Kidney, Beverly A. Professor, Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Graduate Chair, Department of Veterinary Pathology Veterinary Pathology Office Location: WCVM 1642 Phone: 306-966-7304 Fax: 306-966-7439 Email: beverly.kidney@usask.ca

Academic Credentials

• DVM, University of Saskatchewan
• MVetSc, University of Saskatchewan
• PhD, University of Saskatchewan
• Diplomate ACVP, American College of Veterinary Pathologists

Teaching and Clinical Areas

Dr. Kidney teaches undergraduate clinical pathology to the second and fourth year veterinary students (VTPA 346 and VTPA 580, respectively), and graduate diagnostic clinical pathology (VTPA 850-853), hematology (VTPA 810) and chemistry (VTPA 811).  She is also the clinical pathology faculty advisor for the WCVM Student chapter of the ACVP.  She participates in the diagnostic clinical pathology duty roster for Prairie Diagnostic Services (PDS) during which time she is usually also teaching clinical pathology graduate students. 

Research Interests

Dr. Kidney’s research interests include applied clinical studies in veterinary clinical pathology, molecular oncology, viral oncogenesis (particularly papillomavirus), equine sarcoids, gene expression in cancer and feline vaccine site sarcomas. 

Publications

• Wong, V.M., Kidney, B.A., Snead, E.C.R., Myers, S.L., Jackson, M.L, 2011.  Serum C-Reactive Protein Concentrations in healthy Miniature Schnauzer Dogs.  Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 2011; 40:380-383.
• Al-Dissi, A.N., Haines, D.M., Singh, B., Kidney, B.A.  Immunohistochemical Expression of Vascular endothelial Growth Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 in Canine Simple Mammary gland Adenocarcinomas.  Canadian Veterinary Journal, 2010; 51:1109-1114.
• Wobeser, B.K, Davies, J.L., Hill, J.E., Jackson, M.L, Kidney, B.A., Mayer, M.N., Townsend, H.G.G., Allen, A.L.   Epidemiology of Sarcoids in Horses in Western Canada.   Canadian Veterinary Journal, 2010; 51:1103-1108.
• Galezowski, A.M., Snead, E.C.R., Kidney, B.A., Jackson, M.L, 2010.  C-reactive protein as a prognostic indicator in dogs with acute abdomen syndrome.  Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 22: 395-401.
• D.N. Thilakaratne, M.N. Mayer, V.S. MacDonald, M.L. Jackson, B. R. Trask, B.A. Kidney, 2010.  Clonality and Phenotyping of Canine Lymphomas before Chemotherapy and during Remission using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) on Lymph Node Cytologic Smears and Peripheral Blood.  Canadian Veterinary Journal, 51: 79-84. 
• A.N. Al-Dissi, D.M. Haines, B. Singh, B.A. Kidney, 2009.  Immunohistochemical Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor in Canine Cutaneous Fibrosarcomas.  Journal of Comparative Pathology, 141: 229-236.
• B.A. Kidney, S.M. Dial, M. M. Christopher, 2009.  Guidelines for Resident Training in Veterinary Clinical Pathology. III: Cytopathology and Surgical Pathology.  Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 38: 281-287.
• B.A. Kidney, 2008.  Papillomatosis, 1 page chapter, 557.  In J.P. Lavoie, K.W. Hinchcliff (eds), Blackwell’s Five-Minute Veterinary Consult Equine, 2^nd edition; Ames Iowa: Wiley-Blackwell.
• B.A. Kidney, A. Berrocal, 2008.  Sarcoids in two captive tapirs (Tapirus bairdii): clinical, pathological and molecular study.  Veterinary Dermatology, 19: 380-384.
• B.A. Kidney, 2008.  Role of Inflamamtion/Wound Healing in Feline Oncogenesis: a Commentary (invited editorial).  Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery, 10: 107-109.
• A.N. Al-Dissi, D.M. Haines, B. Singh, B.A. Kidney, 2007.  Immunohistochemical Expression of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor Associated with Tumor Cell Proliferation in Canine Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinomas and Trichoepitheliomas.  Veterinary Pathology, 44:823-830.
• B.K. Wobeser, B.A.  Kidney,  B.E. Powers, S.J.  Withrow, M.N. Mayer,  M.T. Spinato, and A.L. Allen, 2007.  Diagnoses and Clinical Outcomes Associated with Surgically Amputated Canine Digits Submitted to Multiple Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories.  Veterinary Pathology, 44:355-361. 
• B.K. Wobeser, B.A.  Kidney,  B.E. Powers, S.J.  Withrow, M.N. Mayer,  M.T. Spinato, and A.L. Allen, 2007.  Diagnoses and Clinical Outcomes Associated with Surgically Amputated Feline Digits Submitted to Multiple Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratories.  Veterinary Pathology, 44: 362-365. 
• B.K. Wobeser, B.A. Kidney, B.E. Powers, S.J. Withrow, M.N. Mayer, M.T. Spinato, A.L. Allen, 2007.  Agreement Among Surgical Pathologists Routine Histologic Sections of Digits Amputated from Cats and Dogs .  Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 19:439-443 . 
• N.J. Fernandez, B.A. Kidney, 2007.  Alkaline Phosphatase: Beyond the liver.  Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 36:223-233.
• C.K. Stevenson, B.A. Kidney, T. Duke, E.C.R. Snead, R.C. Mainar-Jame, M.L. Jackson, 2007.  Serial Blood Lactate Concentrations in Systemically Ill Dogs.  Veterinary Clinical Pathology 36:234-239.
• C.K. Stevenson, B.A. Kidney, T. Duke, E.C.R. Snead, R.C. Mainar-Jame, M.L. Jackson, 2007.   Evaluation of the Accutrend for Lactate Measurement in Dogs.  Veterinary Clinical Pathology 36:261-266.
• C.R. Sangster, C.K. Stevenson, B.A.  Kidney, D.L.  Montgomery, and A.L. Allen, 2007.  Kernicterus in an Adult Dog.  Veterinary Pathology, 44: 383-385.
• H. Peta, A. Carr, S Myers, D Joffe, and B. Kidney, 2007.  Effect of Serum Storage, Anti-inflammatory Oral Doses of  Prednisone,  and Spontaneous Hyperadrenocorticism on Serum Glutamate Dehydrogenase Activity in Dogs.  Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 36, 25-29.
• R. Postey, G. Appleyard, and B. Kidney, 2007.  Evaluation of Equine Papillomas, Aural Plaques and Sarcoids for the Presence of Equine Papillomavirus DNA and Antigen.  Canadian Journal of  Veterinary Research, 71, 28-33.