CRC Press is pleased to share with you our editor Q&A session with Martha G. Cline and Maryanne Murphy, editors of Obesity in the Dog and Cat
Obesity in the Dog and Cat, 1st Edition
Author(s): Martha G. Cline, Maryanne Murphy
Price: $56.95
Cat. #: K26743
ISBN: 9781498741477
Publication Date: May 21, 2019
Binding: Paperback
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Q&A with Martha G. Cline & Maryanne Murphy
Congratulations on the publication of your book Obesity in the Dog and Cat. What would you like your audience to take away from the book?
Maryanne Murphy (MM) - Obesity is a multifaceted disease that can be difficult to tackle. Hopefully, the reader will be able to more confidently and successfully institute active weight loss programs and prevent unintentional excessive weight gain.
What first attracted you to obesity in the dog and cat as an area of study?
Martha G. Cline (MC) - When you are in clinical practice, conversations with pet owners about excess body weight can occur daily. You see how much excess body weight influences quality of life and comorbidities and how rewarding it can be to help a pet achieve a more ideal body condition. There is so much opportunity for here for us as veterinary professionals to improve our clinical skills and so much knowledge to be gained.
What inspired you to put together this book?
MM - Veterinary nutritionists are often referred cases in which owners of obese cats and dogs have been struggling to get their pets to lose weight for a long time but have been unsuccessful. Martha and I saw a need to develop a comprehensive text that would make it easier for general veterinary practitioners and their staff to develop full weight loss programs to help the large population of obese cats and dogs that likely never make to us.
What audience did you have in mind for the book?
MC - The primary audience for this book is veterinary professionals (doctors and nurses) on the first line in general practice. One of our goals was to give them the tools to tackle this epidemic head on with practical clinical information. As a comprehensive text however, veterinarians at all levels will find useful information.
What did you enjoy about working on the book?
MC - I most enjoyed working with all the authors who brought their unique knowledge to each chapter. I learned so much from each of them and am proud to have their contribution.
MM - I enjoyed the collaborative process we entered into with so many academic and clinical practice veterinary nutrition experts from around the world. This is a book with true global representation that has the ability to be useful to veterinary staff no matter where they practice.
What is your academic background?
Martha -
Education
BS (Major Biology, Minors in Chemistry and Philosophy) – Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN – 2005
DVM – University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN – 2010
Training
Rotating Internship in Small Animal Medicine & Surgery – Oradell Animal Hospital, Paramus, NJ – 2010-2011
Residency in Small Animal Clinical Nutrition – University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville, TN – 2011-2013
Board Certification
Diplomate American College of Veterinary Nutrition 2013
Maryanne -
Education
Dual BS (Animal Sciences, Biological Sciences) – Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ – 2004
DVM – Iowa State University, Ames, IA – 2008
PhD (Comparative and Experimental Medicine) – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN – 2014
Training
Internship in small animal medicine and surgery – Fifth Avenue Veterinary Specialists, New York, NY – 2008 – 2009
Residency in small animal clinical nutrition – University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN – 2009 – 2011
Board Certification
Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Medicine – 2013
Who has influenced you the most?
MC - I’m constantly inspired and influenced by the strong women in my family including my mother (Rebecca), grandmother (Betty), and cousin (Alex). Throughout college, I worked for an excellent veterinary practice in Nashville, TN. The Drs. Edwards, Conn, and Moore made me want to be in this profession and gave me the tools to do so. I owe so much of where I started to them.
What do you feel has been a highlight for you, in your career?
MC - Serving on the Executive Board of the American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition for the last 6 years has been extremely rewarding. It has provided many opportunities to serve my veterinary nutrition community and get to know people from all globe. Another major highlight is seeing my clinical practice at Red Bank Veterinary Hospital grow and become sustainable.
MM - Being in academic clinical practice, my highlights come from owners, patients and students. It is always fulfilling when owners report a diet plan has been responsible for vastly improving the quality of life of their pet, especially when they have been struggling with a particular medical issue for some time before being referred to me. I also truly enjoy witnessing that moment when a student suddenly understands a difficult concept they have been struggling with and now "gets it".
What is the last book you read (non-academic)?
MM - I am currently about halfway through Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews and the last book I read before that was The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah.
