Latasha Ludwig, DVM

Latasha Ludwig

Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences

Assistant Clinical Professor

Anatomic Pathology

Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences
Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Ithaca, NY 14853

Research Interest

  • Investigation of miRNAs in circulation and in situ of multiple canine neoplasms.
    • Focus on canine osteosarcoma, lymphoma, and splenic masses.
    • Isolation of miRNAs from plasma, serum, frozen tissue, and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) samples and performing reverse transcription PCR and real-time quantitative PCR
  • Investigation of the mutational landscape of canine and feline tumors (collaboration with the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, UK).

Education

  • Ph.D, Anatomic Pathology, Ontario Veterinary College (OVC), 2024 (in process)
  • American College of Veterinary Pathologists – Phase II Anatomic Pathology (results pending), 2023
  • American College of Veterinary Pathologists – Phase I, 2021
  • DVM, Ontario Veterinary College, 2019
  • BS, Animal Biology, University of Guelph, 2015

Biography/Professional Experience

  • 2019-present PhD Candidate Anatomic Pathology, Department of Pathobiology, Ontario Veterinary College
  • October 2020-present, Companion Animal Tumour Sample Bank Quality Control Assessor, Health Sciences Centre, Ontario Veterinary College

Publications

  • Rätsep, E., Ludwig, L., Dobromylskyj, M. (2023) Orofacial masses in domestic rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus): A retrospective review of 120 cases from January 2000-February 2023 from two institutions. J Vet Diagn Investig Under review.
  • Wong, K., Abascal, F., Ludwig, L., Aupperle-Lellbach, H., Grassinger, J., Wrigt, CW., Allison, SJ., Pinder, E., Phillips, RM., Romero, LP., Gal, A., Roady, PJ., Pires, I., Guscetti, F., Munday, JS., Peleteiro, MC., Pinto, CA., Carvalho, T., Cota, J., Du Plessis, EC., Constantino-Casas, F., Plog, S., Moe, L., de Brot, S., Bemelmans, I., Laufer Amorim, R., Georgy, SR., Prada, J., Del Pozo, J., Heimann, M., de Carvalho Nunes, L., Simola, O., Pazzi, P., Steyl, J., Ubukata, R., Vajdovich, P., Priestnall, SL., Suárez-Bonnet, A., Roperto, F., Millanta, F., Palmieri, C., Ortiz, AL., Barros, CSL., Gava, A., Söderström, ME., O’Donnell, M., Klopfleisch, R., Manrique-Rincón, A., Martincorena, I., Ferreira, I., Arends, MJ., Wood, GA., Adams, DJ., van der Weyden, L. (2023) A cross-species oncogenomics offers insight into human muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Genome Biol 24(191).
  • Ludwig, L., Husnik, R., Rätsep, E., Beeler-Marfisi, J., Stalker, M., Wood, GA., Woods, JP. (2022) Unilateral primary carcinoma of the kidney with central nervous system invasion and vertebral lysis in a cat. JFMS Open Rep Jul-Dec; 8(2).
  • Ludwig, L., Dobromylskyj, M., Wood, GA., van der Weyden, L. (2022) Feline oncogenomics: What do we know about the genetics of cancer in domestic cats? Vet Sci Oct 4;9(10):547.
  • Wong, K.*, Ludwig, L.*, Krijgsman, O., Adams, DJ., Wood, GA., van der Weyden, L. (2021). Crossspecies comparison of the oncogenomic landscape of canine and feline hemangiosarcoma shows novel parallels with human angiosarcoma. Dis Model Mech Jul 1; 14(7). *These authors contributed equally to this work.
  • Pinard, CJ., Ludwig, L., Egan, R., Tatiersky, L., Brooks, M., Richardson, D., Hocker, SE., Bienzle, D. (2021) Primary bone marrow T-cell lymphoma in a Golden Retriever. Vet Clin Pathol 50(1), 142-150.
  • Zaheer, OA., Ludwig, L., Gardhouse, S., Foster, RA. (2021). Diagnosis, treatment, and characterization with advanced diagnostic imaging of an oral ectopic elodontoma in a pet rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus). J Exotic Pet Med 37, 28-31.
  • Ludwig, L., Cai, H., Ledger, L., Lillie, B. (2021) Brainstem Parelaphostrongylus tenuis in a domestic sheep. AHL Newsletter 25(1), 8.
  • Beaulieu, A., Stachewski Zakia, L., Ludwig, L., Kenney, D., Rätsep, E., Nykamp, S. (2020). Oesophageal muscular hypertrophy and pulsion diverticulum in a Friesian horse. Vet Rec Case Rep 8:e001093.
  • Ludwig, L., Egan, R., Baquero, M., Mansz, A., & Plattner, B.L. (2019). WC1+ and WC1neg γδ T lymphocytes in intestinal mucosa of healthy and Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosisinfected calves. Vet Immunol and Immunopathol 216, 1-8.
  • Schott, C. R., Ludwig, L., Mutsaers, A. J., Foster, R. A., & Wood, G. A. (2018). The autophagy inhibitor spautin-1, either alone or combined with doxorubicin, decreases cell survival and colony formation in canine appendicular osteosarcoma cells. PLoS ONE 13(10).

Professional/Academic Affiliations

  • ACVP Trainee Affiliate Member, 2020-Present
  • College of Veterinarians of Ontario – Educational License, 2019-Present
  • Canadian Veterinary Medicine Association General Member, 2019-2022