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Prof. Dr. Katharina Luise Lohmann

Dean of Studies

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
KVR, KFP (Lehrgebäude)
An den Tierkliniken 19
04103 Leipzig

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Prof. Dr. Katharina Luise Lohmann

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Innere Medizin des Pferdes
KVR,Dekanat, KFP
An den Tierkliniken 17-21
04103 Leipzig

Phone: +49 341 97 - 38224
Fax: +49 341 97 - 38358

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Abstract

Katharina Lohmann is a board-certified large animal internist (Diplomate ACVIM, PhD). Since 2018, she is Professor for Equine Internal Medicine at the Veterinary Medical Faculty and head of the Section for Internal Medicine and Reproductive Medicine of the Department for Horses. Her teaching activity comprises all aspects of equine internal medicine, diseases of foals and examination techniques. Her research interests are respiratory and gastrointestinal diseases of horses and infectious diseases.

Professional career

  • since 08/2018
    Professor of Internal Medicine of Horses, Veterinary Medicine Faculty, University of Leipzig
  • 07/2016 - 07/2018
    Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
  • 08/2004 - 07/2016
    Associate Professor, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, Western College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
  • 07/2000 - 07/2004
    Graduate Assistant, Department of Large Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
  • 07/1997 - 07/2000
    Resident, Large Animal Internal Medicine, Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Texas A&M University, TX, USA
  • 05/1995 - 07/1997
    Intern, Alamo Pintado Equine Medical Center, Los Olivos, CA, USA

Education

  • 07/2000 - 07/2004
    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Veterinary Physiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
  • 07/1997 - 07/2000
    Diplomate ACVIM (Large Animal), American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine
  • 10/1989 - 04/1995
    Student, Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany

  • Focus Movement

    exertional non-exertional rhabdomyolysis

  • Focus urinary tract

    acute and chronic renal failure, polyuria and polydipsia, hematuria, uroperitoneum, patent urachus, urinary incontinence

  • Focus respiratory tract

    respiratory diseases of foals, respiratory distress, pre- and dysmaturity, pneumonia in foals and adults

  • Focus gastrointestinal tract

    Esophageal diseases, diseases of the stomach, weight loss, peritonitis, diseases of the liver, hyperlipemia, colic and diarrhea in foals

  • Focus Neurology

    Neurologic examination of horses, vestibular disease, congenital diseases, neonatal maladjustment syndrome, diseases of the brain (cerebrum, cerebellum, brain stem), seizures, narcolepsy, headshaking, myopathies, neuromuscular diseases

  • Focus Cardiology

    Examination of the heart and vascular system in horses, arrhythmias, heart murmurs, congenital and acquired cardiac diseases, cardiac insufficiency, thrombophlebitis

  • Focus Blood

    Anemia in horses, vasculitis, equine lymphoma

  • Focus Endocrinology

    Diseases of the thyroid and parathyroid glands, PPID, equine metabolic syndrome

  • Clinical presentations

    Presentation and discussion of internal medicine cases seen at the Department for Horses

  • Clinical examination techniques

    Lectures and practical laboratories on examination techniques in horses

  • Clinical rotation

    Participation in the clinical rotation in the Department for Horses (Internal Medicine), student rounds on internal medicine topics