I am senior lecturer in health and disease of companion animals, especially dogs and cats, with a special responsibility for extension. I share my time between extension, research, teaching and clinical work.
Teaching veterinary students is an important part of my work, and I teach within the course in veterinary clinical pathology and within the course in Reproduction. In addition, I supervise veterinary students working with their master theses.
My research focus is reproductive endocrinology, especially in dogs. I have a specific interest in anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH), challenges in immunological diagnostics, and feline diabetes mellitus.
I chair the small animal committee of the Faculty of veterinary medicine and animal science. I am also head of Carenet, a network for researchers and clinicians interested in research, aiming at strengthening clinical research within veterinary medicine.
I am a member of the national group for collaboration for better dog health.
MSc in Veterinary Medicine, SLU, 1990
PhD in Veterinary Medicine (obstetrics and gynaecology), SLU, 1999
Founding diplomate, European college of animal reproduction, 2001
Swedish specialist in reproduction in dogs and cats, 2005
Associate professor in reproduction, 2007, SLU
201304 - 170109 Senior lecturer in veterinary clinical pathology
2012-04-2013-03 Lecturer in clinical pathology, SLU
2011-01-2012-04 Researcher, clinical pathology, Dep Clinical Sciences, 60%, Senior Veterinary Officer, SVA, 40%
200608-201012 Assistant professor in clinical pathology, SLU
200402-200607 Senior Veterinary Officer, SVA
199909-200402 Veterinary Officer, SVA (National veterinary Institute)
Sofia Hanås: Circulating cardiac biomarkers in cats.
Ninni Rothlin Zachrisson: Feline diabetes mellitus
Selected publications:
1. Suvi Mäkeläinen, Minas Hellsand, Anna Darlene van der Heiden, Elina Andersson, Elina Thorsson, Bodil S Holst, Jens Häggström, Ingrid Ljungvall, Cathryn Mellersh, Finn Hallböök, Göran Andersson, Björn Ekesten, Tomas F Bergström. Deletion in the Bardet-Biedl Syndrome Gene TTC8 Results in a Syndromic Retinal Degeneration in Dogs. Genes (Basel). 2020 Sep 18;11(9):E1090. doi: 10.3390/genes11091090.
2. Bergman D, Bäckström C, Hansson-Hamlin H, Larsson A, Holst BS. Pre-existing canine anti-IgG antibodies: implications for immunotherapy, immunogenicity testing and immunoassay analysis. Sci Rep 2020, 10: 12696, doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-69618-3
3. Holst BS, Panzani D, Camillo F, Svensson A, Rota A. Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) concentrations are maximal at puberty in male donkeys and secretion is redirected from the blood stream to seminal plasma. Anim Reprod Sci. 2020 Jul;218:106484. doi: 10.1016/j.anireprosci.2020.106484.
4. Milani C, Rota A, Olsson U, Paganotto A, Holst BS. Serum concentrations of mineralocorticoids, glucocorticoids, and sex steroids in peripartum bitches. Domest Anim Endocrinol 2020, 74, doi: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2020.106558.
5. Hanås S, Holst BS, Höglund K, Häggström J, Tidholm A, Ljungvall I. Effect of feline characteristics on plasma N-terminal-prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide concentration and comparison of a point-of-care test and an ELISA test. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 2020 Mar 22. doi: 10.1111/jvim.15754. [Epub ahead of print].
6. Bergman D, Larsson A, Hansson-Hamlin H, Åhlén E, Holst BS. Characterization of canine anti-mouse antibodies highlights that multiple strategies are needed to combat immunoassay interference. Sci Rep 2019, Oct 10;9(1):14521. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-51228-3.
7. Bergman D, Larsson A, Hansson-Hamlin H, Holst BS. Investigation of interference from canine anti-mouse antibodies in hormone immunoassays, Vet Clin Pathol. 2019 2019 Oct;48 Suppl 1:59-69.
8. Holst BS, Gustavsson MH, Johannisson A, Hillstrom A, Strage E, Olsson O, Axnér E, Lilliehook I. Inflammatory changes during canine pregnancy. Theriogenology, 2019, 125, 285-292.
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