Thu, 23 September 2010
This week on Genome Barks, we welcome Dr. Matthew Ellinwood, Assistant Professor of Companion Animal Genomics at Iowa State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Genetic diseases can have devastating impact on an animal’s health and well being. In the case of a genetic disease within a breed or within the breeding program of a dog breeder genetic diseases can be crippling to genetic progress. In this podcast, Dr. Ellinwood defines the term genetic disease, discusses the avenues taken to eliminate genetic disease, and provides basic recommendations to breeders who are faced with genetic diseases in their breeds.
Dr. Matthew Ellinwood received both his DVM and PhD from Colorado State University. An Assistant Professor of Companion Animal Genomics at Iowa State University, he has focused his research on genetic diseases of both dogs and cats. Dr. Ellinwood is a member of the Large Munsterlader Club of North America and the North American Versatile Hunting Dog Association. He has 28 years experience breeding, training, hunting over, and testing field trial Labradors and Large Munsterlanders. |
Thu, 9 September 2010
This week we welcome back Dr. Joe Wakshlag, a clinical nutritionist at Cornell University. In this episode of Genome Barks, Dr. Wakshlag defines lifestage nutrition, and describes the breakthroughs in puppy, adult and senior nutritional needs, as well as the special needs of orphan puppies. Dr. Joseph Wakshlag completed a DVM in 1998 at Cornell University and continued studies in both pathology and nutrition eventually completing a residency in Clinical Nutrition.. In 2005 he completed a PhD in pharmacology where he studied the influence of tissue transglutaminase in mammary carcinoma and amyloid-induced neurodegeneration. After a short stay in private practice he returned to Cornell Veterinary Medicine as the assistant professor of clinical nutrition and received board certification by the American College of Veterinary Nutrition in June of 2008. Presently his research interests include carotenoids and fatty acid metabolism in cancer cell biology and metabolism in working dogs.
|