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Biography

Sarah Freeman graduated from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London in 1994. Following a year working in mixed practice in Suffolk, she returned to the Royal Veterinary College in 1995 as a postgraduate student in the Equine Hospital. She obtained a PhD in equine anaesthesia, the RCVS Certificates in Veterinary Anaesthesia, Veterinary Radiology and Equine Soft Tissue Surgery. She became a lecturer in Equine Surgery at the Royal Veterinary College in 1999, and became a Member of the Institute of Teaching and Learning in 2002. Between 2002 and 2005, Sarah was self-employed undertaking consultancy veterinary education and clinical work. She became a Diplomate of the European College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2005. She joined the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham in 2005, and was involved in much of the early planning and delivery of the new curriculum.

Current role at Nottingham includes undergraduate teaching in Yrs 1-5, and research based around clinical disease (equine colic, wounds and critical decision-making, and canine reproduction), undergraduate education and human-animal interaction.

Sarah was awarded a personal Chair in 2014, and is a Professor of Veterinary Surgery at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science. She was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2017 for meritorious contributions to clinical practice, and won the RCVS Impact award in 2019 for her work within the REACT colic campaign.

Expertise Summary

Current role at Nottingham includes teaching, research and clinical work.

Sarah Freeman is a Professor in Veterinary Surgery at the School of Veterinary Medicine and Science. She holds RCVS Certificates in Equine Soft Tissue Surgery, Veterinary Anaesthesia and Radiology, and the European Diploma in Large Animal Surgery.

Sarah primarily teaches in Musculoskeletal 2 (Year 4 module), and Musculoskeletal 1 (Year 1 module), but also contributes to teaching and assessment in other years and modules. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and was awarded an Individual Lord Dearing Award for Teaching and Learning in 2007 and in 2013, and Team Lord Dearing Awards in 2021 and 2024.

Research interests are centred around clinical disease and welfare in horses and dogs. Sarah currently supervises two postdoctoral researchers Amelia Cameron and Freya Rooke, 2 PhD students Anna Heritage and Martyna Jankowska, and two MRes students Jo Dwyer and Elise Rodden.

Sarah leads the Nottingham Equine Colic Project. This research group has used a co-production methodology to work with vets and horse owners to generate new evidence and recommendations on the recognition and assessment of colic (funded by World Horse Welfare). The project team has collaborated with the British Horse Society to produce the 'React now to beat colic' campaign, a highly successful evidence-based equine health initiative to help horse owners with the early recognition of colic www.bhs.org.uk/welfare-and-care/colic, which won the Veterinary Record Evidence award in 2017. The research group has also developed educational materials on colic specifically for veterinary surgeons and practices (www.beva.org.uk/Guidance-and-Resources/Practice-Managers) and for undergraduate veterinary and equine students (www.worldhorsewelfare.org/equine-colic-form). The Colic Champions scheme was launched with The British Horse Society in 2018, and currently has 88 veterinary practices signed up as champions (www.bhs.org.uk/our-work/welfare/our-campaigns/react/vet-react-colic-champions). Colic awareness week runs annually with The British Horse Society to help raise awareness of this campaign.

A new initiative, The Equine Wound project was launched in 2018 in collaboration with The British Horse Society, and is starting a similar process for wounds in horses. This has completed evidence reviews, collected data on injuries in horses (www.bhs.org.uk/our-work/welfare/wounds-project), held workshops and focus groups with vets and owners to identify priorities, and PhD student Anna Heritage is currently trialling new resources which will underpin a new educational campaign.

We are also currently trialing at end-of-life decision-making tools to help vets and owners with critical decision-making in the horse. This continues the work done during Amelia Cameron's PhD funded by Horse Trust, and the implementation trial is now led by Amelia, with funding for a two year Fellowship from Morris Animal Foundation.

We have worked extensively with World Horse Welfare on a range of UK and international based projects. Jess Burridge has recently completed a PhD developing an educational intervention for colic in working equids in Cololmbia. Currently, post-doc researcher Freya Rooke is leading a project to refine and validate a working equid welfare assessment tool, funded by World Horse Welfare.

The latest research to start is working with VetVision AI to develop computer vision AI monitoring of stabled horses, with Martyna Jankowska funded through an AI DTC PhD studentship.

Previous research has encompassed a broad range of methodologies, including both qualitative and quantitative techniques. Current and previous collaborations have included the School of Education and Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (University of Nottingham), the Royal Veterinary College (University of London), Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (University of Calgary), Hong Kong Jockey Club, the British Horse Racing Authority and the NCARE team at Nottingham (www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/ncare). Sarah is involved in publication and grant reviews for a number of journals and charities. She is part of the Equine Veterinary Journal Study Design and Data Analysis Board, and is a member of the organising Committee for the International Colic Symposium.

Research Summary

Sarah's research interests are in welfare and clinical disease .

She is currently supervising Masters research studentships on:

Castration complications in the horse - Elise Rodden

Analgesia in the horse - Adam Redpath

Weaning methods in the horse - Jo Dwyer

Wounds in the horse - Hannah Cunningham

PhD studentships:

Educational resources for wound management in horses: Anna Heritage

Computer vision AI analysis of stabled horses behaviour: Martyna Jankowska

Postdoctoral researchers:

End-of-life decision-making in the horse - Amelia Cameron

Refinement and validation of a working equid welfare assessment tool - Freya Rooke

Selected Publications

• LIGHTFOOT, KATIE L., BURFORD, JOHN H., ENGLAND, GARY C. W., BOWEN, I. MARK and FREEMAN, SARAH L., 2020. Mixed methods investigation of the use of telephone triage within UK veterinary practices for horses with abdominal pain: A Participatory action research study PLOS ONE. 15(9),
• BOWDEN, ADELLE, BOYNOVA, POLINA, BRENNAN, MARNIE LOUISE, ENGLAND, GARY C W, MAIR, TIM S, FURNESS, WENDY A, FREEMAN, SARAH L and BURFORD, JOHN H, 2020. Retrospective case series to identify the most common conditions seen 'out-of-hours' by first-opinion equine veterinary practitioners. The Veterinary record.
• BOWDEN, ADELLE, ENGLAND, GARY C W, BRENNAN, MARNIE LOUISE, MAIR, TIM S, FURNESS, WENDY A, FREEMAN, SARAH L and BURFORD, JOHN H, 2020. Indicators of 'critical' outcomes in 941 horses seen 'out-of-hours' for colic. The Veterinary record.
• FREEMAN, SARAH L., ASHTON, NEAL M., ELCE, YVONNE A., HAMMOND, ANNA, HOLLIS, ANNA R. and QUINN, GREG, 2020. BEVA primary care clinical guidelines: Wound management in the horse EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL.

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Past Research

Previous research has been on equine anaesthesia and sedation, the use of abdominal ultrasound in diagnosis and prevention of colic in the horse, nutrition, obesity and musculoskeletal disease in the horse.

Completed PhD students:

Liz Mossop. Defining and Teaching Veterinary Professionalism. 2012

Abigail Clutterbuck. Nutritional targeting of inflammatory pathways and catabolic mediators involved in equine osteoarthritis 2013

Sarah Williams. The effect of management regimes on large intestinal motility in the horse. 2012

Claire Mann. An ethnographic study of the student experience of making meaning and identity through a new Veterinary curriculum 2013

Kate Cobb. The impact of assessment on the constructive alignment of a modern veterinary curriculum. 2014

Laila Curtis. Developing evidence on the primary case presentation and assessment of acute abdominal pain (colic) in the horse 2016

Claire Vinten. The development of clinical reasoning in veterinary students 2016

C Whelan. Causes and impact of premature retirement of guide dogs - the guide dog owner's perspective. 2017

Erica Gummery. An investigation into the impact of anatomy teaching in the veterinary curriculum through the perceptions of students and teaching staff 2018

Adelle Bowden. Maximising the impact of evidence-based medicine on equine health and welfare 2018

Purba Islam. Effects of resveratrol and its metabolite piceatannol on equine osteoarthritis using an explant cartilage model. 2019

Katie Lightfoot. Building a 'toolkit' for change: Evaluation of horse owner behaviour and knowledge transfer in response to an educational campaign. 2020

Caroline Quarmby. Investigation into risk factors for overweight status and the use of behaviour change interventions for weight management in dogs. 2022

Freya Rooke. Excellence is expected : quality monitoring and improvement in veterinary medicine. 2023

Amelia Cameron. Let's talk about euthanasia: developing a shared decision-making guide to support health and end-of-life care decisions in the horse. 2024

Jess Burridge. Using human behaviour change interventions to improve the welfare of working equids in Colombia. 2024

Rachel Moxon. A prospective cohort study to investigate the impact of neutering bitches prepubertally or post-pubertally. 2024

Completed Masters students:

Hilary Audretsch. Premature Retirement in Guide Dogs: Behavioural Reasons for Withdrawal 2013

Daisy Jones. Understanding why guide dogs fail to meet their predicted qualification outcomes. 2016

Rafa Azola. Retrospective study of ultrasonographic features of superficial digital flexor tendon (SDFT) injuries in 469 Thoroughbred racehorses in Hong Kong, and their relationship to outcome. 2016

Isabella Wild. Disseminating evidence to equine practitioners 2017

Harriet Clough. Exploring the Horse-Human Relationship 2018

Richard Birnie. An owner questionnaire and prospective cohort study on equine wounds and their management. 2021

Therese de Souza. Investigating factors that affect survival of horses following treatment for synovial sepsis. MVM thesis. 2023

• LIGHTFOOT, KATIE L., FROST, ELLIE, BURFORD, JOHN H., ENGLAND, GARY C. W. and FREEMAN, SARAH L., 2024. Use of human behaviour change models to investigate horse owner intention to adopt emergency colic recommendations Equine Veterinary Journal. 56(1), 147-158
• DE SOUZA, T.C.,, BURFORD, J.H., BUSSCHERS, E., FREEMAN, S.L. and SUTHERS, J.M., 2024. Multicenter study investigating long-term survival after synovial lavage of contaminated and septic synovial structures in horses presented to 10 UK referral hospitals Veterinary Surgery. 53(6), 1083-1092
• RODDEN, E.B.K., SUTHERS, J.M., BUSSCHERS, E., BURFORD, J.H. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2024. A scoping review on intraoperative and postoperative surgical castration complications in domesticated equids 56(6), 1115–1128.
• BURRELL, K.L., BURFORD, J.H., ENGLAND, G.C.W. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2024. UK horse owners and veterinary practitioners' experiences of decision-making for critical cases of colic 56(6), 1216–1228
• DWYER, J., ROSHIER, A.L., CAMPBELL, M., HILL, B. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2024. Effects of weaning-related stress on the emotional health of horses-A scoping review Equine veterinary journal.
• BURRELL, K.L., CAMERON, A. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2024. Qualitative versus quantitative research-Moving beyond the numbers 56, 1100-1102
• MOXON, RACHEL, FREEMAN, SARAH L., PAYNE, RICHARD, CORR, SANDRA and ENGLAND, GARY C. W., 2023. Effect of neutering timing in relation to puberty on female dog behaviour—A scoping review Veterinary Record. n/a(n/a), e2882
• MOXON, R., FREEMAN, S.L., PAYNE, R.M., CORR, S. and ENGLAND, G.C.W., 2023. Effect of neutering timing in relation to puberty on female dog behaviour—A scoping review Vet Record. e2882
• RACHEL MOXON, SARAH L. FREEMAN, RICHARD PAYNE, JASMINE GODFREY-HUNT, SANDRA CORR and GARY C. W. ENGLAND, 2023. A Prospective Cohort Study Investigating the Impact of Neutering Bitches Prepubertally or Post-Pubertally on Physical Development Animals. 13(9), 1431
• MCLINDEN, LA, FREEMAN SL, DALY J, BLANCHARD A, KEMP-SYMONDS JG and WALLER A, 2023. Advances in the understanding, detection and management of equine strangles Equine Veterinary Education. 35, 662–672.
• CAMERON, AMELIA, POLLOCK, KRISTIAN, WILSON, ELEANOR, BURFORD, JOHN, ENGLAND, GARY and FREEMAN, SARAH, 2022. Scoping review of end-of-life decision-making models used in dogs, cats and equids VETERINARY RECORD. 191(4),
• FREEMAN SL, 2022. Study design synopsis: Evidence syntheses-What are they and why do we need them? Equine veterinary journal. 54(6), 1011–1012
• ROOKE F, BURFORD J, FREEMAN S, MAIR T, SUTHERS J and BRENNAN M, 2021. Quality Improvement: origins, purpose and the future for veterinary practice Veterinary Evidence. 6,
• WILD, I., FREEMAN, S., ROBLES, D., MATAMOROS, D., ORTIZ, M., RODRIGUEZ, J. and BURFORD, J., 2021. Owners’ Knowledge and Approaches to Colic in Working Equids in Honduras. Animals. 11, 2087
• DE SOUZA, T.C.,, SUTHERS, J., BUSSCHERS, E., BURFORD, J.H. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2021. A scoping review of the current evidence on treatment and outcomes following synovial sepsis. Equine veterinary journal. 00, 1–14
• BOWDEN, ADELLE, ENGLAND, GARY C W, BRENNAN, MARNIE LOUISE, MAIR, TIM S, FURNESS, WENDY A, FREEMAN, SARAH L and BURFORD, JOHN H, 2020. Indicators of 'critical' outcomes in 941 horses seen 'out-of-hours' for colic. The Veterinary record.
• BOWDEN, ADELLE, BOYNOVA, POLINA, BRENNAN, MARNIE LOUISE, ENGLAND, GARY C W, MAIR, TIM S, FURNESS, WENDY A, FREEMAN, SARAH L and BURFORD, JOHN H, 2020. Retrospective case series to identify the most common conditions seen 'out-of-hours' by first-opinion equine veterinary practitioners. The Veterinary record.
• LIGHTFOOT, KATIE L., BURFORD, JOHN H., ENGLAND, GARY C. W., BOWEN, I. MARK and FREEMAN, SARAH L., 2020. Mixed methods investigation of the use of telephone triage within UK veterinary practices for horses with abdominal pain: A Participatory action research study PLOS ONE. 15(9),
• FREEMAN, SARAH L., ASHTON, NEAL M., ELCE, YVONNE A., HAMMOND, ANNA, HOLLIS, ANNA R. and QUINN, GREG, 2020. BEVA primary care clinical guidelines: Wound management in the horse EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL.
• BOWDEN A, BURFORD J, BRENNAN M, ENGLAND G and FREEMAN S, 2019. Emergency conditions in horses: Opinions and decision making of livery yard owners Veterinary Evidence. doi.org/10.18849/ve.v4i2.199,
• R. ALZOLA and S.L. FREEMAN, 2019. Comparing Rest Alone to Bandaging and Rest in Horses With Superficial Digital Flexor Tendinopathy. Veterinary Evidence. 4(3),
• L. CURTIS, J.H. BURFORD, G.C.W. ENGLAND and S.L. FREEMAN, 2019. Risk factors for acute abdominal pain (colic) in the adult horse: A scoping review of risk factors, and a systematic review of the effect of management-related changes. PLoS One. 14(7), e0219307
• H.G.R. CLOUGH, J.H. BURFORD, A. ROSHIER, G.C.W. ENGLAND and S.L. FREEMAN, 2019. A scoping review of the current literature exploring the nature of the horse-human relationship. Veterinary Evidence. 4(4),
• I. BARKER and S.L. FREEMAN, 2019. Assessment of costs and insurance policies for referral treatment of equine colic Veterinary Record. 185(16),
• A. BOWDEN, J.H. BURFORD, M.L. BRENNAN, G.C.W. ENGLAND and S.L. FREEMAN, 2019. Horse owners' knowledge, and opinions on recognising colic in the horse Equine Veterinary Journal. 53(2), 262-267
• ALZOLA R, EASTER C, RIGGS CM, GARDNER DS and FREEMAN SL, 2018. Ultrasonographic-based predictive factors influencing successful return to racing after superficial digital flexor tendon injuries in flat racehorses: A retrospective cohort study in 469 Thoroughbred racehorses in Hong Kong. Equine veterinary journal. 50(5), 602-608
• ALZOLA R.D., RIGGS, C.M., GARDNER, D.G. and FREEMAN, S.L, 2017. Ultrasonographic scoring system for superficial digital flexor tendon injuries in horses: intra- and inter-rater variability. Veterinary Record.
• VINTEN, C.E., COBB, K.A., FREEMAN, S.L. and MOSSOP, L.H., 2016. An Investigation into the Clinical Reasoning Development of Veterinary Students. Journal of Veterinary Medical Education. 43(4), 398-405
• AGAR C, GEMMILL R, HOLLANDS T and FREEMAN SL, 2016. The use of nutritional supplements in dressage and eventing horses. Veterinary record open. 3(1), e000154
• GEMMILL, R., AGAR, C., FREEMAN, S.L and HOLLANDS, T., 2016. Factors affecting owners’ choice of nutritional supplements for use in dressage and eventing horses. Veterinary Record Open. 3, e000155
• LEA RG, BYERS AS, SUMNER RN, RHIND SM, ZHANG Z, FREEMAN SL, MOXON R, RICHARDSON HM, GREEN M, CRAIGON J and ENGLAND GC, 2016. Environmental chemicals impact dog semen quality in vitro and may be associated with a temporal decline in sperm motility and increased cryptorchidism. Scientific reports. 6, 31281
• FREEMAN SL and CURTIS L, 2015. Developing best practice guidelines on equine colic. The Veterinary record. 176(2), 38-40
• WILLIAMS, S., HORNER, J., ORTON, E., GREEN, M., MCMULLEN, S., MOBASHERI, A. and FREEMAN, S. L., 2015. Water intake, faecal output and intestinal motility in horses moved from pasture to a stabled management regime with controlled exercise EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL. 47(1), 96-100
• CURTIS, L, TREWIN, I., ENGLAND, G.C.W., BURFORD, J.H. and FREEMAN, S.L, 2015. Veterinary practitioners’ selection of diagnostic tests for the primary evaluation of colic in the horse. Veterinary Record Open. e000145
• AUDRESTCH, H.M., WHELAN, C.T., GRICE, D, ASHER, L., ENGLAND, G.C.W. and FREEMAN, S.L, 2015. Recognizing the value of assistance dogs in society. Disability and Health Journal. 8(4), 469 – 474
• CURTIS, L., BURFORD, J.H., THOMAS, J.S.M., CURRAN, M.L., BAYES, T.C., ENGLAND, G.C.W. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2015. Prospective study of the primary evaluation of 1016 horses with clinical signs of abdominal pain by veterinary practitioners, and the differentiation of critical and non-critical cases Acta Veterinaria Scandinavica. 57(69),
• PUTNAM, J. R. C., HOLMES, L. M., GREEN, M. J. and FREEMAN, S. L., 2014. Incidence, causes and outcomes of lameness cases in a working military horse population: A field study EQUINE VETERINARY JOURNAL. 46(2), 194-197
• ENGLAND G, GEBBELS T, WHELAN C and FREEMAN S, 2014. Accommodating blind and partially sighted clients. In Practice. 36(9), 435-442
• JENNINGS, K.M, CURTIS, L, BURFORD, J.H. and FREEMAN, S.L, 2014. Prospective survey of veterinary practitioners’ primary assessment of equine colic: Clinical signs, diagnoses, and treatment of 120 cases of large colon impaction. BMC Vet Research. 10(S2),
• WILLIAMS, S., COOPER, J. and FREEMAN, S.L, 2014. Evaluation of normal findings using a detailed and focused technique for transcutaneous abdominal ultrasonography in the horse. BMC Vet Research. 10(S2),
• RIJSSELAERE, T., ENGLAND, G. C. W., FREEMAN, S. L., MAES, D. and VAN SOOM, A., 2014. Current Knowledge on the Transport and Fate of Spermatozoa in the Reproductive Tract of the Bitch REPRODUCTION IN DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 49, 2-7
• ENGLAND, G.C.W., RUSSO, M. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2013. The bitch uterine response to semen deposition and its modification by male accessory gland secretions. Veterinary Journal. 195(2), 179-184
• FREEMAN S.L. and ISSAOUI L., 2013. Code red for colic - decision-making for acute abdominal pain in the horse Equine Veterinary Education. 25, 245-246
• ENGLAND, G.C.W., BURGESS, C.M., CLUTTERBUCK, A.L. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2013. Epithelial surface changes and spermatozoa storage in the reproductive tract of the bitch. Veterinary Journal. 195(2), 185-191
• FREEMAN, S.L. and ENGLAND, G.C.W., 2013. Storage and release of spermatozoa from the pre-uterine tube reservoir PLoS ONE. 8(2), e57006
• FREEMAN SL, GREEN MJ and ENGLAND GCW, 2013. Prevalence and effect of uterine luminal free fluid on pregnancy and litter size in bitches. Theriogenology. 80(2), 73-6
• FREEMAN S L, GREEN M J and ENGLAND G C W, 2013. Uterine fluid from bitches with mating-induced endometritis reduces the attachment of spermatozoa to the uterine epithelium The Veterinary Journal. (In Press.)
• ENGLAND, G.C.W., MOXON, R. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2012. Delayed uterine fluid clearance and reduced uterine perfusion in bitches with endometrial hyperplasia and clinical management with postmating antibiotic Theriogenology. 78(7), 1611-1617
• ENGLAND, G.C.W., BURGESS, C.M. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2012. Perturbed sperm–epithelial interaction in bitches with mating-induced endometritis The Veterinary Journal. 194(3), 314-318
• 2012. Stimulation of Mating-Induced Uterine Contractions in the Bitch and Their Modification and Enhancement of Fertility by Prostatic Fluid Reprod Dom Anim (Suppl. 6). 47, 1–5
• STEPHENSON, H M, GREEN, M J and FREEMAN, S L, 2011. Prevalence of obesity in a population of horses in the UK. The Veterinary record.
• WILLIAMS, S, TUCKER, C A, GREEN, M J and FREEMAN, S L, 2011. Investigation of the effect of pasture and stable management on large intestinal motility in the horse, measured using transcutaneous ultrasonography. Equine veterinary journal. 43 Suppl 39, 93-7
• MAGNIER K, WANG R, DALE VHM, MURPHY R, HAMMOND RA, MOSSOP L, FREEMAN SL, ANDERSON C and PEAD MJ, 2011. Enhancing Clinical Learning In The Workplace: A Qualitative Study. The Veterinary Record. 169(26), 682
• HECKER K, READ EK, VALLEVAND A, KREBS G, DONSZELMANN D, MUELLING CKW and FREEMAN SL, 2011. Assessment Of First-Year Veterinary Students' Clinical Skills Using Objective Structured Clinical Examinations. Journal Of Veterinary Medical Education. 37(4), 395-402
• ENGLAND, G.C.W., PHILLIPS, L. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2010. Heritability of semen characteristics in dogs Theriogenology. 74(7), 1136-1140
• SUTTON, SASKI, CLUTTERBUCK, ABIGAIL, HARRIS, PAT, GENT, THOM, FREEMAN, SARAH, FOSTER, NEIL, BARRETT-JOLLEY, RICHARD and MOBASHERI, ALI, 2009. The contribution of the synovium, synovial derived inflammatory cytokines and neuropeptides to the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis. The Veterinary Journal. 179(1), 10-24
• ENGLAND, G.C.W., RUSSO, M. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2009. Follicular dynamics, ovulation and conception rates in bitches Reproduction in Domestic Animals. 44(S2), 53-58
• ENGLAND GCW, FREEMAN SL and RUSSO M, 2007. Treatment Of Spontaneous Pyometra In 22 Bitches With A Combination Of Cabergoline And Cloprostenol. The Veterinary Record. 160(9), 293-6
• MOSSOP L, FREEMAN S and COBB K, 2007. Communication Skills. The Veterinary Record. 160(5), 171
• ENGLAND, G., BURGESS, C.M., FREEMAN, S.L., SMITH, S.C. and PACEY, A.A., 2006. Relationship between the fertile period and sperm transport in the bitch Theriogenology. 66(6-7), 1410-1418
• ENGLAND, G.C., FREEMAN, S.L. and RUSSO, M., 2006. Treatment of spontaneous pyometra in the bitch with a combination of carbergoline and cloprostenol. Veterinary Record.
• BETTSCHART-WOLFENSBERGER, R., FREEMAN, S.L., BOWEN, I.M., ALIABADI, F.S., WELLER,R., HUHTINEN, M. and CLARKE, K.W., 2005. Cardiopulmonary effects and pharmacokinetics of i.v. dexmedetomidine in ponies Equine Veterinary Journal. 37(1), 60-64
• FREEMAN, S.L., 2005. Radiology of the equine foot. Veterinary Times.
• BETTSCHART-WOLFENSBERGER, R., BOWEN, I.M., FREEMAN, S.L., WELLER, R. and CLARKE, K.W., 2003. Medetomidine-ketamine anaesthesia induction followed by medetomidine-propofol in ponies: infusion rates and cardiopulmonary side effects Equine Veterinary Journal. 35(3), 308-313
• MCGOWAN, C. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2003. Clinical commentary. Abdominal pain in an aged pony. Equine Veterinary Education. 15, 179-181
• FREEMAN, S. L., 2003. Diagnostic ultrasonography of the mature equine abdomen Equine Veterinary Education. VOL 15(PART 6), 319-330
• FREEMAN, S.L., BOWEN, I.M., BETTSCHART-WOLFENSBERGER, R., ALIBHAI, H.I.K. and ENGLAND, G.C.W., 2002. Cardiovascular effects of romifidine in the standing horse Research in Veterinary Science. 72(2), 123-129
• FREEMAN, S., 2002. Ultrasonography of the equine abdomen: findings in the colic patient IN PRACTICE -LONDON- BRITISH VETERINARY ASSOCIATION-. VOL 24(PART 5), 262-273
• FREEMAN, S.L., ARCHER, D.C. and STALEY, C., 2002. Comparison of the ultrasonographic and histologic appearence of strangulated intestine. In: 7th International Colic Symposium.
• FREEMAN, S., 2002. Ultrasonography of the equine abdomen: techniques and normal findings IN PRACTICE -LONDON- BRITISH VETERINARY ASSOCIATION-. VOL 24(PART 4), 204-211
• NICHOLS, V. and FREEMAN, S.L., 2002. The effect of management on equine gastrointestinal motility. In: 7th International Colic Symposium..
• FREEMAN, S.L. and ENGLAND, G.C.W., 2001. Effect of romifidine on gastrointestinal motility, assessed by transrectal ultrasonography Equine Veterinary Journal. 33(6), 570-576
• BETTSCHART-WOLFENSBERGER, R., BOWEN, M. I., FREEMAN, S. L., FELLER, R., BETTSCHART, R. W., NOLAN, A. and CLARKE, K. W., 2001. Cardiopulmonary effects of prolonged anesthesia via propofol-medetomidine infusion in ponies American Journal of Veterinary Research. VOL 62(PART 9), 1428-1435
• FREEMAN, S.L., MCGAHAN, J.S., GARLAND, E. and CUDDESFORD, D., 2001. Effect of water intake on gastrointestinal function in the horse. In: 40th Annual Congress of the British Equine Veterinary Assocaition.. 213
• BETTSCHART-WOLFENSBERGER, R., FREEMAN, S. L., JAGGIN-SCHMUCKER, N. and CLARKE, K. W., 2001. Infusion of a combination of propofol and medetomidine for long-term anesthesia in ponies American Journal of Veterinary Research. VOL 62(PART 4), 500-507
• FREEMAN, S. L., 2001. Use of transrectal ultrasonography to aid diagnosis of small colon strangulation in two horses Veterinary Record. VOL 148(PART 26), 812-813
• BURRELL (NEE LIGHTFOOT), KATIE, SUTTON-WALKER, GEORGINA, ENGLAND, GARY C. W., BURFORD, JOHN H. and FREEMAN, SARAH L., Prospective case study of critical decision making for horses referred for treatment of colic Veterinary Record. n/a(n/a), e3615