Sarah M Depenbrock

Sarah M Depenbrock

Associate Agronomist and Associate Professor

Medicine & Epidemiology


Licenses
Diplomate Large Animal Internal Medicine, American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Oregon Veterinary License
USDA Accredited Veterinarian
California Veterinary License
Pennsylvania veterinary license
Delaware veterinary license
Maryland veterinary license
Alberta, Canada Veterinary License
Ohio veterinary license
Education
2005, BS, University of California, College of Biological Sciences, Davis, CA
2009, DVM, University of California, School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA
2015, MS, The Ohio State University, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences,
2015, The Ohio State University, Veterinary Medical Center,
Active Research Grants
Co-Investigator, Preweaned dairy calf health management on conventional and organic dairies in California: Determining management practices that require intervention, Munashe Chigerwe (Principal Investigator), California Dept of Food and Ag.
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2021 Wagner S, Depenbrock S: Antimicrobial Use in Dairy Animals: Chapter 30, Dowling T, (ed), Antimicrobial Therapy in Veterinary Medicine 6th edition, . .
2020 Aly SS, Depenbrock S: Preventing Bacterial Diseases in Dairy Cattle, Bouchard E, (ed), Improving Dairy Herd Health, . .
2017 Depenbrock S: Colostrum and Milk Replacers, Chase, Lutz, McKenzie, (ed), Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant. 2nd Ed, . .
Research Focus
Antimicrobial use and resistance in livestock, particularly as relates to bovine respiratory disease and calf management practices.Residue investigation in livestock.
Specialty Focus
Large animal internal medicine with an emphasis in livestock medicine and an additional interest in livestock surgery. I have a particular interest in using internal medicine for livestock disease investigation and prevention.
Ten Recent Publications

2025
Luethy D, Cabrera C, Coll-Roman LM, VanderBroek AR, Depenbrock SM, Bauck AG, Kelleman A, Stockler JW, Scully C, Wiley C, Mackay EE, Abraham M, Leduc L, Noll CV, Fecteau ME, Redding L
Antimicrobial administration practices in hospitalized periparturient goats: a multi-center study

2025
Lauth EE, White S, Depenbrock S, VanHoy G, Heller M, Chigerwe M, Affolter V
Skin disease in sheep: a retrospective study of 296 cases at a university veterinary medical teaching hospital (1986-2020)

2024
Luethy D, Cabrera C, Coll-Roman LM, VanderBroek AR, Bauck AG, Stockler JW, Scully C, Kelleman A, Mackay EE, Depenbrock SM, Fecteau ME, Abraham M, Leduc L, Noll CV, Hernandez JA
Multicenter study of factors associated with nonsurvival in hospitalized periparturient goats

2024
Depenbrock S, Schlessener C, Aly SS, Williams D, El Ashmawy W, McArthur G, Clothier K, Wenz J, Fritz H, Chigerwe M, Weimer B
Antimicrobial resistance genes in respiratory bacteria from weaned dairy heifers

2024
Morgan Bustamante BL, Chigerwe M, Martínez-López B, Aly SS, McArthur G, ElAshmawy WR, Fritz H, Williams DR, Wenz J, Depenbrock S^
Antimicrobial Susceptibility in Respiratory Pathogens and Farm and Animal Variables in Weaned California Dairy Heifers: Logistic Regression and Bayesian Network Analyses

2023
Coll-Roman LM, Cabrera C, VanderBroek AR, Bauck AG, Kelleman AA, Pozor MA, Stockler JW, Wiley C, Scully C, Mackay EE, Depenbrock SM, Fecteau ME, Abraham M, Leduc L, Noll CV, Hernandez JA, Luethy D
Multi-center study of uterine tears and other reproductive complications in periparturient goats presenting to veterinary teaching hospitals

2023
Chigerwe M, Blasczynski SJ, Abi-Nader BA, Condy PM, Kretsch CM, Depenbrock SM
Continuous fluid infusion per rectum compared with intravenous fluid infusion in pigs

2023
Simpson KM, Depenbrock SM, Oman RE, Mayo CE
When dermatologic diseases are devastating: differentiating common endemic conditions in the United States from sheep and goat pox

2023
Clergue S, Depenbrock S, Chigerwe M
Effect of sample volume and time on rumen juice analysis in cattle

2022
Depenbrock SM, Lane J, Asrat M, Poppenga R, Hargrave S, McNabb B, Chigerwe M
Grazing lambs on pastures regrown after wildfires did not significantly alter metal content in meat and wool