Dr. Thomas Hordle
Positions
Assistant Professor (Teaching & Research) - Veterinary Anesthesiology
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Fulltime
Contact information
Background
Credentials
Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons , 2020
Educational Background
Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine University of Cambridge , 2020
Master of Arts Biological and Biomedical Sciences , University of Cambridge, 2021
Biography
Thomas Hordle is an Assistant Professor of Veterinary Anesthesiology at the University of Calgary. In 2020, he graduated from the Queen's Veterinary School Hospital, University of Cambridge. After a year spent as a general practitioner, he returned to the same institution for a small animal rotating and anesthesia internship. Whilst here, he led a clinical trial into the use of an anxiety-relieving medication in dogs. Thomas then went on to complete a residency with the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia, mainly based in private referral practice in the South of England, 2022-2025. His research here incorporated heading a second clinical trial in dogs. Thomas' primary current research interest is postoperative nausea and vomiting.
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| VETM 523 | Anesthesiology and Therapeutics | Fall 2025 |
| VETM 505 | Clinical Skills III | Fall 2025/ Winter 2026 |
Publications
- A Comparison of Two Different Methods for Inducing Apnoea During Thoracic Computed Tomography of Dogs. Thomas Hordle, Maria Navarro-Carrillo, Imogen Schofield, Mark Plested, Maria Chie Niimura del Barrio. (2025)
- Successful management of two horses with suspected pulmonary haemorrhage in recovery from general anaesthesia. Thomas Hordle, Elisabeth Ranninger, Regula Bettschart-Wolfensberger. (2025)
- Trazodone may reduce propofol induction dose and anxiety in dogs . Thomas Hordle, Jacqueline Brearley, Kate Walters, Alice Bird . (2023)
- Ventricular fibrillation in a dog with refractory hyperkalaemia due to uroabdomen following extradural anaesthesia. Thomas Hordle, Maria Chie Niimura del Barrio, Joanne Michou. (2023)
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