182. Flea-Borne Diseases in Free-Roaming Cats
Fleas are an overlooked and understudied vector of disease with the potential to harbor and transmit multiple pathogens of concern. This session will provide a state-of-the-art update on flea-borne disease research. Topics will include flea-borne pathogens that affect cats, dogs, and people; current efforts to evaluate flea phylogeny worldwide; and results of recent research on potential flea-borne diseases in free-roaming cats, including Bartonella, Rickettsia, and hemotropic Mycoplasma.
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Erin Lashnits
M.S., DVM, Ph.D., DACVIM (SAIM)
University of Wisconsin | Madison, Wis.
Dr. Lashnits is a clinical assistant professor in small animal internal medicine at University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine. She received her master's in biology from Stanford University, DVM from Cornell University, and Ph.D. in comparative biomedical sciences from North Carolina State University. After completing an internship at a private practice in Brooklyn, N.Y., Dr. Lashnits spent several years in small animal GP/ER while simultaneously teaching high school chemistry. She later finished her internal medicine residency through the clinician investigator program at North Carolina State. Her broad research interests are in infectious disease epidemiology in a One Health context—particularly zoonotic and vector borne diseases—and infectious diseases that impact underserved veterinary populations. Her current studies include characterization of the flea microbiome and flea-borne diseases in free-roaming cats, as well as investigating Bartonella transmission and Babesia prevalence in the Midwest.
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