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	Julie E Dechant- DVM, MS Associate Professor of Clinical Surgical & Radiological Sciences 167 Vet Med II Davis, CA 95616 +1 530 752 9583 jedechant@ucdavis.edu

Research Focus	Diagnosis and management of equine emergency and critical care patients; camelid medicine and surgery.
Specialty Focus	Equine Surgery
Education	1996 DVM , University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 2000 MS Clinical Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado
Honors and Awards	1993 Western College of Veterinary Medicine Prize in Histology 1993 Western College of Veterinary Medicine William Sidey Scholarship 1994 Western College of Veterinary Medicine W.B. Saunders Company Award in Medicine 1991-95 Louise McKinney Post-Secondary Scholarship 1994-95 Western College of Veterinary Medicine University Undergraduate Scholarship 1995 Western College of Veterinary Medicine Bayer, Inc. Award in Herd Medicine 1995 Western College of Veterinary Medicine Impromed Provides Award in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery 1996 Marilyn J. Dodd Memorial Award 1996 John Carl Tucker Award 1996 F.W. Schofield Prize in Veterinary Pathology 1996 Dr. R.H. Dunlop Book Prize for Academic Excellence in Veterinary 1996 American College of Veterinary Surgeons Award for Large Animal Surgery 1996 Ayerst Veterinary Laboratories First General Proficiency Award 1996 Western College of Veterinary Medicine Faculty Gold Medal 1998 Student Chapter of American Veterinary Medical Association Large Animal Resident Appreciation Award 1999 Dr. Virgil and Metzy H. Yount Postgraduate Veterinary Medicine Award 2010 Certificate of Special Recognition from California-International Llama Association 2011 Dr. Murray Fowler Achievement Award
Licenses	Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care California Veterinary License, #14011 Colorado Veterinary License, #6503
Active Research Grants	Principal Investigator, Alpaca Antibody Development for Agri-Analysis, (Principle Investigator), USDA
Most Recent 10 Publications	2012 Kim HJ, McCoy MR, Majkova Z, Dechant JE, Gee SJ, Tabares-da Rosa S, Gonzalez-Sapienza GG, Hammock BD Isolation of alpaca anti-hapten heavy chain single domain antibodies for development of sensitive immunoassay Anal Chem, 2012 Fielding CL, Dechant JE Colic in competing endurance horses presenting to referral centres: 36 cases Equine Vet J, 2011 Yamout SZ, Nieto JE, Beldimenico PM, Dechant JE, le Jeune SS, Snyder JR Evaluation of peritoneal and plasma D-lactate in horses with colic Vet Surg, 2011 Dechant JE, Symm WA, Nieto JE Comparison of pH, lactate, and glucose analysis of synovial fluid from horses using a portable clinical analyzer with a bench-top blood gas analyzer Vet Surg, 2011 Kilcoyne I, Dechant JE, Kass PH, Spier SJ Penetrating injuries to the frog (cuneus ungulae) and collateral sulci of the foot in equids: 63 cases (1998-2008) J Am Vet Med Assoc, 2011 Romero AE, Nieto JE, Dechant JE, Hopper K, Aleman M Effects of aerobic and anaerobic fluid collection on biochemical analysis of peritoneal fluid in healthy horses and horses with colic Vet Surg, 2010 Prange T, Holcombe SJ, Brown JA, Dechant JE, Fubini SL, Embertson RM, Peroni J, Rakestraw PC, Hauptman JG Resection and anastomosis of the descending colon in 43 horses Vet Surg, 2010 Ortega J, Crossley B, Dechant JE, Drew CP, Maclachlan NJ Fatal bluetongue virus infection in an alpaca (Vicugna pacos) in California J Vet Diagn Invest, 2009 le Jeune SS, Nieto JE, Dechant JE, Snyder JR Prevalence of gastric ulcers in Thoroughbred broodmares in pasture: A preliminary report Vet J, 2008 Dechant JE, Whitcomb MB, Magdesian KG Ultrasonographic diagnosis--idiopathic muscular hypertrophy of the small intestine in a miniature horse Vet Radiol Ultrasound,