David A. Wilson
Director of the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital,
      and Professor of Equine Surgery

Education:

· BS (Accounting), Illinois State University, Normal, IL
· BS (Veterinary Medicine), University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
· DVM (Veterinary Medicine), University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
· MS (Veterinary Medicine), University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

· Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons (ACVS)

WilsonDA@missouri.edu

Research emphasis:

Research interests include the pathophysiology and treatment of musculoskeletal disease, such as lameness evaluation, degenerative joint disease and fracture repair in the horse.

Keegan KG, Messer NT, Reed SK, Wilson DA, Kramer J. Effectiveness of administration of phenylbutazone alone or concurrent administration of phenylbutazone and flunixin meglumine to alleviate lameness in horses. Am J Vet Res 2008; 69(2):167-73.  [Abstract]

Janicek JC, Carson WL, Wilson DA. Development of an in vitro three dimensional loading-measurement system for long bone fixation under multiple loading conditions: a technical description. J Orthop Surg 2007; 2:21.  [Abstract]

Janicek JC, Wilson DA. What is your diagnosis? Mineralization of the caudal horn of the medial meniscus. J Am Vet Med Assoc 2007; 230(8):1149-50.  [Abstract]

Buff PR, Messer NT, Cogswell AM, Wilson DA, Johnson PJ, Keisler DH, Ganjam VK. Induction of pulsatile secretion of leptin in horses following thyroidectomy. J Endocrinol 2007;192(2):353-59. [Abstract]

Wilson DA. Principles of early wound management.  Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract 2005; 21(1):45-62, vi (Review). [Abstract]

Kelmer G, Keegan KG, Kramer J, Wilson DA, Pai FP, Singh P.  Computer-assisted kinematic evaluation of induced compensatory movements resembling lameness in horses trotting on a treadmill.  Am J Vet Res 2005; 66(4):646-55. [Abstract]

Garcia-Seco E, Wilson DA, Cook JL, Kuroki K, Kreeger JM, Keegan KG.  Measurement of articular cartilage stiffness of the femoropatellar, tarsocrural, and metatarsophalangeal joints in horses and comparison with biochemical data.
Vet Surg 2005; 34(6):571-78. [Abstract]

Garcia-Seco E, Wilson DA, Kramer J, Keegan KG, Branson KR, Johnson PJ, Tyler JW. Prevalence and risk factors associated with outcome of surgical removal of pedunculated lipomas in horses: 102 cases (1987-2002). J Am Vet Med Assoc 2005; 226(9):1529-37. [Abstract]

Constantinescu GM, Wilson DA, Constantinescu IS, Konig HE. The anatomoclinical approach to the nerves of the thoracic limb of the horse for performing nerve block anesthesia. Vet Med Austria 2004; 91:30-41.  [Abstract]

Keegan KG, Yonezawa Y, Pai PF, Wilson DA, Kramer J.  Evaluation of a sensor-based system of motion analysis for detection and quantification of forelimb and hind limb lameness in horses. Am J Vet Res 2004; 65:665-70.  [Abstract]

Kramer J, Keegan KG, Wilson DA. Objective determination of pelvic movement during hind limb lameness using a signal decomposition method and pelvic height differences. Am J Vet Res 2004; 65(6):741-47.  [Abstract]

Keegan KG, Arafat S, Skubic M, Wilson DA, Kramer J.  Detection of lameness and determination of the affected forelimb in horses by use of continuous wavelet transformation and neural network classification of kinematic data.  Am J Vet Res 2003; 64(11):1376-81.  [Abstract]

Schwartz AJ, Wilson DA, Keegan KG, Ganjam VK, Sun Y, Weber KT, Zhang J.  Factors regulating collagen synthesis and degradation during second-intention healing of wounds in the thoracic region and the distal aspect of the forelimb of horses.  Am J Vet Res 2002; 63(11):1564-70.  [Abstract]

Keegan KG, Yonezawa Y, Pai PF, Wilson DA.  Accelerometer-based system for the detection of lameness in horses. Biomed Sci Instrum 2002; 38:107-12.  [Abstract]

Kreeger JM, Templer A, Turnquist SE, Bailey KL, Johnson PJ, Wilson DA.  Paranasal meningioma in a horse.  J Vet Diagn Invest 2002;14(4):322-25.  [Abstract]

Keegan KG, Pai PF, Wilson DA, Smith BK.  Signal decomposition method of evaluating head movement to measure forelimb lameness in horses trotting on a treadmill.  Equine Vet J 2001; 33(5):446-51.  [Abstract]

Rodgerson DH, Belknap JP, Wilson DA, Kramer J.  Laparoscopic ovariectomy using sequential electrocoagulation and sharp transection of the equine mesovarium.  Vet Surg 2001; 30(6):572-57.  [Abstract]

Rodgerson DH, Wilson DA, Kramer J.  Fracture repair of the distal portion of the radius by use of a condylar screw implant in an adult horse.  J Am Vet Med Assoc 2001; 218(12):1966-69, 1937.  [Abstract]

Bacon-Miller C, Wilson DA, Keegan KG, Kreeger JM, Ganjam VK, Adelstein EH.  Structural and functional comparison between fibroblasts from the trunk and distal limbs of horses and ponies. Vet Surg 2000; 29:1-7.

Kramer J, Keegan KG, Wilson DA, Smith BK, Wilson DJ.  Kinematics of the equine hind limb after induced distal tarsal lameness and distal tarsal anesthesia.  Am J Vet Res 2000; 61(9):1031-36.  [Abstract]

Wilson DA, Keegan KG, Carson WL.  An in vitro biomechanical comparison of two fixation methods for transverse osteotomies of the medial proximal forelimb sesamoid bones in horses. Vet Surg 1999; 28(5):355-367. [Abstract]

Bacon-Miller C, Wilson DA, Martin DD, Pace LW, Constantinescu GM.  Complications of balloon catheterization associated with aberrant cerebral arterial anatomy in a horse with guttural pouch mycosis. Vet Surg 1998; 27(5):450-53.  [Abstract]

Frankeny RL, Wilson DA, Carson WL, Keegan KG. An in vitro biomechanical investigation of compression plating with cable cerclage for repair of oblique osteotomies in foal femurs. Vet Comp Orth Traum 1998; 11:23-28.  [Abstract]

Wilson DA, MacFadden K, Green E, Crabill M, Frankeny R, Thorne JG. Case control and historical cohort study of diarrhea associated with administration of trimethoprim-potentiated sulphonamides to horses and ponies.  J Vet Int Med 1996; 10(4):258-64.  [Abstract]

Wilson DA, Adelstein EH, Keegan KG, Barrett BB, Kutz R.  In vitro and in vivo effects of activated macrophage supernatant on distal limb wounds of ponies.  Am J Vet Res 1996; 57(8):1220-24.  [Abstract]

Wilson DA, Baker GJ, Boero MJ. Complications of celiotomy incisions in horses. Vet Surg 1995; 24:506-14.  [Abstract]