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