Clinical Assistant Professor, Anatomy
E-Mail:
peabody@vetmed.wsu.edu
Web: http://people.vetmed.wsu.edu/PatrickDWilson/
Phone: (509) 335-4376
My research interests are in the biomechanics of quadrupedal
locomotion, especially of the distal limb. My most recent research
involves observing the effects of differing track surfaces on the
acceleration/deceleration patterns of the hooves of galloping
Thoroughbred horses.
My current
teaching duties includes an undergraduate course in veterinary anatomy,
Functional Anatomy, in which we cover both histology and gross anatomy
of domestic animals. A web-site has been, and continues to be, developed
for the class (http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/VAn308)
to assist the students with the lab material. I am also the lead
instructor in Veterinary Microscopic Anatomy and a co-instructor in
Veterinary Anatomy I & II, the latter two courses being gross anatomy of
small animals (primarily the dog) and large animals (primarily the horse
and bovine) respectively.
My current teaching duties includes an undergraduate course in
veterinary anatomy, Functional Anatomy, in which we cover both histology
and gross anatomy of domestic animals. A web-site has been, and
continues to be, developed for the class (http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/VAn308)
to assist the students with the lab material. I am also the lead
instructor in Veterinary Microscopic Anatomy and a co-instructor in
Veterinary Anatomy I & II, the latter two courses being gross anatomy of
small animals (primarily the dog) and large animals (primarily the horse
and bovine) respectively.
Biographical Information
Patrick D. Wilson, after completing three years of undergraduate
training in Zoology at Northern Arizona University, received his B.S. in
Veterinary Science at Washington State University, following completion
of the first year in the Veterinary Medical Program (1985). From 1985-90
he was a Research Assistant in the Department of Veterinary Comparative
Anatomy, Pharmacology and Physiology. In 1990 he earned concurrent
degrees, an M.S. in Veterinary Science, emphasis in anatomy, and a
Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine. In 1991, he worked as a veterinarian
at a mixed animal practice in Glendale, Arizona. From 1992-94, he served
as a Veterinary Clinical Associate in Pathology at Texas A&M University,
where he was involved in a collaborative study which characterized the
lesions of a hereditary nephropathy in English Cocker Spaniels. He
joined VCAPP in 1997 as an Instructor and an Associate in Research. In
the Fall of 2001, Dr. Wilson moved to a 100% teaching assignment as a
clinical assistant professor of anatomy.
Selected Publications
Ratzlaff M H,
Wilson P D, Hutton D V, Slinker B K.
Relationships between hoof-acceleration patterns of galloping horses and
dynamic properties of the track. AJVR 2005; 66(4):589-595.
Lees G E,
Wilson P D, Helman R G, Homco L D, Frey M S:
Glomerular ultrastructural findings similar to hereditary nephritis in 4
English Cocker Spaniels. J Vet Intern Med 1997; 11:80-85.
Ratzlaff M H,
Wilson P, Hyde M, Balch O, and Grant B:
Relationships between locomotor forces, hoof position and joint motion
during the support phase of the stride of galloping horses. Acta Anat
1993; 143:200-294.
Wilson P D, Ratzlaff M H, Grant B D, Hyde M L, and Balch O K:
Effects of a compressible plastic shoe, the Seattle Shoe, on the
kinematics of the strides of galloping Thoroughbred horses. J Equine Vet
Sci 1992; 12(6):374-381.
Balch O, Grant B, Ratzlaff M,
Wilson P, Mama K, Cannon J:
Design, application, testing and use of compressible plastic horseshoes
(Seattle Shoes). Proceedings, Am Assoc Eq Prac 1989; 405-518.
