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Faculty Profile for Dr. LaRue Johnson
 Brief Resume for LaRue W. Johnson DVM, PhD
Education:
BSc, DVM, 1960 from Univ. of Minnesota
PhD, 1966 from Univ. of Minnesota
Professional Experience:
Research Fellow, 1960-61
Clinical Instructor 1961-1966
Assistant Professor, 1966-1970, serving as head of Large Animal Ambulatory Section
FAO of the United Nations consultant as director of Large Animal Clinic at UNAM in Mexico City (9 months)
Associate Professor, 1970
1971-Contracted to CSU/USAID as Senior Lecturer at University of Nairobi
1974-Appointed Chief of Party of CSU/USAID team
-Appointed Head of Department of Clinical Studies at University of Nairobi
1976-Associate Professor at CSU Department of Clinical Sciences in Food Animal Medicine Section
1980- became a tenured Faculty member
1984-Specialized in swine, small ruminants and camelids as an ambulatory clinician
1992-Appointed Food Animal Section Chief
1995-promoted to Full Professor
1997-began transitional retirement (retired 2002)
Professional Honors:
Board of Directors of American Association of Swine Practitioners (1982-88)
Guest editor, Veterinary Clinics of North America (March 1989& July 1994)
Board of Directors of the International Llama Registry (1987-1991)
Board of Directors of American Association of Small Ruminant Practitioners (AASRP)
(1990-93); President elect (1993-1995); President (1995-1997); Delegate to AVMA (1997-present)
Recipient of the Norden Distinguished Teaching Award (2001)
Additional pertinent involvement:
I have raised sheep, goat, llamas and alpacas for a total of 40 years. I am a member of the Alpaca Breeders of the Rockies and the Rocky Mountain Llama Association. I have presented over 300 professional or lay talks over subjects of my specialties, written 14 book chapters, 7 abstracts, 20 refereed publications and provided over 100 different lay or professional proceedings. I have been an invited speaker at virtually all the major North American veterinary conferences and many state meetings. The presentation of a neonatal clinic for camelid owners and veterinarians has been offered more than 100 times, mostly in the USA, but also Canada, Australia, England and South America.
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