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Science in brief: The role of the glycocalyx in critical ill patients with reference to the horse (2020)
Journal Article
Bettina, D. (2020). Science in brief: The role of the glycocalyx in critical ill patients with reference to the horse. Equine Veterinary Journal,

The glycocalyx, a gel-like layer covering the luminal surface of vascular endothelial cells has several key functions in maintaining homeostasis in the vasculature. Interest in the glycocalyx has significantly increased in the last decades and damage... Read More about Science in brief: The role of the glycocalyx in critical ill patients with reference to the horse.

Responsible antimicrobial use in critically ill adult horses (2020)
Journal Article
Dunkel, B. (2020). Responsible antimicrobial use in critically ill adult horses. Equine Veterinary Education, https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.13334

Due to increasing antimicrobial resistance, pressure on veterinarians is mounting to adhere to responsible use of antimicrobial drugs. Antimicrobials are frequently included in the treatment of systemically ill horses due to the strong likelihood of... Read More about Responsible antimicrobial use in critically ill adult horses.

Association between hyponatremia and neurological dysfunction in hospitalized foals (2019)
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Dunkel, B., Dodson, F., Chang, Y. M., & Slovis, N. M. (2019). Association between hyponatremia and neurological dysfunction in hospitalized foals. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, 30(1), 66-73. https://doi.org/10.1111/vec.12906

Hyponatremia and rapid correction of hyponatremia can lead to neurological abnormalities. The objective of the study was to determine whether plasma sodium concentrations (Na+) and speed of correction of hyponatremia are significantly associated with... Read More about Association between hyponatremia and neurological dysfunction in hospitalized foals.

Retrospective evaluation of the association between admission blood glucose and l-lactate concentrations in ponies and horses with gastrointestinal disease (2008-2016): 545 cases (2019)
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Dunkel, B., Mason, C. J., & Chang, Y. M. (2019). Retrospective evaluation of the association between admission blood glucose and l-lactate concentrations in ponies and horses with gastrointestinal disease (2008-2016): 545 cases. Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care, https://doi.org/10.1111/vec.12851

A recent study described increased l‐lactate concentrations in ponies with gastrointestinal disease compared to horses, but blood glucose (BG) concentrations were not considered. The study tested the hypothesis that BG and l‐lactate concentrations ar... Read More about Retrospective evaluation of the association between admission blood glucose and l-lactate concentrations in ponies and horses with gastrointestinal disease (2008-2016): 545 cases.

Clinical features, anaesthetic management and perioperative complications seen in three horses with pheochromocytoma (2019)
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Norgate, D. J., Foster, A., Dunkel, B., Spiro, S., & Veres-Nyeki, K. O. (2019). Clinical features, anaesthetic management and perioperative complications seen in three horses with pheochromocytoma. https://doi.org/10.1136/vetreccr-2018-000744

Three horses presenting with colic signs to the Equine Referral Hospital at The Royal Veterinary College underwent general anaesthesia between September 2013 and November 2017 for emergency exploratory laparotomy. No obvious cause for the colic signs... Read More about Clinical features, anaesthetic management and perioperative complications seen in three horses with pheochromocytoma.

Equine atypical myopathy associated with sycamore seed ingestion in a Przewalski foal (2016)
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Molenaar, F. M., Piercy, R. J., Dunkel, B., Manning, N., English, K., Stidworthy, M., & Masters, N. J. (2016). Equine atypical myopathy associated with sycamore seed ingestion in a Przewalski foal. https://doi.org/10.19227/jzar.v4i2.156

One of the 172 UK cases of equine atypical myopathy (EAM) reported to the Atypical Myopathy Alert Group (AMAG) in 2014 was that of a five-month old male Przewalski horse (Equus ferus przewalskii), resident at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo, UK. The foal presented... Read More about Equine atypical myopathy associated with sycamore seed ingestion in a Przewalski foal.

Indications, complications, and outcome of horses undergoing repeated celiotomy within 14 days after the first colic surgery: 95 cases (2005-2013) (2015)
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Dunkel, B., Mair, T., Marr, C. M., Carnwath, J., & Bolt, D. M. (2015). Indications, complications, and outcome of horses undergoing repeated celiotomy within 14 days after the first colic surgery: 95 cases (2005-2013). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 246(5), 540-6. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.246.5.540

INTERRATER RELIABILITY OF THE EQUINE NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION
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Olsen, E., Dunkel, B., Witte, T. H., Perkins, J. D. M., Finding, E. J. T., Barker, W. H. J., …Piercy, R. J. INTERRATER RELIABILITY OF THE EQUINE NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine, 27(3), 652-653