Titles and Education

1. Assistant professor of Large Animal Internal Medicine and Food Animal Production Medicine
2. Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
3. MS, 2019
   UW-Madison Department of Dairy Science, Madison, WI
4. DVM, 2014
   University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, Madison, WI

Responsibilities

Dr. Holschbach is involved in the clinical instruction of senior veterinary students on the Large Animal Internal Medicine rotation. She coordinates and teaches the bovine restraint and physical exam portion of the phase 1 Clinical Skills course and is also co-coordinator and lecturer for the 3rd year Food Animal Medicine course. Dr. Holschbach also coordinates the Food Animal and Equine Ambulatory rotations. 

Clinical Interests

While Dr. Holschbach enjoys working with all large animal species, her particular clinical interests include neonatology as well as infectious and metabolic diseases of dairy cattle. 

Graduate Training

Dr. Holschbach received her veterinary degree from UW-Madison. She completed a Food Animal Medicine, Surgery, and Field Service Internship at Colorado State University before returning to Madison to complete a residency training program in Large Animal Internal Medicine in conjunction with a Master's of Science degree in Dairy Science. 

Recent Publications

1. Peek, S. F., C.L. Holschbach, A.J. Burton, Z.W. Sikorska, L.K. Crawford, C.D. Dunn, and T.L. Goldberg. 2025. Hepatopathy in a 4-month-old Holstein Calf After Transfusion With Plasma Containing Bovine Bosavirus. J Vet Intern Med.  39:e70208. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvim.70208
2. Payette-Stroman, A., Y. Ross, X. Ma., C. Boutelle, C. Holschbach, JD. Blanton, and R. Wallace. 2025. Rabies in livestock in the United States (2012 – 2021). Am J Vet Res. Jun 30:1-8. https://doi.org/10.2460/ajvr.25.01.0019.
3. Holschbach, C.L., R. Breuer, A. Pohly, C. Crawford, and N. Aulik. 2023. Multi-drug resistant Salmonella Dublin cultured from cryopreserved Holstein semen. Vet Rec Case Rep. e791. https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.791
4. Kowalski, A., D. DeGasperi, C. Holschbach, K. Jorge, S. Loeber, and S.F. Peek. 2023. Pyrexia and weakness in a four-month-old Holstein heifer calf. J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 261(8), 1225-1227.  https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.23.03.0128
5. Holschbach, C.L., S.M. Raabis, and S.F. Peek. 2022. Prognostic indicators for survival of downer cattle treated using a flotation tank in a referral hospital: 190 cases (2000-2020). J Vet Intern Med. 1-8. doi:10.1111/jvim.16599
6. Holschbach, C. L., Tolliver, S. E., & Peek, S. F. 2020. Resolution of tracheal collapse and stenosis without surgical intervention in two Holstein calves. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 257(10), 1051–1056. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.2020.257.10.1051
7. Holschbach, C. L., Aulik, N., Poulsen, K., & Ollivett, T. L. 2020. Prevalence and temporal trends in antimicrobial resistance of bovine respiratory disease pathogen isolates submitted to the Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory: 2008-2017. Journal of dairy science, 103(10), 9464–9472. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-17570
8. Holschbach, C. L., Raabis, S. M., & Ollivett, T. L. 2019. Effect of antibiotic treatment in preweaned Holstein calves after experimental bacterial challenge with Pasteurella multocida. Journal of dairy science, 102(12), 11359–11369. https://doi.org/10.3168/jds.2019-16992
9. Holschbach, C. L., & Peek, S. F. 2018. Salmonella in Dairy Cattle. The Veterinary clinics of North America. Food animal practice, 34(1), 133–154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cvfa.2017.10.005