Dr. Lappin graduated from Oklahoma State University and then completed
an internship, internal medicine residency, and PhD program in Parasitology
at the University of Georgia. Dr. Lappin is the Kenneth W. Smith Professor
in Small Animal Clinical Veterinary Medicine at Colorado State University
and is the director of the "Center for Companion Animal Studies". Dr.
Lappin is the chair of the WSAVA One Health Committee. His principal areas
of interest are prevention of infectious diseases, the upper respiratory
disease complex, infectious causes of fever, infectious causes of diarrhea,
zoonoses, and nutritional management of diseases, including the use of
probiotics.