Juergen P. Schumacher, Dr. med.vet., DACZM
Professor & Director of Avian & Zoological Medicine
Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
College of Veterinary Medicine
The University of Tennessee
2407 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (865) 974-8387
FAX: (865) 974-5554
Email
Education
- DVM, Berlin, Germany, 1988
- Dr. med. vet., Munich, Germany, 1992
Board Certification
- Reptile Medicine, Germany
- American College of Zoological Medicine
Clinical Interests
- Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
- Reptile Medicine
Research Interests
- Anesthesia and Analgesia of non-domestic animals
- Emergency and Critical Care Medicine of non-domestic animals
Professional Societies
- American Veterinary Medical Association
- American Association of Zoo Veterinarians
- American Association of Wildlife Veterinarians
- European Association of Zoo and Wildlife Veterinarians
- American Association of Reptile and Amphibian Veterinarians
Publications
- Schumacher J., E.R.Jacobson, B.L. Homer and J.M. Gaskin. 1994. Inclusion Body Disease in Boid Snakes. J. Zoo & Wildl. Med. 25(4): 511-524.
- Schumacher J., D.J. Heard, R. Caligiuri, T. Norton and E.R. Jacobson. 1995. Comparative effects of etorphine and carfentanil on cardiopulmonary parameters in juvenile African elephants (Loxodonta africana). J. Zoo Wildl. Med. 26(4): 503-507.
- Schumacher J. 1996. Reptile and Amphibian Anesthesia. In: Thurmon J.C. (Ed). Lumb & Jones' Veterinary Anesthesia. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, Maryland, pp. 670-685.
- Schumacher J., H. Lillywhite, W.M. Norman and E.R. Jacobson. 1997. The effects of ketamine on cardiopulmonary function in snakes. Copeia. 2:395-400.
- Schumacher J., S.B. Citino and R. Dawson. 1997. Effects of a carfentanil/xylazine combination on cardiopulmonary parameters and plasma catecholamine concentrations in the female bongo antelope. Am. J. Vet. Res. 58(2):157-161.
- Schumacher J., S.B. Citino, K. Hernandez, J. Hatt and B. Dixon. 1997. Cardiopulmonary and anesthetic effects of propofol in wild turkeys. Am. J. Vet. Res. 58(9):1014-1017.
- Schumacher J., R.A.Bennett, L.E. Fox, S.L. Deem, L. Neuwirth and J.H. Fox. 1998. Mastcell tumor in an eastern kingsnake (Lampropeltis getulusgetulus). J. Vet. Diagn. Invest. 10:101-104.
- Langan J.N., E.C. Ramsay, J. T. Blackford, and J. Schumacher. 2000. Cardiopulmonary and sedative effects of intramuscular Medetomidine-Ketamine and intravenous propofol in ostriches (Struthio camelus). J. Avian Med. Surg. 14(1):2-7.
- Langlois, I., R. Harvey, M. Jones, and J. Schumacher. 2003 Cardiopulmonary and anesthetic effects of isoflurane and propofol in Hispaniolan Amazon Parrots (Amazona ventralis). J Avian Med Surg. 17(1):4-10
- Schumacher, J., 2003. Lizards. in: M.E. Fowler and R.E. Mill (eds.). Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 5th edition. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia
- Schumacher, J., 2003. Reptile respiratory medicine. In: S. Hernandez-Divers (ed.). The Veterinary Clinics. Exotic Animal Practice. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, 6:213-231
- T. Storms, S.L. Beazley, J. Schumacher, and E.C. Ramsay. 2004. Thyroid cystadenoma, colloid goiter, and hypothyroidism in an American black bear (Ursus americanus). J Zoo Wildl Med 35(1):82-87
- Hernandez-Divers S.M., J. Schumacher, M. Read, S. Stahl, and S.J. Hernandez-Divers. 2005. Comparison of isoflurane and sevoflurane anesthesia following premedication with butorphanol in the green iguana (Iguana iguana. J. Zoo Wildl Med 36(2):169-175
- Schumacher J. and T. Yelen. 2005. Anesthesia and Analgesia. In: D.M. Mader (Ed). Reptile Medicine and Surgery 2nded. W.B. Sanders-Elsevier, Philadelphia. Pp. 442-452
- Sykes J.M., J. Schumacher, J. Avenel, E. Ramsay, and G. Daniel. 2006. Preliminary evaluation of 99M technetium diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid, 99M technetiumdimercaptosuccinic acid, and 99M technetiummercaptoacetyltriglycine for renal scintigraphy in corn snakes(Elaphe guttata guttata). J Vet Rad & ultra 47(2),222-227