Dr. Roxanne Buck BSc(Vet Biol), BVSc, MSc, MMedVet(Anaes) Senior Lecturer: Veterinary Anaesthesiology ORCID ID: 0000-0001-5999-2751

Summary CV

Dr. Roxanne Buck joined the Department as a small animal intern in 2013. Following a short time in private practice she returned to pursue an MSc in total intravenous anaesthesia in impala and then completed a residency (MMedVet) in Veterinary Anaesthesiology in 2017. She is in the process of completing a residency with the European College of Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia (ECVAA). Dr. Buck currently lectures Anaesthesiology to both second year nurses and fourth year veterinary students and supervises final year students during their clinical training. Dr. Buck has seven publications in peer-reviewed journals.

Research Expertise/Interest

Dr. Buck’s major research focus area is on anaesthesia for African mammals. She investigated total intravenous anaesthetic maintenance in impala (Aepyceros melampus) using propofol as part of her MSc degree, and then compared propofol maintenance with isoflurane in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus) for her MMedVet degree. She is currently working towards a PhD entitled “Towards field-ready anaesthetic protocols for cheetahs”, which build upon her earlier research and investigated a number of different field-ready combinations for anaesthetic maintenance of cheetahs, and other wild felids. She has also worked on a number of other wildlife-related research projects, including white rhinoceros anaesthesia and zebra immobilisation. Dr. Buck has also been involved in a number of research projects relating to small animal anaesthesia and critical care. These have included comparative induction techniques in dogs and more recently fluid management in both dogs and cats. A new direction of focus will be on isovolaemic haemodilution physiology in dogs.

Postgraduate Students

MSc

• Dr. Joel Alves completed his undergraduate training at the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science in 2016. Dr. Alves is currently working on leopard immobilisation. The aim of the project is to investigate the effects of capture on stress and immobilisation quality in leopards (Panthera pardus).
• Dr. Tiffany Dunster completed her undergraduate training at the University of Pretoria, Faculty of Veterinary Science in 2017. Dr. Dunster is working on field anaesthesia in cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus). The aim of her project is to compare the anaesthetic and cardiopulmonary effects of intravenous maintenance of anaesthesia with ketamine and medetomidine to inhalation maintenance with isoflurane.

MMedVet

• Dr. Abdur Kadwa completed his undergraduate training at the Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria in 2015. Dr. Kadwa is currently working on blood acid base changes during isovolaemic haemodilution in dogs. The aim of the project is to determine how infusions of different types of colloids affect the animals’ acid-base physiology after withdrawing a corresponding volume of blood.