Kathryn Meurs

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

• A novel mutation of the CLCN1 gene in a cat with myotonia congenita: Diagnosis and treatment , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE (2022)
• A review of the underlying genetics and emerging therapies for canine cardiomyopathies , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY CARDIOLOGY (2022)
• Association of diet with clinical outcomes in dogs with dilated cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure* , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY CARDIOLOGY (2022)
• Hands-on learning: from at-risk wolves to teeming Galapagos , JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2022)
• A defect in the NOG gene increases susceptibility to spontaneous superficial chronic corneal epithelial defects (SCCED) in boxer dogs , BMC VETERINARY RESEARCH (2021)
• A deleterious mutation in the ALMS1 gene in a naturally occurring model of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the Sphynx cat , ORPHANET JOURNAL OF RARE DISEASES (2021)
• A novel missense mutation of the NAT10 gene in a juvenile Schnauzer dog with chronic respiratory tract infections , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE (2021)
• Absence of known feline MYH7 and MYBPC3 variants in a diverse cohort of cats with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , ANIMAL GENETICS (2021)
• Canine junctional epidermolysis bullosa due to a novel mutation in LAMA3 with severe upper respiratory involvement , VETERINARY DERMATOLOGY (2021)
• Myxomatous mitral valve disease in Miniature Schnauzers and Yorkshire Terriers: 134 cases (2007-2016) , JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2021)