College of Veterinary Medicine
Sleeper Lab
Led by Meg Sleeper · Small Animal Clinical Sciences
What we study
Meg Sleeper's research covers heart disease and gene therapy for inherited heart-muscle disease in dogs, and measuring hydration in endurance horses with bioimpedance.
What working here is like
- Farm animals (cattle, horses, poultry)
- Projects
- 2
- Papers
- 3
Current projects
Assessment of Hydration by Bioimpedance in Endurance Horses
Measures hydration levels in horses using bioimpedance technology.
Therapeutic gene transfer abrogates canine dilated cardiomyopathy
Tests gene therapy as a treatment for dilated cardiomyopathy, a heart-muscle disease, in dogs.
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Recent papers, explained
- The aorta in humans and African great apes, and cardiac output and metabolic levels in human evolution
2023 · Scientific Reports
Compares heart sizes in humans and great apes to study energy use.
- An ABCC9 Missense Variant Is Associated with Sudden Cardiac Death and Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Juvenile Dogs
2023 · Genes
Finds a gene linked to sudden heart failure in young Manchester Terriers.
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- Body mass and growth rates in captive chimpanzees ( Pan troglodytes ) cared for in African wildlife sanctuaries, zoological institutions, and research facilities
2022 · Zoo Biology
Looks at how chimpanzee growth differs in zoos, sanctuaries, and labs.
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