Dr. Ben Buchanan joined BVEH in December 2005 and is the BVEH clinician in charge of the ICU and Internal Medicine Units. A 2001 graduate of Texas A&M, Ben has also become board certified in Internal Medicine and Emergency Critical Care. As one of a handful of people in the world with both specialties, he has unique experience in colic, respiratory disease, cardiac disease, eye problems, and sick foals. Dr. Buchanan has also become active in community outreach by speaking at meetings and events around the world regarding equine care.

Publications and Papers

• Buchanan BR, Andrews FM. Treatment and prevention of equine gastric ulcer syndrome. Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract. 2003 Dec;19(3):575-97. Review. PubMed PMID: 14740758.  http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14740758
• Buchanan BR, Sommardahl CS, Rohrbach BW, Andrews FM. Effect of a 24-hour infusion of an isotonic electrolyte replacement fluid on the renal clearance of electrolytes in healthy neonatal foals. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2005 Oct 1;227(7):1123-9. PubMed PMID: 16220674. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16220674
• Buchanan BR, Sommardahl CS, Moore RR, Donnell RL; American College of Veterinary Radiology. What is your diagnosis? Pyloric-duodenal intussusception. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2006 May 1;228(9):1339-40. PubMed PMID: 16649933. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16649933
• Sargent SJ, Frank LA, Buchanan BR, Donnell RL, Morandi F. Otoscopic,
  cytological, and microbiological examination of the equine external ear canal. Vet Dermatol. 2006 Jun;17(3):175-81. PubMed PMID: 16674732. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16674732
• Rohrbach BW, Buchanan BR, Drake JM, Andrews FM, Bain FT, Byars DT, Bernard WV, Furr MO, Paradis MR, Lawler J, Giguère S, Dunkel B. Use of a multivariable model  to estimate the probability of discharge in hospitalized foals that are 7 days of age or less. J Am Vet Med Assoc. 2006 Jun 1;228(11):1748-56. PubMed PMID: 16740076. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16740076
• Andrews FM, Frank N, Sommardahl CS, Buchanan BR, Elliott SB, Allen VA. Effects of intravenously administrated omeprazole on gastric juice pH and gastric ulcer scores in adult horses. J Vet Intern Med. 2006 Sep-Oct;20(5):1202-6. PubMed PMID: 17063717. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17063717
• Andrews FM, Buchanan BR, Smith SH, Elliott SB, Saxton AM. In vitro effects of hydrochloric acid and various concentrations of acetic, propionic, butyric, or valeric acids on bioelectric properties of equine gastric squamous mucosa. Am J Vet Res. 2006 Nov;67(11):1873-82. PubMed PMID: 17078749. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17078749
• Frank N, Buchanan BR, Elliott SB. Effects of long-term oral administration of
  levothyroxine sodium on serum thyroid hormone concentrations, clinicopathologic variables, and echocardiographic measurements in healthy adult horses. Am J Vet Res. 2008 Jan;69(1):68-75. PubMed PMID: 18167089. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18167089
• Andrews FM, Buchanan BR, Elliott SB, Al Jassim RA, McGowan CM, Saxton AM. In vitro effects of hydrochloric and lactic acids on bioelectric properties of equine gastric squamous mucosa. Equine Vet J. 2008 Jun;40(4):301-5. PubMed PMID: 18321809. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18321809
• Wong DM, Alcott CJ, Wang C, Hay-Kraus BL, Buchanan BR, Brockus CW.
  Physiologic effects of nasopharyngeal administration of supplemental oxygen at various flow rates in healthy neonatal foals. Am J Vet Res. 2010
  Sep;71(9):1081-8. PubMed PMID: 20807149. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20807149
• Nagamine CM, Castro F, Buchanan B, Schumacher J, Craig LE. Proliferative
  pododermatitis (canker) with intralesional spirochetes in three horses. J Vet Diagn Invest. 2005 May;17(3):269-71. PubMed PMID: 15945386. (Link-http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15945386
  
   

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