The Functional Breeding Podcast
Science:Life Sciences
This episode, Ji Khalsa is interviewing me, Jessica Hekman, DVM, PhD. I'm a veterinarian turned behavioral geneticist turned teacher and founder of the Functional Dog Collaborative, or FDC. I graduated from Tufts Veterinary School in 2012 with a dual veterinary and master's degree, which was on stress in hospitalized dogs. I completed a veterinary shelter medicine specialty internship at Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program at the University of Florida. I completed a PhD in Genetics, Genomics, and Biomedical Sciences in Kukekova Lab at the University of Illinois, studying genetic differences in the stress system in lines of foxes bred to be less afraid of humans compared to foxes bred to be aggressive. I did post-doctoral work at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, and now teach online for Virginia Tech and run the FDC. Ji asked me to talk about the FDC - how it's coming, what we're doing, what we need help with. So here it is!
Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD: The Dalmatian Outcross Project
Danika Bannasch, DVM, PhD: Chondrodystrophy
Lisa Gunter, PhD, CBCC-KA: Shelter Dog Welfare
Breeding for Companion Personalities: Carolyn Kelly, RN and Erica Pytlovany, KPA CTP
Claire Wade, PhD and Sophie Liu, DVM: The Doberman Genetic Diversity Paper
Lisa Wagner: Breeding Frenchies for Health
Sarah Stremming, CDBC: The Dog Sourcing Crisis
Laura Sharkey, PhD and Carolyn Kelly, RN: We All Have the Same Goals
Ji Khalsa, MS: Guardian Homes
Alison Skipper, PhD: the history of breed registries
Sarah Stremming, CDBC: Fear Periods
Carolyn Kelly, RN: Litter Highlight
Mary Peaslee, MD, MPH: Deep Dive on Hip Testing, Part 2
Mary Peaslee, MD, MPH: Deep Dive on Hip Testing, Part 1
Dr. Alison Skipper: the Health and History of Brachycephalic Dogs
Midwoofery and the FDC Breeder Curriculum
Litter highlight: Sara Reusche
Ji Khalsa and Alicia Hobson: the Genetics of Coat Type and Color
The Co-Pilot Breeding Cooperative
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