Gill, Marjorie  S.
Clinical Professor of Veterinary Clinical Sciences
Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences  (7/1/1984)
Large Animal Veterinarian, Certified Specialist  
D.V.M., Iowa State University, 1976
M.S., Iowa State University, 1984
Diplomate, American Board of Veterinary Practitioners (Food Animal Practice)
Email mgill@vetmed.lsu.edu
Departmental Phone 225-578-9500
Clinical Service Farm Animal Health Management
Clinical Interests Small ruminant medicine & surgery
Animal behavior
Urogenital, GI, ophthalmic surgery
Communication in veterinary medicine
Research Interests Teaching methods and effects of curricular change
Psychological profile of professional students and veterinarians
Biographic Sketch

Positions Held
Assistant Professor FAHM 1884-1989
Associate Professor FAHM 1989-2004
Full Professor FAHM 2004-present

Personal Interests
Life writing, gardening/yard work, swimming, farming and observing cattle behavior

Books/Book Chapters

Gill MS. Acute Renal Failure. Amyloidosis, Patent Urachus, Pyelonephritis, Floppy Kid Syndrome, Penile Deviations, Penile Hematoma, Preputial Prolapse. In Haskell (ed): Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Ruminant, 1st edition. Philadelphia, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, In print (2008).

Gill MS. Large Animal Medical Nursing, Chapter 23. In Bassert and McCurnin (eds): Clinical Textbook for Veterinary Technicians, 7th edition. St. Louis, Elsevier/Saunders, 2009.

SELECTED REFEREED PUBLICATIONS

Sod GA, Mitchell CF, Hubert JD, Martin GS, Gill MS. An in vitro biomechanical comparison of a 5.5 mm limited-contact dynamic compression plate fixation with a 4.5 mm limited-contact dynamic compression plate fixation of osteotomized equine third metacarpal bones. Veterinary Surgery. 37(3), 289-294, 2008.

Sod GA, Mitchell CF, Hubert JD, Martin GS, Gill MS. An in vitro biomechanical comparison of a locking compression plate fixation with a limited-contact dynamic compression plate fixation of osteotomized equine third metacarpal bones. Veterinary Surgery. 37(3), 283-288, 2008.

Sod GA, Mitchell CF, Hubert JD, Martin GS, Gill MS. An in vitro biomechanical comparison of equine proximal interphalangeal joint arthrodesis techniques: prototype equine spoon plate versus axially positioned dynamic compression plate and two abaxial transarticular cortical screws inserted in lag fashion. Veterinary Surgery. 36(8), 792-799, 2007.

Sod GA, Hubert JD, Martin GS, Gill MS. An in vitro biomechanical comparison between prototype tapered shaft cortical bone screws and AO cortical bone screws for an equine metacarpal dynamic compression plate fixation of osteotomized equine third metacarpal bones. Veterinary Surgery. 35(7), 634-642, 2006. (Equine surgery special issue).

Strain GM, Tedford BL, Gill MS. Brainstem auditory evoked potentials and flash visual evoked potentials in Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs. Research in Veterinary Science, 80, 91-95, 2006.

Bauer RW, Gill MS, Poston RP, Kim DY. Naturally occurring Eastern equine encephalitis in a Hampshire wether. Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation, 17 (3), 281-285, 2005.

Sod GA, Hubert JD, Martin GS, Gill MS. An in vitro biomechanical comparison of a limited-contact dynamic compression plate fixation with a dynamic compression plate fixation of osteotomized equine third metacarpal bones. Veterinary Surgery, 34, 579-586, 2005. (Equine surgery special issue).

Sod GA, Hubert JD, Martin GS, Gill MS. An in vitro evaluation of plate luting using osteotomized equine third metacarpal bones with a limited-contact dynamic compression plate. Veterinary Surgery, 34, 587-593, 2005. (Equine surgery special issue).

Sod GA, Hubert JD, Martin GS, Gill MS. An in vitro biomechanical comparison of a prototype equine metacarpal dynamic compression plate fixation with double dynamic compression plate fixation of osteotomized equine third metacarpal bones. Veterinary Surgery, 34, 594-603, 2005. (Equine surgery special issue).

Gill MS, Sod GA. Buccal mucosal graft urethroplasty for reversal of a perineal urethrostomy in a goat wether. Veterinary Surgery. 33(4), 382-385, 2004.

Gill MS, Mauldin GE, LeBlanc CJ, Sod GA. Chronic lymphocytic leukemia in a pot-bellied pig. Veterinary and Comparative Oncology, 2(1), 43-47, 2004.

Aljarrah AH, Gill MS, Sod GA. Theriogenology Question of the Month. Lymphosarcoma of the uterus of a 6-month pregnant beef cow. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, 224(10), 1591-1593, 2004.

Hickman SA, Gill MS, Marks SL, Smith JA, Sod GA. Phosphate enema toxicosis in a Pygmy wether. Canadian Veterinary Journal, 45:849-851, 2004.

Sod GA, Martin GS, Gill MS. Pullout strength of orthopedic screws in polymethylmethacrylate filled medullary cavities of foal third metacarpal bones. Veterinary and Comparative Orthopaedics and Traumatology. 17(3), 136-140, 2004.


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