Karen Perry

Karen Perry biogKaren Perry BVM&S, CertSAS, DipECVS, MSc, Vet Ed, FHEA, MRCVS completed her residency in small animal surgery at The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, Edinburgh in 2010.
Following achievement of ECVS status in 2011 she joined the RVC as a lecturer in orthopaedics. After four years at the RVC, she moved to Michigan State University, where she is currently the Pat Carrigan Professor of Feline Medicine, a tenured associate professor in orthopaedics and section chief of small animal surgery.
Karen has published widely in the veterinary literature, with her main research interests being feline orthopaedics, traumatology and patellar luxation.

September 2023

Karen Perry and Lauren Meneghetti explore the difficulties of handling these cases, such as drug interactions/complications and owners’ wishes.

69 mins

May 2021

Karen Perry discusses two commonly encountered causes of lameness in cats, and evaluates the experience and literature base used to direct diagnosis and treatment.

77 mins

October 2020

Karen Perry discusses the diagnosis and treatment of OA, and the importance of cat owner education in their success.

66 mins

November 2019

Karen Perry and Emily Hartman use an unusual case example to demonstrate their approach to management of this joint disease in cats.

114 mins

October 2019

Karen Perry, in the final of a three-part article, discusses promising prospective treatments for this disorder in dogs.

24 mins

February 2019

Karen Perry uses a case involving a German shepherd dog to demonstrate successful treatment of this condition.

48 mins

Karen Perry, in the first of a three-part article series, looks at latest thinking on functional changes related to this disorder in dogs.

25 mins

January 2019

Danielle Marturello and Karen Perry, in the final of a three-part article, look at how client compliance can impact on management of the condition in dogs.

41 mins

November 2018

Danielle Marturello and Karen Perry investigate the problems of treating and managing this condition, using examples of available products. Includes video content.

11 mins

June 2018

Karen Perry takes a look at methods to treat this condition, including a variety of drugs.

56 mins

December 2017

Danielle Marturello and Karen Perry address the limited information about the epidemiology of this condition and the lack of attention to monitoring.

42 mins

November 2017

Albane Fauron and Karen Perry, in the final instalment of a three-part article, discuss management options for cranial cruciate ligament ruptures.

45 mins

August 2017

Albane Fauron and Karen Perry, in the second of a three-part article, discuss how to spot this condition in dogs and methods of examination.

July 2017

Karen Perry looks at detecting and testing for joint pain in small animals using an organised and systematic approach.

45 mins

June 2017

Albane Fauron and Karen Perry look at the physiology of disordered function associated with this condition, in the first of a three-part article.

38 mins

May 2017

Karen Perry looks at existing and future treatment options regarding degenerative joint disease occurring in feline patients.

March 2017

Karen Perry describes two new approaches to stabilising the luxated patella in dogs, as well as a new form of subsequent pain relief post-surgery.

20 mins

October 2016

Karen Perry discusses medical, nutritional and environmental treatment options for this orthopaedic condition.

48 mins

June 2016

Karen Perry in the second of a two-part article, explains how results from research into drug treatments for osteoarthritis-related pain in dogs looks encouraging.

39 mins

April 2016

Karen Perry discusses and evaluates some of the novel treatments available for dogs suffering with osteoarthritis, including platelet therapy and the use of stem cells.

28 mins

Albane Fauron and Karen Perry discuss factors to consider to decide if surgical stabilisation is required, in the second of a two-part article.

38 mins

March 2016

Albane Fauron and Karen Perry look into the causes of this common orthopaedic condition in dogs and how to diagnose and classify individual cases (part 1 of 2).

33 mins

October 2015

ABSTRACT The clinical signs associated with immune-mediated polyarthritis (IMPA) can be variable and this may … more

58 mins

September 2015

ABSTRACT Immune-mediated polyarthritis (IMPA) is a form of inflammatory joint disease of non-infectious aetiology characterised … more

45 mins

July 2013

KAREN L PERRY, THOMAS H WITTE describe the application of negative pressure wound therapy dressings … more

24 mins

KAREN L PERRY, THOMAS H WITTE introduce this increasingly popular therapy that can promote and … more

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