Meet the Kibble Queen!
Dr. Jackie Parr BScH, DVM, MSc, Dip ACVN
When Bruno the chocolate lab was found after 27 days in the bottom of an abandoned well, Dr. Jackie Parr was one of the people he desperately needed.
Refeeding syndrome, muscle loss, dangerously fluctuating electrolyte levels and more were all part of a language Dr. Parr intimately understood. After 14 years of specialized academic and in-practice veterinary nutritional study, Bruno was exactly the kind of patient she had been preparing for; here was a life she had a real shot at saving.
And that’s how it’s always been for Dr. Jackie Parr: complete emersion in the science of veterinary nutrition as a means to an important end – for all the Bruno’s of the world.
A Board Certified Veterinary Nutritionist™, and festooned with veterinary and academic designations that speak to a passion for science and animal care that borders on obsession, Dr. Parr is among the elite where animal health nutrition is concerned. A natural educator, Dr. Parr is widely sought after in professional veterinarian circles as both a public speaker, and as a specialist for consults on the most unique and emergent nutritional cases. She is a passionate nutrition advocate and an accessible expert with feet planted firmly in both the academic and practical worlds of specialized nutritional medicine.
And, for the record, Bruno recovered fully from his ordeal, and is now safely back home.
Dr. Jackie Parr, BScH, DVM, MSc, Dip ACVN
2005
Graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) with a Bachelor of Science Honours (Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
The OAC nominee for the W. C. Winegard Medal as the top student in academics and leadership
2009
Graduated from the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) (Guelph, Ontario, Canada)
Received numerous awards for leadership and academic achievement including the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association Prize
2010
Completed small animal internship at Angell Animal Medical Center (Boston, MA, USA)
Awarded the Dr. Sharon Drellich Memorial Award for professionalism, collegiality, and compassion
2013
Completed residency in clinical nutrition at Angell Animal Medical Center (Boston, MA, USA)
Graduated from Tufts University with a Masters in biochemical and molecular nutrition (Boston, MA, USA)
Founded her company On Parr Nutrition, Inc.
2014
Awarded research grants to study nutrition by the OVC Pet Trust and American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition (AAVN)/Waltham
2015
Completed her post-doctoral fellowship in veterinary clinical nutrition at the OVC
Became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Nutrition (ACVN)
Joined Executive of the American Academy of Veterinary Nutrition (AAVN)
Became an Adjunct Professor at the OVC
Joined Royal Canin Canada as a Veterinary Clinical Nutritionist/Scientific Affairs Manager
2016
Awarded the OVC Young Alumnus Award
2017
Became the Website Director for
Launched The Kibble Queen on social media through her company On Parr Nutrition, Inc.
2018
Founding member of the Canadian Academy of Veterinary Nutrition (CAVN)
Completed a sessional professorship at the Atlantic Veterinary College
Joined Executive of the American College of Veterinary Nutrition (ACVN) as a Member-at-Large