Donald C. Sockett D.V.M., M.S., Ph.D., Diplomate ACVIM is a Veterinary Microbiologist/Epidemiologist at the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (WVDL), University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is recognized internationally for his work on infectious diseases of livestock, particularly dairy cattle. At the WVDL, he is responsible for diagnostic cases that are submitted to the laboratory by practicing veterinarians and livestock producers. He also does outreach education for the WVDL as well. Don is a native of Southern Ontario, Canada and holds degrees from the University of Guelph, Colorado State University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He came to the diagnostic laboratory in 1995 after spending four years in the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Division of Animal Health.