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After graduation from the University of Sydney in 1995, Kris worked for 3 years in mixed animal practice in Victoria, before returning to the University of Sydney and undertaking a residency in equine medicine. After completing his residency, Kris worked at the University of Glasgow as a senior lecturer in equine medicine. Kris is a registered specialist in equine internal medicine, having obtained Australasian and European speciality qualifications. Kris has worked in referral practices at the University of Sydney and the University of Glasgow and now CSU. His research interests are lower airway diseases of horses, including immunological aspects; methods of non-invasive diagnosis of inflammatory airway diseases and pulmonary function testing; equine gastroenterology; pharmacological cardiac stress testing in horses and renal physiology of horses. Kris is a member of the examination committee for the European College of Equine Internal Medicine.

Interests

• Lower airway diseases of horses
• Equine cardio respiratory medicine
• Equine pharmacology
• Equine physiology and medicine
  

Research Interests

• Use of exhaled breath analysis for the assessment of lower respiratory tract health and disease
• Risk factors for gastric ulceration in horses
• Studies of effects of certain pharmaceutical agents on renal physiology in horses
• Pharmacological cardiac stress testing in horses
• Early detection of NSAID-induced renal and colonic damage
• Prevalence of cholesteatomas in horses and histological characteristics
• Diagnostic testing in equine neurological disease

Professional Links

• Fellow of the Australian College of Veterinary Scientists (Equine Medicine) 
  
• Diplomate, European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 
  
• Member of the examination committee, European College of Veterinary Internal Medicine 
  
• Specialist registration in Equine Medicine, Veterinary Practitioners Board of NSW  
  
• Member of the British Equine Veterinary Association

Publications

• Duz M, Whittaker AG, Love S, Parkin TDH and Hughes KJ (2009) Exhaled breath condensate pH and H 2 O 2 for the assessment of lower airway inflammation in the horse. Research in Veterinary Science 87 , 307-312 .
• Whittaker AG, Hughes KJ , Parkin TDH. and S Love (2009) Assessment of concentrations of dust and endotoxin in equine stabling. Veterinary Record. 165, 293-295 .
• Oswald J, Love S, Parkin, TDH and Hughes KJ (2009) Prevalence of cervical vertebral stenotic myelopathy in a population of thoroughbred horses . Veterinary Record. 166, 82-83.
• Whittaker AG, Love S, Parkin TDH, Duz M and Hughes KJ (2009). Stabling causes a significant increase in the pH of the equine airway. Equine Veterinary Journal. 41 , 940-943.
• Duz M, Whittaker, AG, Love S, Parkin TDH, Hughes KJ (2010). Validation of a digital audio recording method for the objective assessment of cough in the horse. Research in Veterinary Science 89 ,266-271.