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Emeritus Professor Leo Jeffcott

PhD MA BVetMed FRCVS DVSc VetMedDr
Professor Clinical Research &
Training - Equine Practice  

C08B - R.V.C. - Main Bldg. - Camden
The University of Sydney

Telephone +61 2 4655 0677

Biographical details

Developmental skeletal problems and exercise physiology.
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Research interests

Developmental skeletal problems and exercise physiology.
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Themes

Animal Health

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Selected grants

2011

  • Equine Diagnostic and Rehabilitation Centre; Jeffcott L; Home of Rest for Horses/Research Support.

2008

  • The Science of Horse Training: Implications for rider safety and horse welfare; McGreevy P, Jeffcott L; Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation/Research Support.

2007

  • Potential ongoing research funding provided by the trustee of the Dr W P Richards Bequest to support research projects in Vet Science to nominated grant recipients working in veterinary pathology research.; Head-of V, Jeffcott L; William Richards (Estate of Dr)/Donation.

2006

  • Sacroiliac kinematics in horses; McGowan C, Jeffcott L; Rural Industry Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC)/Research Grant.
  • Development of proteomic and genomic tools to predict and diagnose osteochondrosis; Hodgson D, Hodgson J, Jeffcott L, Tammen I; Rural Indust R&D Corp (RIRDC)/Research and Development Grants.

2004

  • Epaxial musculature and its relationship with back pain in the horse; Jeffcott L, McGowan C; Rural Industry Research and Development Corporation (RIRDC)/Research Grant.

2003

  • Paleopathology of Horses; Jeffcott L; AHRB & Newton Trust/Research Support.

2002

  • Osteochondrosis; Jeffcott L; ARC Link Grant University of Melbourne/Research Support.

2001

  • Protection of Horses; Jeffcott L; International League for the Protection of Horses/Research Support.
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Selected publications

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Book Chapters

  • Jeffcott, L. (2009). Sacroiliac Dysfunction. In Frances Henson (Eds.), Equine Back Pathology: Diagnosis and Treatment, (pp. 189-198). Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
  • Jeffcott, L. (2009). The Normal Anatomy of the Osseous Structures of the Back and Pelvis. In Frances Henson (Eds.), Equine Back Pathology: Diagnosis and Treatment, (pp. 1-15). Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
  • Harris, P., Coenen, M., Frape, D., Jeffcott, L., Meyer, H. (2006). Equine Nutrition and Metabolic diseases. In Andrew J Higgins and Jack R Snyder (Eds.), The Equine Manual, (pp. 151-222). China: Saunders Elsevier.
  • Evans, D., Jeffcott, L., Knight, P. (2006). Performance - related problems and Exercise Physiology. In Andrew J Higgins and Jack R Snyder (Eds.), The Equine Manual, (pp. 1059-1104). China: Saunders Elsevier.
  • Jeffcott, L., Evans, D., Knight, P. (2006). Performance-related problems and exercise physiology. In Andrew J Higgins and Jack R Snyder (Eds.), The Equine Manual, (pp. 1059-1104). China: Saunders Elsevier.
  • Jeffcott, L., Haussler, K. (2004). Back and Pelvis. In Kenneth W. Hinchcliff, Andris J. Kaneps, Raymond J. Geor (Eds.), Equine sports medicine and surgery: basic and clinical sciences of the equine athlete, (pp. 433-474). Edinburgh: Saunders Elsevier.
  • Levine, M., Bailey, G., Jeffcott, L. (2001). Paleopathology and horse domestication. In G.Bailey, R.Charles & N.Winder (Eds.), Human Ecodynamics, (pp. 123-133). Oxford: Oxbow Books.

Journals

  • Tee, S., Dart, A., MacDonald, M., Perkins, N., Horadagoda, N., Jeffcott, L. (2012). Effects of collecting serial tracheal aspirate and bronchoalveolar lavage samples on the cytological findings of subsequent fluid samples in healthy Standardbred horses. Australian Veterinary Journal, 90(7), 247-251.
  • Kwan, C., Bell, R., Koenig, T., bischofberger, A., Horadagoda, N., Perkins, N., Jeffcott, L., Dart, A. (2012). Effects of intra-articular sodium pentosan polysulfate and glucosamine on the cytology, total protein concentration and viscosity of synovial fluid in horses. Australian Veterinary Journal, 90(8), 315-320.
  • Ruppin, M., Sullivan, S., Condon, F., Perkins, N., Lee, L., Jeffcott, L., Dart, A. (2012). Retrospective study of 103 presumed cases of tick (Ixodes holocyclus) envenomation in the horse. Australian Veterinary Journal, 90(5), 175-180.
  • Silver, I., Jeffcott, L., Rossdale, P. (2011). Fifty years of the British Equine Veterinary Association as a facilitator of progress in equine clinical science. Equine Veterinary Journal, 43(5), 618-630.
  • Voute, L., Henson, F., Platt, D., Jeffcott, L. (2011). Osteochondrosis lesions of the lateral trochlear ridge of the distal femur in four ponies. The Veterinary Record, 168(10), 265-269.
  • Stubbs, N., Riggs, C., Hodges, P., Jeffcott, L., Hodgson, D., Clayton, H., McGowan, C. (2010). Osseous spinal pathology and epaxial muscle ultrasonography in Thoroughbred racehorses. Equine Veterinary Journal, 42(supp. 38), 654-661.
  • Goff, L., van Weeren, P., Jeffcott, L., Condie, P., McGowan, C. (2010). Quantification of equine sacral and iliac motion during gait: A comparison between motion capture with skin-mounted and bone-fixated sensors. Equine Veterinary Journal, 42(Supplement 38), 468-474.
  • Mirams, M., Tatarczuch, L., Ahmed, Y., Pagel, C., Jeffcott, L., Davies, H., Mackie, E. (2009). Altered gene Expression in Early Osteochondrosis Lesions. Journal of Orthopaedic Research: a journal for musculoskeletal investigation, 27(4), 452-457.
  • Dart, A., Perkins, N., Dart, C., Jeffcott, L., Canfield, P. (2009). Effect of bandaging on second intention healing of wounds of the distal limb in horses. Australian Veterinary Journal, 87(6), 215-218.
  • Vidal, G., Garza, J., Romero, R., Rodriguez-Tovar, L., Garza, A., Valdez, F., Escareno, J., Davis, E., Jeffcott, L. (2009). Effects of copper and zinc on Cathepsin B activity in equine articular chondrocytes. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 8(5), 935-945.
  • Jeffcott, L., Leung, W., Riggs, C. (2009). Managing the effects of the weather on the Equestrian Events of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Veterinary Journal, 182(3), 412-429.
  • Vidal, G., Valdez, F., Garza, J., Romero, R., Melendez, J., Rodriguez-Tovar, L., Ramirez, R., Valdes, V., Davies, M., Jeffcott, L. (2008). Localization of Cathepsin B Enzymatic Activity in Equine Articular Cartilage, Skin Fibroblasts and Phenotypically Modulated and Dyschondroplastic Chondrocytes. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 7(4), 493-501.
  • Goff, L., Jeffcott, L., Jasiewicz, J., McGowan, C. (2008). Structural and biomechanical aspects of equine sacroiliac joint function and their relationship to clinical disease. The Veterinary Journal, 176, 281-293.
  • Bowe, E., Murray, R., Jeffcott, L., Davies, M. (2007). Do the matrix degrading enzymes cathepsins B and D increase following a high intensity exercise regime? Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 15(3), 343-349.
  • Gee, E., Davies, M., Firth, E., Jeffcott, L., Fennessy, P., Mogg, T. (2007). Osteochondrosis and copper: Histology of articular cartilage from foals out of copper supplemented and non-supplemented dams. The Veterinary Journal, 173(1), 109-117.
  • Lamas, L., Giovagnoli, G., Heath, M., Jeffcott, L. (2007). Some factors affecting the accuracy and variability of measurements of the height of ponies. The Veterinary Record, 160, 691-694.
  • Henson, F., Lamas, L., Knezevic, S., Jeffcott, L. (2007). Ultrasonographic evaluation of the supraspinous ligament in a series of ridden and unridden horses and horses with unrelated back pathology. BMC Veterinary research, 3(3), 1-7.
  • Stubbs, N., Hodges, P., Jeffcott, L., Cowin, G., Hodgson, D., McGowan, C. (2006). Functional anatomy of the caudal thoracolumbar and lumbosacral spine in the horse. Equine Veterinary Journal, 36(Supplement), 393-399.
  • Goff, L., Jasiewicz, J., Jeffcott, L., Condie, P., McGowan, T., McGowan, C. (2006). Movement between the equine ilium and sacrum: in vivo and in vitro studies. Equine Veterinary Journal, 36(Supplement), 457-461.
  • Varcoe-Cocks, K., Sagar, K., Jeffcott, L., McGowan, C. (2006). Pressure algometry to quantify muscle pain in racehorses with suspected sacroiliac dysfunction. Equine Veterinary Journal, 38(6), 558-562.
  • Levine, M., Whitwell, K., Jeffcott, L. (2005). Abnormal thoracic vertebrae and the evolution of horse husbandry. Archaeofauna, 14, 93-109.
  • Bowe, E., Henson, F., Caddick, J., Jeffcott, L., Davies, M. (2004). Response of equine articular cartilage to a single impact load. Online Journal of Veterinary Research, 8, 33-41.
  • Glaser, K., Davies, M., Jeffcott, L. (2003). Differential distribution of cathepsins B and L in articular cartilage during skeletal development in the horse. Equine Veterinary Journal, 35(1), 42-47.
  • Rossdale, P., Martin, C., Jeffcott, L. (2003). Lateral thinking: a different way of benefiting from reading Equine Veterinary Journal and other scientific periodicals. Equine Veterinary Journal, 35(1), 3-4.
  • Dart, A., Cries, L., Jeffcott, L., Hodgson, D., Rose, R. (2002). Effects of 25% propylene glycol hydrogel (Solugel) on second intention wound healing in horses. Veterinary Surgery, 31, 309-313.
  • Gray, A., Davies, M., Jeffcott, L. (2002). Generation and activity of equine osteoclasts in vitro - effects of the bisphosphonate pamidronate (APD). Research In Veterinary Science, 72(2), 105-113.
  • Gray, A., Davies, M., Jeffcott, L. (2002). Localisation and activity of cathepsins K and B in equine osteoclasts. Research In Veterinary Science, 72(2), 95-103.
  • Dart, A., Cries, L., Jeffcott, L., Hodgson, D., Rose, R. (2002). The Effect of Equine Recombinant Growth Hormone on Second Intention Wound Healing in Horses. Veterinary Surgery, 31, 314-319.

Conferences

  • Dart, A., Perkins, N., Dart, C., Jeffcott, L., Canfield, P. (2008). Effect of bandaging on healing of distal limb wounds in horses. 2nd Australian Equine Science Symposium AESS 2008, Australia.
  • Dart, A., Perkins, N., Dart, C., Jeffcott, L., Canfield, P. (2008). Effect of bandaging on healing of distal limb wounds in horses. 30th Bain Fallon Memorial Lectures 2008, Australia: Australian Equine Veterinary Association.
  • Jeffcott, L. (2005). Developmental diseases affecting growing horses. 2nd European Workshop on Equine Nutrition.
  • Jeffcott, L. (2001). Veterinary Responsibilities in Elite Equestrian Sport. 18th International Conference of Racing Analysts and Veterinarians.

2012

  • Tee, S., Dart, A., MacDonald, M., Perkins, N., Horadagoda, N., Jeffcott, L. (2012). Effects of collecting serial tracheal aspirate and bronchoalveolar lavage samples on the cytological findings of subsequent fluid samples in healthy Standardbred horses. Australian Veterinary Journal, 90(7), 247-251.
  • Kwan, C., Bell, R., Koenig, T., bischofberger, A., Horadagoda, N., Perkins, N., Jeffcott, L., Dart, A. (2012). Effects of intra-articular sodium pentosan polysulfate and glucosamine on the cytology, total protein concentration and viscosity of synovial fluid in horses. Australian Veterinary Journal, 90(8), 315-320.
  • Ruppin, M., Sullivan, S., Condon, F., Perkins, N., Lee, L., Jeffcott, L., Dart, A. (2012). Retrospective study of 103 presumed cases of tick (Ixodes holocyclus) envenomation in the horse. Australian Veterinary Journal, 90(5), 175-180.

2011

  • Silver, I., Jeffcott, L., Rossdale, P. (2011). Fifty years of the British Equine Veterinary Association as a facilitator of progress in equine clinical science. Equine Veterinary Journal, 43(5), 618-630.
  • Voute, L., Henson, F., Platt, D., Jeffcott, L. (2011). Osteochondrosis lesions of the lateral trochlear ridge of the distal femur in four ponies. The Veterinary Record, 168(10), 265-269.

2010

  • Stubbs, N., Riggs, C., Hodges, P., Jeffcott, L., Hodgson, D., Clayton, H., McGowan, C. (2010). Osseous spinal pathology and epaxial muscle ultrasonography in Thoroughbred racehorses. Equine Veterinary Journal, 42(supp. 38), 654-661.
  • Goff, L., van Weeren, P., Jeffcott, L., Condie, P., McGowan, C. (2010). Quantification of equine sacral and iliac motion during gait: A comparison between motion capture with skin-mounted and bone-fixated sensors. Equine Veterinary Journal, 42(Supplement 38), 468-474.

2009

  • Mirams, M., Tatarczuch, L., Ahmed, Y., Pagel, C., Jeffcott, L., Davies, H., Mackie, E. (2009). Altered gene Expression in Early Osteochondrosis Lesions. Journal of Orthopaedic Research: a journal for musculoskeletal investigation, 27(4), 452-457.
  • Dart, A., Perkins, N., Dart, C., Jeffcott, L., Canfield, P. (2009). Effect of bandaging on second intention healing of wounds of the distal limb in horses. Australian Veterinary Journal, 87(6), 215-218.
  • Vidal, G., Garza, J., Romero, R., Rodriguez-Tovar, L., Garza, A., Valdez, F., Escareno, J., Davis, E., Jeffcott, L. (2009). Effects of copper and zinc on Cathepsin B activity in equine articular chondrocytes. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 8(5), 935-945.
  • Jeffcott, L., Leung, W., Riggs, C. (2009). Managing the effects of the weather on the Equestrian Events of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. The Veterinary Journal, 182(3), 412-429.
  • Jeffcott, L. (2009). Sacroiliac Dysfunction. In Frances Henson (Eds.), Equine Back Pathology: Diagnosis and Treatment, (pp. 189-198). Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
  • Jeffcott, L. (2009). The Normal Anatomy of the Osseous Structures of the Back and Pelvis. In Frances Henson (Eds.), Equine Back Pathology: Diagnosis and Treatment, (pp. 1-15). Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.

2008

  • Dart, A., Perkins, N., Dart, C., Jeffcott, L., Canfield, P. (2008). Effect of bandaging on healing of distal limb wounds in horses. 2nd Australian Equine Science Symposium AESS 2008, Australia.
  • Dart, A., Perkins, N., Dart, C., Jeffcott, L., Canfield, P. (2008). Effect of bandaging on healing of distal limb wounds in horses. 30th Bain Fallon Memorial Lectures 2008, Australia: Australian Equine Veterinary Association.
  • Vidal, G., Valdez, F., Garza, J., Romero, R., Melendez, J., Rodriguez-Tovar, L., Ramirez, R., Valdes, V., Davies, M., Jeffcott, L. (2008). Localization of Cathepsin B Enzymatic Activity in Equine Articular Cartilage, Skin Fibroblasts and Phenotypically Modulated and Dyschondroplastic Chondrocytes. Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances, 7(4), 493-501.
  • Goff, L., Jeffcott, L., Jasiewicz, J., McGowan, C. (2008). Structural and biomechanical aspects of equine sacroiliac joint function and their relationship to clinical disease. The Veterinary Journal, 176, 281-293.

2007

  • Bowe, E., Murray, R., Jeffcott, L., Davies, M. (2007). Do the matrix degrading enzymes cathepsins B and D increase following a high intensity exercise regime? Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 15(3), 343-349.
  • Gee, E., Davies, M., Firth, E., Jeffcott, L., Fennessy, P., Mogg, T. (2007). Osteochondrosis and copper: Histology of articular cartilage from foals out of copper supplemented and non-supplemented dams. The Veterinary Journal, 173(1), 109-117.
  • Lamas, L., Giovagnoli, G., Heath, M., Jeffcott, L. (2007). Some factors affecting the accuracy and variability of measurements of the height of ponies. The Veterinary Record, 160, 691-694.
  • Henson, F., Lamas, L., Knezevic, S., Jeffcott, L. (2007). Ultrasonographic evaluation of the supraspinous ligament in a series of ridden and unridden horses and horses with unrelated back pathology. BMC Veterinary research, 3(3), 1-7.

2006

  • Harris, P., Coenen, M., Frape, D., Jeffcott, L., Meyer, H. (2006). Equine Nutrition and Metabolic diseases. In Andrew J Higgins and Jack R Snyder (Eds.), The Equine Manual, (pp. 151-222). China: Saunders Elsevier.
  • Stubbs, N., Hodges, P., Jeffcott, L., Cowin, G., Hodgson, D., McGowan, C. (2006). Functional anatomy of the caudal thoracolumbar and lumbosacral spine in the horse. Equine Veterinary Journal, 36(Supplement), 393-399.
  • Goff, L., Jasiewicz, J., Jeffcott, L., Condie, P., McGowan, T., McGowan, C. (2006). Movement between the equine ilium and sacrum: in vivo and in vitro studies. Equine Veterinary Journal, 36(Supplement), 457-461.
  • Evans, D., Jeffcott, L., Knight, P. (2006). Performance - related problems and Exercise Physiology. In Andrew J Higgins and Jack R Snyder (Eds.), The Equine Manual, (pp. 1059-1104). China: Saunders Elsevier.
  • Jeffcott, L., Evans, D., Knight, P. (2006). Performance-related problems and exercise physiology. In Andrew J Higgins and Jack R Snyder (Eds.), The Equine Manual, (pp. 1059-1104). China: Saunders Elsevier.
  • Varcoe-Cocks, K., Sagar, K., Jeffcott, L., McGowan, C. (2006). Pressure algometry to quantify muscle pain in racehorses with suspected sacroiliac dysfunction. Equine Veterinary Journal, 38(6), 558-562.

2005

  • Levine, M., Whitwell, K., Jeffcott, L. (2005). Abnormal thoracic vertebrae and the evolution of horse husbandry. Archaeofauna, 14, 93-109.
  • Jeffcott, L. (2005). Developmental diseases affecting growing horses. 2nd European Workshop on Equine Nutrition.

2004

  • Jeffcott, L., Haussler, K. (2004). Back and Pelvis. In Kenneth W. Hinchcliff, Andris J. Kaneps, Raymond J. Geor (Eds.), Equine sports medicine and surgery: basic and clinical sciences of the equine athlete, (pp. 433-474). Edinburgh: Saunders Elsevier.
  • Bowe, E., Henson, F., Caddick, J., Jeffcott, L., Davies, M. (2004). Response of equine articular cartilage to a single impact load. Online Journal of Veterinary Research, 8, 33-41.

2003

  • Glaser, K., Davies, M., Jeffcott, L. (2003). Differential distribution of cathepsins B and L in articular cartilage during skeletal development in the horse. Equine Veterinary Journal, 35(1), 42-47.
  • Rossdale, P., Martin, C., Jeffcott, L. (2003). Lateral thinking: a different way of benefiting from reading Equine Veterinary Journal and other scientific periodicals. Equine Veterinary Journal, 35(1), 3-4.

2002

  • Dart, A., Cries, L., Jeffcott, L., Hodgson, D., Rose, R. (2002). Effects of 25% propylene glycol hydrogel (Solugel) on second intention wound healing in horses. Veterinary Surgery, 31, 309-313.
  • Gray, A., Davies, M., Jeffcott, L. (2002). Generation and activity of equine osteoclasts in vitro - effects of the bisphosphonate pamidronate (APD). Research In Veterinary Science, 72(2), 105-113.
  • Gray, A., Davies, M., Jeffcott, L. (2002). Localisation and activity of cathepsins K and B in equine osteoclasts. Research In Veterinary Science, 72(2), 95-103.
  • Dart, A., Cries, L., Jeffcott, L., Hodgson, D., Rose, R. (2002). The Effect of Equine Recombinant Growth Hormone on Second Intention Wound Healing in Horses. Veterinary Surgery, 31, 314-319.

2001

  • Levine, M., Bailey, G., Jeffcott, L. (2001). Paleopathology and horse domestication. In G.Bailey, R.Charles & N.Winder (Eds.), Human Ecodynamics, (pp. 123-133). Oxford: Oxbow Books.
  • Jeffcott, L. (2001). Veterinary Responsibilities in Elite Equestrian Sport. 18th International Conference of Racing Analysts and Veterinarians.
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