Autumn Davidson

Autumn Davidson, DVM, MS, DACVIM, ACT(hon), is a diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine and a member of the American College of Theriogenology (hon). She obtained her BS and MS, with an emphasis in wildlife ecology and management, at the University of California, Berkeley. Autumn is a clinical professor at the University of California School of Veterinary Medicine in the department of medicine and epidemiology, where she specialises in small animal reproduction and infectious diseases. She also consults with the Smithsonian Institution National Zoological Park, Washington D.C., concerning theriogenology and internal medicine.

From 1998 to 2003, Autumn served as the director of the San Rafael veterinary clinic at Guide Dogs for the Blind, Inc., overseeing the health care of 1,000 puppies whelped annually, as well as a breeding colony of 350 and approximately 400 dogs in training. She also served on the board of directors for the Society for Theriogenology from 1996 to 1999 and the Institute for Genetic Disease Control from 1990 to 2002.

She has authored numerous scientific publications and book chapters and is a well-known international speaker on the topics of small animal theriogenology and infectious disease, and was the 2003 recipient of the Hill’s Animal Welfare and Humane Ethics Award. She has travelled the world, working with cheetahs, ring-tailed lemurs and giant pandas in the field.