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

• A Multi-Institutional Collaboration to Understand Neoplasia, Treatment and Survival of Snakes , ANIMALS (2022)
• Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Veterinary Medicine in Zoological and Exotic Animal Medicine: A Review and Introduction of Methods , VETERINARY SCIENCES (2022)
• EVALUATION OF PROGNOSTIC INDICATORS FOR INJURED TURTLES PRESENTING TO A WILDLIFE CLINIC , JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE (2022)
• Effects of gender on income and family planning for diplomates of the American College of Zoological Medicine , JAVMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2022)
• Euthanasia Complications in Non-Domestic Species , Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens (2022)
• Exome sequencing of hepatocellular carcinoma in lemurs identifies potential cancer drivers A pilot study , EVOLUTION MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH (2022)
• Of Elephants and Other Mammals: A Comparative Review of Reproductive Tumors and Potential Impact on Conservation , ANIMALS (2022)
• Outbreak in African lions of Yersinia pseudotuberculosis infection, with aberrant bacterial morphology , JOURNAL OF VETERINARY DIAGNOSTIC INVESTIGATION (2022)
• YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS INFECTION IN LIONS (PANTHERA LEO) AT A ZOOLOGICAL PARK , JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE (2022)
• BREEDING AND NEONATAL REARING PRACTICES AND CHALLENGES IN LESSER HEDGEHOG TENRECS (ECHINOPS TELFAIRI) IN NORTH AMERICAN ZOOS , JOURNAL OF ZOO AND WILDLIFE MEDICINE (2021)

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