Assistant Clinical Professor - Veterinary Population Medicine

rdavies@umn.edu

Education

• PhD. University of Minnesota, 1991

Research Interests

• Comparative endocrinology
• Breed-specific reference intervals for endocrine diagnostic testing
• Effects of non-pathological parameters (example: age, season, breed) on endocrine testing
• Effects of sample handling on endocrine diagnostic testing
• Canine and feline growth hormone measurement
• Canine and equine Troponin I measurement
• Pre-analytical and analytical error measurement for endocrine testing
• Nutrition/obesity endocrinology

Clinical Interests

• Thyroid hormone reference intervals
• Alpaca/llama hormone reference intervals
• Cushings disease
• Hypothyroidism
• Nutrition/Obesity
• Growth Hormone measurement
• Endocrine disorders
• Laboratory QA/QC

Instructional areas

• Freshman endocrinology
• Lab rotation for Junior and Senior students

Publications

For a listing of recent publications, refer to PubMed, a service provided by the National Library of Medicine.

Current Funding

• Determination of breed-specific reference ranges for assessing thyroid function in several breeds. AKC/CHF
• Determination of breed-specific reference intervals for assessing thyroid function in American Collies. American Collie Foundation.
• The effect of renal insufficiency on serum cardiac troponin I levels in dogs, CVM Small animal companion grants.