Denae Wagner, DVM, MPVM
Denae Wagner has been a member of the UC Davis Koret Shelter Medicine Program since 2007. She overseas and conducts much of the research as well as is the lead team member for organizing facility designs. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine. She completed a Masters degree in Preventive Veterinary Medicine (2001) and a residency in Food Animal Reproduction and Herd/Health (2002) at the University of California, Davis. She is able to apply her population health training and field experience from large animal practice to the many challenges of caring for companion animals in shelters. Her interests include the impact of shelter design, housing and the environment on health and welfare of shelter animals.
Dr. Wagner combines her scientific interests with her hobbies of carpentry, stitchery and metal work to create practical applications of her interests in research and shelter design, such as how to remodel small single cat cages into low stress double compartment housing units using PVC portals. Her short term ambitions include: finding practical and economical ways to retrofit shelters to meet the Guidelines for Standards of Care in Animal Shelters.