. Abstract presented 100 th ASM General Meeting.
McWhinney, Dalton R., Robert Glass, Candy Cromwell, Somer Taylor, Genady Gololobov .
2000. Characterization of Catalytic Antibody Function in Caprine Arthritis Encephalitis
Virus Infected Goats. Abstract presented ARD Meeting
McWhinney, Dalton R., Corey W. Fink, Candy Cromwell, Velva J. McWhinney, Lindsay
Weatherspoon, Barbara Johnson. 2000. Post Weaning Performance of Boer X Nubian
and Boer X Spanish Cross bred kids under Semi-feedlot Operation. Abstract presented
ARD meeting.

Dalton R. McWhinney. 2000. Management for optimizing production in dairy goats. Expo
Salamanca Caprina. Mexico.
Smith, V. Garfield, K. Godwin, J. McWhinney, D. And Sauls-McWhinney, V. 2001.
Influence of Randomized corn oils on enzymes involved in cholesterol
metabolism Minority Biomedical Research Symposium National Meeting,
Washington D.C November 8-12.
Gill, C., Horner, S., McWhinney, V. and McWhinney, D. 2002. Rapid detection of sub-clinical
mastitis in dairy goats. #225 J. Anim. Sci. 80:57.
McWhinney, D. 2003. Herd Health Management and Export Requirements for Goats
from the USA. TDA sponsored National Dairy Goat Conference, Houston
Livestock and Rodeo.
Nathlie T. Cras, Hervey Faz, Neil G. Gala, Edwardo A. Mulanovich, Susan Grigsby,
Dalton R. Mc Whinney, Rosemarie C. Rosell. 2009. Effects of Retionic Acid on
Growth rate, differentiation and Neurofilament Expression in Mouse Embryonic
Carcinoma Cells.