Tarini Ullal

Tarini Ullal

Assistant Professor

Medicine & Epidemiology


Licenses
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
Education
2011, BA, University of California, Berkeley
2015, DVM, University of California, Davis
2019, MS, Colorado State University,
Active Research Grants
Principal Investigator, Characterization of Copper Associated Hepatopathy in Labrador Retrievers: A Multi-Omics Approach, (Principal Investigator), American Kennel Club Early Career Investigator
Co-Principal Investigator, The Farmer's Dog - Nutritional Management of Canine Hypertriglceridemia, Tarini Ullal and Sina Marsilio (Principal Investigator), The Farmer's Dog
Co-Principal Investigator, Digital Pathology with Artifical Intelligence to Characterize Feline Cholangitis, Tarini Ullal and April Choi (Principal Investigator), EveryCat Health Foundation
Co-Principal Investigator, Digital Pathology with Artificial Intelligence to Characterize Feline Cholangitis, Tarini Ullal and April Choi (Principal Investigator), CCAH
Principal Investigator, Acidic Reflux and Aspiration in Dogs with Bacterial Pneumonia and Inflammatory Airway Disease, (Principal Investigator), CCAH
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2025 Tarini Ullal: Immune-mediated Chronic Hepatitis in Dogs, Ben Brainard and Meg Sleeper, (ed), Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline, . .
2025 Ullal TV, Shropshire SB: Chapter 13: Immune-mediated Chronic Hepatitis in Dogs, , Veterinary Clinics: Small Animal Practice, . e13-e24.
Research Focus
• Canine and feline gastroenterology, hepatobiliary disease, immune mediated chronic hepatitis, copper associated chronic hepatitis, esophageal disease, aerodigestive disorders
• Translational medicine and research
• Endoscopic procedures particularly laparoscopic liver biopsy, gastrointestinal endoscopy, esophagostomy tube and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube placement
Specialty Focus
Canine and feline gastroenterology, hepatobiliary disease, immune mediated chronic hepatitis, copper associated chronic hepatitis, swallowing impairment, esophageal disease
Ten Recent Publications

2026
Farrell M, Singh A, Mayhew PD, Hawker W, Collier A, Appleby R, Sanchez A, Bersenas A, Ullal T, Marks SL, Chohan A, Brinkley A
Folded-flap palatoplasty and traditional staphylectomy yield similar postoperative soft palate geometry in French Bulldogs undergoing airway surgery

2025
Ullal T, Shropshire S
Immune-Mediated Chronic Hepatitis in Dogs

2025
Ullal T, Choi EA, Gui D, Medici V
Comparative review of copper-associated chronic hepatitis in dogs and Wilson disease in humans.

2024
Ullal TV, Marks SL, Yang NT, Taylor SL
Evaluating acidic gastroesophageal reflux with wireless pH monitoring in French bulldogs with sliding hiatal herniation.

2023
Chen FL, Ullal TV, Graves JL, Ratcliff ER, Naka A, McKenzie B, Carttar TA, Super KM, Austriaco J, Weber SY, Vaughn J, LaCroix-Fralish ML
Evaluating instruments for assessing healthspan: a multi-center cross-sectional study on health-related quality of life (HRQL) and frailty in the companion dog.

2023
Ullal TV, Jaffey JA, Kreisler R, Matheson J, Pacholec C, Shumway K, Van den Bossche L, Fieten H, Ringold R, DeClue AE
Increasing age and severe intraoperative hypotension associated with nonsurvival in dogs with gallbladder mucocele undergoing cholecystectomy.

2023
Ullal TV, Marks SL, Evenhuis JV, Figueroa ME, Pomerantz LK, Forsythe LR
Evaluation of gastroprotectant administration in hospitalized cats in a tertiary referral hospital.

2023
Ullal TV, Marks SL, Huebner SN, Taylor SL, Shelley CD
Association of folate concentrations with clinical signs and laboratory markers of chronic enteropathy in dogs.

2022
Moss AL, Acutt EV, Ullal T, Applegate TJ, Hackett ES
Ureteropyeloscopic removal of a nephrolith from a 19 year old Hanoverian gelding

2022
Ullal TV, Lakin S, Gallagher B, Sbardellati N, Abdo Z, Twedt DC
Demographic and histopathologic features of dogs with abnormally high concentrations of hepatic copper.