Position Title
Professor
Vice Provost
Position Title
Professor
Vice Provost
- Vet Med
- Population Health
He/Him/His
- (530) 752 2072
- phkass@ucdavis.edu
- https://profiles.ucdavis.edu/philip.kass
- https://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/meet-vice-provost
- https://leadership.ucdavis.edu/people/phil-kass
- https://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/faculty/philip-h-kass
- https://academicaffairs.ucdavis.edu/people/philip-kass
225 Mrak Hall
One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616
One Shields Avenue, Davis CA 95616
Bio
Research Focus
- Quantitative epidemiology (companion animals)
- Non-experimental inference
- Epidemiologic methodology and analysis
- Epidemiology of environmental hazards of animals and humans
- Companion animal epidemiology
- Hospital-based surveillance methodology
- Cancer research
Selected Works
- 1. Knych HK, Weiner D, Arthur RM, Baden R, McKemie DS, Kass PH. Serum concentrations, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic modeling, and effects of dexamethasone on inflammatory mediators following intravenous and oral administration to exercised horses. Drug Testing and Analysis (2020);12:1087-1101
- 2. Kilcoyne I, Dechant JE, Kass PH, Nieto JE. Evaluation of the risk of incisional infection in horses following application of protective dressings after exploratory celiotomy for treatment of colic. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association(2019);254:1441-1447.
- 3. Cooper AE, Thomasy SM, Drazenovich TL, Kass PH, Potniss SS, Leutenegger CM, Maggs DJ. Prophylactic and therapeutic effects of twice-daily famciclovir administration on infections upper respiratory disease in shelter-housed cats. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery (2018);32:1731-1739
- 4. Knych HK, Harrison L, Chouicha N, Kass PH. Expression of inflammatory and structural matrix genes in synovial fluid following intra-articular administration of isoflupredone acetate to exercised horses. Equine Veterinary Journal (2018);50:504-512.
- 5. Karsten CL, Wagner DC, Kass PH, Hurley KF. An observational study of the relationship between Capacity for Care as an animal shelter management model and cat health, adoption and death in three animal shelters. Veterinary Journal (2017);227:15-22.
Education and Degree(s)
- 1990 PhD Comparative Pathology/Epidemiology, University of California, Davis, CA
- 1988 MS Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA
Publications
- Canine olfactory detection of florfenicol residues in goat milk: a pilot study
Journal Article | Clapham, M., McElroy, D., Mercer, M., Kass, P., Tell, L. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 12, 1579933. 10.3389/fvets.2025.1579933 - Clinical Features That Increase Suspicion of Brucella canis Infection in Dogs With Discospondylitis: A Multicenter Case–Control Study
Journal Article | Moeller, C., Bartges, J., Brust, K., Kass, P., Kelly, R., Lashnits, E., Li, C., Merkel, L., Pritchard, J., Sykes, J. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 39, e70112. 10.1111/jvim.70112 - Pharmacokinetics of Ethyl Glucuronide and Ethyl Sulfate and Pharmacodynamic Effects Following Intravenous and Oral Administration of Ethanol to Exercised Horses
Journal Article | Knych, H., Blea, J., Scollay, M., Kass, P., McKemie, D. Drug Testing and Analysis, 17, 933-941. 10.1002/dta.3803 - Prediction of Gestational Age in Warmblood, Standardbred and Thoroughbred Horses Based on the Table Established in Light Breed Horses Using Foetal Ultrasonographic Measurements of Four Biometric Parameters
Journal Article | Renaudin, C., Picandet, V., Kass, P. Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 60, e70059. 10.1111/rda.70059 - Quantitative assessment of mucosal fibrosis and its correlation with disease severity and outcome in cats with chronic enteropathy
Journal Article | Dausend, N., Cosgrove, E., Giaretta, P., Kass, P., Freiche, V., Marsilio, S. Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 27, 1098612x251338174. 10.1177/1098612x251338174 - See publications and more on Aggie Experts: https://experts.ucdavis.edu/expert/oTf5l6Tt