Contributors

We gratefully acknowledge the expertise of the contributors to our current online version. The subject(s) they are responsible for are listed after their affiliations.

Tahseen Abdul-Aziz, BVMS, MS, PhD, DACPV

Veterinary Pathologist, Rollins Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Raleigh, NC

Avian Encephalomyelitis; Botulism; Listeriosis

Stephen B. Adams, DVM, MS, DACVS

Professor of Surgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN

Arthroscopy; Lameness in Horses: Introduction; Musculoskeletal System: Introduction; The Lameness Examination

Andrew J. Allen, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Disorders of Calcium Metabolism: Parturient Paresis in Cows; Metabolic Disorders: Introduction; Transport Tetany in Ruminants

Dana G. Allen, DVM, MSc, DACVIM

Professor Emeritus, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Congenital and Inherited Anomalies; Systemic Pharmacotherapeutics of the Cardiovascular System: Drugs Acting on the Blood

Kelly E. Allen, MS, PhD

Lecturer, Department of Veterinary Pathobiology, Center for Veterinary Health Sciences, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK

Blood Parasites: Old World Hepatozoonosis and American Canine Hepatozoonosis

Sandra Allweiler, DVM, DACVA

Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Pain Assessment and Management

Glen W. Almond, DVM, PhD

Professor, Swine Health and Production Management, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Postpartum Dysgalactia Syndrome and Mastitis in Sows

Gary C. Althouse, BS, MS, DVM, PhD, DACT

Professor of Reproduction and Swine Health; Marion Dilley and David George Jones Endowed Chair in Animal Reproduction, Department of Clinical Studies, New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania, Kennett Square, PA

Management of Reproduction: Pigs

Claire B. Andreasen, DVM, PhD, DACVP

Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs and Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Staphylococcosis

Frank M. Andrews, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Large Animal)

Louisiana Veterinary Medical Association Equine Committee Professor and Director, Equine Health Studies Program, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Gastrointestinal Ulcers in Large Animals: Gastrointestinal Ulcers in Horses

John A. Angelos, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology; Livestock Medicine and Surgery, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA

Infectious Keratoconjunctivitis

David A. Ashford, DVM, MPH, DSc

Attaché, US Department of Agriculture, Office of Agricultural Affairs, Port au Prince, Haiti

Foot-and-Mouth Disease

Clarke Atkins, DVM, DACVIM

Jane Lewis Seaks Distinguished Professor, Professor Emeritus, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Heartworm Disease 

Rick Atwell, BVSc, PhD, FACVSc

Honorary Professor, School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Tick Paralysis

David G. Baker, DVM, MS, PhD, DACLAM

Director and Professor, Division of Laboratory Animal Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA

Eyeworm Disease

Lora R. Ballweber, MS, DVM

Professor, Clinical Parasitology, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Fluke Infections in Ruminants; Gastrointestinal Parasites of Pigs; Lungworm Infection

Alejandro Banda, DVM, MSc, PhD, DACPV, DACVM

Associate Clinical Professor of Avian Virology, Poultry Research and Diagnostic Laboratory, College of Veterinary Medicine, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS

Duck Viral Enteritis

Gad Baneth, DVM, PhD, DECVCP

Professor, Koret School of Veterinary Medicine, Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel

Leishmaniosis

Lisa G. Barber, DVM

Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA

Antineoplastic Agents

George M. Barrington, DVM, PhD, DACVIM

Professor, Food Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, Washington State University, Pullman, WA

Congenital Erythropoietic Porphyria; Photosensitization

Robert B. Beckstead, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Hexamitiasis; Histomoniasis

Daniela Bedenice, DVM, DACVIM, DACVECC

Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA

Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy; Management of the Neonate: Large Animals; Sepsis in Foals

Sylvia J. Bedford-Guaus, DVM, PhD, DACT

Animal Reproduction Consultant, Barcelona, Spain

Breeding Soundness Examination of the Male

James K. Belknap, DVM, PhD, DACVS

Professor of Equine Surgery, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Lameness in Horses: Disorders of the Foot

William G. Bickert, PhD  Deceased

Professor Emeritus, Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Ventilation

Rob Bildfell, DVM, MSc, DACVP

Professor, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Collection and Submission of Laboratory Samples; Pyrrolizidine Alkaloidosis

Patrick Joseph Blackall, BSc, PhD

Principal Research Fellow, Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Infectious Coryza

Barry R. Blakley, DVM, PhD

Professor, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

Copper Poisoning; Fluoride Poisoning; Lead Poisoning; Mercury Poisoning; Metaldehyde Poisoning; Molybdenum Poisoning; Quercus Poisoning; Sorghum Poisoning

 

Shauna L. Blois, DVM, DVSc, DACVIM

Assistant Professor, Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Diseases of the Stomach and Intestines in Small Animals: Gastrointestinal Neoplasia, Gastrointestinal Ulcers, Helicobacter Infections

Dawn Merton Boothe, DVM, PhD

Professor, Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, Auburn, AL

Antibacterial Agents; Antifungal Agents; Antiviral Agents; Chemotherapeutics Introduction; Pharmacology Introduction

Manuel Borca, DVM, PhD

Research Microbiologist, Foreign Animal Disease Research, USDA, Orient Point, NY

Classical Swine Fever

Jane C. Boswell, MA, VetMB, CertVA, CertES (Orth), DECVS, MRCVS

The Liphook Equine Hospital, Liphook, Hampshire, UK

Lameness in Horses: Disorders of the Stifle, Disorders of the Tarsus and Metatarsus

Joan S. Bowen, DVM

Bowen Mobile Veterinary Practice, Wellington, CO

Health-Management Interaction: Goats; Lameness in Goats

Perle E. Boyer, DVM

Lecturer, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Postpartum Dysgalactia Syndrome and Mastitis in Sows

R. Keith Bramwell, BS, MS, PhD

Extension Poultry Specialist, Cooperative Extension Service, and Associate Professor, Department of Poultry Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

Artificial Insemination (Poultry)

Matthew T. Brokken, DVM, DACVS

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

Lameness in Horses: Disorders of the Carpus and Metacarpus, Disorders of the Fetlock and Pastern

Scott A. Brown, VMD, PhD, DACVIM

Josiah Meigs Distinguished Professor and Head, Department of Small Animal Medicine and Surgery, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Infectious Diseases of the Urinary System in Small Animals; Noninfectious Diseases of the Urinary System in Small Animals

Cecil F. Brownie, DVM, PhD, DABVT, DABFE, DABFM, FACFEI

Professor Emeritus, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC

Poisonous Mushrooms; Poisonous Plants

Glenn F. Browning, BVSc, DVCS, PhD

Professor in Veterinary Microbiology, Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, Faculty of Veterinary Science, The University of Melbourne, Werribee, Victoria, Australia

Infectious Bronchitis

David Bruyette, DVM, DACVIM

Medical Director, VCA West Los Angeles Animal Hospital, Los Angeles, CA

The Adrenal Glands; The Pancreas

Marie S. Bulgin, DVM, MBA, DACVM

Emerita, Caine Veterinary Teaching Center, University of Idaho, Caldwell, ID

Health-Management Interaction: Sheep; Lameness in Sheep; Scrapie

Kristine E. Burgess, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology)

Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, MA

Antineoplastic Agents

Amanda Burling, DVM

Maddie’s Shelter Medicine Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

Feline Leukemia Virus and Related Diseases

Raymond Cahill-Morasco, MS, DVM

SeaPort Veterinary Hospital, Gloucester, MA

Zinc Toxicosis

 

Robert J. Callan, DVM, MS, PhD, DACVIM

Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO

Bluetongue; Congenital and Inherited Anomalies: Border Disease; Malignant Catarrhal Fever; Sporadic Bovine Encephalomyelitis

John Campbell, DVM, DVSc

Professor, Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Respiratory Diseases of Cattle

Wayne W. Carmichael, PhD

Professor of Aquatic Biology/Toxicology, Wright State University, Dayton, OH

Algal Poisoning

James W. Carpenter, MS, DVM, DACZM

Professor, Zoological Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

Hedgehogs

Phillip D. Carter, BVSc, MVS

Queensland Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Tick Fever Centre, Wacol, Queensland, Australia

Blood Parasites: Babesiosis

Samuel C. Cartner, DVM, PhD, DACLAM

Assistant Vice President for Animal Research Services and Director, Animal Resources Program, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL

Euthanasia

Christopher K. Cebra, VMD, MA, MS, DACVIM

Professor, Large Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR

Hepatic Lipidosis: Pregnancy Toxemia in Cows

Sharon A. Center, BS, DVM, DACVIM

Professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Hepatic Disease in Small Animals

Jens Peter Christensen, DVM, PhD

Associate Professor, Department of Veterinary Disease Biology, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Fowl Cholera; Riemerella anatipestifer Infection

Edwin Claerebout, DVM, PhD, DEVPC

Professor, Department of Virology, Parasitology and Immunology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Ghent University, Merelbeke, Belgium

Anthelmintics

Peter Clegg, MA, Vet MB, DECVS, PhD, MRCVS

Professor of Equine Surgery, Veterinary Teaching Hospital, School of Veterinary Sciences, University of Liverpool, Neston, UK

Lameness in Horses: Disorders of the Back and Pelvis, Disorders of the Hip

Johann (Hans) F. Coetzee, BVSc, CertCHP, PhD, DACVCP

Department of Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Systemic Pharmacotherapeutics of the Ruminant Digestive System

Stephen R. Collett, BSc, BVSc, MMedVet

Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Population Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA

Biosecurity; Sudden Death Syndrome of Broiler Chickens

Michael T. Collins, DVM, PhD, DACVM

Professor of Microbiology, Department of Pathobiological Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Paratuberculosis