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

• Evaluation of autoantibodies to desmoglein-2 in dogs with and without cardiac disease , SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2023)
• Investigation of the cardiac effects of exercise testing on apparently healthy Boxer dogs , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE (2023)
• No impact of polymorphism in the phosphodiesterase 5A gene in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels on pimobendan-induced inhibition of platelet aggregation response , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE (2023)
• Pharmacokinetics of pimobendan after oral administration to dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY INTERNAL MEDICINE (2023)
• The effect of taurine supplementation on the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system of dogs with congestive heart failure , SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2023)
• 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)