Alexandra Alexa J. Burton, BSc., BVSc., PhD, MRCVS, DACVIM (LAIM)

ajburton@wisc.edu

Department of Medical Sciences
Office: 3122

Alexandra Alexa J. Burton, BSc., BVSc., PhD, MRCVS, DACVIM (LAIM)

Titles and Education

  1. PhD, 2014 
    University of Georgia, Athens, GA, U.S.A.
  2. DACVIM (LAIM), 2009
    Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A
  3. BSc/BVSc, MRCVS, 2004 
    University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Research

Dr. Burton has published in numerous areas of large animal medicine, especially in the fields of infectious disease and pharmacology. Her current research interests are in the areas of equine pharmacokinetics and the history of large animal veterinary medicine in the context of present-day antimicrobial stewardship and biosecurity. Her current projects include examining the effect of body condition score on the pharmacokinetics of gentamicin in horses.

Responsibilities

Dr. Burton is responsible for clinical service in large animal medicine (LAM) at the UW Veterinary Care Large Animal Hospital, working closely with the other LAM senior clinicians (Dr.’s Peek, Holschbach, Breuer, Powers and Kowalski). She is actively involved in the didactic and clinical instruction of veterinary students and with mentoring the UW-Veterinary Care LAM clinical residents.

Clinical Interests

Dr. Alexa Burton has broad clinical experience in large animal medicine, with a strong focus on individualized patient-centered care. Every patient is unique - no single treatment plan fits all animals and all owners! In particular, Dr. Burton has interests in critical care of all large animal species, gastrointestinal disorders and metabolic disease. She also has a strong interest in the medical care and management of older-age large animal species, especially senior and geriatric equine medicine. Additionally, Dr. Burton enjoys working with camelids (alpacas and llamas) and has extensive experience in the advanced veterinary care of neonatal and adult camelids.

Graduate Training

Dr. Alexa Burton received her veterinary degree from the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. She completed an internship in large animal medicine and surgery at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Canada. She then went on to a 3-year clinical residency in Large Animal Internal Medicine at Cornell University followed by the 2-year Cornell Clinical Fellowship program. Subsequently, Dr. Burton completed a PhD in Infectious Disease with Dr. Steeve Giguère at the University of Georgia (UGA) College of Veterinary Medicine, while also serving as a senior clinician in Large Animal Medicine at the UGA Veterinary Teaching Hospital.

Recent Publications

  1. Burton AJ. Biosecurity: Lessons from WW1. ACVIM Virtual Forum (Equine Scientific Sessions, On Demand), June 12 2021.
  2. Burton AJ (2019). Successful treatment of wounded horses in World War 1, before the advent of antibiotics. ACVIM Forum Proceedings (Equine Scientific Sessions), Phoenix, AZ, June 6-8
  3. Giguère, S., Burton, A. J., Berghaus, L. J., & Haspel, A. D. (2017). Comparative pharmacokinetics of minocycline in foals and adult horses. Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics40(4), 335–341. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvp.12366
  4. Cohen, N. D., Giguère, S., Burton, A. J., Rocha, J. N., Berghaus, L. J., Brake, C. N., Bordin, A. I., & Coleman, M. C. (2016). Use of Liposomal Gentamicin for Treatment of 5 Foals with Experimentally Induced Rhodococcus equi Pneumonia. Journal of veterinary internal medicine30(1), 322–325. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.13810
  5. Burton, A. J., Giguère, S., Berghaus, L. J., & Hondalus, M. K. (2015). Activity of clarithromycin or rifampin alone or in combination against experimental Rhodococcus equi infection in mice. Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy59(6), 3633–3636. https://doi.org/10.1128/AAC.04941-14
  6. Mullen, K. R., Furness, M. C., Johnson, A. L., Norman, T. E., Hart, K. A., Burton, A. J., Bicahlo, R. C., Ainsworth, D. M., Thompson, M. S., & Scrivani, P. V. (2015). Adverse reactions in horses that underwent general anesthesia and cervical myelography. Journal of veterinary internal medicine29(3), 954–960. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.12590
  7. Burton AJ (2015). How to interpret antimicrobial susceptibility and minimum inhibitory concentration reports. AAEP Proceedings.;61:152-153.
  8. Burton, A. J., Giguère, S., Berghaus, L. J., Hondalus, M. K., & Arnold, R. D. (2015). Efficacy of liposomal gentamicin against Rhodococcus equi in a mouse infection model and colocalization with R. equi in equine alveolar macrophages. Veterinary microbiology176(3-4), 292–300. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vetmic.2015.01.015
  9. Burton AJ, Giguère S, Warner L, Alhamhoom Y, Arnold RD (2015). Pharmacokinetics and tolerability of liposomal gentamicin and free gentamicin in foals. Equine Vet J.;47:467-472.
  10. Burton, A. J., Giguère, S., Sturgill, T. L., Berghaus, L. J., Slovis, N. M., Whitman, J. L., Levering, C., Kuskie, K. R., & Cohen, N. D. (2013). Macrolide- and rifampin-resistant Rhodococcus equi on a horse breeding farm, Kentucky, USA. Emerging infectious diseases19(2), 282–285. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1902.121210
  11. Burton, A. J., Giguère, S., Warner, L., Alhamhoom, Y., & Arnold, R. D. (2013). Effect of age on the pharmacokinetics of a single daily dose of gentamicin sulfate in healthy foals. Equine veterinary journal45(4), 507–511. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-3306.2012.00683.x
  12. Burton, A. J., Giguère, S., Warner, L., Alhamhoom, Y., & Arnold, R. D. (2013). Effect of age on the pharmacokinetics of a single daily dose of gentamicin sulfate in healthy foals. Equine veterinary journal45(4), 507–511. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2042-3306.2012.00683.x
  13. Perkins, G. A., den Bakker, H. C., Burton, A. J., Erb, H. N., McDonough, S. P., McDonough, P. L., Parker, J., Rosenthal, R. L., Wiedmann, M., Dowd, S. E., & Simpson, K. W. (2012). Equine stomachs harbor an abundant and diverse mucosal microbiota. Applied and environmental microbiology78(8), 2522–2532. https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.06252-11
  14. Burton, A. J., Nydam, D. V., Mitchell, K. J., & Bowman, D. D. (2012). Fecal shedding of Cryptosporidium oocysts in healthy alpaca crias and their dams. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association241(4), 496–498. https://doi.org/10.2460/javma.241.4.496
  15. Credille, B. C., Giguère, S., Berghaus, L. J., Burton, A. J., Sturgill, T. L., Grover, G. S., Donecker, J. M., & Brown, S. A. (2012). Plasma and pulmonary disposition of ceftiofur and its metabolites after intramuscular administration of ceftiofur crystalline free acid in weanling foals. Journal of veterinary pharmacology and therapeutics35(3), 259–264. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2885.2011.01311.x