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Below is a list of most of my publications in veterinary medicine. Items with links to abstracts, full-text articles, or slide presentations have a notation in this link colour at the end.

Author / coauthor

King C. Advances in equine exercise physiology. Perspective 14, Control and Therapy, Postgraduate Foundation in Veterinary Science, University of Sydney, Australia, 1992.

King CM. Clinical Exercise Testing of Racehorses. Thesis for Master of Veterinary Clinical Studies, University of Sydney, 1993.

King C. Book review: Equine Medicine and Surgery, 4th edition (eds. Colahan, et al., 1991). Australian Veterinary Journal, 1993; 70: 62.

Rose RJ, King CM. Use of treadmills in equine practice. Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian—The Equine Athlete, June 1993: 875–878. full text

King CM, Rose RJ, Evans DL. The influence of anticoagulant, storage temperature and time on equine plasma lactate concentration. Australian Veterinary Journal, 1994; 71(11): 382–384. full text

King CM, Evans DL, Rose RJ. Cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses to exercise in horses with various abnormalities of the upper respiratory tract. Equine Veterinary Journal, 1994; 26(3): 220–225. full text

King CM, Evans DL, Rose RJ. Significance for exercise capacity of some electrocardiographic findings in racehorses. Australian Veterinary Journal, 1994; 71(7): 200–202. full text

Jorgensen JS, Abdullahi AR, King C, et al. Emergency procedures in equine field service. California Veterinarian, 1994; 48: 8–15. full text

King C. Meeting report. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 1994; 14: 412–414.

King C. Practical use of urinary fractional excretion. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 1994; 14(9): 464–468. full text

King C. Rectal drug administration. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 1994; 14(10): 521–526. full text

King C. Article abstracts for Veterinary Update. American Veterinary Publications, Goleta CA, 1994.

King C. EIPH: Rational approach to therapy. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 1995; 15(1): 7–12. full text

King C. Teaching change: a hard row to hoe. The Veterinarian, Sydney, Australia, May 1995.

King CM, Rose RJ, Evans DL. Acclimatisation of horses to treadmill exercise. Equine Veterinary Journal Supplement, 1995; 18: 453–456. full text

Rose RJ, King CM, Evans DL, Tyler CM, Hodgson DR. Indices of exercise capacity in horses presented for poor racing performance. Equine Veterinary Journal Supplement, 1995; 18: 418–421. full text

King CM, Rose RJ, Evans DL. Physiological responses of normal and lame Thoroughbred and Standardbred racehorses during an incremental exercise test. In Orthopadie bei Huf-und Klauentieren, Knezevic P (ed). Schattauer, Stuggart 1995; pp. 300–315.

Rogers GM, King CM. The comparison of injection site reactions caused by two commercial multivalent clostridial vaccines. Agri-Practice, 1996; 17(2): 28–33. full text

King C, Rogers G. The evaluation of injection site reactions in beef cattle, comparing three multivalent clostridial vaccines. Bovine Practitioner, 1996; 30: 88.

Mansmann RA, King C. How to perform bronchoalveolar lavage in practice. Proceedings, 44th Annual Convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners, 1998; 44: 186–188. [coauthor and presenter]

Mansmann RA, King C, Stewart E. How to develop a preventive foot care program — a model. Proceedings, 46th Annual Convention of the American Association of Equine Practitioners 2000; 46: 156–161. full text

Tate LP, Berry CR, King C. Comparison of peripheral‐to‐central circulation delivery times between intravenous and intraosseous infusion in foals. Equine Veterinary Education, 2003; 15(4): 201–206.

King C, Mansmann RA. Preventing laminitis in horses: dietary strategies for horse owners. Clinical Techniques in Equine Practice, 2004; 3(1): 96–102. abstract

King C. Equine anatomy in perspective: an integrative view of equine musculoskeletal anatomy. Proceedings, 3rd International Symposium on Rehabilitation and Physical Therapy in Veterinary Medicine, 2004; 3: 89–93. [author and presenter] slide show

King C. Medical intuition in veterinary practice: blending science and intuition for better patient care. Proceedings, Annual Conference of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association, 2006 [author and presenter] slide show

King C. Letters to a young researcher — tips on writing a good clinical research paper. Article on the web (LinkedIn), 2017.

Larkins NI, King C. APPA compared against meloxicam in canine OA. [Abstract] Osteoarthritis and Cartilage 2017; Supplement 1, 25: S176 full text

Larkins N, King CM. Effectiveness of apocynin-paeonol (APPA) for the management of osteoarthritis in dogs: comparisons with placebo and meloxicam in client-owned dogs. Science Matters, 2017. full text

King C. Laminitis in horses: through the lens of systems theory. ResearchGate, 2020. full text

King C. Equine laminitis research: a teachable moment and look to the future. ResearchGate 2020. full text

King C. Home care for horses with chronic laminitis. ResearchGate 2020. full text

King C. Pathogenesis of supporting limb laminitis: four questions. ResearchGate 2020. full text

King C. Update on managing serious wound infections in horses. 1. Wounds involving joints and other synovial structures (Part A). ResearchGate 2020. full text

King C. Update on managing serious wound infections in horses. 2. Wounds involving joints and other synovial structures (Part B). ResearchGate 2020. full text

King C. Update on managing serious wound infections in horses. 3. Wounds involving bone. ResearchGate 2020. full text

King C. Update on managing serious wound infections in horses. 4. Wounds involving soft tissues. ResearchGate 2020. full text

King C. Veterinary clinical anatomy - glossary of directional and relational terms commonly used in veterinary anatomy. ResearchGate 2020. full text

King C. Letter to the Editor (re: Hendra vaccination). Australian Veterinary Journal, 2020 [preprint]. full text

Mansmann RA, Radkin M, vom Orde K, King C. Toe length and plantar angle in the hind feet are associated with gluteal pain in adult horses. ResearchGate, 2021. full text

King C. Stress in vets — and the potential of adaptogenic herbs. 2024. video

King C. The microbiota of the equine gut — and what it can tell us about feeding horses. Proceedings of the 2nd annual Integrative Veterinary Conferences Australia (IVCA) conference, Melbourne, Australia, 2024; 2: 59–77. full text

Medical writer / editor

Instructor's Manual to Accompany Principles and Practice of Veterinary Technology, Pratt PW, Mosby, St Louis, 1997 [veterinary editor]

Manual of Equine Medicine and Surgery, Colahan PT, Mayhew IG, Merritt AM, Moore JN (eds), Mosby, St Louis, 1999. [veterinary editor]

Manual of Small Animal Internal Medicine, Nelson RW, Couto CG (eds), Mosby, St Louis, 1999. [veterinary editor]

Field Guide to Large Animal Internal Medicine, Smith BP (ed), Mosby, St Louis, 2002. [veterinary editor]

Manual of Equine Dentistry, Allen T. Mosby, St Louis, 2003. [consulting editor]

Manual of Small Animal Internal Medicine, 2nd edition, Nelson RW, Couto CG (eds), Elsevier Mosby, St Louis, 2005. [veterinary editor]

Gemeinhardt KD, Molnar JA. Vacuum-assisted closure for management of a traumatic neck wound in a horse. Equine Veterinary Education, 2005; 17(1): 27–33. [medical writer]

Equine Podiatry, Floyd AE, Mansmann RA (eds), Saunders, St Louis, 2007. [veterinary editor]

Floyd AE. Use of a grading system to facilitate treatment and prognosis in horses with negative palmar angle syndrome (heel collapse): 107 cases. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 2010; 30(11): 666–675. [medical writer]

Mansmann RA, James S, Blikslager AT, et al. Long toes in the hind feet and pain in the gluteal region: an observational study of 77 horses. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 2010; 30(12): 720–726. [medical writer]

Proceedings, International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot, 2009–2013. [veterinary editor]

Nestadt CL, Lusi CM, Davies HMS. The effect of different head-and-neck positions on nuchal ligament dimensions in fetal foals. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 2015; 35 (2): 153–160. [medical editor]

Oheida AH, Philip CJ, Hung-Hsun Y, et al. Observations of sacrocaudal fusion in Greyhounds and other dogs. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology, 2016; 29(1): 61–67. [medical editor]

Comparative Veterinary Anatomy — A Clinical Approach, Orsini JA, Grenager N, deLahunta A (eds), Elsevier, St Louis, 2020. [unattributed author and veterinary editor]

Parvathy K, Preena P, Alexander J, et al. Detection and molecular characterization of Hepatazoon sp. in Indian rat snakes (Ptyas mucosa). Acta Parasitologica, 2022 [medical editor]

Kelly LH. Photographic essay of chronic fluorosis in horses. Part 1: first four adult horses. ResearchGate, 2022. [medical writer] full text

Kelly LH. Photographic essay of chronic fluorosis in horses. Addendum to Part 1: first four adult horses, Histopathology report on Case 4. ResearchGate, 2022. [medical writer] full text

Kelly LH. Photographic essay of chronic fluorosis in horses. Part 2: in-depth investigation of seven adult horses. ResearchGate, 2022. [medical writer] full  text

Kelly LH. Photographic essay of chronic fluorosis in horses. Part 3: transplacental fluorosis. ResearchGate, 2023. [medical writer] full text

Kelly LH. Photographic essay of chronic fluorosis in horses. Part 4: clinical diagnosis and mitigation strategies. ResearchGate, 2023. [medical writer] full text

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