BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
NAME
POSITION TITLE
Raquel Rubia Rech
Clinical Assistant Professor
eRA COMMONS USER NAME (credential, e.g., agency login)
RAQUEL_R_RECH
EDUCATION/TRAINING (Begin with baccalaureate or other initial professional education, such as nursing, include postdoctoral training and
residency training if applicable.)
DEGREE
INSTITUTION AND LOCATION
MM/YY
FIELD OF STUDY
(if applicable)
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina,
Lages, SC, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa
Maria, RS, Brazil
Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa
Maria, RS, Brazil
DVM
12/99
Veterinary Medicine
M.S.
02/03
Veterinary Pathology
Ph.D.
02/07
Veterinary Pathology
A. Positions and Honors
a. Positions and Employment
 2013-present - Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology – Texas
A&M University
 2012-present - Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, University of Georgia
 2011-2013 - Researcher, Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA).
 2010-2011 - Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology, University of Georgia
 2007-2010 - Instructor, General and Systemic Pathology, Necropsy Pathology, University of
Georgia
 2000-2001 - Instructor, Department of Pathology, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina,
Brazil
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
 2011-2012 - American Association of Swine Veterinarians
2009 - Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists
 2005 -present - Brazilian College of Veterinary Pathology
 2001 -present - Licensed Regional Board of Veterinary Medicine – Rio Grande do Sul (RS),
Brazil (Conselho Regional de Medicina Veterinaria – RS, Brasil)
b. Honors
Honors and Awards:
2010 - Society of Phi Zeta (member), Honor Society of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia
2009 - Harold W. Casey Scholarship Award, ACVP (national)
2009 - CL Davis Foundation, Award for Top Resident, University of Georgia
1999 - Valedictorian, Veterinary School, Class of 1999, Santa Catarina State University
c. Selected Peer-reviewed Publications
1. Freeman C., Platt S.R., Vandeberg M., Holmes S., Kent M., Rech R.R., Howerth E.W., Mishra S., Obrien
D., Wenger D. GM2 Gangliosidosis (B Variant) in two Japanese Chins: clinical, magnetic resonance imaging
and pathological characteristics. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 27:771-776, 2013.
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2. Aschenbroich S.A., Nemeth N., Rech R.R., Briggs R., Sanchez S., Brown C.C. . Mannheimia haemolytica A1-induced
Fibrinosuppurative Meningoencephalitis in a Naturally-Infected Holstein-Friesian Calf. Journal of Comparative
Pathology, 149(2-3): 167-171, 2013.
3. Schaefer R., Rech R.R., Silva M.C., Gava D., Ciacci-Zanella J.R. [Guidelines for diagnosis of swine influenza]
Orientações para o diagnóstico de influenza em suínos. (in Portuguese). Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 33:61-73,
2013.
4. Mejia-Fava J., Divers S.J., Jiménez D.A., Ambrose D.L., Rech R.R., Gottdenker N.L., Mayer J. Antemortem Diagnosis
of Proventricular Nematodiasis in an Umbrella Cockatoo (Cacatua alba). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical
Association, 242: 1122-1126, 2013.
5. Eagleson J.S., Kent M., Platt S.R., Rech R.R., Howerth E.W. Magnetic resonance imaging findings in a Rottweiler dog
with leukoencephalomyelopathy. The Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association, 49:255-261, 2013
6. Knafo S.E., Divers S.J., Rech R.R., Platt S.R. Magnetic resonance imaging diagnosis of intervertebral disc disease and
myelomalacia in an american black bear (Ursus americanus). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine, 43:397-401, 2012.
7. Kent M., Platt S.R., Rech R.R., Eagleson J.S., Howerth E.W., Schopp M., Booton G., Visvesvara G., Schatzberg S.J.A
multi-systemic infection with an Acanthamoeba species in a dog. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical
Association, 238:1476-81, 2011.
8. Stein L.T., Rech R.R., Harrison L., Brown C.C. An immunohistochemical study of rabies virus within the central nervous
system of domestic and wildlife species. Veterinary Pathology, 47:630-633, 2010.
9. Kent M., Platt S.R., Rech R.R., Neravanda D., Uhl E., Schatzberg S.J. Polioencephalomyelopathy in a Shih Tzu:
clinicopathologic and magnetic resonance imaging characteristics. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical
Association, 235:551-557, 2009
10. Rech R.R., Souza S.F., Silva M.C., Mazzanti A., Barros C.S.L. Suprasellar germ cell tumor in a dog. Ciência Rural,
38:830-832, 2008
11. Rech R.R., Rissi D.R., Pierezan F., Gabriel A.L., Barros C.S.L. [Conglutination of the cerebellar granular cell layer in
cattle.] Autólise da camada de células granulares do cerebelo em bovinos (in Portuguese). Ciência Rural, 38:1181-1183,
2008
12. Rech R.R., Rissi D.R., Silva M.C., Inkelmann M.A., Barros C.S.L. [Histomorphology of the Gasserian ganglion, carotid
rete mirabile and pituitary gland in cattle: A study of 199 cases] Histomorfologia do gânglio de Gasser, da rete mirabile
carotidea e da hipófise de bovinos: estudo de 199 casos (in Portuguese), Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira, 26:105-111,
2006.
13. Rech R.R., Rissi D.R., Rodrigues A., Pierezan F., Piazer J.V.M., Kommers G.D., Barros C.S.L. [Poisoning by
Solanum fastigiatum (Solanaceae) in cattle: epidemiology, clinical signs, and morphometry of cerebelar lesions]
Intoxicação por Solanum fastigiatum (Solanaceae) em bovinos: epidemiologia, sinais clínicos e morfometria das lesões
cerebelares. Pesquisa Veterinária Brasileira (in Portuguese), 26:183-189, 2006
14. Rodrigues A., Rech R.R., Barros R.R., Fighera R.A., Barros C.S.L. [Cerebral babesiosis in cattle: 20 cases]
Babesiose cerebral em bovinos: 20 casos (in Portuguese), Ciência Rural, 35:121-125, 2005
15. Oliveira F.N., Barros R.R., Rissi D.R., Rech R.R., Fighera R., Barros C.S.L. Focal Symmetrical Encephalomalacia in
Swine from the ingestion of Aeschynomene indica seeds, Veterinary and Human Toxicology, 46:309-312, 2004
16. Rech RR, Graça DL, Kommers GD, Sallis ESV, Raffi MB, Garmatz SL [Canine cutaneous mast cell tumor: Study
of 45 cases] Mastocitoma cutâneo canino: estudo de 45 casos, Arquivo Brasileiro de Medicina Veterinária e
Zootecnia, 56:441-448, 2004