Kate Farrell

Kate Farrell

Associate Professor

Surgical & Radiological Sciences


Licenses
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care
RECOVER-Certified BLS (Basic Life Support) and ALS (Advanced Life Support) Instructor
Education
2007, B.S., Stanford University , Stanford CA
2013, DVM, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine , Davis CA
2014, Colorado State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital , Fort Collins, CO
2015, University of California Davis, Davis CA
2018, University of California Davis , Davis CA
2024, M.A.S. in Clinical Research, University of California, Davis, Davis CA
Honors and Awards
2017 Steve Haskins Memorial Scholarship
2017 Gerald V. Ling Award
2022 Mentored Clinical Research Training Program Scholar
2023 Top Cited Article - Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care - Retrospective evaluation of fresh platelet concentrate administration in dogs: Patient characteristics, outcomes, and transfusion practices in 189 transfusion episodes (2008-2019)
2026 Rising Star Alumni Award
Most Recent Five Book Chapters
2024 Farrell KS: Chapter 19: Baclofen, Hovda L, Brutlag A, Poppenga R, Epstein S, (ed), Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Toxicology, 3rd ed, . 129-133.
2024 Farrell KS: Chapter 80: Foreign Objects, Hovda L, Brutlag A, Poppenga R, Epstein S, (ed), Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Toxicology, 3rd ed, . 503-508.
2024 Farrell KS, Jandrey KE: Chapter 9: Ethylene Glycol and Diethylene Glycol, Hovda L, Brutlag A, Poppenga R, Epstein S, (ed), Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Toxicology, 3rd ed, . 66-72.
2024 Farrell KS, Jandrey KE: Chapter 98: Imidacloprid and Other Neonicotinoids, Hovda L, Brutlag A, Poppenga R, Epstein S, (ed), Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Clinical Companion: Small Animal Toxicology, 3rd ed, . 619-622.
2023 Farrell K: Chapter 184 Oximetry Monitoring, Silverstein DC, Hopper K, (ed), Small Animal Critical Care Medicine, 3rd ed, . 1049-1053.
Research Focus

Blood banking and transfusion medicine
Respiratory physiology and monitoring
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation

Specialty Focus

Small animal emergency and critical care with a particular interest in transfusion medicine, blood banking, respiratory physiology, mechanical ventilation, and CPR

Ten Recent Publications

2026
Darvish A, Keller K, Huynh M, Farrell KS, Guzman DS
Blood transfusions in domestic rabbits provide clinical benefit but are complicated by transfusion-associated dyspnea or cardiac overload: 21 cases

2026
Balakumar A, Wanakumjorn P, Kimura K, McLarty E, Farrell K, Brostoff T, Pires J, Cohen-Davidyan T, Cassano JM, Murphy B, Reagan K, Kol A
Beyond macrophages: FIPV tropism includes T and B lymphocytes

2026
Farrell KS, Epstein SE, Nguyen N, Li RHL
Assessment of platelet storage lesions, viability, and function in canine platelet concentrate units stored at 4°C for 14 days

2025
Maier-Millar KK, Farrell KS, Epstein SE
Comparison of iron status and hematologic parameters in new and experienced canine blood donors

2025
Boller M, Burkitt-Creedon JM, Byers C, Fletcher DJ, Farrell KS, Davidson AP, Fricke S, Bassu G, Grundy SA, Lopate C, Veronesi MC, and the RECOVER Newborn Resuscitation Domain Evidence Evaluators
RECOVER Guidelines: Newborn resuscitation in dogs and cats. Evidence and knowledge gap analysis with treatment recommendations

2025
Boller M, Burkitt-Creedon JM, Byers CG, Davidson AP, Farrell KS, Fausak ED, Bassu G, Cain J, Grundy SA, Lopate C, Veronesi MC, Fletcher DJ
RECOVER Guidelines: Newborn resuscitation in dogs and cats. Clinical guidelines

2025
Wanakumjorn P, Kimura K, Castillo D, McLarty E, Formaker R, Qiao R, Farrell K, Brostoff T, Ramarapu R, Pires J, Cohen-Davidyan T, Cassano J, Murphy B, Reagan K, Kol A
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cell therapy improves immune recovery in a feline model of severe coronavirus infection

2024
Wolf J, Buckley GJ, Rozanski EA, Fletcher DJ, Boller M, Burkitt-Creedon JM, Weigand KA, Crews M, Faust ED, Recover Advanced Life Support Domain Worksheet Authors
2024 RECOVER Guidelines: Advanced Life Support. Evidence and knowledge gap analysis with treatment recommendations for small animal CPR

2024
Hopper K, Epstein SE, Burkitt-Creedon JM, Fletcher DJ, Boller M, Fausak ED, Mears K, Crews M, Recover Basic Life Support Domain Evidence Evaluators
2024 RECOVER Guidelines: Basic Life Support. Evidence and knowledge gap analysis with treatment recommendations for small animal CPR

2023
Bank AS, Farrell KS, Epstein SE
Prevalence of dog erythrocyte antigen 1 in a population of dogs tested in California