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Meera C Heller

Meera C Heller

Professor and Agronomist

Medicine & Epidemiology

Office
Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses
California State License
Missouri State License
Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, specialty of Large Animal Internal Medicine
Certified Veterinary Medical Acupuncture
Education
2017, Curacore Integrative Medicine & Education Center, Fort Collins, CO
2009, PhD, University of California-Davis, School of Veterinary Medicien, Davis, California
2001, DVM, University of California Davis, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA
1996, BA, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Caprine Uterine Amyloid Syndrome: Characterization of an emerging cause of abortion in goats., (Principal Investigator), Center for Food Animal Health
Co-Principal Investigator, Molecular Characterization of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis from Sheep and Goats using Whole Genome Sequencing , Rosie Busch (Principal Investigator), Population Health and Reproduction Department Seed Grant
Honors and Awards
1995 Heidrich Major Grant, Program in Human Biology, Stanford University
1999 George and Helen Bailey Summer Externship Scholarship, University of California Davis
2000 Mixed Animal Track Scholarship, University of California Davis
2005 UC Davis Graduate Fellowship, University of California Davis, Graduate Program in Comparative Pathology
2005 Bernice Barbour Foundation Fellowship, University of California Davis
2008 American Association of Veterinary Immunologists Student Presentation Award, Second Place Poster Presentation, Conference of Research Workers in Animal Diseases (CRWAD) 89th Annual Meeting
2008 UC Davis Graduate Fellowship, University of California Davis, Graduate Program in Comparative Pathology
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2021 Johns JL, Heller MC: Hematologic conditions of small ruminants, Michelle Anne Kutzler, Cindy Wolf, (ed), Veterinary Clinics of North America: Food Animal Practice, . 183-197.
2018 Heller M, Johns J: Alterations in Hemostasis, Bradford Smith, (ed), Smith: Large Animal Internal Medicine, 6th edition, . .
2018 Heller M, Johns J: Alterations in Blood Proteins, Bradford Smith, (ed), Smith: Large Animal Internal Medicine, 6th edition, . .
2017 Chigerwe M, Heller M: Diagnosis and treatment of infectious enteritis in adult ruminants, Rob Callan, Meredyth Jones, (ed), Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice, . .
2017 Heller M, Chigerwe M: Diagnosis and treatment of infectious enteritis in neonate and juvenile ruminants, Rob Callan, Meredyth Jones, (ed), Veterinary Clinics of North America Food Animal Practice, . .
Specialty Focus

Internal medicine and surgery of ruminants and swine, with a special interest in caprine medicine. Acupuncture in livestock species.

Ten Recent Publications

2022
Larson-Peine JM, Heller MC, Rathert-Williams AR, Pearl KA, Duncan NB, Vander Ley BL, Meyer AM
Blood chemistry and rectal temperature changes of healthy, fall-born, suckling beef calves from birth to 72 hours of age

2022
White SD, Affolter VK, Molinaro AM, Depenbrock SM, Chigerwe M, Heller MC, Rowe JD
Skin disease in goats ( Capra aegagrus hircus ): a retrospective study of 358 cases at a university veterinary teaching hospital (1988–2020)

2022
Smith FL, Heller MC, Crossley BM, Clothier KA, Anderson ML, Barnum SS, Pusterla N, Rowe JD
Diarrhea outbreak associated with coronavirus in adult dairy goats

2022
Johns J, Higgins B, Schroller SG, Flanders MM, Heller MC^
Test comparison for the detection of Anaplasma phagocytophilum antibodies in goats, and prevalence of granulocytic anaplasmosis in goats from Northern California and Southern Oregon

2021
Pitel MO, Heller MC, Roberson JR, McKenzie EC, Sinnott DM, Affolter VK
Lymphoplasmacytic and Eosinophilic Enteritis with or without Globule Leukocyte Hyperplasia in Four Goats

2021
Depenbrock S, Aly S, Wenz J, Williams D, ElAshmawy W, Clothier K, Fritz H, McArthur G, Heller MC, Chigerwe M
In-vitro antibiotic resistance phenotypes of respiratory and enteric bacterial isolates from weaned dairy heifers in California Sarah Depenbrock , Sharif Aly, John Wenz, Deniece Williams, Wagdy ElAshmawy, Kristin Clothier, Heather Fritz, Gary McArthur, Meera Heller, Munashe Chigerwe

2020
Smith JS, Ward JL, Schneider BK, Smith FL, Mueller MS, Heller MC
Comparison of Standard Electrocardiography and Smartphone-Based Electrocardiography Recorded at Two Different Anatomic Locations in Healthy Meat and Dairy Breed Does

2020
Chigerwe M, Depenbrock SM, Heller MC, King A, Clergue SA, Morris CM, Peyton JL, Angelos JA
Clinical management and outcomes for goats, sheep, and pigs hospitalized for treatment of burn injuries sustained in wildfires: 28 cases (2006, 2015, and 2018)

2020
Heller M, Busch R, Koehne A, Keating M, Mohr C
Unusual severe fungal pneumonia in Vietnamese Potbelly Pigs: 2 cases

2020
Sinnott D, Woolard K, Heller M, Affolter V
Congenital melanoma in a 9-day-old Saanen goat