Dr. Ron Kendall
Professor, Wildlife Toxicology and SETAC Fellow
Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1980
M.S. Clemson University 1976
B.S. University of South Carolina 1974
Research Interests:
Ecotoxicology, Wildlife Toxicology and Risk Assessment
Kalyanasundaram, A.,
Bastille, M.O., Lukashow-Moore, S.P., Kendall, R.J.
2020. Avian and emerging human Oxyspirura species compared by morphology, pathogenicity,
intermediate hosts, and sequence homology. Journal of Parasitology.
106(5):623-624.
Henry, C., Brym, M.Z.,
Skinner, K., Blanchard, K.R., Henry, B.J., Hay, A.L., Herzog, J.L.,
Kalyanasundaram, A., Kendall, R.J. 2020. “Weight of evidence” as a tool for
evaluating disease in wildlife: An example assessing parasitic infection in
northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus). International Journal of
Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 13:27-37.
Brym,
M.Z., Henry, C., Lukashow-Moore, S.P., Henry, B.J.,
van Gestel, N., Kendall R.J. 2020. Prevalence of
monarch (Danaus plexippus)
and queen (Danaus gilippus)
butterflies in West Texas during the fall of 2018. BMC Ecology. 20:33.
Lou,
L., Kendall, R.J., Ramkumar, S.S. 2020. Comparison of hydrophilic PVA/TiO2
and hydrophobic PVDF/TiO2 microfibers webs on the dye
pollutant photo-catalyzation. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering.
8:103914.
Lou,
L., Yu, W., Kendall, R.J., Smith, E., Ramkumar, S.R. 2020. Tensile testing and
fracture mechanism analysis of polyvinyl alcohol nanofibrous webs. Journal of
Applied Polymer Science. 137:e:49213.
Henry,
C., Kalyanasundaram, A., Brym, M.Z., Kendall, R.J. 2020. Molecular
identification of Oxyspirura petrowi
intermediate hosts by nested PCR using internal transcribed spacer 1 (ITS1).
Journal of Parasitology. 106(1):46-52.
Lou,
L., Kendall, R.J., Smith, E.E., Ramkumar, S.S. 2020. Functional PVDR/rGO/TiO nanofiber webs
for the removal of oil from water. Polymer. 186:122028.
Lou,
L., Subbiah, S., Smith, E.E., Kendall, R.J., Ramkumar, S.S. 2019. Functional
PVA/VB2/TiO2 nanofiber webs for controlled drug delivery. ACS
Applied Bio Materials. 2:5916-5929.
Kalyanasundaram,
A., Brym, M.Z., Blanchard, K.R., Henry, C., Skinner, K., Henry, B.J., Herzog,
J., Hay, A., Kendall, R.J. 2019. Life-cycle of Oxyspirura petrowi (Spirurida: Thelaziidae), an
eyeworm of the northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus).
Parasites & Vectors. 12:555.
Blanchard,
K.R., Kalyanasundaram, A., Henry, C., Commons, K.A. Brym, M.Z., Skinner, K., Surles, J.G., Kendall, R.J. 2019. Identification of eyeworm
(Oxyspirura petrowi) and caecal worm (Aulonocephalus pennula) infection levels in northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) of the Rolling Plains, TX
using a mobile research laboratory: Implications for regional surveillance.
Biomolecular Detection and Quantification. Vol. 17.
Brym, M.R., Henry, C., KENDALL, R.J. 2019. Greater
roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
predation on juvenile quail in the Rolling Plains ecoregion of Texas. The
Southwestern Naturalist. 63(3):204-206.
Kalyanasundaram,
A., Blanchard, K.R., Henry, B.J., Henry, C., Brym, M.Z., KENDALL, R.J. 2019.
Quantitative analysis of northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) cytokines and TLR expression to eyeworm (Oxyspirura petrowi) and caecal worm (Aulonocephalus pennula) glycoproteins. Parasitology Research.
Published online 08.15.19.
Commons, K.A., Blanchard, K.R., Brym, M.Z., Henry, C.,
Kalyanasundaram, A., Skinner, K.,
KENDALL, R.J. 2019. Monitoring northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) populations in the Rolling
Plains of Texas: Parasitic infection implications. Rangeland Ecology &
Management. Published online June 8, 2019.
Blanchard, K.R., Kalyanasundaram, A., Henry, C., Brym, M.Z.,
Surles, J.G., KENDALL, R.J.
2019. Predicting seasonal infection of eyeworm (Oxyspirura petrowi) and caecal worm (Aulonocephalus pennula) in northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) of the Rolling Plains
Ecoregion of Texas, USA. International Journal of Parasitology: Parasites and
Wildlife. 8:50-55.
Brym, M., Henry, C., KENDALL, R.J. 2019. Potential
significance of fall breeding of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexxipus) in the Rolling Plains
ecoregion of West Texas. Texas Journal of Science. 79(1): General Note 4.
Brym, M.Z., Henry, C., KENDALL, R.J. 2018. Are helminths
contributing to the population fluctuations of northern bobwhite quail (Colinus
virginianus) from the Rolling Plains ecoregion of West Texas?
Multidisciplinary Advances in Veterinary Science. 2(5):406-412.
Kalyanasundaram, A., Henry, C., Brym, M.Z., KENDALL, R.J.
2018. Molecular identification of Physaloptera sp. from wild northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) in the Rolling Plains
ecoregion of Texas. Parasitology Research. 117(9):2963-2969.
Blanchard, K.R., Kalyanasundaram, A., Henry, C., Brym, M.Z.,
KENDALL, R.J. 2018. Regional surveillance of parasitic infections in wild
northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) utilizing a mobile
research laboratory platform. Parasitology Open. 4:e14.
Pappas, S.A., Kumar, N., Turaga, U., Ramkumar, S., KENDALL,
R.J. 2018. The influence of soil pH on the uptake of silver nanoparticles in a
terrestrial system. Journal of Environmental & Analytical Toxicology. 8:1.
Brym, M.Z., Henry, C., KENDALL, R.J.2018. Elevated parasite
burdens as a potential mechanism affecting northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) population dynamics in the Rolling
Plains of West Texas. Parasitology Research. 117:1683-1688.
Henry, C., Brym, M.Z., Kalyanasundaram, A., KENDALL, R.J.
2018. Molecular identification of potential intermediate hosts of Aulonocephalus pennula from the
order Orthoptera. Journal of Helminthology. 13:1-6.
Kalyanasundaram, A., Blanchard, K.R., Henry, C., Brym, M.Z.,
KENDALL, R.J. 2018.
Phylogenetic analysis of eyeworm (Oxyspirura petrowi) in Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) based on the nuclear 18S
rDNA and mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase 1 gene (COX1). Parasitology Open. 4:
e7,1-7.
Kalyanasundaram, A., Blanchard, K.R., Henry, C., Brym, M.Z.,
KENDALL, R.J. 2018.
Development of a multiplex quantitative PCR assay for
eyeworm (Oxyspirura petrowi) and caecal worm (Aulonocephalus pennula) detection in Northern bobwhite quail (Colinus virginianus) of the Rolling Plains
ecoregion, Texas. Veterinary Parasitology. 253:65-70.
Brym, M.Z., Henry. C., KENDALL, R.J. 2018. Potential
parasite induced host mortality in
Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
from the Rolling Plains ecoregion of West Texas. Archives of Parasitology. 2:1.
Henry, C., Brym, M.Z., KENDALL, R.J. 2017. Oxyspirura petrowi and Aulonocephalus pennula
infection in wild Northern bobwhite quail in the Rolling Plains ecoregion,
Texas: Evidence of a possible die-off. Archives of Parasitology. 1:109.
Henry, C., Brym, M.Z., Blanchard, K.R., KENDALL, R.J. 2017.
Helminth infection and
Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus).
Archives of Parasitology. 1(2):e102.
Kalyanasundaram, A., Blanchard, K.B., KENDALL, R.J. 2017. Molecular
identification and characterization of partial COX1 gene from caecal worm (Aulonocephalus pennula) in Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) from the Rolling Plains ecoregion of Texas.
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 6:195-201.
Pappas, S.A., Turaga, U., Kumar, N., KENDALL, R.J. 2017.
Blood cholinesterase activity in
Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus)
quail in the Rolling Plains Ecoregion of Texas and Oklahoma, USA. Austin
Journal of Environmental Toxicology. 3:1.
Pappas,
S.A., Turaga, U., Kumar, N., Ramkumar, S., KENDALL, R.J. 2017. The influence of
soil organic matter on the uptake of silver nanoparticles in a terrestrial
system. International Journal of Environmental and Agricultural Research.
3(4):52-60.
Pappas,
S.A., Turaga, U., Kumar, N., Ramkumar, S., KENDALL, R.J. 2017. Uptake of silver
from polyvinylpyrrolidine coated silver nanoparticles
in a terrestrial system. International Journal of Environmental and
Agricultural Research. 3(3):104-114.
Pappas,
S.A., Turaga, U., Kumar, N., Ramkumar, S., KENDALL, R.J. 2017. The influence of
vermiculite on the uptake of silver nanoparticles in a terrestrial system.
International Journal of Environmental and Agricultural Research. 3(3):56-64.
Singh, V., Sawhney, P., Reynolds, M., Condon, B., Kendall
Jr., R.J., Kitten, L., Jain, A.,
Parameswaran, S., KENDALL, R.J., Ramkumar, S. 2017. Effect
of micronaire on oil sorption capacity of three
different types of greige cotton-based nonwoven substrates. AAATCC Journal of
Research. 4:2.
Dunham, N.R., Peper, S.T., Downing, C.D., KENDALL, R.J.
2017. Aflatoxin contamination in corn sold for wildlife feed in Texas.
Ecotoxicology. 26(4):516-520.
Dunham, N.R., Henry, C., Brym, M., Rollins, D., Helman, R.G.,
KENDALL, R.J. 2017. Caecal worm, Aulonocephalus pennula,
infection in the northern bobwhite quail, Colinus virginianus. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and
Wildlife. 6:35-38.
Kistler, W.M., Parlos, J.A., Peper, S.T., Dunham, N.R., KENDALL,
R.J. 2016. A quantitative
PCR protocol for detection of Oxyspirura petrowi in northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus). PLoS
One. 11(11):e0166309.
Turaga, U., Singh, V., Gibson, A., Maharubin,
S., Korzeniewski, C., Presley, S., Smith, E.E.,
KENDALL, R.J., Ramkumar, S. 2016. Preparation and
characterization of bioactive and breathable polyvinyl alcohol nanowebs using a
combinational approach. TAPPI Journal
(Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry). 15
(10).
Dunham, N.R., Reed, S., Rollins, D., KENDALL, R.J. 2016. Oxyspirura petrowi
infection leads
to pathological consequences in northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus). International Journal for
Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife. 5:273-276.
Dunham, N.R., Peper, S.T., Downing, C., Brake, E., Rollins,
D., KENDALL, R.J. 2016.
Infections levels of the eyeworm Oxyspirura petrowi and caecal
worm Aulonocephalus pennula in
the northern bobwhite and scaled quail from the Rolling Plains of Texas.
Journal of Helminthology. 91(5):569-577.
Dunham, N.R. and KENDALL, R.J. 2016. Eyeworm infections of Oxyspirura petrowi, Skrjabin,
1929 (Spirurida: Thelaziidae), in species of quail from Texas, New Mexico
and Arizona, USA. Journal of Helminthology. 91(4):491-496.
Kistler, W.M., Hock, S., Hernout, B., Brake, E., Williams,
N., Downing, C., Dunham, N.R.,
Kumar, N., Turaga, U., KENDALL, R.J. 2016. Plains lubber
grasshopper (Brachystola magna) as a potential intermediate host
for Oxyspirura petrowi in
northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus). Parasitology Open.
2(e7):1-8.
Turaga, U., Singh, V., Gibson, A., Maharubin,
S., Korzeniewski, C., Presley, S., Smith, E.,
KENDALL, R.J., Ramkumar, S. 2016. Functionalized
antimicrobial electrospun poly (vinyl alcohol)
nanowebs. Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics. 11(2).
Dunham, N.R., Bruno, A., Almas, S., Rollins, D., Fedynich, A.M., Presley, S.M., KENDALL,
R.J. 2016. Eyeworms (Oxyspirura petrowi) in Northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) from the Rolling Plains Ecoregion of Texas and
Oklahoma, 2011-2013. Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 52(3):562-567.
Kendall, R.J. 2016. Wildlife toxicology: Where we have been
and where we are going. Journal
of Environmental and Analytical Toxicology. 6:348.
Turaga, U., Peper, S.T., Dunham, N.D., Kumar, N., Kistler,
W., Almas, S., Presley, S.M., KENDALL, R.J. 2016. A survey of neonicotinoid use
and potential exposure to Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and Scaled quail (Callipepla
squamata) in the Rolling Plains of Texas and
Oklahoma. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 35(6):1511-1515.
Turaga, U., Singh, V., Gibson, A., Maharubin,
S., Korzeniewski, C., Presley, S.M., Smith, E.E.,
KENDALL, R.J., Ramkumar, S.S. 2016. Preparation and
characterization of honey-treated PVA nanowebs. AATCC
Journal of Research. 3(3):25-31.
Dunham, N.R., Soliz, L.A.,
Brightman, A., Rollins, D., Fedynich, A.M., KENDALL,
R.J. 2015.
Live eyeworm (Oxyspirura petrowi) extraction, in-vitro culture, and transfer for
experimental studies. Journal of Parasitology. 101(1):98-101.
Baxter, C.E., Pappas, S., Abel, M., KENDALL, R.J. 2015.
Organochlorine pesticides, lead, and mercury in Northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and scaled quail (Callipepla squamata)
from the Rolling Plains ecoregion of Texas and Oklahoma. Environmental
Toxicology and Chemistry.
34(7):1505-1510.
Dunham, N.R., Peper, S.T., Baxter, C.E., Huddleston, J.E.,
KENDALL, R.J. 2014. The parasitic eyeworm Oxyspirura petrowi as a possible cause of decline
in the threatened Lesser Prairie-Chickens (Tympanuchus
pallidicinctus) found in Kansas. PLoS One. 9:9.
Singh, V., Jinka, S., Hake, K.,
Parameswaran, S., KENDALL, R.J., Ramkumar, S.S. 2014. Novel natural sorbent for
oil spill clean-up. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
53:11954-11961.
Turaga, U., Singh, V., Behrens, R., Korzeniewski,
C., Jinka, S., Smith, E.E., KENDALL, R.J.,
Ramkumar, S.S. 2014. Breathability of standalone polyvinyl
alcohol nanofiber webs. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research.
53:6951-6958.
Dunham, N.R. and KENDALL, R.J. 2014. Evidence of Oxyspirura petrowi in
migratory songbirds found in the Rolling Plains of West Texas. Journal of
Wildlife Diseases. 50:711-712.
Dunham, N.R., Soliz, L.A., Fedynich, A.M., Rollins, D., KENDALL, R.J. 2014. Evidence
of an
Oxyspirura petrowi epizootic
in northern bobwhites (Colinus virginianus). Journal of Wildlife
Diseases. 50:552-558.
Chambers, J.E., Greim, H.,
KENDALL, R.J., Segner, H., Sharpe, R.M., Van der Kraak, G. 2014.
Human and ecological risk assessment of a crop protection chemical: a case
study with the azole fungicide epoxiconazole.
Critical Reviews in Toxicology. 44(2):176-210.
Bio:
Biography of Ronald J. Kendall, Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Toxicology and SETAC Fellow
Head, Wildlife Toxicology Laboratory
Box 43290, Lubbock, Texas 79409-3290
806.834.4344 | ron.kendall@ttu.edu
Selected Publications:
Textbooks
KENDALL, R.J., Presley, S.M., Ramkumar, S.S., editors. 2016. New Developments in Biological and Chemical Terrorism Countermeasures. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group. 185pp.
KENDALL, R.J., T.E. Lacher, G.P. Cobb, S.B. Cox, editors. 2010. Wildlife Toxicology: Emerging Contaminant and Biodiversity Issues. CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, 321 pp.
KENDALL, R.J., S.M. Presley, G.P. Austin, and P.N. Smith, editors. 2008. Advances in Biological and Chemical Terrorism Countermeasures. Taylor and Francis/CRC Press, 280 pp.
KENDALL, R.J. and P.N. Smith, editors. 2006. Perchlorate Ecotoxicology. Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC) Press, 269 pp.
Giddings, J.M., T.A. Anderson, L.W. Hall, A.J. Hosmer, R.J. KENDALL, R.P. Richards, K.R. Solomon, and W.M. Williams. 2005 Atrazine in North American Surface Waters: A probabilistic aquatic ecological risk assessment. Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC) Press, Pensacola, FL., 400 pp.
Tollerud, D.J., H.L. Allen, L.W. Barnthouse, C.L. Brierley, E.H. Clark, II, T.W. Clarkson, E.A.C. Crouch, A. Cullen, J. Graziano, D.L. Johnson, R.J. KENDALL, J.C. Kissel, T.W. LaPoint, D.W. Layton, C.H. Ward, S. Wood, R. Wright. 2005. Superfund and mining megasites: Lessons from the Coeur D'Alene River Basin. National Research Council of the National Academies. 484 pp.
Solomon, K.R., Giesy, J.P., KENDALL, R.J., Best, L.B., Coats, J.R., Dixon, K.R., Hooper, J.M., Kenaga, E.E., McMurry, S.T. 2001 Chlorpyrifos: Ecotoxicological Risk Assessment for Birds and Mammals in Corn Agroecosystems. Special Issue Book: Human and Ecological Risk Assessment. CRC Press. 140 pp.
KENDALL, R.J., R L. Dickerson, J.P. Giesy, and W.A. Suk, editors. 1998. Principles and Processes for Evaluating Endocrine Disruption in Wildlife. Society of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry (SETAC) Press, Pensacola, FL., 500 pp.
KENDALL, R.J. and T.E. Lacher, Jr., editors. 1994. Wildlife Toxicology and Population Modeling: Integrated Studies of Agroecosystems. CRC Press/Lewis Publishers, Chelsea, Michigan. 576 pp.
KENDALL, R.J. 1991. Las Substancia Toxicas En El Medio Ambiente, 3rd Edition. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa. 113 pp.
Buerger, T.T. and R.J. KENDALL, editors. 1991. Wildlife Toxicology. 3rd edition. The Institute of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. 237 pp.
Buerger, T.T., R.J. KENDALL and M. Wolfe, editors. 1988. Wildlife Toxicology. 2nd edition. The Institute of Wildlife and Environmental Toxicology, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. 269 pp.
KENDALL, R.J. l983. Toxic Substances in the Environment. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, Iowa. (A textbook on toxic chemicals written primarily for use as a classroom text for junior and senior high school students and also for continuing education of adults; prepared by the Toxic Substances Education Group, Western Washington University, where I served as Project Director working with undergraduate students in Environmental Education, Environmental Health and Scientific Illustration). 112 pp.
Refereed Publications
Web Links:
Kendall Laboratory Webpage
Professor, Wildlife Toxicology and SETAC Fellow
Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1980
M.S. Clemson University 1976
B.S. University of South Carolina 1974
Research Interests:
Ecotoxicology, Wildlife Toxicology and Risk Assessment