College of Veterinary Medicine

Education:

BS, University of California, Davis, 1970
DVM, University of California, Davis, 1975

Honors and Awards:

Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Surgeons, 1982
Florida State Legislature Outstanding Achievement and Performance Award, 1990
University of Florida Productivity Award, 1999

Research Interests:

Expertise includes general surgery with special interest in orthopedic surgery. Research interests are also in the area of sports medicine with current major focus on the effects of drugs on athletic performance. Through his work, new insights into the causes of injury in race horses, new surgical techniques for some types of fracture repair, and times before racing required clearance of commonly used drugs have been determined.

Selected Publications:

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Scott G1, Crawford W and Colahan P. Radiographic and arthroscopic findings in horses with subtle osteochondral lesions of the medial femoral condyle - 15 cases; 1995-2002. J Am Vet Med Assoc. In press. Approx 6 pgs.

Colahan P, Ford P, Chou C-C2, Johnson M4, Rice B4 and Jackson C4. The elimination of caffeine origination from human food sources from athletically conditioned Thoroughbred horses as determined by ELISA analysis. Proceedings of the International Conference of Racing Analysts and Veterinarians 14th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida. In press. Approx 3 pgs.

Colahan P, Bailey J, Johnson M4, Chou C2, and Rice B4 (2002) The effect of flunixin meglumine on selected physiological and performance parameters of athletically conditioned Thoroughbred horses subjected to an incremental exercise stress. Veterinary Therapeutics 3:37-48.

Colahan P, Bailey J, Johnson M4, Rice B4, Chou C-C2, Cheeks J4, Jones G, and Yang M (2002) The effect of a combination of sulfadiazine and pyrimethamine on selected physiological and performance parameters in athletically conditioned Thoroughbred horses during an incremental exercise stress test. Veterinary Therapeutics 3:49-63.

Colahan P, Kollias-Baker C, Leutenegger C (2002) Is mRNA transcription for cytokine production in circulating leukocytes affected by initiation of training? In 6th International Conference Equine Exercise Physiology. Equine Vet J Suppl 34:154-158.

Kavazis A2, Ott E, Colahan P, Porter M1, and J Sobota (2002) The effects of ribose supplementation in exercising horses. In Proceeding of the 6th International Conference Equine Exercise Physiology. Equine Vet J Suppl 34:191-198.

Chou CC2, Chen CL, Rice BL4, Colahan PT (2002) Reduced resident time and pharmacodynamic effects of acepromazine after subclinical multiple dosage in exercised thoroughbreds. J Vet Pharmacol Ther 5:379-82.

Xie H2, Ott EA, Colahan PT (2001) Influence of acupuncture on experimental lameness in horses. Am Assoc Equine Pract Proceed 47:347-357.

Xie H2, Ott EA, Harkins JD, Tobin T, Colahan PT, Johnson M (2001) Influence of electro-acupuncture on pain threshold in horses and its mode of action. J Eq Vet Sci 21:591-600.

Bailey J, Colahan P, Kubilis P, Pablo L (1999) Effect of inhaled beta-2 agonist, albuterol sulfate, on performance of horses. Equine exercise Physiology 5 in Equine Vet J Suppl 30:575-580