Tara Harrison

Bio

Dr. Tara Harrison graduated from Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine with her DVM degree. Afterward, she earned a Masters of Preventive Veterinary Medicine degree at the University of California-Davis, where she worked with Dr. Linda Munson as a post-doctoral fellow in the contraceptive advisory group. She did veterinary internships at Toledo Zoo and Wildlife Safari. She then spent ten years working as a veterinarian and curator at Potter Park Zoo and an additional year as the Director of Animal Health at Potter Park Zoo. Dr. Harrison was also an Assistant Professor at Michigan State University during that time. She then went back to UC Davis and was an Assistant Professor in UC Davis’ Department of Medicine and Epidemiology and a veterinarian at the Sacramento Zoo. She is currently an Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine Exotic Animal Medicine Service. She is board certified in the American College of Zoological Medicine and the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine.

AFFILIATIONS

AVMA, AAZV, WDA, ACZM, ACVPM, ECZM

CERTIFICATIONS

Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
Masters of Preventive Veterinary Medicine
Diplomate of the American College of Zoological Medicine
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Preventive Medicine

Area(s) of Expertise

GLOBAL HEALTH, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, VETERINARY CANCER CARE
Neoplasia and its treatments in exotic and zoological animals

Publications

• Approaches and methods to study wildlife cancer , JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY (2024)
• Evaluation of Neoplasia, Treatments, and Survival in Lizard Species , ANIMALS (2024)
• Germline mutation rate predicts cancer mortality across 37 vertebrate species , EVOLUTION MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH (2024)
• Life history traits and cancer prevalence in birds , EVOLUTION MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH (2024)
• Retrospective Study of the Prevalence, Histopathology, Therapy, and Survival Time of Neoplastic Disease in Fish , ANIMALS (2024)
• SARS-CoV-2 morbidity, treatment interventions, and vaccination practices in tigers (Panthera tigris ssp) in North American zoos , JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2024)
• The Impact of Dermal Characteristics on Low-Level Laser Power Measurement in Postmortem Zoological Species , VETERINARY MEDICINE INTERNATIONAL (2024)
• Calculation of body surface area of corn snakes (Pantherophis guttatus) utilizing computed tomography , AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH (2023)
• Defining a species-specific K constant in American Bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) through use of computed tomography , AMERICAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY RESEARCH (2023)
• HYPERKALEMIA IN FOUR ANESTHETIZED RED WOLVES (CANIS RUFUS) , JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE (2023)

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