Rate My Professor Brittany Baughman

Dr. Brittany Baughman, DVM, MS, DACVP, serves as Clinical Professor in the Department of Pathobiology and Population Medicine at the College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University. She is the Director of the CVM Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Starkville Diagnostic and Aquatic Laboratory Services, overseeing diagnostic techniques, pathology, and laboratory operations. Classified as PPM Faculty and Lab Directors, her discipline is Anatomic Pathology. She earned her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) in Veterinary Medicine from Mississippi State University in 2003 and her Master of Science (M.S.) in Veterinary Medicine and Science from the same institution in 2004. As a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists (DACVP), Dr. Baughman is listed as graduate faculty in the Mississippi State University catalog. Her career at Mississippi State University includes progression from Assistant Clinical Professor, noted in earlier university catalogs such as 2015-16, to her current clinical professor role. She contributes to the Institutional Biosafety Committee and advises student presentations on pathology cases.

Dr. Baughman's research and publications focus on veterinary pathology, including diagnostic case reports and studies across species. Key publications include 'Symmetrical parapagus diprosopus tetrophthalmos in a singleton kid goat' (2023), co-authored in Veterinary Pathology; 'Fibrocartilaginous Emboli in a 15-Year-Old Pony Mare' (2025); the chapter 'Bovine Abortifacient and Teratogenic Toxins' in Bovine Reproduction (2021); 'What Is Your Diagnosis?' in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (2020); 'An Investigation of the Cause of Wild Turkey Mortality in Mississippi' (2022) in Avian Diseases; 'Cytologic and Histologic Features of Oligodendrogliomas' (2026) in Veterinary Clinical Pathology; 'Unilateral invasive intraocular melanoma with choroidal involvement in a dog' (2023) in Veterinary Ophthalmology; 'Diagnosis of Deerpox virus infection in a white-tailed deer fawn' (2011) in Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation; and 'Pilot Study: Colostomy and Urine Collection Protocol for Metabolic Scaling Experiments in Red-Eared Sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans)' (2015). These works highlight her expertise in anatomic pathology diagnostics for livestock, wildlife, and companion animals, contributing to the field through peer-reviewed literature and laboratory leadership at Mississippi State University.