Faculty

Howard H. Erickson Professor of Physiology DVM, Kansas State University PhD, Veterinary Physiology, Iowa State University Phone (785) 532-4541 e-mail erickson@vet.k-state.edu

I am the course coordinator for AP 747, Veterinary Physiology II, a 7-hour course in systemic physiology which includes the function of the cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, renal, digestive and reproductive systems of domestic animals with emphasis on physiologic control mechanisms, interrelationships of body systems, and criteria for evaluating animal health. The course also includes short sections on exercise, behavior and temperature regulation.

My research and scholarly interests are in cardiopulmonary physiology, exercise physiology, the history of veterinary medicine and veterinary telemedicine. The objective of the veterinary telemedicine project is to develop the infrastructure for a system for proactive herd health management for disease prevention from farm to market. This is an interdisciplinary project with investigators in the Departments of Computer and Information Sciences and Electrical and Computer Engineering in the College of Engineering and in the Departments of Anatomy and Physiology and Clinical Sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine. The goal of this project is to research and develop the infrastructure to support wearable/remote monitoring devices that continuously assess cattle state of health in concentrated and distributed herds. These systems will improve the ability of the livestock industry to react to and predict disease onset and its epidemiological spread, whether from natural or terrorist events.

Selected Publications

Erickson, HH, TS Epp, and DC Poole. Alternative therapies for EIPH. Havemeyer Foundation Monograph 20:37-39, 2008.

Poole, DC and HH Erickson. Cardiovascular function and oxygen transport responses to exercise and training. In: Equine Exercise Physiology, Ed: KW Hinchcliff, AJ Kaneps, RJ Geor, WB Saunders, 2008.

Epp, TS, HH Erickson, J Woodworth, DC Poole. Effects of oral L-carnitine supplementation in racing Greyhounds. Equine and Comparative Exercise Physiology 4:141-147, 2007.

Erickson, HH and DC Poole. Exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage: current concepts. In: Lekeux P. (Ed). Equine Respiratory Diseases. Ithaca: International Veterinary Information Services (www.ivis.org). 2007; Document No. B0320.0102.

Erickson, HH, TS Epp, and DC Poole. A review of alternative therapies for EIPH. Proc Am Assoc Eq Pract 53:68-71, 2007.

Poole, DC, TS Epp, HH Erickson. Exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH): mechanistic bases and therapeutic interventions (science overview). Equine Vet J. 39:292-293, 2007.

Erickson, HH. History of horse-whims, teamboats, treadwheels and treadmills. Equine Vet J Suppl 36:83- 87, 2006.

Epp, TS, P McDonough, DJ Padilla, JM Gentile, KL Edwards, HH Erickson, and DC Poole. Exercise- induced pulmonary haemorrhage during sub-maximal exercise. Equine Vet J Suppl. 36:502-507, 2006.

Epp, TS, P McDonough, DJ Padilla, JH Cox, DC Poole, HH Erickson. The effect of herbal supplementation on the severity of EIPH. Equine and Comparative Exercise Physiology 2:17-25, 2005.

Elmore, RG and HH Erickson. A century of excellence: Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. The Donning Company. 2005.

Erickson, HH and TS Hildreth. Novel & Emerging Therapies for EIPH. ACVIM Proc 22:734-736, 2004.

Erickson, HH. Heart sounds and murmurs. In: Dukes’ Physiology of Domestic Animals, 12th ed. WO Reece, editor, Comstock Publishing, 2004.

Erickson, HH and DK Detweiler. Regulation of the heart. In: Dukes’ Physiology of Domestic Animals, 12th ed. WO Reece (editor), Comstock Publishing, 2004.

Erickson, HH and DK Detweiler. Control mechanisms of the circulatory system. In: Dukes’ Physiology of Domestic Animals, 12th ed. WO Reece (editor), Comstock Publishing, 2004.

Erickson, HH and DK Detweiler. Microcirculation, lymph, and edema. In: Dukes’ Physiology of Domestic Animals, 12th ed. WO Reece (editor), Comstock Publishing 2004.

Erickson, HH, DC Poole and DK Detweiler. Pulmonary circulation. In: Dukes’ Physiology of Domestic Animals, 12th ed. WO Reece (editor), Comstock Publishing 2004.

Erickson, HH and DC Poole. Exercise physiology. In: Dukes’ Physiology of Domestic Animals, 12th ed. WO Reece (editor), Comstock Publishing 2004.

Erickson, HH and ML Weiss. Pain, Animal. Encycopedia of Neuroscience, 3rd ed, George Adelman and Barry H. Smith (eds), CD-ROM, Elsevier. 2004.

McDonough, P, CA Kindig, TS Hildreth, DJ Padilla, BJ Behnke, HH Erickson, DC Poole. Effect of furosemide and the equine nasal strip on exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage and time-to-fatigue in maximally exercising horses. Equine and Comparative Exercise Physiology 1(3):177-184, 2004.

Poole, DC and HH Erickson. Heart and vessels: function during exercise and response to training. In Equine Sports Medicine and Surgery, KW Hinchcliff, AJ Kaneps, and RJ Geor (eds). Elsevier Health Sciences. 2004.

Warren, S, D Andresen, L Nagl, S Schoenig, B Krishnamurthi, H Erickson, T Hildreth, D Poole, M Spire. Wearable and Wireless: Distributed, Sensor-Based Telemonitoring Systems for State of Health Determination in Cattle. 9th Annual Talbot Informatics Symposium. AVMA 2004 Convention Notes, July 25, 2004.

Nagl, L, R Schmitz, S Warren, T Hildreth, H Erickson, D Andresen. Wearable sensor system for wireless state-of-health determination in cattle. Proc 25th Ann Int Conf of the IEEE Engin in Med and Biol Soc. 25:3012-3015, 2003.

Warren, S, L Nagl, R Schmitz, J Yao, T Hildreth, H Erickson, D Poole, D Andresen. A distributed infrastructure for veterinary telemedicine. Proc 25th Ann Int Conf of the IEEE Engin in Med and Biol Soc. 25:1394-1397, 2003.

Erickson, HH. Pioneer veterinarians at Kansas State Agricultural College. Proc. 64th Annual Conf for Veterinarians 64:103-114, 2002.