Given Name

Chris

Family Name

Whitton

Current Position

Head of Equine Centre

Organization

Melbourne Veterinary School, University of Melbourne

Nationality-Resident

Australian

Major Interest

Equine Limb Injury

Education

Bachelor of Veterinary Science,

University of Sydney

Post-graduate Training

Fellow of the Australian and New Zealand College of   Veterinary Scientists

PhD, University of Sydney

Professional Experience

13 years Equine Centre, Melbourne Veterinary School

13 years private equine practice, Australia

2 years Animal Health Trust, UK

4 year University of Sydney, Residency

More recent publications

Hitchens, P.L.,   Pivonka, P., Malekipour, F., Whitton, R.C. – Mathematical modelling of bone   adaptation of the metacarpal subchondral bone in racehorses. Biomech. Model.   Mechanobiol. DOI 10.1007/s10237-017-0998-z (2018).

Williamson, A.   Sims, N.A., Thomas, C.D.L., Lee, P.V.S., Stevenson, M., Whitton R.C. –   Biomechanical testing of the calcified metacarpal articular surface and its   association with subchondral bone microstructure in Thoroughbred racehorses. Equine Vet. J. DOI 10.1111/evj.12748 (2018).

Bani Hassan, E.,   Mirams, M., Mackie, E. J., Whitton, R. C. – Prevalence of macroscopic and microscopic subchondral bone   pathological changes in the distal metacarpi/metatarsi of racing Thoroughbred   horses presenting for post-mortem examination. Accepted, Aus Vet.   J. (2017).

Bani Hassan, E., Mirams, M., Ghasem-Zadeh, A,   Mackie, E. J., Whitton, R. C. – Role   of subchondral bone remodelling in collapse of the articular surface of   Thoroughbred racehorses with palmar osteochondral disease. Equine Vet. J.   48:228-233 (2015).

Trope, G.D., Ghasem-Zadeh, A., Anderson, G.A.,   Mackie, E.J. and Whitton, R.C. – Can high resolution peripheral quantitative   computed tomography (HR-pQCT) imaging of subchondral and cortical bone   predict condylar fracture in Thoroughbred racehorses? Equine Vet. J. Equine   Vet. J. 47:428-32 (2015).

Holmes, J.M. Mirams, M., Mackie, E.J. and   Whitton, R.C. – Thoroughbred horses in race training have lower levels of   subchondral bone remodelling in highly loaded regions of the distal   metacarpus compared to horses resting from training. Vet. J. 202:443-447   (2014).