Erin Lashnits

Erin Lashnits

Assistant Professor

Medicine & Epidemiology


Licenses
NY State Veterinary Medical License
NC Faculty Veterinary Medical License
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
WI Veterinary Medical License
Education
2006, BS, Stanford University, Stanford CA
2006, MS, Stanford University, Stanford CA
2012, DVM, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithica NY
2020, PhD, North Carolina State University, Raleigh NC
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Antiviral treatment of Feline Infectious Peritonitis in the United States, (Principal Investigator), UW Companion Animal Fund
Principal Investigator, Why do some fleas spread disease? The ecoepidemiology of bacterial pathogens carried by Ctenocephalides felis (cat flea), (Principal Investigator), UW Companion Animal Fund
Ten Recent Publications

2025
Robveille C, Maggi RG, Lashnits E, Donovan TA, Linder KE, Regan DP, Woolard KD, Breitschwerdt EB
PCR testing of fresh frozen tissues substantially improves molecular detection of Bartonella spp. DNA in dogs with hemangiosarcoma

2024
Delaney S, Robveille C, Maggi RG, Lashnits E, Kingston E, Liedig C, Murray L, Fallon BA, Breitschwerdt EB
Bartonella species bacteremia in association with adult psychosis.

2024
LeVine DN, Kidd L, Garden OA, Brooks MB, Goggs R, Kohn B, Mackin AJ, Eldermire ERB, Chang YM, Allen J, Christopherson PW, Glanemann B, Maruyama H, Naskou MC, Nielsen LN, Shropshire S, Viall AK, Birkenheuer AJ, Forman MA, Hanzlicek AS, Langner KF, Lashnits E, Lunn KF, Makielski KM, Roura X, Spada E
ACVIM consensus statement on the diagnosis of immune thrombocytopenia in dogs and cats.

2024
McAtee R, Wood MW, Daniels JB, Lashnits E^
Treatment of Francisella philomiragia bacteremia in a dog.

2024
Murdock BK, Bach JF, Qurollo BA, Lashnits EW, Friedrichs KR
Detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in an inflammatory pericardial effusion of a dog.

2023
Gin TE, Petzold EA, Uthappa DM, Neighbors CE, Borough AR, Gin C, Lashnits E, Sempowski GD, Denny T, Bienzle D, Weese JS, Callahan BJ, Woods CW
Evaluation of SARS-CoV-2 identification methods through surveillance of companion animals in SARS-CoV-2-positive homes in North Carolina, March to December 2020.