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Dorothy Ainsworth, DVM, PhD

Selected Publications

Ainsworth DM, Grunig G, Matychak MB, Young J, Erb NH, Antczak DF. Recurrent airway obstruction in horses is characterized by IFN-8 and IL-8 production in the bronchoalveolar lavage cells. (Vet. Immunol Immunopath 96:83-91, 2003)

Perkins G, D Nydam, MJ Flaminio, DM Ainsworth. The utility of serum immunoglobulin M (IgM) concentrations for the diagnosis of lymphoma in healthy and sick adult horses. (J. Vet. Intern. Med. 17: 337-342, 2003).

Ainsworth DM, JA Appleton, SW Eicker, R Luce, MJ Flaminio and DF Antczak. Exercise-induced alterations in mRNA levels of Th-1 and Th-2 associated cytokines of equine pulmonary and peripheral blood mononuclear cells. (Vet. Immun. Immunopath.). 91:61-71, 2003

Ainsworth DM, JA Appleton, DF Antczak, MA Santiago and GM Aviza. IgG antibody responses of horses with heaves. Vet. Immun. Immunopath 84: 169-180, 2002.

Aviza GM*, DM Ainsworth, SW Eicker, MA Santiago, TJ Divers and GA Perkins. Outcome of horses diagnosed with and treated for heaves. Eq. Vet. Educ. 13: 243-246, 2001.

Adolf JE*, GA Perkins, DM Ainsworth and A deLahunta. Lymphoma of the central nervous system in horses. Compendium Continuing Educ. Pract. Veterinarian 23: 194-201, 2001.

Wion L*, GA Perkins, DM Ainsworth, N Dykes and TJ Divers. Use of computer tomography to diagnose R. equi mediastinal abscess causing respiratory distress in a foal. Eq. Vet. J. 33: 523-626, 2001.

Ainsworth DM. Future therapies for the treatment and/or prevention of heaves. In: Robinson, NE. International Workshop on Equine Chronic Airway Disease Michigan State University 16-18 June 2000. Eq. Vet. J. 33: 5-19, 2001.

Ainsworth DM, HN Erb, SW Eicker, AE Yeagar, L Viel, CR Sweeney and JP Lavoie. Effect of pulmonary abscesses on racing performance of horses treated at referral veterinary medical teaching hospitals: 45 cases (1985-1997). J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 216: 1282-1287, 2000.

Ainsworth DM. Rhodococcal infections in foals. (Invited review) Eq. Vet. Educ. 11(4): 191-198, 1999.

Perkins, G*, Ainsworth DM, HN Erb, F del Piero, M Miller, P Wilkins, J Palmar and M Frazier. Neonatal EHV-1: Clinical, hematological and biochemical findings compared with septic and premature foals. Eq. Vet. J. 31: 422-427, 1999.

Ducharme NG, RP Hackett, RD Gleed, DM Ainsworth, HN Erb, LM Mitchell and LV Soderholm. Pulmonary capillary pressure in horses undergoing alteration of pleural pressure by imposition of various upper airway resistive loads. Eq. Vet. J. (Suppl) 30: 27-33, 1999.

Perkins G*, DM Ainsworth and AE Yeager. Hemothorax in the horse: report on conservative management in two cases. J. Vet. Intern. Med. 13: 375-378, 1999.

Hackett RP, NG Ducharme, DM Ainsworth, BK Erickson, HN Erb, LV Soderholm and LM Thorson. Effects of extrathoracic airway obstruction on intrathoracic pressure and pulmonary artery pressure in exercising horses. Am. J. Vet. Res. 60: 485-494, 1999.

Ainsworth DM, SW Eicker, AE Yeagar, CR Sweeney, L Viel, et al. Associations between physical examination, laboratory, and radiographic findings and outcome and subsequent racing performance of foals with Rhodococcus equi infection: 115 cases (1984-1992). J. Am. Vet. Med. Assoc. 213: 510-515, 1998.

Jackson J, NG Ducharme, RP Hackett, RS Rehder, DM Ainsworth, KJ Shannon, BK Erickson, HN Erb, N Hansson, LV Soderholm and L Mitchell. Effects of upper airway resistance on transmural pulmonary pressure in exercising horses. Am. J. Vet. Res. 58: 897-903, 1997.

Ainsworth DM, CA Smith, SW Eicker, NG Ducharme, KS Henderson, KA Snedden and JA Dempsey. Pulmonary: locomotory interactions in exercising dogs and horses. Resp. Physiol. 110: 287-294, 1997.

Duryea JH*, DM Ainsworth, EL Mauldin, BJ Cooper, RB Edwards III. Clinical remission of granulomatous enteritis in a Standardbred gelding following long-term dexamethasone administration. Eq. Vet. J. 29: 164-167, 1997.

Dempsey JA, CA Harms and DM Ainsworth. Respiratory muscle perfusion and energetics during exercise. Med. Sci. Sports Exer. 28: 1123-1128, 1996.

Ainsworth DM, SW Eicker, ME Nalevanko, NG Ducharme and RP Hackett. The effect of exercise on diaphragmatic activation in exercising horses. Resp. Physiol. 106: 35-46, 1996.

Jackson C*, A deLahunta, TJ Divers and DM Ainsworth. The diagnostic utility of measurements of cerebrospinal fluid creatine kinase activity in the horse. J. Vet. Intern. Med. 10: 246-251, 1996.

Ainsworth DM, CA Smith, KS Henderson and JA Dempsey. Breathing during exercise in dogs - passive or active? J. Appl. Physiol. 81: 586-595, 1996.

Brown CA*, RP Hackett and DM Ainsworth. What's your diagnosis? [Post-parturient urinary incontinence in a Belgian mare]. Vet. Med. 91: 512-516, 1996.

Ainsworth DM, NG Ducharme, RP Hackett, SW Eicker and KA Snedden. Regulation of respiratory muscle activities during chemoreceptor stimulation in the adult horse (Equus caballus). Am. J. Vet. Res. 56: 366-373, 1995.

Ducharme NG, RP Hackett, DM Ainsworth, HN Erb, and KI Shannon. Repeatability and normal values for measurement of pharyngeal and tracheal pressures in exercising horses. Am. J. Vet. Res. 55: 368-374, 1994.

Ainsworth DM, KA Beck, CA Boatwright, KA Snedden and WC Rebhun. Lack of residual lung damage in Rhodococcus equi infected foals. Am. J. Vet. Res. 54: 2115-2120, 1993.

Ainsworth DM, AD Weldon, KA Beck, and PH Rowland. The recognition of Pneumocystis carinii in foals with respiratory distress. Eq. Vet. J. 25: 103-108, 1993.

Book Chapters & Monographs

Ainsworth DM. Lower airway function of normal horses: Responses to exercise and training. In: Hinchcliff K, Kaneps AJ, Geor RJ. eds.: Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, Elsevier Science Limited, Oxford, UK (In Press)

Ainsworth DM and R.P. Hackett. The Respiratory System. In: Bayly WM, Reed S, Sellon D eds.: Equine Internal Medicine, W.B. Saunders, second edition 2004, PP289-353.

Ainsworth DM, JA Appleton, DF Antczak, MA Santiago and GA Aviza. IgG subtypes and clues to the immunopathology of recurrent airway obstruction (heaves). In: Lunn DP and Wade JF. eds.: Equine Immunology in 2001. R & W Publications (Newmarket) limited, Newmarket, UK. 2001. pp 84-85.

Ainsworth DM. Treatment of Endotoxemia. In: Mair T, Divers TJ and Ducharme NG. eds.: Manual of Equine Gastroenterology, Harcourt-Health Sciences, W.B. Saunders, New York, 2002 pp 191-196.

Ainsworth DM. Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage. In: Colahan PT, IG Mayhew, AM Merritt and JN Moore. eds.: Equine Medicine and Surgery (fifth edition). Mosby Year-Book Inc., Philadelphia, 1999 pp 546-552.

Ainsworth DM and Biller DS. The Respiratory System. In: Bayly WM and Reed S. eds.: Equine Internal Medicine, W.B. Saunders, 1998 pp 251-289.

Ainsworth DM. The impact of foal pneumonia on racing performance. In: Rantanen NW and Hauser ML. eds.: The diagnosis and treatment of respiratory disease. Neyenesch Printers Inc, USA 1997 pp 241-244.

Ainsworth DM. Respiratory muscle recruitment patterns during exercise. In: Miller AD Bishop BP Bianchi AL. eds.: Neural Control of the Respiratory Muscles. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 1997 pp 171-180.

Ainsworth DM, CA Smith, KS Henderson and JA Dempsey. Breathing in exercising quadrupeds: There ain't no such thing as a free breath! In: Semple SJG and Adams L. eds.: Modelling and Control of Ventilation. Plenum Publishing Corp, New York, NY, 1995 pp 231-235.

Ainsworth DM. Locomotor: respiratory interdependence. (Regulation of lung, airway and chest wall mechanics during exercise). In: Rowell LB. ed.: Handbook of Exercise Physiology. American Physiological Society, Baltimore, MD, 1996 pp 467-474.

Mason DE, DM Ainsworth and JT Robertson. Respiratory emergencies in the adult horse. Vet Clin No Amer 10: 685-703, 1994.

Dempsey JA, HV Forster and DM Ainsworth. Regulation of hyperpnea, hyperventilation and respiratory muscle recruitment during exercise. In: Dempsey JA and Pack AI. eds.: Lung Biology in Health and Disease Regulation of Breathing, The Regulation of Breathing. Marcel Dekker, Inc. New York, 2nd edition, 1994 pp 1065-1135.