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Kellie A Fecteau, MS, PhD

Clinical Assoc Professor | Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences Department
Overview

The Diagnostic Endocrinology Service provides adrenal, thyroid, and reproductive hormone testing for dogs and cats, as well as for several other species. We receive samples from veterinary clinics, laboratories, and universities in all 50 states within the U.S., and from more than 15 foreign countries. This Service has gained a national and international reputation for providing adrenal steroid profile testing in dogs, cats, ferrets, and rabbits that are suspected of having adrenal disease. These profiles provide a more complete evaluation of adrenocortical function by assessing hormone concentrations that arise from different parts of the hormone synthesis pathway. We are the only veterinary diagnostic endocrinology laboratory in the United States to offer an adrenal steroid profile test in dogs, cats and rabbits, and the first to offer this test in ferrets. Along with diagnostics in domestic species, we collaborate with veterinarians at zoos and aquariums to provide hormone analyses for various exotic species.

Research Focus

Diagnostic testing procedures, diagnostic endocrinology in exotic species, hyperadrenocorticism in animals.

Teaching Focus

Graduate (AS-CEM 652 & CEM 541) and veterinary (VM 824) curriculum.

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
ANSC 652 - Disorders of the Endocrine System
2 credit hour(s)

Pathological and physiological aspects of diseases; endocrine glands of various animal species. Cross-listed: (Same as Comparative and Experimental Medicine 652.)
Recommended Background: 3 hours of physiology.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Other Instructors: Giori, Luca

CEM 652 - Disorders of the Endocrine System
2 credit hour(s)

Pathological and physiological aspects of diseases; endocrine glands of various animal species. Cross-listed: (See Animal Science 652.)
Recommended Background: 3 hours of physiology.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Other Instructors: Giori, Luca

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A201 Veterinary Medical Center
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4542
Education and Training
  • Doctorate, Animal Sciences, General, Univ of Tennessee Knoxville*, 1999
  • MS, Animal Sciences, General, Univ of Tennessee Knoxville*, 1994

Kellie A Fecteau, MS, PhD

Clinical Assoc Professor | Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences Department
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A201 Veterinary Medical Center
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4542
Education and Training
  • Doctorate, Animal Sciences, General, Univ of Tennessee Knoxville*, 1999
  • MS, Animal Sciences, General, Univ of Tennessee Knoxville*, 1994
Overview

The Diagnostic Endocrinology Service provides adrenal, thyroid, and reproductive hormone testing for dogs and cats, as well as for several other species. We receive samples from veterinary clinics, laboratories, and universities in all 50 states within the U.S., and from more than 15 foreign countries. This Service has gained a national and international reputation for providing adrenal steroid profile testing in dogs, cats, ferrets, and rabbits that are suspected of having adrenal disease. These profiles provide a more complete evaluation of adrenocortical function by assessing hormone concentrations that arise from different parts of the hormone synthesis pathway. We are the only veterinary diagnostic endocrinology laboratory in the United States to offer an adrenal steroid profile test in dogs, cats and rabbits, and the first to offer this test in ferrets. Along with diagnostics in domestic species, we collaborate with veterinarians at zoos and aquariums to provide hormone analyses for various exotic species.

Research Focus

Diagnostic testing procedures, diagnostic endocrinology in exotic species, hyperadrenocorticism in animals.

Teaching Focus

Graduate (AS-CEM 652 & CEM 541) and veterinary (VM 824) curriculum.

Courses
Below are courses taught during the current or past three academic years. Consult Timetable for the most current listing of courses and instructor(s).
ANSC 652 - Disorders of the Endocrine System
2 credit hour(s)

Pathological and physiological aspects of diseases; endocrine glands of various animal species. Cross-listed: (Same as Comparative and Experimental Medicine 652.)
Recommended Background: 3 hours of physiology.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Other Instructors: Giori, Luca

CEM 652 - Disorders of the Endocrine System
2 credit hour(s)

Pathological and physiological aspects of diseases; endocrine glands of various animal species. Cross-listed: (See Animal Science 652.)
Recommended Background: 3 hours of physiology.
Registration Restriction(s): Minimum student level – graduate.

Other Instructors: Giori, Luca