Disciplines

Ambulatory Practice, Laboratory

Locations

Newmarket Practice
Research Assistant

Lorraine Palmer

BSc (Hons)

Lorraine joined Rossdales in 1997 as a research assistant to Dr Peter Rossdale and Dr Jenny Ousey. She graduated in Science from De Montfort University in 1999. For her final year dissertation she investigated osmotic tolerance limits of equine spermatozoa using a dual staining technique, and membrane water permeability in stallion spermatozoa using the stopped flow methodology.

Since 2000, she has worked with a number of Rossdales’ vets and broadened her research interests. At BEVA Congress 2008, Lorraine and former Rossdales veterinary surgeon Sarah Stoneham received the Sam Hignett award for the best Clinical Research presentation for their paper entitled ‘Case series of Thoroughbred weanling in the UK with Lawsonia intracellularis, clinical signs, treatment and serology’.

Lorraine additionally took part in the Clinical Research Outreach programme at the University of Cambridge Veterinary School, which enabled her to develop an antibody titre test for Rhodococcus equi. She also developed an expertise in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) techniques and was instrumental in creating the new PCR laboratory at the practice in 2009.

Lorraine very much enjoys being part of the overground endoscopy team and the stud team. She is a lifetime member of the Suffolk Horse Society and has been involved in several projects to promote breeding and health in this rare breed.

Lorraine has always worked with stallions, hence her main interest is stallion reproduction.

Publications

  • Overground endoscopic examination following laryngeal tie forward for treatment of soft palate dysfunction in horses

    Barnett TP, Colgate VA, Smith LCR, Palmer L, Barakzai S

    2022 Vet. Surgery, ECVS Abstracts https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13693

  • Synovial sepsis is rare following intrasynovial medication in equine ambulatory practice

    Smith LCR, Wylie CE, Palmer L, Ramzan PHL

    2019 Equine Vet J Sep 51(5) 595-599 epub: 2019 Jan 18 doi: 10.1111/evj.13063 PubMed: 30589107

  • A longitudinal study of fractures in 1488 Thoroughbred racehorses receiving intrasynovial medication: 2006-2011

    Smith LCR, Wylie CE, Palmer L, Ramzan PHL

    2018 Equine Vet J 50 6 774-780 doi: 10.1111/evj.12833. Epub 2018 Apr 6. PubMed: 29575177

  • Unicortical condylar fracture of the Thoroughbred fetlock: 45 cases (2006-2013),

    Ramzan PHL, Palmer L, Powell SE

    2015 Equine Vet J 47 6 680-3 epub: 2014 Nov 9 [ahead of print] doi: 10.1111/evj.12349 PubMed: 25196238

  • Intraoperator, intraobserver and interoperator variability of echocardiographic measurements in healthy foals

    Slack J, Durandot MM, Belcher CN, Collins N, Palmer L, Ousey J, Birks EK, Marr CM

    2012 Equine Vet J Suppl 44 69-75 PubMed: 22594030

  • Studies on the persistence of transfused Rhodococcus equi antibodies in Thoroughbred foals

    Palmer L, Cooke CD, Manning FM, McGladdery AJ, Barrelet FE, Challis M, Cash R, Holmes MA , Stoneham SJ

    2010 Animal Reprod Sci 121 359-360

  • Two-dimensional and M-mode echocardiographic findings in healthy Thoroughbred foals.

    Collins NM, Palmer L, Marr CM

    2010 Aust Vet J 88 11 428-33 PubMed: 20958282

  • Effects of maternally administered high and low dose Depot ACTH on fetal maturation and the timing of parturition in the late gestation mare

    Ousey JC, Rossdale PD, Palmer L

    1999 J. Physiol 517 40

  • Effects of maternally administered depot ACTH(1-24) on fetal maturation and the timing of parturition in the mare

    Ousey JC, Rossdalet PD, Palmer L, Grainger L, Houghton E

    2000 Equine Vet J 32 6 489-96 PubMed: 11093622

  • Measurement of serum amyloid A in the neonatal foal using a latex agglutination immunoturbidimetric assay: determination of the normal range, variation with age and response to disease.

    Stoneham SJ, Palmer L, Cash R, Rossdale PD

    2001 Equine Vet J 33 6 599-603

  • Effects of 5α blockade on progestagen metabolism and parturition in mares.

    Ousey JC, Rossdale PD, Palmer L, Grainger L. Houghton E and Fowden AL

    2001 Society for the study of fertility

  • Effect of progesterone administration to mares during late gestation

    Ousey JC, Rossdale PD, Palmer L, Houghton E, Grainger L and Fowden AL

    2002 Theriogenology 58 793-795

  • Effects of manipulating intrauterine growth on post natal adrenocortical development and other parameters of maturity in neonatal foals.

    Ousey JC, Rossdale PD, Fowden AL, Palmer L, Turnbull C, Allen WR

    2004 Equine Vet J 36 7 616-21 PubMed: 15581327

  • The effects of fenoldopam on Systemic Hemodynamics and Indices of Renal Function in the Normotensive Neonatal Thoroughbred Foal

    Hollis AR, Ousey JC, Palmer L, Stoneham SJ, Corley KT

    2005 J Vet Intern Med 19 3 428

  • Effects of fenoldopam mesylate on systemic hemodynamics and indices of renal function in normotensive neonatal foals

    Hollis AR, Ousey JC, Palmer L, Stoneham SJ, Corley KT

    2006 J Vet Intern Med 20 3 595-600 PubMed: 16734095

  • Infusion of Fenoldopam Mesylate on Systemic Hemodynamics and Indices of Renal Function in the Normotensive Neonatal Thoroughbred Foal.

    Hollis AR, Ousey JC, Palmer L, Stoneham SJ, Corley, KT

    2006 J Vet Intern Med 20 3 595-600

  • Effects of norepinephrine and a combined norepinephrine and dobutamine infusion on systemic hemodynamics and indices of renal function in normotensive neonatal thoroughbred foals.

    Hollis AR, Ousey JC, Palmer L, Stoneham SJ, Corley KT

    2006 J Vet intern Med 20 6 1437-42 PubMed: 17186862

  • Effects of norepinephrine and combined norepinephrine and fenoldopam infusion on systemic hemodynamics and indices of renal function in normotensive neonatal foals

    Hollis AR, Ousey JC, Palmer L, Stephen JO, Stoneham SJ, Boston RC, Corley KT

    2008 J Vet Intern Med 5 1210-15 PubMed: 18638020

  • Studies on the persistence of transfused Rhodococcus equi antibodies in Thoroughbred foals

    Palmer L, Cooke CD, Manning FM, McGladdery AJ, Barrelet FE, Challis M, Cash R, Holmes MA, Stoneham SJ

    2010 Animal Reprod Sci 121

  • The effects of ergotocic agents on the myometrium of pregnant mares at different states of readiness for birth

    Dudan-Hess FE, Palmer L, Holdstock N, Goode J, Rossdale PD and Ousey JC

    2010 Animal Reprod Sci 121 353-356

  • Extraction of Fractured Cheek Teeth under Oral Endoscopic Guidance in Standing Horses: 30 cases

    Ramzan PHL, Dallas RS, Palmer L

    2011 Vet Surg 40 -5 586-9 PubMed: 21470251

  • The incidence and distribution of peripheral caries in the cheek teeth of horses and its association with diastemata and gingival recession

    Ramzan PHL, Palmer L

    2011 Vet J 190 1 90-3 PubMed: 20932786

  • Chronology and sequence of emergence of permanent premolar teeth in the horse: study of deciduous premolar ‘cap’ removal in Thoroughbred racehorses

    Ramzan PHL, Palmer L, Barquero N, Newton JR

    2009 Equine Vet J 41 2 107-11 PubMed: 19418736

  • Musculoskeletal injuries in Thoroughbred racehorses: A study of three large training yards in Newmarket, UK (2005-2007)

    Ramzan PHL, Palmer L

    2011 Vet J 187 3 325-9 PubMed: 20089426

  • Occlusal fissures of the equine cheek tooth: prevalence, location and association with disease in 91 horses referred for dental investigation

    Ramzan PHL, Palmer L

    2010 Equine Vet J 42 2 124-8 PubMed: 20156247

  • Subclinical ultrasonographic abnormalities of the suspensory ligament branch of the athletic horse: A survey of 60 Thoroughbred racehorses

    Ramzan PHL, Palmer L, Dallas RS, Shepherd MC

    2012 Equine Vet J 45 2 159-63 PubMed: 22607323

  • An investigation into the suitability of a commercial real-time PCR assay to screen for Taylorella equigenitalis in routine prebreeding equine genital swabs.

    Ousey JC, Palmer L, Cash RS, Grimes KJ, Fletcher AP, Barrelet A, Foote AK, Manning FM, Ricketts SW

    2009 Equine Vet J 41 9 878-82 PubMed: 20383985

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