JOHN F. PRESCOTT

John Francis Prescott has distinguished himself by his creativity and leadership in research and teaching. He is the foremost authority on the animal bacterial pathogen Rhodococcus equi, for which he has identified major virulence factors, unraveled aspects of pathogenesis, and is leading international efforts to obtain and annotate its genome sequence. He is also well known worldwide for his research on Clostridium perfringens. His four editions of Antimicrobial Therapy in Animals have been translated in Spanish and Italian and he is a leader in the movement to develop effective strategies for the use of antimicrobial agents in animals.