
Charlotta OddsdottirUniversity of Iceland | HI · Institute for Experimental Pathology
Charlotta Oddsdottir
PhD, DVM
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Introduction
My current research is in Equine Reproduction, Ovine Reproduction, Colostrum Quality, Watery Mouth etc.
Additional affiliations
August 2018 - July 2023
Institute for Experimental Pathology, Keldur
Position
- Project Manager
August 2020 - present
August 2015 - August 2018
Education
September 2003 - February 2008
August 1997 - June 2003
The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural College
Field of study
- Veterinary Medicine
Publications
Publications (17)
Background
Cellulitis due to infection with clostridia has not been documented in horses in Iceland. However, clostridia are well-known pathogens in Icelandic sheep, which have traditionally shared grazing land with horses. Clostridial infections of equine muscle or subcutis following injection with medicinal products have been described in other c...
Studies have been carried out on the effect of large-volume blood harvesting from horses, but they were performed on nonpregnant horses of various breeds other than Icelandic horses. This study aimed to investigate the effect on the haematological variables indicating erythropoiesis of repeated blood harvesting from pregnant mares. To account for r...
Background
Few studies have been conducted on haematological reference intervals (RIs) in Icelandic horses. Reference intervals have been published for Icelandic horses in Austria and a preliminary study in Iceland compared haematological values in riding horses to published RIs for other breeds as well as Icelandic horses abroad. Haematological pa...
Environmental monitoring by aluminium smelters in Iceland has included fluoride analysis of sheep and horse mandibles. Statistical modelling was done retrospectively on fluoride analyses of sheep and horses from 2007 to 2019. Relationships between the fluoride concentration in bone tissue and the age and the regional origin of the animals were inve...
The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) genes play a key role in a number of biological processes, most notably in immunological responses. The MHCI and MHCII genes incorporate a complex set of highly polymorphic and polygenic series of genes, which, due to the technical limitations of previously available technologies, have only been partially...
Serum samples were taken from 11 Icelandic dairy calves, at birth and 24 hours later, and 11 colostrum samples were taken from their mothers with the concentration of IgG measured by ELISA. The amount of colostrum ingested by each calf was also measured. The results showed that the mean concentration of IgG in cow colostrum at birth was 11.54 mg ml...
Previous risk assessments have concluded that adolescent's caffeine exposure from energy drinks (ED) are of limited concern. Recent surveys have, however, shown substantial increase in consumption. This cross-sectional survey conducted in 2020 estimated caffeine exposure from beverages among ∼80% of all 13-15-year-old adolescents (n = 10358) relati...
Horses in Iceland have been isolated for more than 1,000 yr but still harbor a similar range of gastrointestinal parasites as do horses across the world. The long isolation of the horses and their parasites presumably means that no resistance genes have been introduced into the Parascaris spp. population. It is therefore of particular interest to i...
Faecal samples were collected from a total of 11 calves on three dairy farms (four from two farms and three from one) where calves generally thrive well and no anti-coccidial treatment is habitually carried out. One of the farms keeps calves in groups on hay/straw bedding, one keeps calves in pairs on plastic slats and then in groups on concrete sl...
During late gestation in the mare, rapid fetal growth is accompanied by considerable placental growth and further invasion of the endometrium by microvilli. This growth requires extensive remodeling of the extracellular matrix (ECM). In early pregnancy, we know that matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 and -2 are involved in the endometrial invasion du...
Age-related degeneration of the equine endometrium is an established and important
cause of fertility problems in thoroughbred mares, causing great loss to the industry.
As a part of the age-related endometrial degeneration complex, an excessive
deposition of collagen leading to endometrial fibrosis is particularly important due to
the limitations...
Chronic degenerative changes to the endometrium include endometrial fibrosis, involving a deposition of fibrous tissue in the endometrial stroma and around the endometrial glands. In this study it is hypothesised that endometrial fibrosis is a result of extracellular matrix (ECM) remodelling following endometritis involving MMP-9 and -2 and the tis...
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