William F Craft

William F Craft,

Clinical Assistant Professor – Anatomic Pathology

Department: Department of Comparative, Diagnostic & Population Medicine
Business Phone: (352) 392-2235
Business Email: craftw@ufl.edu

About William F Craft

Dr. Craft earned his DVM at Washington State University in 2004. He then completed a residency in anatomic pathology at the University of Florida in 2013. He is a Diplomate of the ACVP. His special interests include dermatopathology, diagnostic pathology, dermatology and allergy.

Accomplishments

Adjunct Lecturer and Dermatopathology Fellow
2013-2017 · University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine
Emergency Veterinarian
2008-2010 · Animal Emergency and Trauma Center
Associate Veterinarian
2004-2008 · VCA Olympic Animal Hospital
Member
1998-2001 · United States Coast Guard Reserve
Member
1994-1998 · United States Coast Guard

Teaching Profile

Courses Taught
2011-2012,2015-2018,2017-2025
VEM5851 Adv. Anatomic Pathology Clerkship
2010-2013,2015-2025
VEM5751 Anatomic Path Core Clerkship
2019-2024
VEM5164 Small Anim Pathology
2019-2020
VEM5153 Small Anim Parasitol
2019-2024
VEM5162 Vet Pathology 2
2019
VME6905 Problems in Veterinary Medical Sciences
2019
VEM5115 Veterinary Histology
2018
VME7979 Advanced Research
2024
VEM5165 Large Anim Pathology

Board Certifications

  • Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists
    American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Research Profile

Dermatopathology

Diagnostic Pathology

Allergy

Oncology

Publications

2024
Mycobacterium kansasii Infection in a Farmed White-Tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in Florida, USA.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI. 14(10) [DOI] 10.3390/ani14101511. [PMID] 38791728.
2023
Evidence of a Sjögren’s disease-like phenotype following COVID-19 in mice and humans.
JCI insight. 8(24) [DOI] 10.1172/jci.insight.166540. [PMID] 37676726.
2023
Peripheral lymphadenopathy in twin male Brahman calves.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 261(7):1-3 [DOI] 10.2460/javma.22.12.0580. [PMID] 36933211.
2023
Putative antimicrobial-associated phototoxicity in three dogs.
Veterinary dermatology. 34(4):355-358 [DOI] 10.1111/vde.13149. [PMID] 36794534.
2023
Skin biopsy guidelines: tips and advice from veterinary pathologists to practitioners.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 261(S1):S114-S121 [DOI] 10.2460/javma.22.12.0586. [PMID] 37037420.
2023
Subarachnoid hemorrhage and axonal degeneration after C1-C2 cervical centesis in 2 horses.
Journal of veterinary internal medicine. 37(3):1256-1261 [DOI] 10.1111/jvim.16716. [PMID] 37096918.
2022
Cytologic, histopathologic, and clinical features of granulomatous colitis in a French Bulldog.
Veterinary clinical pathology. 50 Suppl 1:76-82 [DOI] 10.1111/vcp.12944. [PMID] 33942344.
2022
Evidence of a Sjögren’s disease-like phenotype following COVID-19.
medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences. [DOI] 10.1101/2022.10.20.22281265. [PMID] 36324812.
2021
Identification of a novel mortality-associated Helicobacter species in gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus), qPCR test development and validation, and correlation with mortality in a wildlife rehabilitation population.
Veterinary microbiology. 259 [DOI] 10.1016/j.vetmic.2021.109136. [PMID] 34214906.
2021
Pathology in Practice.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 258(5):467-470 [DOI] 10.2460/javma.258.5.467. [PMID] 33620245.
2021
Pathology in Practice.
Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 260(1):40-42 [DOI] 10.2460/javma.19.05.0252. [PMID] 34757925.
2021
Successful Treatment of Congenital Lobar Emphysema in Multiple Lung Lobes in an English Bulldog Puppy.
Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. 57(2):96-100 [DOI] 10.5326/JAAHA-MS-7088. [PMID] 33450005.
2021
THE USE OF INTRADERMAL ALLERGY TESTING FOR ALLERGIC DERMATITIS IN PTEROPID BATS AND TREATMENT WITH ALLERGEN SPECIFIC IMMUNOTHERAPY: A CASE SERIES.
Journal of zoo and wildlife medicine : official publication of the American Association of Zoo Veterinarians. 52(4):1298-1308 [DOI] 10.1638/2020-0202. [PMID] 34998303.
2020
Severe meningoencephalitis secondary to calvarial invasion of Lagenidium giganteum forma caninum in a dog.
Open veterinary journal. 10(1):31-38 [DOI] 10.4314/ovj.v10i1.6. [PMID] 32426254.
2020
Subcutaneous nodules and dermatitis associated with non-immitis non-repens dirofilariosis morphologically consistent with Dirofilaria striata in a 2-year-old male domestic cat in Florida, USA.
The veterinary quarterly. 40(1):215-222 [DOI] 10.1080/01652176.2020.1814972. [PMID] 32838703.
2019
Characterization of mule deerpox virus in Florida white-tailed deer fawns expands the known host and geographic range of this emerging pathogen.
Archives of virology. 164(1):51-61 [DOI] 10.1007/s00705-018-3991-7. [PMID] 30238163.
2019
Dermatitis caused by autochthonous Cercopithifilaria bainae from a dog in Florida, USA: clinical, histological and parasitological diagnosis and treatment.
Veterinary dermatology. 30(1):68-e20 [DOI] 10.1111/vde.12701. [PMID] 30474318.
2019
Equine ulcerative keratitis with furrow: A review of the outcomes of 72 cases from 1987 to 2015.
Equine veterinary journal. 51(6):749-755 [DOI] 10.1111/evj.13101. [PMID] 30883892.
2019
Erysipeloid lesions caused by Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae in a dog: clinical and histopathological findings, molecular diagnosis and treatment.
Veterinary dermatology. 30(5):434-e134 [DOI] 10.1111/vde.12773. [PMID] 31364229.
2018
Micro-arteriovenous malformation causing spontaneous metacarpal pad hemorrhage in a dog.
The Canadian veterinary journal = La revue veterinaire canadienne. 59(6):659-662 [PMID] 29910482.
2017
Clinical behavior of intraocular teratoid medulloepithelioma in two-related Quarter Horses.
Veterinary ophthalmology. 20(6):551-559 [DOI] 10.1111/vop.12409. [PMID] 27440405.
2017
Total skin electron therapy as treatment for epitheliotropic lymphoma in a dog.
Veterinary dermatology. 28(2):246-e65 [DOI] 10.1111/vde.12415. [PMID] 28133821.
2016
Sexual dimorphic function of IL-17 in salivary gland dysfunction of the C57BL/6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 model of Sjögren’s syndrome.
Scientific reports. 6 [DOI] 10.1038/srep38717. [PMID] 27958291.
2015
A Review of Anhidrosis in Horses
Equine Veterinary Education. 27(4):192-199 [DOI] 10.1111/eve.12220.
2015
Dynamic exophthalmos and lateral strabismus in a dog caused by masticatory muscle myositis.
Veterinary ophthalmology. 18(6):515-20 [DOI] 10.1111/vop.12260. [PMID] 25728848.
2014
Comparison of histomorphology and DNA preservation produced by fixatives in the veterinary diagnostic laboratory setting.
PeerJ. 2 [DOI] 10.7717/peerj.377. [PMID] 24860702.
2012
Laryngeal rhabdomyoma in a dog.
Veterinary clinical pathology. 41(4):590-3 [DOI] 10.1111/j.1939-165x.2012.00484.x. [PMID] 23095163.

Education

Anatomic Pathology Resident
2010-2013 · University of Florida, College of Veterinary Medicine
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
2004 · Washington State University

Contact Details

Phones:
Business:
(352) 392-2235
Emails:
Business:
craftw@ufl.edu
Addresses:
Business Mailing:
PO Box 100123
GAINESVILLE FL 32610