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This Show EQIN Radio is talking with:
Professor Chris Pollitt – BVSc (Massey) PhD (Qld)
Chris Pollitt graduated Bachelor
of Veterinary Science from Massey University, New
Zealand in 1968 and was a practicing veterinary surgeon
in New Zealand, Victoria, Western Australia and
Queensland until commencing PhD studies in the
Physiology Department of The
University of Queensland.
His PhD on the Genetic Variation of Equine Plasma
Proteins was awarded in 1984 the year that Chris joined
the School of Veterinary Science as the lecturer in
equine medicine. He has developed an international
reputation in the field of equine foot biology and
disease pathogenesis principally because of his work on
‘laminitis' the most important disease of the horse's
foot and the biggest killer of horses after colic.
To
generate a critical mass of research personnel Dr Pollitt, in 1996, created the
Australian Equine
Laminitis Research Unit, which has become
internationally competitive having attracted, in the
last 8 years, over $2 million in research funding
including a current $120,000 Rural Industries Research
and Development Corporation grant entitled “Laminitis
preventive and therapeutic strategies”. With the mission
of; Elucidating the mechanism of laminitis to
make laminitis a preventable disease" the unit
has become an international focus of laminitis and
equine foot biology research.
Four post doctorate
fellows have worked in the unit since 1996. At present,
Dr Pollitt is supervising/co-supervising 7 PhD MPhil
students and has previously successfully supervised 10
BVetBiol/MVSc/PhD postgraduate students.
Professor Chris Pollitt
 Dr Pollitt has 61 publications
in international peer-reviewed journals and 71
conference proceedings.
On invitation he has written chapters on equine laminitis in modern textbooks of equine medicine and
lameness. His own textbook Colour Atlas of the Horse's
Foot has been reprinted four times and has been
published in German, Japanese and Spanish editions. In
2001 he wrote the 110 page textbook “Equine laminitis”
published by the
RIRDC. In 2001, he was invited ed to
give a prestigious 4 hour master class on Equine
Laminitis at the
British Equine Veterinary Association
annual scientific meeting and repeated this performance
for the American Association of Equine Practitioners
congress in 2003.
He has enthusiastically promoted the
name of The University of Queensland and its School of
Veterinary Science in the 15 countries where, on
invitation, he has presented his equine laminitis
research findings. He is a foundation member of the
organizing committee of the biannual International
Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot.
In 1997 Chris was inducted into American Farriers
International Hall of Fame for his contributions to
education on the horse's foot. In 1997 he received the RIRDC-Vetsearch Equine Research Award as Equine
Researcher of the Year for laminitis studies and in 2003
received the Pfizer Scientific Award.
Taken From Dr. Pollitt's web site
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