THIS MONTH’S EXPERT

Katherine A. Houpt, VMD, PhD, DACVB, is a James Law professor emeritus of behavior medicine at Cornell University, where her research interests included domestic animal welfare—specifically in improving research environments, studying the behavior of domestic horses, donkeys and Przewalski horses, and researching the physiological basis of equine ingestive and maternal behavior. She is also board certified by the American College of Veterinary Behaviorists.