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Lisa M. Freeman
Professor
Department of Clinical Sciences
Nutrition
Phone: 508-887-4696
Fax: 508-839-7922
www.tufts.edu/vet/nutrition

 

Education

PhD - Tufts University School of Nutrition - 1996
DVM with thesis - Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine - 1991
BS - Tufts University - 1986

Board Certification

American College of Veterinary Nutrition

General Research Interest

  • Clinical nutrition: Nutritional modulation of cardiac disease, critical care nutrition, obesity
  • Human-animal interaction

 

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Selected Recent Publications

  1. Freeman LM.  Beneficial effects of omega-3 fatty acids in cardiovascular disease.  J Small Anim Pract 2010; 51: 462-470.

  2. Baldwin K, Bartges J, Buffington T, Freeman LM, Grabow M, Legred M, Ostwald D, Jr. AAHA nutritional assessment guidelines for dogs and cats. J Am Anim Hosp Assoc 2010 46: 285-296.

  3. Finn E, Freeman LM, Rush JE, Lee Y. The relationship between body weight, body condition, and survival in cats with heart failure.  J Vet Intern Med 2010; 24: 1369-1374.

  4. Hutchinson D, Freeman LM, Schreiner KE, Terkla DG.  Survey of opinions about nutritional requirements of senior dogs and analysis of nutrient profiles of commercially available diets for senior dogs.  Intl J Vet Res Vet Med 2011; 9: 68-79.

  5. Parker VJ, Freeman LM.  Association between body condition and survival in dogs with acquired chronic kidney disease.  J Vet Intern Med 2011; 25: 1306-1311.

  6. WSAVA Nutritional Assessment Guidelines Taskforce:  Freeman L, Becvarova I, Cave N, MacKay C, Nguyen P, Rama B, Takashima G, Tiffin R, Van Beukelen P, Yathiraj S.  2011 Nutritional Assessment Guidelines.  J Small Anim Pract 2011; 52: 385-396.

  7. Freeman LM. Cachexia and sarcopenia:  Emerging syndromes of importance in dogs and cats.  J Vet Intern Med 2012; 26: 3-17.

  8. Trafney DJ, Freeman LM, Bulmer BJ, MacGregor JM, Rush JE, Meurs KM, Oyama MA. Auscultatory, echocardiographic, biochemical, nutritional, and environmental characteristics of mitral valve disease in Norfolk terriers.  J Vet Cardiol 2012; 14: 261-267.

  9. Freeman LM, Rush JE, Oyama MA, MacDonald KA, Cunningham SM, Bulmer B, MacGregor JM, Laste NJ, Malakoff RL, Hall DJ, Trafny DJ.  Development and evaluation of a questionnaire for assessing health-related quality of life in cats with cardiac disease.  J Am Vet Med Assoc 2012; 240: 1188-1193.

  10. Cunningham SM, Rush JE, Freeman LM.  Systemic inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in dogs with congestive heart failure.  J Vet Intern Med 2012; 26: 547-557.

  11. Hutchinson D, Freeman LM, McCarthy R, Anastasio J, Shaw SP, Sutherland-Smith J.  Seizures and severe nutrient deficiencies in a puppy fed a homemade diet.   J Am Vet Med Assoc 2012; 241: 477-483.

  12. Parker VJ, Freeman LM.  Nutritional management of protein-losing nephropathy in dogs.  Compendium 2012: E1-E5.

  13. Hutchinson D, Sutherland-Smith J, Watson AJ, Freeman LM. Assessment of sarcopenia in old dogs: A pilot study.  Am J Vet Res 2012; 73: 1794-1800.

  14. Heinze CR, Gomez FC, Freeman LM.  Assessment of commercial diets and home-prepared diet recipes recommended for dogs with cancer.  J Am Vet Med Assoc 2012; 241: 1553-1460.

  15. Freeman LM, Rush JE, Meurs KM, Bulmer BJ, Cunningham SM. Body size and metabolic differences in Maine Coon cats with and without hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.  J Fel Med Surg 2013;15:74-80.

  16. Linder DE, Freeman LM, Morris P, German AJ, Biourge V, Heinze CR, Alexander L.  Theoretical evaluation of risk for nutritional deficiency with caloric restriction.  Vet Quart 2012; iFirst: 1-7.

  17. Freeman LM, Janecko N, Weese JS.  Nutritional and microbial analysis of bully sticks and survey of opinions about pet treats.  Can Vet J 2013; 54: 50-54.

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