Elisabeth Snead
Professor
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Biography
Dr. Elisabeth (Liz) Snead completed her internship at the Mesa Veterinary Hospital in 2000 and her residency at the University of Prince Edward Island in 2003. Her teaching expertise is in the area of small animal nephrology and endocrinology. She is the director of the Feline Radioiodine Treatment Program for treating hyperthyroidism in cats. Dr. Snead is the WCVM's associate dean of research and graduate studies.
Research Interest
Her MSc research was in the area of canine diabetes mellitus. Areas of clinical research include feline infectious diseases, intraosseous bone marrow, access techniques in dogs and cats: feline obesity and diabetes mellitus, comparative prostatic disease in dogs and men using synchrotron imaging, arterial blood gas findings in obese dogs and techniques for measuring glomerular filtration rate in cats. As part of her sabbatical leave, Dr. Snead explored the use of radioisotopes as an alternative treatment for infectious diseases in dogs and cats. Dr. Snead is a current member of the U of S Prostate Research Group and the One Health Imaging Group.
Publications
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Dhumeaux MP, Snead E, Taylor SM, Carr AP, Dickinson RM, Epp TY, Leis ML. Effects Of A Standardized Anesthetic Protocol On Hematologic Parameters In Healthy Cats. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 2011 May 1;25(3):697.
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Wolkowski B, Snead E, Wesolowski M, Singh J, Pettitt M, Chibbar R, Melli S, Montgomery J. Assessment of freeware programs for the reconstruction of tomography datasets obtained with a monochromatic synchrotron-based X-ray source. Journal of synchrotron radiation. 2015 Jul 1;22(4):1130-8.
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Snead EC, Taylor SM, Kooij M, Cosford K, Beggs AH, Shelton GD. Clinical phenotype of Xâ€linked myotubular myopathy in labrador retriever puppies. Journal of veterinary internal medicine. 2015 Jan 1;29(1):254-60.
