Anthony Blikslager

Bio

Dr. Anthony Blikslager is Professor of Equine Surgery and Head of the Department of Clinical Sciences at NC State University in Raleigh, NC, USA. His research is focused on equine colic and mechanisms whereby intestinal mucosa repairs after strangulating obstruction. Dr. Blikslager received the AVMA Clinical Research Award in 2020. He was named an Alumni Distinguished Professor and awarded the Ned E. Huffman Leadership Award from NC State University in 2017. He won the Applied Equine Research Award from the World Equestrian Veterinary Association in 2011. He received the Pfizer Award for Excellence in Research from NC State University in 2006.

Dr. Blikslager received a PhD in Gastrointestinal Physiology at NC State University in 1997. He became a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 1995 following a residency in Large Animal Surgery at NC State University from 1990-1994, and an Equine Medicine and Surgery internship at the University of Missouri-Columbia from 1989-1990. He received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1989.

Area(s) of Expertise

Biological Barriers, Gastroenterology, Global Health, Large Animal Models, Intestinal transport electrophysiology, Molecular techniques for probing epithelial reparative mechanisms

Publications

• Retrospective analysis of postoperative complications following surgical treatment of ileal impaction in horses managed with manual decompression compared to jejunal enterotomy , FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE (2023)
• Risk factors associated with an outbreak of equine coronavirus at a large farm in North Carolina , FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE (2023)
• Mechanisms and modeling of wound repair in the intestinal epithelium , TISSUE BARRIERS (2022)
• Multi-Institutional Retrospective Case-Control Study Evaluating Clinical Outcomes of Foals with Small Intestinal Strangulating Obstruction: 2000-2020 , ANIMALS (2022)
• Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in equine orthopaedics , EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL (2022)
• Porcine Models of the Intestinal Microbiota: The Translational Key to Understanding How Gut Commensals Contribute to Gastrointestinal Disease , FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE (2022)
• Age-Dependent Intestinal Repair: Implications for Foals with Severe Colic , ANIMALS (2021)
• In vivo assessment of a delayed release formulation of larazotide acetate indicated for celiac disease using a porcine model , PLOS ONE (2021)
• Larazotide acetate induces recovery of ischemia-injured porcine jejunum via repair of tight junctions , PLOS ONE (2021)
• Larazotide acetate: a pharmacological peptide approach to tight junction regulation , AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER PHYSIOLOGY (2021)