Susan Taylor
Professor
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
University of Saskatchewan
Canada
Biography
Dr. Taylor is a professor in the Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences and works as a staff internist in the WCVM Veterinary Medical Centre's Small Animal Clinic. Dr. Taylor moved to Canada to join the WCVM staff in 1985. Her professional interests include neurology, respiratory medicine and infectious and immune-mediated diseases.
Research Interest
Dr. Taylor's areas of active research include medical, neuromuscular and neurological problems affecting canine athletes (sled dogs, field trial retrievers and working border collies). She is actively investigating the inherited disorder, exercise induced collapse (EIC) in Labrador retrievers and a similar disorder in border collies (border collie collapse or BCC). As well, Dr. Taylor is studying a distinct partial seizure disorder (atypical epilepsy, paroxysmal dyskinesia) in Labrador retrievers and focal seizure disorders manifesting with autonomic signs in all breeds.
Publications
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Lemetayer J, Taylor S. Inflammatory joint disease in cats: Diagnostic approach and treatment. Journal of feline medicine and surgery. 2014 Jul;16(7):547-62.
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Jacobson LS. The South African form of severe and complicated canine babesiosis: clinical advances 1994–2004. Veterinary parasitology. 2006 May 31;138(1):126-39.
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Lemetayer JD, Dowling PM, Taylor SM, Papich MG. Pharmacokinetics and distribution of voriconazole in body fluids of dogs after repeated oral dosing. Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics. 2015 Oct 1;38(5):451-6.
