Harold Schott
Professor of Large Animal Science | Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI, UNITED STATES
Clinical interests include all types of urinary tract disease in horses, and his research focuses on fluid and electrolyte physiology.
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Biography
Dr. Hal Schott earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell in 1980 and a DVM from the Ohio State University in 1984. He worked in a private equine practice in Santa Barbara, Calif., from 1984 to 1987 and followed that with a residency and PhD program at Washington State University from 1987 to 1991. He was on the WSU faculty from 1991 to 1995 as an instructor and then an assistant professor of equine internal medicine. In 1995, he came to Michigan State University as an assistant professor and progressed to associate and then full professor. He is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine.
His clinical interests include all types of urinary tract disease in horses, and his research focuses on fluid and electrolyte physiology, especially with prolonged endurance exercise.
Areas of Expertise (3)
Horses
Pleuropheumonia Fluid
Equine urinary tract disorders
Education (5)
Washington State University: Residency
American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine: Diplomate
Washington State University: PhD
1991
The Ohio State University: DVM
1984
Cornell University: BS
1980
News (2)
MSU collects research data at Big Horn 100
Greybull Standard online
2017-07-27
Michigan State University School of Veterinary Medicine has been a leader in research on colic in the long-distance endurance horse for a while. Dr. Harold C. Schott II DVM, PhD, DACVIM, a member of the AERC Research Committee, and professor at MSU large animal clinical sciences, in association with the American Endurance Ride Conference, published a report in 2015 regarding 71 horse fatalities among the 270,070 starts in AERC-sanctioned rides during the years of 2002-14.
Cushing’s Horses’ Long-Term Response to Pergolide
The Horse online
2017-05-22
Harold Schott II, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, professor of large animal clinical sciences at Michigan State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine, spoke to these concerns at the 2014 American Association of Equine Practitioners Convention, held Dec. 6-10 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Since 2009 he and other researchers from Michigan State University have evaluated 30 horses confirmed positive for PPID before going on pergolide treatment. The team re-examined the horses six months, 2 ½ years, 3 ½ years, 4 ½ years, and 5 ½ years later to determine dose effectiveness.
