Rakuno Gakuen University Graduate School | Veterinary Medicine・Dairy Science

[Doctoral Course] Veterinary Medicine

[Doctoral Course] Veterinary Medicine

Basic Veterinary Medicine

Biosciences

Veterinary Anatomy	Associate Professor Hiromi Ueda	1) Histochemical studies on glycoconjugates 2) Morphologic elucidation of healing mechanism of herbal medicine
Veterinary Microanatomy	Professor Kazushige Takehana	1) Research on diversity and structural analysis of connective tissues, collagen in particular 2) Research on collagen application to regenerative medicine 3) About a change of the connective tissue in the hepatic lobule construction
Veterinary Microanatomy	Lecturer Jun Minaguchi	Functional foods and nutrients on extracellular matrix metabolism Regulatory mechanism of stem cells by cell-extracellular matrix interactions Dynamism of mesenchymal cells on tissue construction
Veterinary Physiology	Professor Hiroshi Kitamura	1) Evaluation of roles of novel macrophage molecules in proinflammatory and metainflammatory responses 2) Assessment of metabolic states of companion animals and industrial animals based on activity of the immune-metabolism regulatory axis. 3) Exploration of novel natural compounds giving beneficial effects on the immune-metabolism regulatory axis.
Veterinary Physiology	Associate Professor Hideaki Hayashi	1) Elucidation of nutrient transporter functions of ruminants 2) Study about the changes of metabolic mechanism with the growth of ruminants
Veterinary Physiology and Nutrition	Professor Takenori Onaga	1) The regulatory mechanism of gastrointestinal motility and exocrine secretion 2) Comparative endocrinlogy on bioactive peptides in the digestive tract 3) Comparative nutrition and enzymology in companion animals
Veterinary Physiology and Nutrition	Associate Professor Yumiko Yasui	1) Elucidation of role of endocrine hormone in colitis-related colon carcinogenesis. 2) Chemoprevention of colon carcinogenesis.
Veterinary Biochemistry	Professor Hiroshi Yokota	1) Roles of oxidative modification of protein, lipid and DNA in neuronal toxicities caused by pollutant chemicals 2) Infectious agents and neuronal toxicities in prion diseases
Veterinary Biochemistry	Professor Hidetomo Iwano	1) Elucidation of the next generation influence mechanism of the environmental endocrine 2) Development of the early checkup of the dog breast tumor and the convalescence diagnosis 3) Applied study of the bacteriophage therapy for the cause of disease cells
Veterinary Pharmacology	Professor Takio Kitazawa	1) Comparative physiological research for the action of acetylcholine and serotonin on colonic motility 2) Peptide hormone (ghrelin and motilin) regulating the gastrointestinal motility of birds and fishes 3) Muscarinic receptor subtypes and their function in various visceral smooth muscles and heart
Veterinary Pharmacology	Professor Hiroki Teraoka	1) Elucidation of action mechanism of environmental pollution materials using small tropical fish 2) Research on maintenance science of Japanese cranes 3) Clinical pharmacology of companion animals

Pathobiology

Veterinary Pathology	Professor Hiroyuki Taniyama	1) Pathology of tumor in domestic animals 2) Pathology of infectious disease in domestic animals 3) Pathology of exercise device disease
	Associate Professor Minoru Okamoto	Pathomorphological and molecular pathological study of autogenesis diseases in domestic animals, animals in a zoo and aquarium and wild animals
	Associate Professor Kazuya Matsuda	1) Pathological reserch on natural diseases in domestic and wild animals. 2) Anatomical and histopathological diagnosis of diseases in domestic and wild animals.
Veterinary Parasitology	Professor Shin-ichiro Fukumoto	1) Research on biology of parasitism nematode 2) Research on epidemiology, diagnosis and measures of parasites in domestic animals
Veterinary Parasitology	Professor Mitsuhiko Asakawa	1) Clinical, ecological and epidemiological studies on helminthiasis and/or helminths of wild and zoo animals including so-called “exotic pets” 2) Conservation ecological studies of wildlife using host specific parasite as a biomarker 3) Establishment of conservation medical field in East Asia including Japan
Veterinary Virology	Professor Rikio Kirisawa	1) Research on pathogenicity and immunogenicity of horse herpesvirus 1 2) Epidemiologic study of the viral diseases of animals 3) Study about immunoconjugate therapy for canine cancer
Veterinary Virology	Professor Katsuro Hagiwara	1) Research on hepatitis E virus and Borna disease virus 2) Research on Bovine immunity 3) Study about tumor immunity
Veterinary Bacteriology	Professor Naoya Kikuchi	1) Epidemiological study on bacterial infections in domestic animals 2) Studies on leptospirosis in animals 3) Research on digital dermatitis in cattle
Laboratory Animal Science	Professor Takeo Ohsugi	My group is using transgenic technology and immunodeficiency mouse to develop new animal models for the study of disease pathogenesis and therapy.
Laboratory Animal Science	Associate Professor Haruyuki Hirata	1) Development of animal experiment model for analysis of infectious disease and elucidation of protozoan disease using it 2) Development of new diagnosis of piroplasma diseases

Veterinary Clinical Sciences

Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Large Animal Internal Medicine Ⅰ	Professor Motoshi Tajima	1) Control and eradication program of bovine viral diarrhea virus infection. 2) Influence of bovine viral diseases in production medicine. 3) Research on preventive medicine in bovine infectious diseases.
Large Animal Internal Medicine Ⅰ	Associate Professor Hiromichi Otsuka	１）Research on immune function of dairy cows during the periparturient period ２）Research on development of immune system of calves ３）Study about modulation of the immune function in cattle
Large Animal Internal Medicine Ⅱ	Professor Masateru Koiwa	1) Research on disease condition, treatment, prevention and control of internal diseases of calves 2) Study about protective efficacy of cow internal diseases by probiotics 3) Research on the influence mycotoxin gives to domestic animals and its control
Large Animal Surgery	Professor Kiyoshi Taguchi	1) Research on the exercise device disease prevention of a cow group 2) Research on the endoscopic operation of cows and horses 3) Research on solution infusion medical treatment for large domestic animals
Large Animal Surgery	Professor Kazuyuki Suzuki	1) Pathophysiological and clinical research on the fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base disorders in the calf and mature cow 2) Pathophysiological research on the endotoxin shock in cattle
Theriogenology	Associate Professor Masaharu Moriyoshi	1) Research on the development of a therapeutic method of sterility cows by reproduction engineering techniques 2) Research on the use of endocrine inspection in the reproduction management of large animals

Small Animal Clinical Sciences

Veterinary Ophthalmology	Associate Professor Seiya Maehara	1) Research on the sight electrophysiological inspection of animals 2) Fundamental clinical study about the ophthalmopathy of animals
Animal Therapeutics	Professor Yoshinori Shimamoto	1) Development of antibodies applicable to research, diagnosis and treatment on diseases in animals 2) Research on Cytochrome P450 3) Research on Care and Management of diseased Animals
Orthopaedic and Neurosurgery	Professor Hiroshi Ueno	1) Clinical research on the diagnosis and treatment of diseases in a skull and spinal cord diseases 2) Research on organization aggression prophylactic methods a the time of acute stage myelopathy and the cell introduction to spinal cord crossing-related change caused by a disease
Veterinary Clinical Oncology	Professor Tsuyoshi Kadosawa	1) Research on diagnostic methods by the image, pathology and gene of tumor diseases of small animals 2) Research on treatment methods by surgery, radiations, drugs and immunity
Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Radiology	Professor Tetsuya Nakade	1) Research on image diagnosis (X-ray, Ultrasonography, CT, MRI) for small animals 2) Research on interventional radiology (IVR)
Veterinary Anesthesiology	Professor Kazuto Yamashita	1) Clinical research on general anesthesia, pain control and perioperative nutrition in dogs and cats 2) Development of the new total intravenous anesthesia (TIVA) for horses 3) Research on the treatment for septicemia of horses
Veterinary Ethology	Associate Professor Tadashi Sano	1) The study of anesthetic/ analgesic and nutritional management during peri-operative period in dogs and cats 2) The influence of peri-operative pain control for the recovery after operation in dogs and cats
Cardiovascular Medicine	Associate Professor Mitsuhiro Isaka	Organ interaction in Cardiovascular Medicine 1) Association between various cytokines and cardiovascular diseases 2) The interaction between respiratory disease and cardiovascular medicine 3) Biomarkers and cardiac function in protosystemic shunt
Animal Physical Therapy	Associate Professor Sae Tsubakishita	1) Evaluation of post-operative rehabilitation to provide accelerated recovery for dogs and cats. 2) Assessment of neuromuscular function and efficacy of rehabilitation in dogs with gait disturbance.

Applied Veterinary Medicine

Health and Environmental Sciences

Animal Health	Professor Hajime Nagahata	1) Preventive research on animal disease in farm animals 2) Immunological studies on the control of bovine mastitis ondairy farm
Animal Health	Professor Hidetoshi Higuchi	1) Basic research on cow’s mammary gland immune system 2) Analysis of the condition of cow hoof disease and its application to the prevention of hoof disease
Veterinary　Epidemiology	Associate Professor Kohei Makita	1) Epidemiology of animal and zoonotic diseases in Japan and developing countries 2) Food safety risk analysis 3) Control of animal and zoonotic diseases using One Health approach
Food Microbiology and Food Safety	Professor Yutaka Tamura	1) Molecular epidemiology of antimicrobial resistant bacteria isolated from animal and environment 2) Microbiological research on food hygiene
Food Microbiology and Food Safety	Associate Professor Masaru Usui	1) Research on resistant mechanism and immunity of medicine resistant bacteria 2) Epidemiologic research on food poisoning
Environmental Safety	Associate Professor Jun Noda	Research on the fixed-quantity of environmental pollution materials, its diffusion and the elucidation of its course
Anthrozoology	Associate Professor Takanori Kooriyama	1) Research on zooanthroponotic diseases in great apes 2) Research on relationship between marine mammal ecology and human activities 3) Research on biological response of assistance animals to animal assisted intervention
Zoonotic Diseases	Professor Yasukazu Muramatsu	Epdemiologic investigation of bacterial zoonosis
Veterinary Herd Health	Professor Shin Oikawa	1) Research on the control of metabolic diseases of cows 2) Research on the productivity and breeding environment of cows 3) Research on an effective application system of production-related data in dairy farming