Rodney Schnellbacher

rschnellbacher@vetmed.lsu.edu
225-578-9600

Current Position
Zoological Medicine Internship 2009–present

Positions Held
Anesthesia Internship LSU School of Veterinary Medicine 2008–2009

Education
B.S. Biology, University of Missouri-Columbia 2004
D.V.M, University of Missouri-Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine 2004
Anesthesia Internship LSU School of Veterinary Medicine 2008–2009
Zoological Medicine Internship LSU School of Veterinary Medicine 2009–2010

Clinical Interests
Zoological medicine: avian, reptiles, small mammals

Research interests
Exotic anesthesia
Zoo and exotic animal medicine and surgery

Professional memberships
American Association of Zoo Veterinarians

Personal Interests and skills
Soccer, running, drawing

PUBLICATIONS
da Cunha, A. Strain G. Radamacker, N. Schnellbacher, R. Tully T. Comparison between palpation and ultrasound techniques for brachial plexus block in Amazona ventralis.  Submitted to the Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine.

Beaufrère, H. Rodriguez, D. Pariaut, R. Schnellbacher, R. Gaschen, L. Nevarez, J. Tully,T.  Estimating intrathoracic arterial diameter using CT angiography in Hispaniolan Amazon parrots, Amazon ventralis. Proceedings of the AAV conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 2009, and submitted for publication in Journal of Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound.

Gupta, R. Gumber, T. Schnellbacher, R. Gaunt, S. Malignant B-cell lymphoma with Mott cell differentiation in a ferret. Submitted for publication in the Journal of Veterinary Pathology.

Schnellbacher, R. Queiroz, P. da Cunha, A. Beaufrère, H.  Tully, T.  Effects of Adrenergic Agonists on the Blood Pressure in Amazona ventralis. Ongoing research project.

Schnellbacher, R. Wilson, S. Tullly, T.  What’s your Diagnosis?:  Periorbital Lymphoma in a Guinea Fowl

Schnellbacher, G. Stevens, A. Tully, T.  Beak Deformities and Correction Devices Seminar. Submitted for publication in the Journal of Exotic Medicine.