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Norm G. Ducharme, DMV, MSc

Selected Publications Published

Ducharme N, Tessier C. Chirurgie respiratoire chez le cheval: indications et pronostic. Pratique Vétérinaire Équine, numéro spécial 38:99-105, 2006.

Infernuso T, Watts AE, Ducharme NG. Septic epiglottic chondritis with abscessation in 2 young Thoroughbred racehorses. Can Vet J 47(10):1007-1010, 2006.

Radcliffe CH, Woodie JB, Hackett RP, Ainsworth DM, Erb HN, Mitchell LM, Soderholm LV, Ducharme NG. A comparison of laryngoplasty and a modified partial arytenoidectomy as treatments for laryngeal hemiplegia in exercising horses. Vet Surg 35:643-652, 2006.

Textor JA, Ducharme NG, Gleed RD, Hackett RP, Erb HN, Mitchell L, Soderholm LV. Effect of pericardiotomy on exercise-induced pulmonary hypertension in the horse. Equine Comp Exercise Physiol 3:45-51, 2006.

Divers TJ, Ducharme NG, de Lahunta A, Irby NL, Scrivani PV. Temporohyoid osteoarthropathy. Clin Tech in Equine Pract 5:17-23, 2006.

Chalmers HJ, Cheetham J, Yeager AE, Ducharme NG. Ultrasonography of the equine larynx. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 47:476-481, 2006.

Chalmers HJ, Cheetham J, Dykes NL, Ducharme NG. Computed tomographic diagnosis--stylohyoid fracture with abscess in a horse without temporohyoid disease. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 47:165-167, 2005.

Gardner RB, Nydam DV, Mohammed HO, Ducharme NG, Divers TJ. Serum gamma glutamyl transferase activity in horses with right or left dorsal displacements of the large colon. J Vet Intern Med 19:761-764, 2005.

Lin RC, Engeli E, Prowten AW, Erb HN, Ducharme NG, Goodrich LR. Antebrachial fractures in four captive polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Vet Surg 34:358-365, 2005.

Woodie JB, Ducharme NG, Hackett RP, Erb HN, Mitchell LM, Soderholm LV. Can an external device prevent dorsal displacement of the soft palate during strenuous exercise? Equine Vet J 37:425-429, 2005.

Woodie JB, Ducharme NG, Kanter P, Hackett RP, Erb HN. Surgical advancement of the larynx (Laryngeal tie-forward) as a treatment for dorsal displacement of the soft palate: a prospective study 2001-2004. Equine Vet J 37:418-423, 2005.

Jansson N, Ducharme NG. Angular limb deformities in foals: causes and diagnosis. Comp Continuing Ed, 27(1): 48-54, 2005.

Jansson N, Ducharme NG. Angular limb deformities in foals: treatment and prognosis. Comp Continuing Ed, 27(2): 134-146, 2005.

Abou-Madi N, Kollias GV, Hackett RP, Ducharme NG, Gleed RD, Moakler JP. Umbilical herniorrhaphy in a juvenile Asian elephant (Elephas maximus). J Zoo Wildl Med 35:221-225, 2004.

Nixon AJ, Fortier LA, Goodrich LR, Ducharme NG. Arthroscopic reattachment of osteochondritis dissecans lesions using resorbable polydioxanone pins. Equine Vet J 36:376-383, 2004.

Pease AP, van Biervliet J, Dykes NL, Divers TJ, Ducharme NG. Complication of partial stylohyoidectomy for treatment of temporohyoid osteoarthropathy and an alternative surgical technique in three cases. Equine Vet J 36:546-550, 2004.

Ducharme NG, Hackett RP, Woodie JB, Dykes N, Erb HN, Mitchell LM, Soderholm LV. Investigations into the role of the thyrohyoid muscles in the pathogenesis of dorsal displacement of the soft palate in horses. Equine Vet J 35:258-263, 2003.

Hackett RP, Ducharme NG, Gleed RD, Mitchell L, Soderholm LV, Erickson BK, Erb HN. Do Thoroughbred and Standardbred horses have similar increases in pulmonary vascular pressures during exertion? Can J Vet Res 67:291-296, 2003.

Cable CS, Ducharme NG, Hackett RP, Erb HN, Mitchell LM, Soderholm LV. Sound signature for identification and quantification of upper-airway disease in horses. Am J Vet Res 63:1707-1713, 2002.

Ducharme NG, Goodrich L, Woodie JB. Vocal cordectomy as an aid in the management of horses with laryngeal hemiparesis/hemiplegia. Clin Tech in Equine Pract 1:17-21, 2002.

Goodrich LR, Nixon AJ, Fubini SL, Ducharme NG, Fortier LA, Warnick LD, Ludders JW. Epidural morphine and detomidine decreases postoperative hindlimb lameness in horses after bilateral stifle arthroscopy. Vet Surg 31:232-239, 2002.

Semevolos SA, Ducharme NG, Hackett RP. Clinical assessment and outcome of three techniques for jejunal resection and anastomosis in horses: 59 cases (1989-2000). J Am Vet Med Assoc 220:215-218, 2002.


Selected Books and Chapters

Ducharme NG, author or co-author of several chapters. In Mair T, Divers T, Ducharme NG (eds): Manual of Equine Gastroenterology, W.B. Saunders, 2002.

Ducharme NG, Hackett RP. Arytenoid Chondritis. In: The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp138-139, 2002.

Ducharme NG, Hackett RP. Laryngeal Hemiplegia. In: The 5-Minute Veterinary Consult. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, pp 618-619, 2002.

Ducharme NG, author or co-quthor of several chapters. In: Fubini SL, Ducharme NG (eds), Farm Animal Surgery, St. Louis, MO, Elsevier, 2004.

Ducharme NG, Robertson JT. Nasopharyngeal collapse. Submitted August 2004, Lekeux Ed. http://www.Ivis.org.

Robertson JT, Ducharme NG. Dorsal displacement of the soft palate. Submitted August 2004, Lekeux Ed. http://www.Ivis.org.

Ducharme NG. Pharynx. In Auer JA, Stick JA (eds), Equine Surgery, 3rd edition. St. Louis, MO, Elsevier, 2005, pp 544-565.