Maureen Wichtel
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| Name | Maureen Wichtel |
| Position | Faculty Member |
| mwichtel@upei.ca | |
| Department(s) | Health Management |
| Phone | (902) 566-0458 |
| Building | AVC 415S |
| Website | http://healthmgt.upei.ca/maureen-e-g-wichtel |
Maureen Wichtel
BiographyTitle: Assistant Professor (Large Animal Medicine)
Education: DVM; PhD; Dipl. ACVIM.
Dr. Wichtel is currently an assistant professor in large animal medicine at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island. She received her veterinary degree from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1985, did an internship at Iowa State University and a residency at North Carolina State University. She received board certification in Large Animal Medicine in 1994. In 1991, Dr Wichtel took up a position as an assistant lecturer in veterinary anesthesia at Massey University in Palmerston North, New Zealand. During her stay in NZ, Dr Wichtel also taught medicine to fourth and final year veterinary students, acted as a consultant to local equine veterinary practitioners, and enrolled in a PhD program. She received her PhD soon afer moving to Canada. Dr Wichtel’s areas of interest include neonatology, gastrointestinal physiology, acid/base and electrolyte disorders, and equine respiratory disease. Dr Wichtel lives in Kingston, PEI with her husband (who is also a veterinarian) and two daughters.
Recent Citations
- Original research
- Effects of selenium source on measures of selenium status and immune function in horses
- The efficacy of selenium treatment of forage for the correction of selenium deficiency in horses
- The efficacy of selenium treatment of forage for the correction of selenium deficiency in horses
- Cutaneous and tendon sheath mastocytomas with eosinophilic joint and tendon sheath effusions in a horse.
Research Interests
- Selenium status in newborn foals
- Exocrine pancreatic function and its control
Other Scholars in Health Management
- Sameeh Abutarbush
- Garth Arsenault
- Pipat Arunvipas
- Herman Barkema
- Alice Crook
- Jeffrey Davidson
- Lawrence Heider
- Mary McNiven
- Aboubakar Mounchili
- Gavin Richardson
- Christopher Riley
- Javier Sanchez
- Henrik Stryhn
- Raphael Vanderstichel
- Crawford Revie
- Kristen Reyher
- K. Lawrence Hammell
- Shawn McKenna
- Daniel Hurnik
- Jeanne Lofstedt
- Ian Gardner
- Sophie St-Hilaire
- Tim Ogilvie
- Robert Lofstedt
- J. Trenton McClure
- Heather Ayles
- Wendy Duckett
- Gregory Keefe
- Laurie McDuffee
- Jeff Wichtel
- John Vanleeuwen
- Elizabeth Spangler
- Arthur Ortenburger
- Ian Dohoo
- Michael Cockram
