The Center for Companion Animal Health has established a competitive faculty research grant program at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. We invite vet school faculty who are interested in companion animal health to submit proposals for funding. The call for this program goes out in February each year and proposals are due in early April. Funding begins in the following fiscal year. Please visit our internal forms page for more information about this program, or contact Sharon Anglin via email skanglin@ucdavis.edu or by phone at (530) 752-7295.

CCAH has assisted with the following animal health studies:

• Anesthesia
  Discovery of the most effective anesthetic regimens for cats and dogs
  Principle Investigators: Ilkiw, Pascoe 1991-2000

• Clinical, Pathology, Parisitology
  Diagnostics, the use of non-invasive urine dipsticks for detection of cancer in dogs. Principle Investigator: Christopher 1999

• Epidemiology
  Discovery that vaccination can cause a type of cancer (fibrosarcomas)
  in cats. Principle Investigator: Kass

• Hemodialysis
  The 1st (worldwide) hemodialysis treatment for cats in kidney failure
  Principle Investigator: Cowgill 1994

• Infectious Disease
  The 1st (worldwide) Shelter Medicine Program.
  Principle Investigator: Foley 2001

• Nutrition
  Identification of optimal requirements, metabolism and toxicity levels of: Vitamins A, B, K, Choline and Chloride for cats
  Principle Investigators: Morris, Rogers, Marks, Backus 1992-1999
  

For an expanded list of CCAH's recent accomplishments please visit our accomplishments page