Education

• Clinical Assistant Professor, Special Species Health
• Residency in Zoological Medicine, North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, Raleigh, NC, 2000
• Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, Madison, WI, 1993
• M.S., Psychology (Animal Behavior), University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1988
• B.S., Meat and Animal Science, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, 1981

Research

I have 2 current research areas of interest:

• Comparative nondomestic animal analgesia/anesthesia, with an emphasis on analgesic efficacy in reptiles, amphibians, fish and avian species, and anesthetic efficacy in nonhuman primates.
• Conservation medicine and the interface between wildlife, domestic animal, and human health and disease.

Responsibilities

• Clinical responsibilities include: medical and surgical management of pet nondomestic, zoo, and wildlife species
• Teaching responsibilities include: fourth year students clinical rotation in Special Species Health and nondomestic animals anesthesia didactic; third year students Avian and Reptile Medicine; coordinator for undergraduate course, Diseases of Wildlife

Recent Publications

Sladky KK, Krugner-Higby L, Meek-Walker EB, Heath TD, Paul-Murphy J. Serum concentrations and analgesic effects of liposome-encapsulated and standard butorphanol tartrate in Hispaniolan parrots (Amazona ventralis), Amer J Vet Res 67(5):775-781.

Sladky KK, Ramirez P, Quist CF, Dein FJ. Investigation of Migratory bird mortality associated with exposure to soda ash mine tailings water in southwestern Wyoming-Final Report. United States Geological Survey, National Wildlife Health Center Publication, USGS publication number pending, September 2004.

Greenacre C, Paul-Murphy J, Sladky K, Storms T. Reptile and amphibian analgesia: Roundtable. J. Herp. Med. Surg. 15 (1): 2005.

Larsen RS, Loomis MR, Kelly BT, Sladky KK, Stoskopf MK, Horne WA. Cardiorespiratory effects of medetomidine-butorphanol, medetomidine-butorphanol-diazepam, and medetomidine-butorphanol-ketamine in captive red wolves (Canis rufus). J Zoo Wild Med. 33 (2): 101-107, 2002.

Harms CA, Sladky KK, Horne WA, Stoskopf MK Epidural analgesia in ferrets. Exotic DVM. 4.3:31-33, July, 2002.

Chittick E, Horne W, Wolfe B, Sladky K, Loomis M. Cardiopulmonary assessment of medetomidine, ketamine, and butorphanol anesthesia in captive Thomson's gazelles (Gazella thomsoni). J Zoo Wild Med. 32 (2): 168-175, 2001.

Sladky KK, Swanson CR, Stoskopf MK, Loomis MR, Lewbart GA. Comparative efficacy of MS-222 (tricaine methanesulfonate) and clove oil (eugenol) in red pacu (Piaractus brachypomus). Amer. J. Vet. Res. 62(3): 337-342, 2001.

Sladky KK, Norton TM, Loomis MR. Trombiculid mites (Hannemania sp.) in canyon tree frogs (Hyla arenicolor). J. Zoo and Wildl. Med. 31 (4): 570-575, 2000.

Sladky KK, Horne WA, Goodrowe K, Stoskopf MK, Loomis MR, Harms CA. Evaluation of epidural morphine for post-surgical analgesia in ferrets (Mustela putorius furo). Contemp. Topics in Lab. Ani. Sci. 39(6): 33-38, 2000.

Sladky KK, Kelly BT, Loomis MR, Stoskopf MK, Horne WA. Cardiorespiratory effects of four alpha-2-adrenoreceptor agonist-ketamine combinations in captive red wolves (Canis rufus) (2000). J. Amer. Vet. Med. Assoc. 217(9): 1366-1371, 2000.

Sladky KK, Dalldorf FG, Steinberg H, Wright JF, Loomis MR. Cholesterol granulomas in three meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Vet. Pathol. 37: 684-686, 2000.

Wolfe BA, Sladky KK, Loomis MR. Urolithiasis in a reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis). Vet. Rec. 146(90): 260-261, 2000.