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Diane Hendrix, VH, DVM


Professor, Opthalmology
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee
C247 Veterinary Teaching Hospital
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (865) 974-8387
FAX: (865) 974-5554
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(Study on the Treatment of Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca KCS)

Education

  • DVM - University of Tennessee
  • Residency in Comparative Ophthalmology - University of Florida
  • Diplomate - American College of Veterinary Ophthalmologists

Research Interests

  • Physiology, infectious organisms, and pharmacology in the pathogenesis and treatment of corneal ulcers in dogs and horses.

Publications

  • Johnstone McLean NS, Ward DA, Hendrix DVH. The effect of a single dose of topical 0.005% latanoprost and 2% dorzolamide/0.5% timolol combination on the blood-aqueous barrier in dogs: a pilot study. Vet Ophthalmol. 2008;11(3):158-161.
  • Brooks DE, Plummer CE, Kallberg ME, Barrie KP, Ollivier FJ, Hendrix DV, Baker A, Scotty NC, Utter ME, Blackwood SE, Nunnery CM, Ben-Shlomo G, Gelatt KN. Corneal transplantation for inflammatory keratopathies in the horse: Visual outcome in 206 cases (1993-2007). Vet Ophthalmol. 2008;11(2):123-33. (pubmed)
  • Hendrix DVH, Cox S. Pharmacokinetics of topically applied ciprofloxacin in tears of mesocephalic and brachycephalic dogs. Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2008; 11:7-10.
  • Hendrix DVH, Stuffle J, Cox S. Pharmacokinetics of topically applied ciprofloxacin in equine tears. Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2007;10(6):344-347.
  • Keller RL, Kania SA, Hendrix DVH, Ward DA, Abrams K. Evaluation of canine serum for the presence of anti-retinal autoantibodies in Sudden Acquired Retinal Degeneration Syndrome. Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2006 May;9(3):195-200.
  • Tolar E, Hendrix DVH, Rohrbach BW, Plummer CE, Brooks DE, Gelatt KN. Evaluation of clinical characteristics and bacterial isolates in dogs with bacterial keratitis: 97 cases (1993-2003). Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 2006 January;228(1):80-85.
  • Castro JR, Hendrix DVH, Van Amstel SR. Ocular Dermoids in Cattle: A Case Report and Review. Bovine Practitioner, 2006;40:8-12.
  • Adkins EA, Hendrix DVH, Outcomes of dogs presented for cataract evaluation: A retrospective study. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association. 2005 May-June;41:235-240.
  • Keller RL, Hendrix DVH, Bacterial isolates and antimicrobial susceptibilities in equine bacterial ulcerative keratitis (1993--2004). Equine Vet J. 2005 May;37(3):207-11.
  • Rohrbach BW, Ward DA, Hendrix DV, Cawrse-Foss M, Moyers TD. Effect of vaccination against leptospirosis on the frequency, days to recurrence and progression of disease in horses with equine recurrent uveitis. Veterinary Ophthalmology 2005 May-Jun;8(3):171-9. (pubmed)
  • Tolar E, Hendrix DVH, Equine infectious keratitis: diagnosis and treatment. Compendium of Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian, 2005 May; 27 (5) 387-395.
  • Hendrix DVH, Rohrbach BW, Bochsler PN, English RV. Histologic findings and persistence of Blastomyces dermatitidis in the eyes of dogs treated with systemically administered itraconazole. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 2004;224(8):1317-1322.
  • Hendrix DVH, Sims MH. Electroretinography in the Hispanolian Amazon parrot (Amazona ventralis). Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery. 2004;18(2):89-94.
  • Skorobohach BJ, Hendrix DVH*. Staphyloma in a cat. Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2003;6(2):93-97.
  • Adkins AE, Hendrix DVH*. Cataract evaluation and treatment in the dog: a review. Compendium of Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian, 2003;25(11):812-825.
  • Skorobohach BJ, Ward DA, Hendrix DVH. Effects of oral administration of methazolamide on intraocular pressure and aqueous humor flow rate in clinically normal dogs. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 2003;64(2):183-7.
  • Hendrix DVH, Ward DA, Barnhill MA. Effects of anti-inflammatory drugs and preservatives on morphologic characteristics and migration of canine corneal epithelial cells in tissue culture. Veterinary Ophthalmology, 2002;5:127-135.
  • Hendrix DVH, Ward DA, Barnhill MA. The effects of antibiotics on canine corneal epithelial morphology and wound closure in tissue culture. American Journal of Veterinary Research, 2001; 62:1664-1669.
  • Ward DA, Cawrse M, Hendrix DVH. Fluorophotometric evaluation of aqueous humor flow rate in normal beagles. American Journal of Veterinary Research 2001;62:853-858.
  • Cawrse MA, Ward DA, Hendrix DVH. Effects of topically applied 2% dorzolamide on intraocular pressure and aqueous humor flow rate in normal dogs. American Journal of Veterinary Research 2001;62:853-858.
  • Hendrix D, Bochsler P, Saladino B, Cawrse M, Thomas J. Malignant teratoid medulloepithelioma in a llama. Veterinary Pathology 2000;37: 680-683.
  • Hendrix DVH, Gelatt KN. The diagnosis, treatment and outcome of orbital neoplasia in dogs: A retrospective study of 44 cases. Journal of Small Animal Practice 2000;41(3): 105-108.
  • Hendrix DVH, Gelatt KN, Smith PJ, Brooks DE, Whittaker CJG, Chmielewski NT. Ophthalmic manifestations of multiple myeloma in five dogs. Journal of the American Animal Hospital Association 1998;34(2): 121-128.
  • Hendrix DVH, Ward DA. Disseminated candidiasis in a neonatal foal with keratomycosis as the initial sign. Veterinary & Comparative Ophthalmology 1996;6(4): 252-257.
  • Hendrix DVH, Brooks DE, Smith PJ, Gelatt KN,et al. Corneal stromal abscessess in the horse: a review of 24 cases. Equine Veterinary Journal 1995 27(6): 440-447.