Richard L. Meadows
Associate Teaching Professor

· BS (magna cum laude) (Chemistry), West Texas State University, Canyon, TX
· BS (magna cum laude) (Veterinary Science), Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
· DVM (magna cum laude) (Veterinary Medicine), Texas A & M University, College Station, TX
· Residency (Clinical Pathology), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
· Post Doctoral Fellowship (Pathology), University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX

· Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Practitioners

MeadowsR@missouri.edu

Research emphasis:

Dr. Meadows is engaged in collaborative research dealing with interactions between humans and animals. Importantly, the effects of this interaction on both the human and the animals are being studied. These studies are being done with an Endowed Professor (Dr. Rebecca Johnson) from the MU School of Nursing and the research is proceeding very well. Two studies have recently been completed, two studies are presently active and two are nearing completion of the fund-seeking process. These research projects have garnered much attention from the scientific community as well as from the public media. This attention has resulted in requests from scientists locally, nationally and internationally to collaborate with the Johnson / Meadows research team. It has also resulted in Dr. Johnson editing two special issues in the human medical literature detailing the state of the art in human-animal interactions research. These publications will make a wider group of scientists aware of this burgeoning “new” field of scientific research. This attention to their research also resulted in Dr. Meadows being the Special editor for an edition of the Journal of the American Association of Human-Animal Bond Veterinarians that detailed the work of the Center for the Study of Animal Wellness.

Teaching:   Small Animal Community Practice Medicine (general medicine and surgery, vaccinology and referral dermatology, otology, and dentistry).

Selected publications:

Johnson RA, Meadows RL, Sevedge K, Haubner J.  Human-animal interaction:  A complementary/alternative medical intervention (CAM) for cancer patients.  American Behavioral Scientist. 2003; 47(1):55-69.

Wiedmeyer CE, Johnson PJ, Cohn LA, Meadows RL. Evaluation of a continuous glucose monitoring system for use in dogs, cats, and horses. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2003; 223(7):987-92. [Abstract]

Meadows R.  Introductory Commentary (Special Issue Editor).  In: Johnson RA, Animal Assisted Intervention Research.  American Behavioral Scientist 2003; 47(1):100-02.  

Johnson RA, Odendaal JS, Meadows RL.  Animal assisted interventions research: Issues and answers. Western Journal of Nursing Research 2002; 24(4):422-40. [Abstract]

Meadows RL.  Human-animal interaction as an area for interdisciplinary collaborative research.  Western Journal of Nursing Research 2002; 24(6):606-08.

Johnson RA, Meadows RL.  Older Latinos, pets & health.  Western Journal of Nursing Research 2002; 24(6):609-20.  [Abstract]

González AM, Mann FA, Preziosi D, Meadows RL, Wagner-Mann CC.  Measurement of body temperature by use of auricular thermometers versus rectal thermometers in dogs with otitis externa.  J Am Vet Med Assoc 2002; 221(3):378-80. [Abstract]

Meadows, R. L. (Special Issue Editor).  Teaching, leadership & service: The Center for the Study of Animal Wellness at the University of Missouri-Columbia.  J Am Assoc Human-Animal Bond Veterinarians 4(Autumn), 2001.

Johnson RA, Meadows R.  The nursing-veterinary bond: Promoting wellness through collaboration.  West J Nurs Res 2000; 22(7):773-75. [Abstract]

Meadows RL, MacWilliams PS.  Chylous fluid revisited. Vet Clin Pathol 1994; 23:54-62.

Meadows RL, MacWilliams PS.  Chylothorax associated with cryptococcal mediastinal granuloma in a cat: case report.  Vet Clin Pathol 1993; 22:109-16.

Meadows RL, MacWilliams PS.  Diagnosis of histoplasmosis in a dog by cytologic examination of CSF. Vet Clin Pathol 1992; 21:122-25.