Animals share the planet with us and, with shorter life spans, can provide clues about our common environment and impacts on aging. Most of the significant bioterror agents are infectious diseases that can cross species between animals and humans. Animals provide food, fiber, and companionship for humans, and impacts to animal production or quality of life affect everyone. Exponent is knowledgeable about veterinary medicine, including small- and large-animal infectious diseases, epidemiology, nutrition, and endocrinology. We have worked on numerous projects involving veterinary issues, including:
Exposures of horses to PCBs
- Automated dairy operation impacts on prevalence of infection
- Food outbreak investigations
- Electromagnetic fields and health effects on cattle
- Infections among farmed deer
- Ingredient safety of animal feed and of pet treats
- Animal impacts on painted surfaces and on household products
- Medical device testing using animal models
- Veterinary database survival analysis
- Veterinary drug uses
We work with Exponent staff members in the Center for Exposure and Dose Reconstruction, the Center for Chemical Regulation and Food Safety, and the Center for Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Computational Biology, as well as the Mechanics & Materials and EcoSciences Practices. We are involved with local and national veterinary and medical associations, and serve on local and national committees examining the effects of environmental compounds on human and animal health.
Representative Publications
Levy JK, Edinboro CH, Glotfelty CS, Dingman, PA, West AL, Kirkland-Cady KD. Seroprevalence of Dirofilaria immitis, feline leukemia virus, and feline immunodeficiency virus in dogs and cats rescued from the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricane disaster. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2007; 231(2):218-225.
Edinboro CH. Companion animals may serve as sentinels of health risk – A review of thyroid diseases in three non-human species. (Abstract) Thyroid 2006; 16(9):908-909.
Buffler PA, Kelsh MA, Lau EC, Edinboro CH, Barnard JC, Rutherford GW, Daaboul JJ, Palmer L, Lorey FW. Thyroid function and perchlorate in drinking water: An evaluation among California newborns, 1998. Environmental Health Perspectives 2006; 114(5):798-804.
Edinboro CH, Scott-Moncrieff JC, Glickman LT. Environmental risk factors for feline hyperthyroidism: Pet cats as potential sentinels for public health. (Abstract) Thyroid 2004; 14(9):759.
Edinboro CH, Scott-Moncrieff JC, Janovitz EB, Thacker HL, Glickman LT. Epidemiologic study of the relationships between commercial canned food consumption and the risk of hyperthyroidism in cats. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 2004; 224(6):879–886.
Edinboro CH, Ward MP, Glickman LT. A placebo-controlled trial of two intranasal vaccines to prevent tracheobronchitis (kennel cough) in dogs entering a humane shelter. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 2004; 62(2):89–99.