Penn Veterinary Medicine | University of Pennsylvania

Description of Clinical Expertise

Lameness - diagnosis and treatment
The use of the high speed treadmill for poor performance evaluation in horses
The use of nuclear scintigraphy for identification of stress related injuries

Selected Publications

Davidson EJ and Parente EJ: Exercising videoendoscopic evaluation of horses with abnormal respiratory noise and poor performance following partial arytenoidectomy: 7 cases Equine Veterinary Education 23: 626-629, 2012.

Davidson EJ: Epiglottic entrapment Clinical Veterinary Advisor: The Horse Page: 173-174, Wilson DA (eds.). Elsevier, 2012.

Nolen Walston RD, Harris M, Agnew ME, Martin BB, Reef VB, Boston RC, Davidson EJ: Neutrophilic versus eosinophilic/mastocytic inflammatory airway disease in adult horses J Am Vet Med Assoc November 2011.

Dahlberg Jessica A, Ross Michael W, Martin Benson B, Davidson Elizabeth J, Leitch Midge I: Clinical relevance of abnormal scintigraphic findings of adult equine ribs: 20 horses (1999-2008) Veterinary radiology & ultrasound 52(5): 573-9, Sep-Oct 2011.

Getman Liberty M, Davidson Elizabeth J, Ross Michael W, Leitch Midge, Richardson Dean W: Computed tomography or magnetic resonance imaging-assisted partial hoof wall resection for keratoma removal: 10 cases (2006-2009) Veterinary surgery : VS 40(6): 708-14, Aug 2011.

Davidson E J, Martin B B, Boston R C, Parente E J: Exercising upper respiratory videoendoscopic evaluation of 100 nonracing performance horses with abnormal respiratory noise and/or poor performance. Equine veterinary journal 43(1): 3-8, Jan 2011.

Davidson EJ, Harris M, Martin BB, Nolen-Walston R, Boston RC, Reef V: Comparison of exercising upper respiratory tract obstruction, bronchoalveolar lavage cytology and exercising blood gas analysis in horses with poor performance Journal Equine Veterinary Science 31: 475-480, 2011.

Davidson EJ: Pathophysiology and Clinical Diagnosis of Cortical and Subchondral Bone Injury Diagnosis and Management of Lameness in the Horse 2nd Edition: 935-946, Ross MW and Dyson SJ (eds.). Elsevier, 2011.

Davidson EJ: Making sense of your imaging options. Pennsylvania Equestrian Page: 25-33, April 2010.

Davidson EJ: Clinical recognition of stress related bone injuries Proceedings 2010 New Jersey Veterinary Medical Association Annual Meeting Page: 1-4, 2010.