Nicola Menzies-Gow
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Since 2005 Nicola has been employed at the Royal Veterinary College as a Lecturer in Equine Medicine and divides her time between clinical work, research and teaching.
Biography
Nicola graduated from Cambridge University in 1997. She spent nearly 3 years in first opinion equine practice in Essex before coming to the Royal Veterinary College in 2000 to undertake a 3 year Senior Clinical Training Scholarship (residency) in equine medicine. She then went on to complete her PhD in equine laminitis at RVC between 2003 and 2004.
In January 2005 she gained became a Diplomate of the European College of Equine Internal Medicine and took up the position of Lecturer in Equine Medicine at RVC.
Research
Her research continues to focus on equine laminitis and she was awarded the Dame Olga Uvarov Research Medal in April 2006 which is awarded to outstanding clinical veterinary researchers in the early stages of their career.
Teaching
Nicola lectures in the Respiratory Module of the third year BVetMed undergraduate course and in the Equine Physiotherapy Masters course.
Clinical
Her clinical interests include all areas of equine medicine, but particularly gastrointestinal disease, cardiology and respiratory disease.
Selected Publications
MENZIES-GOW, N. J., SEPULVEDA, M. F., BAILEY, S. R., CUNNINGHAM, F. M. & ELLIOTT, J. (2008) Roles of thromboxane A2 and 5-hydroxytryptamine in endotoxin-induced digital vasoconstriction in horses. Am J Vet Res 69, 199-207. PubMed ID 18241016
MENZIES-GOW, N. J., BAILEY, S. R., BERHANE, Y., BROOKS, A. C. & ELLIOTT, J. (2008) Evaluation of the induction of vasoactive mediators from equine digital vein endothelial cells by endotoxin. Am J Vet Res 69, 349-355. PubMed ID 18312133
MENZIES-GOW, N. J. (2008) Effects of sedation with acepromazine on echocardiographic measurements in eight healthy thoroughbred horses. Vet Rec 163, 21-25. PubMed ID 18603631
BAILEY, S. R., HABERSHON-BUTCHER, J. L., RANSOM, K. J., ELLIOTT, J. & MENZIES-GOW, N. J. (2008) Hypertension and insulin resistance in a mixed-breed population of ponies predisposed to laminitis. Am J Vet Res 69, 122-129. PubMed ID 18167097
MENZIES-GOW, N. J. & MARR, C. M. (2007) Repeatability of Doppler ultrasonographic measurement of equine digital blood flow. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 48, 281-285. PubMed ID 17508518
BROOKS, A. C., MENZIES-GOW, N. J., WHEELER-JONES, C., BAILEY, S. R., CUNNINGHAM, F. M. & ELLIOTT, J. (2007) Endotoxin-induced activation of equine platelets: evidence for direct activation of p38 MAPK pathways and vasoactive mediator production. Inflamm Res 56, 154-161. PubMed ID 17522813
BAILEY, S. R., MENZIES-GOW, N. J., HARRIS, P. A., HABERSHON-BUTCHER, J. L., CRAWFORD, C., BERHANE, Y., BOSTON, R. C. & ELLIOTT, J. (2007) Effect of dietary fructans and dexamethasone administration on the insulin response of ponies predisposed to laminitis. J Am Vet Med Assoc 231, 1365-1373. PubMed ID 17975996
MENZIES-GOW, N. J., BAILEY, S. R., STEVENS, K., KATZ, L., ELLIOTT, J. & MARR, C. M. (2005) Digital blood flow and plasma endothelin concentration in clinically endotoxemic horses. Am J Vet Res 66, 630-636. PubMed ID 15900943
MENZIES-GOW, N. J., BAILEY, S. R., KATZ, L. M., MARR, C. M. & ELLIOTT, J. (2004) Endotoxin-induced digital vasoconstriction in horses: associated changes in plasma concentrations of vasoconstrictor mediators. Equine Vet J 36, 273-278. PubMed ID 15147137
BAILEY, S. R., MENZIES-GOW, N. J., MARR, C. M. & ELLIOTT, J. (2004) The effects of vasoactive amines found in the equine hindgut on digital blood flow in the normal horse. Equine Vet J 36, 267-272. PubMed ID 15147136
MENZIES-GOW, N. J., WELLER, R., BOWEN, I. M., CORLEY, K. T., LIVESEY, L., WEAVER, M. & MARR, C. M. (2003) Use of nuclear scintigraphy with 99mTc-HMPAO-labelled leucocytes to assess small intestinal malabsorption in 17 horses. Vet Rec 153, 457-462. PubMed ID 14584575
MCGOWAN, C. M., MENZIES-GOW, N. J., MCDIARMID, A. M. & PATTERSON-KANE, J. C. (2003) Four cases of equine polysaccharide storage myopathy in the United Kingdom. Vet Rec 152, 109-112. PubMed ID 12572940
MENZIES-GOW, N. J., PATTERSON-KANE, J. C. & MCGOWAN, C. M. (2002) Chronic nodular panniculitis in a three-year-old mare. Vet Rec 151, 416-419. PubMed ID 12403330
MENZIES-GOW, N. J., BOND, R., PATTERSON-KANE, J. C. & MCGOWAN, C. M. (2002) Coronary band dystrophy in two horses. Vet Rec 150, 665-668. PubMed ID 12054136