Heather K Knych
Professor
Professor
California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab
Molecular Biosciences
California Animal Health and Food Safety Lab
Molecular Biosciences
Phone Number
Office
K.L. Maddy Equine Analytical Chemistry Laboratory, Davis, CA 95616
Research Profile
Licenses
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Clinical Pharmacology
DVM, California
Education
2010, Residency, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
2008, PhD, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
2005, DVM, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
2000, MS, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
1997, BS, University of California, San Diego, LaJolla, CA
Active Research Grants
Co-Investigator, Fluralaner concentrations and safety in the horse following oral administration, Jessica Morgan (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health, University of California Davis
Principal Investigator, Thermal nociceptive effects of oral morpine in horses, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health, University of California, Davis
Co-Investigator, Distribution of alprazolam in mares' serum, milk and foals' serum, Gary Magdesian (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health, University of California Davis
Co-Investigator, Pharmacokinetics of oral marbofloxacin in adult horses, Gary Magdesian (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health, School of Veterinary Medicine UCD
Co-Investigator, Natural Food Phytochemicals as Anesthetic, Analgesic, and Euthanasia Agents in Food-Producing Animals, Robert Brosnan (Principal Investigator), USDA National Institute for Food and Agriculture (NIFA)
Co-Investigator, Skin pharmacokinetics of oral fluralaner at 25 mg/kg in the horse, Jessica Morgan (Principal Investigator), Friesian Horse Association of North America
Co-Investigator, Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of mavacoxib in great horned owls, Michelle Hawkins (Principal Investigator), Oiled Wildcare Network
Co-Investigator, Pimobendan pharmacodynamics and effect on echocardiographic parameters in New Zealand White rabbits , Sarah Ozawa (Principal Investigator), Association of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians
Principal Investigator, Pharmacokinetics & Anti-inflammatory Effects of Intramuscular Corticosteroids, (Principal Investigator), American Quarter Horse Association
Co-Investigator, Optimal Oxygenation in Neonatal Lung Injury, Satyanarayana Lakshminrusimha (Principal Investigator), NIH National Institute of Child Health & Human Development
Principal Investigator, Optimization of transdermal buprenorphine administration to horses, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health, UC Davis SVM
Principal Investigator, Pharmacokinetics and effects on gastric acid secretion of the potassium-competitive acid blocker vonoprazan in horses, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health, UC Davis, SVM
Principal Investigator, Assessment of tapentadol, a drug with dual mechanisms of action for treating pain in horses, (Principal Investigator), Center for Equine Health, UC Davis SVM
Principal Investigator, Functional Implications of Genetic Variations in Drug Metabolizing Enzymes on Metabolism and Clearance in Horses, (Principal Investigator),
Principal Investigator, Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy of Pregabalin in Horses., (Principal Investigator), Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation
Co-Investigator, Combined intra-articular injection of triamcinolone acetonide and polyacrylamide hydrogels on systemic absorption and retention of triamcinolone acetonide in synovial fluid, Jacobs (Principal Investigator), ACVS Foundation Surgery Resident Research Grant
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2021 Knych, HK: Chapter 17 Beta2 Agonists – Clenbuterol and Albuterol , Lynn R. Hovda, Dionne Benson, Robert H. Poppenga, (ed), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Equine Toxicology, . .
2021 Knych, HK: Chapter 11 Methamphetamine and Amphetamine , Lynn R. Hovda, Dionne Benson, Robert H. Poppenga , (ed), Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Equine Toxicology, . .
2014 Knych HK: Chapter 13: Analgesic Pharmacology, , Robinson's Current Therapy in Equine Medicine, 7th Edition, . 55-57.
Research Focus
Equine: pharmacokinetics/pharmacodynamics; drug metabolism; biomarkers
Specialty Focus
Equine pharmacology