Joellen Lynne Westropp

Joellen Lynne Westropp

Director and Professor

Medicine & Epidemiology

Office
3101 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses
Diplomate American College of Veterinary of Internal Medicine
Education
1997, DVM, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
2004, PhD, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Learners to LeAders in benign Urology, benign Nephrology, and non-Cancer Hematology, (Principal Investigator), NIH National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive & Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Principal Investigator, Comparison of the performance of VetScan for urine sediment evaluation compared to laboratory microscopy of urine specimens from cats and dogs, (Principal Investigator), Zoetis
Co-Principal Investigator, Biomarkers in cats with feline idiopathic cystitis, Buffington, CAT (Principal Investigator), CCAH
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2023 Westropp JLW, Sykes JE: Chapter 127: Infections of the Genitourinary Tract, Sykes JE, (ed), Greene's Infectious Diseases of the Dog and Cat, Fifth Ed, . 1669–1687.
2019 Westropp JL: Chapter 46: Canine and Feline Urolithiasis, Nelson RW, Couto CG, (ed), Small Animal Internal Medicine, 6th edition, . .
2019 Westropp JL: Chapter 48: Disorders of Micturition, Nelson RW, Couto CG, (ed), Small Animal Internal Medicine, 6th edition, . .
2019 Westropp JL: Chapter 47: Obstructive and non-obstructive feline idiopathic cystitis, Nelson RW, Couto CG, (ed), Small Animal Internal Medicine, 6th edition, . .
2019 Westropp JL: Chapter 45: Canine and feline urinary tract infections, Nelson RW, Couto CG, (ed), Small Animal Internal Medicine, 6th edition, . .
Research Focus
Lower urinary tract disorders in small and companion animals.
Specialty Focus
Small Animal Medicine
Ten Recent Publications

2024
Segev G, Chen H, Dear JD, Martinez Lopez B, Pires J, Klumpp D, Schaeffer A, Westropp JL^
Evaluation of the efficacy of a live Escherichia colibiotherapeutic product (asymptomatic bacteriuria E. coli 212)

2024
Kendall A, Byron JK, Westropp JL, Coates JR, Vaden S, Adin C, Oetelaar G, Bartges JW, Foster JD, Adams LG, Olby N, Berent A
ACVIM consensus statement on diagnosis and management of urinary incontinence in dogs

2023
Sutter CM, Dear JD, Fine JR, Pires J, Sykes JE, Segev G, Westropp JL^
Evaluation of a rapid immunoassay for bacteriuria in dogs