Bio

Dr. Meurs completed her DVM at the University of Wisconsin – Madison and completed a small animal internship at North Carolina State University. She completed a Cardiology residency at Texas A&M University and is board certified from the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (Cardiology). Dr. Meurs has a Ph.D. in Genetics from Texas A&M University and her areas of interest include familial aspects of cardiovascular disease, especially cardiomyopathy.

Area(s) of Expertise

Genetics, Spontaneous Animal Disease Models, Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease

Publications

• Novel frameshift variant in exon 7 of COL17A1 in a domestic shorthair kitten with junctional epidermolysis bullosa , Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation (2026)
• Familial Narcolepsy in Dogo Argentino Dogs Is Caused by a Tandem Duplication Mutation in HCRTR2 , Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (2025)
• The T-wave peak-end to QT ratio is prolonged and minimally influenced by RR interval in Doberman Pinschers with subclinical dilated cardiomyopathy , Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (2025)
• Unraveling the genetics of feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a multiomics study of 138 cats , G3 Genes Genomes Genetics (2025)
• Acquired dysfunction of CFTR underlies cystic fibrosis-like disease of the canine gallbladder , American Journal of Physiology-Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology (2024)
• An imminent need for veterinary medical educators: are we facing a crisis? , Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (2024)
• The role of vector-borne pathogens and cardiac Striatin genotype on survival in boxer dogs with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy , Journal of Veterinary Cardiology (2024)
• Clinical outcome of idiopathic juvenile ventricular arrhythmias in 25 dogs , Journal of Veterinary Cardiology (2023)
• Delayed-release rapamycin halts progression of left ventricular hypertrophy in subclinical feline hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: results of the RAPACAT trial , Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (2023)
• Evaluation of Renin–Angiotensin–Aldosterone System Components and Enzymes in Systemically Hypertensive Cats Receiving Amlodipine , Animals (2023)