Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine
Teaching Hospital • Faculty
 
Dr. Shane DeWitt

Shane DeWitt, DVM, DACVIM
Assistant Professor
Equine Field Service


Phone: 785-532-5700
E-mail: sdewitt@vet.k-state.edu

 

Professional Training:

  • Bachelor of Science: Saint Mary’s University
  • DVM: Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island
  • Residency: Tufts University
Teaching:
  • Clinical Skills (3rd year)
  • Grand Rounds III (3rd year)
  • Medicine III (3rd year)
  • Production Medicine (3rd year)
  • Equine Medicine and Field Service (4th year)
  • Equine Surgery and Field Service (4th year)
 
  • Equine Lameness I (4th year)
  • Pleasure Horse Medicine (4th year)
  • Supplemental Equine Studies (4th year)
  • Respiratory Physiology (Graduate)

Research:

  • Acute lung injury/acute respiratory distress syndrome in the equine neonatal foal
  • Biological and physiological causes of cachexia in horses with recurrent airway obstruction
  • Long term soundness evaluation of foals affected with neonatal infectious arthritis/osteomyelitis

Clinical:

Dr. DeWitt provides on-farm routine health care and emergency services. Dr. DeWitt has a special interest in offering preventive medicine programs and managing horses with complex dental care needs.

Selected Publications, Presentations, or Articles: 

  • Grondin TM, DeWitt, SF, Keeton KS. Pelger Huet Anomaly in an Arabian Horse. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, September 2007:36(3):306-310
  • Sharkey L, DeWitt SF, Stockman C. Neurologic signs and hyperammonemia in a horse with entercolitis. 2006. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, Davis, CA. Jun;35(2):254-8.
  • DeWitt SF, Bedenice D, Mazan MR. Hemolysis and Heinz body formation associated with red maple leaf (Acer rubrum) ingestion in two alpacas. 2004. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Schaumburg, IL. Aug 15;225(4):578-83.
  • Mazan MR, DeWitt SF, Hoffman AM, Deveney EF, Bedenice D. Energetic cost of breathing, body composition, and pulmonary function in horses with recurrent airway obstruction. 2004. Journal of Applied Physiology, Bethesda, MD. Jul;97(1):91-7.
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