The Master of Science Seminar and Examination of Katie Gottleib

Biography

Third year large animal surgery resident. Very excited to finishboth her masters and clinical residency and start a career aftercompleting three internships at Fairfield Equine Associates,New Bolton Center and Iowa State University. She has a special interest in emergency and critical care and colic surgery, in addition to her work in sports medicine research. She will begin work in private practice in Aiken, SC after residency and hopes to get back into competitive riding and spending time with family.

Funded by

• VMCVM Office of Research and Graduate Studies
• VMCVM Equine Research Competition Grant
• Stamp Family Charitable Foundation, Inc.
• United States Department of Agriculture-NIFA

Awards and Academic Achievements

• VMCVM Research Symposium Outstanding Research Abstract 2025
• University of Pennsylvania SAVMA Class of 2021 Award for Best Intern New Bolton Campus
• ACVS Student Award for Proficiency in Large Animal Surgery (Class of 2019)
• Dr. Lawrence E. Heider Leadership Award (2018)
• Dr. David Nelson Poirer Memorial Award of Merit (2018)
• AVC Dean’s List (2015-2016,2017-2018)
• Animal Welfare Foundation of Canada and AVC Animal Welfare Club Scholarship (2019)

Lay Language Abstract 

Alterations to the limb flight of horses were measured using hoof-mounted sensors and found to be significant when comparing the gait of horses wearing no shoes, steel shoes, and aluminum shoes. At this time not enough scientific evidence exists to provide guidelines related to the shoes and mid-competition changing of shoes on athletic horses. The data provides quantifiable evidence that changing the shoes on a horse will have measurable changes in flight and will have implications for the ethics and welfare surrounding equine athletes in a competition setting.

Publications

Jordan RL, Gottleib KA, Stevenson V. Progressive dyspnea with chronic nasal discharge in a Percheron yearling colt. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2024 Jan 5;262(4):552-554. doi: 10.2460/javma.23.07.0386. PMID: 38183766.

Examination Graduate Committee

Major Advisor/Chair:

Christopher Byron, DVM, MS, DACVS
Associate Professor
Department Head
Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Graduate Advising Committee Members:

Travis Burns, MSc, CJF, TE, EE, FWCF
Associate Professor of Practice
Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Lauren Trager-Burns, DVM, MS, DACVSMR–Equine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Amy Santonastaso, VMD, MS, DABVP (Equine)
Clinical Assistant Professor
Large Animal Clinical Sciences

Sophie H. Bogers, BVSc, MVSc, PhD, DACVS–Large Animal
Assistant Professor
Large Animal Clinical Sciences