Dustin Major
Clinical Assistant Professor
Equine Soft Tissue Surgery
Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences
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Research and Scholarly Interests
- Wound healing/treatment
- Laparoscopy
Dr. Dustin Major is a clinical assistant professor of equine soft tissue surgery at the Texas A&M Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH). He graduated with a degree in international business and Spanish from Wofford College in South Carolina and earned his DVM from the University of Georgia, where he also completed a large animal rotating internship. Major then completed his surgical residency at Texas A&M before entering private practice in Northern California, where he worked for five years before returning to Texas A&M in 2022.
EDUCATION
- DVM – University of Georgia
- Science prerequisites for veterinary school – College of Charleston, SC
- BA in Intercultural Studies for Business with a Spanish minor – Wofford College, SC
Soft Tissue Surgery – wounds, laparoscopy, abdominal surgery, upper airway surgery
Book Chapter
- Major, D. Chapter 35: Examination, Therapeutics, and Monitoring of the Musculoskeletal System. Equine Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine and Surgery. p 953-960.
Journal Publications in Print
- Fielding, F; Deane, E; Major, D; Mayer, J; Love, J; Peralez, M; Magdesian, KG; Effects of calcium supplementation of resuscitation fluids in endurance horses; A randomized, blinded, clinical trial. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine (in press), 2023.
- Askey, T; Major, D; Arnold, CE. Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) for the management of surgical site infections with zoonotic, drug-resistant pathogens on the upper body of the horse. Equine Veterinary Education (in press), 2023.
- Grissom, S; Arnold, CE; Major, D; Edwards, J; Perry, A; Love, C. Tibary, A. Ovarian abscess caused by transvaginal oocyte aspiration in a Quarter Horse mare. Clinical Theriogenology (in press), 11(3):535, 2019.
- Major, D; Duff, A; Cohen, N; Hardy, J. Ex vivo comparison of single-layer and double-layer laparoscopic closure of equine bladders with 2 types of barbed sutures. Veterinary Surgery (in press), 46(8):1145-1153, 2017.
Accepted journal articles
- Faircloth, J; Fielding, F; Major, D; et al. Synchronous Diaphragmatic Flutter in Horses: 37 Cases (2004-2022). Journal of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care (accepted), 2023.