Darryl John Heard, B.Sc., B.V.M.S., Ph.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
e-mail: HeardD@vetmed.ufl.edu
PO Box 100126
2015 SW 16th Ave
(352) 392-2226 ext. 4708
Fax: (352) 392-6125
Education:
B.S., Veterinary Biology, Murdoch University, 1977-1980
B.V.M.S., Murdoch University, 1980-1981, First Class Honors
Diploma of Veterinary Anaesthesia, Sydney University, 1982
Residency, Veterinary Anesthesia, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1983-1985
Residency, Wildlife and Zoological Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1985-1987
Ph.D., Cardiopulmonary, Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, Ph.D., 1987-1994
Diplomate, American College of Zoological Medicine
Research Interests:
Zoological medicine, nondomestic animal immobilization and anesthesia, health assessment of free-living wildlife
Selected Publications:
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Jacobson ER, Origgi F, Pessier AP, Lamirande, Walker I, Whitaker B, Stalis IH, Nordhausen R, Owens, Nichols DK, Heard DJ, Homer B. Paramyxo Like Virus Infection in Caiman Lizards, Draecena guianensis. J Vet Diag Investig 13:143-151, 2001.
Day RL, Heard DJ, LeBlanc D. The Effect of Time of Centrifugation After Sample Collection on Plasma Biochemical Values in Small Island Flying Foxes (Pteropus hypomelanus). J Zoo Wildl Med 32(2):206-208, 2001.
Lock B, Heard DJ , Dunmore D, Ramaiah S. Lymphosarcoma and Leukemia in an Aruba Island Rattlesnake, Crotalus unicolor. J Herpetol Med Surg 11(4):19-23, 2001.
Dennis PM, Heard DJ. The Cardiopulmonary Effects of a Medetomidine/ Ketamine Combination Administered by Intravenous Injection in the Gopher Tortoise. J Am Vet Med Assoc 220(10):1516-1519, 2001.
DeMarco JH, Heard DJ, Fleming GJ, Lock BA, Scase TJ. Toxicosis Associated with Topical Administration of Ivermectin in Dog Faced Fruit Bats (Cynopteris brachyotis). J Zoo Wildl Med 33(2):147-150, 2002.
Jacobson E, Origgi F, Heard D, Detrisac C. Immunohistochemical Staining of Chlamydial Antigen in Emerald Tree Boas (Corallus caninus). J Vet Diag Investig 14: 487-494, 2002.
Fleming GJ, Heard DJ, Francis Floyd R, Riggs A. Evaluation of Propofol and Medetomidine/Ketamine for Short Term Immobilization of Gulf of Mexico Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrhinchus de soti). J Zoo Wild Med 34(2):153-158, 2003.
Fleming GF, Isaza R, Spire MS, Heard DJ. The Use of Digital Thermography for Environmental Evaluation of Reptile Enclosures. J Herpetol Med Surg 13(1):38-42, 2003.
Fleming GJ, Heard DJ, Jacobson ER. Cytoplasmic Inclusions Resembling Inclusion Body Disease of Boid Snakes in Corn Snakes (Elaphe guttata). J Herpetol Med Surg 13(2):18-22, 2003.
Lock B, Heard DJ, Detrisac C, Jacobson ER. An Epizootic of Chronic Regurgitation Associated with Chlamydophilosis in Recently Imported Emerald Tree Boas (Corallus caninus). J Zoo Wildl Med 34(4):385-393, 2003.
Jacobson ER, Heard DJ, Andersen A. Identification of Chlamydophila Pneumoniae in an Emerald Tree Boa, Corallus caninus. J Vet Diagn Invest 16:153-154, 2004.
Peters C, Isaza R, Heard DJ, Davis RD, Moore SM, Brigss DJ, Sargeant. Vaccination of Captive Egyptian Fruit Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus) with Monovalent Inactivated Rabies Vaccine. J Zoo Wildl Med 35(1):55-59, 2004.
Helmick KE, Heard DJ, Richey L, Finnegan M, Ellis GA, Nguyen A, Tucker L, Weyant RS. A Pastuerella- like Bacterium Associated with Pneumonia in Captive Megachiropterans. J Zoo Wildl Med 35(1):88-93, 2004.
Lafortune M, Canapp SO, Heard DJ, Farina LL A Vasectomy Technique for Egyptian Fruit Bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus). J Zoo Wildl Med 35(1):104-106, 2004.
Fleming GJ, Heard DJ, Uhl EW, Johnson CM. Thymic Hyperplasia in Subadult Galapagos Tortoises, Geochelone nigra. J Herpetol Med Surg 14(1):24-27, 2004.
Wellehan JFX, LaFortune M, Gunkel C, Rooney DelPino E, Heard DJ, Jacobson ER. Coccygeal Vascular Catheterization in Lizards and Crocodilians. J Herpetol Med Surg 14(2):26-28, 2004.
Wellehan JFX, Lafortune M, Heard DJ. Traumatic Elbow Luxation Repair in a Common Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri sciureus) and a Bonnet Macaque (Macaca radiata). J Zoo Wildl Med 35(2):197-202, 2004.
Wellehan JFX, Turenne C, Heard DJ, Detrisac CJ, O'Kelly JJ. Dermatophilus Chelonae in a King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah). J Zoo Wildl Med 35(4):553-556, 2004.
Wellehan JFX, Farina LL, Keoughan CG, Lafortune M, Grooters AM, Mendoza L, Brown M, Terrel SP, Jacobson ER, Heard DJ. Pythiosis in a Dromedary (Camelus dromedarius). J Zoo Wildl Med 35(4):564-568, 2004.
Wellehan JFX, Johnson AJ, Latimer KS, Whiteside DP, Crawshaw GJ, Detrisac CJ, Terrell SP, Heard DJ, Childress A, Jacobson ER. Varanid Herpesvirus 1: A Novel Herpesvirus Associated with Proliferative Stomatitis in Green Tree Monitors (Varanus prasinus). Vet Micro 105(2):83-92, 2005.
Lafortune M, Gobel T, Jacobson ER, Heard DJ, Brown D, Alleman R, Vliet K, Harr KE, Hernandez J. Respiratory Bronchoscopy of Subadult American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) and Tracheal Wash Evaluation. J Zoo Wildl Med 36(1):12-20, 2005.
Farina LL, Heard DJ, LeBlanc DM, Hall JO, Stevens G, Wellehan JFX, Detrisac CJ. Iron Storage Disease in Captive Egyptian Fruit Bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus). J Zoo Wildl Med 36(2):212-221, 2005.
Lafortune M, Wellehan JFX, Terrell SP, Jacobson EJ, Heard DJ, Kimbrough JW. Shell and Systemic Hyalohyphomycosis in Fly River Turtles, Carettochelys insculpta, Caused by Paecilomyces lilacinus. J Herpetol Med Surg 15(2):15-19, 2005.
Harr KE, Raskin RE, Heard DJ. Temporal Effects of 3 Commonly Used Anticoagulants on Hematologic and Biochemical Variables in Blood Samples from Macaws and Burmese Pythons. Vet Clin Patho 34(4):383-388, 2005.
LaFortune M, Wellehan JFX, Heard DJ, Rooney DelPino E, Fiorello CV, Jacobson ER. Vacuum Assisted Closure (Turtle VAC) in the Management of Traumatic Shell Defects in Chelonians. J Herpetol Med Surg 15(4):4-8, 2005.