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Autumn P. Davidson, DVM, MS, Ann-Marie Della Maggiore, DVM,
VetBooks.ir ment of Medicine and Epidemiology, Queen Pet Emergency and Specialty
DACVIM Clinical Professor, Depart-
DACVIM (Internal Medicine) Mar-
Group, Roseville, California.
School of Veterinary Medicine, Univer-
sity of California, Davis. Dr. Davidson Dr. Della Maggiore earned her DVM
obtained her BS and MS at the Uni- degree from the University of Califor-
versity of California, Berkeley, with an nia, Davis in 2008. She completed an
emphasis in wildlife ecology and management. Dr. Davidson internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Veteri-
is a graduate of the School of Veterinary Medicine, University nary Medical and Surgical Group in Ventura, California. She
of California, Davis. She completed an internship in small then completed her small animal internal medicine resi-
animal medicine and surgery at Texas A&M University and a dency at UC Davis and became ACVIM board certified in
residency in small animal internal medicine at the University Internal Medicine. Following her residency, she took a clini-
of California, Davis. She became board certified in internal cal faculty position at UC Davis. In 2014 she transitioned to
medicine in 1992. Dr. Davidson specializes in small animal Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine in the
reproduction, pediatrics, and infectious disease. From 1998 Department of Medicine and Epidemiology. Her research
to 2003, Dr. Davidson served as the Director of the San and clinical interests are in small animal endocrinology. Dr.
Rafael veterinary clinic at Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc., Della Maggiore now practices internal medicine at Mar-
overseeing the health care of 1000 puppies whelped annually, Queen Pet Emergency and Specialty Group in Roseville,
as well as a breeding colony of 350 and approximately 400 California, a private referral practice. She has lectured both
dogs in training. Dr. Davidson served on the board of direc- internationally and nationally in canine and feline internal
tors for the Society for Theriogenology from 1996 to 1999, medicine and primarily endocrinology.
and the Institute for Genetic Disease Control from 1990 to
2002. Dr. Davidson consults with the Smithsonian Institu-
tion National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., concern- Stephen P. DiBartola, DVM, DACVIM
ing theriogenology and internal medicine. She has authored (Internal Medicine), Emeritus Profes-
numerous scientific publications and book chapters, and is sor of Medicine, Department of Veteri-
a well-known international speaker on the topics of small nary Clinical Sciences, College of
animal theriogenology and infectious disease. She has trav- Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State
eled the world working with cheetahs, ring-tailed lemurs, University, Columbus, Ohio. Dr. DiBar-
and giant pandas in the field. Dr. Davidson was the 2003 tola received his DVM degree from the
recipient of the Hill’s Animal Welfare and Humane Ethics University of California, Davis in 1976. He completed an
Award, which recognizes an individual who has advanced internship in small animal medicine and surgery at Cornell
animal welfare through extraordinary service or by further- University in Ithaca, New York, in June 1977 and a residency
ing humane principles, education, and understanding. in small animal medicine at The Ohio State University
College of Veterinary Medicine from July 1977 to July 1979.
He served as Assistant Professor of Medicine at the College
of Veterinary Medicine, University of Illinois from July 1979
until August 1981. In August 1981, he returned to the
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at The Ohio
State University as Assistant Professor of Medicine. He was
promoted to Associate Professor in 1985 and to Professor in
1990. He received the Norden Distinguished Teaching Award
in 1988 and the Zoetis Distinguished Teaching Award in
2014. His textbook Fluid Therapy in Small Animal Practice is
in its fourth edition (2012). Dr. DiBartola currently serves as
co-editor-in-chief for the Journal of Veterinary Internal Med-
icine. His clinical areas of interest include diseases of the
kidney and fluid, acid-base, and electrolyte disturbances.