Douglass K. Macintire, DVM, MS, DACVIM, ACVECC P.B. Griffin Distinguished Professor in Emergency/Critical Care Medicine Dr. Douglass Macintire graduate from Texas A&M University in 1980 with the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree.  In 1981, she completed a one year Internship in Small Animal Medicine and Surgery at Louisiana State University.  From 1981 -84, she completed a residency in Small Animal Medicine at Auburn University.  Shealso received a Master of Science degree in Veterinary Medicine from Auburn University.  From 1984-1990, Dr. Macintire taught Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.  She achieved board cetification in the specialty of Internal Medicine in 1986 In 1990, she became the first individual to pass the certification examination issued by the American College of Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care.  She is presently a  Professor at Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine where she teaches Emergency Medicine and is the Co-Director of the Auburn University Critical Care Service.  Dr. Macintire has spoken extensively on subjects pertaining to Emergency Medicine and Critical Care  and Infectious Diseases to both national and international audiences.  She is a Past-President of the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society, and serves as the Small Animal Editor for Compendium on Continuing Education for the Practicing Veterinarian.  In 2006, Dr. Macintire received the Ira M. Zaslow Distinguished Service Award from the Veterinary Emergency and Critical Care Society for demonstrating extraordinary commitment and exceptional contribution to the specialty of Emergency and Critical Care and the Veterinary Emergency Critical Care Society.
334-844-4690 macindk@auburn.edu
Research Interests: Emerging infectious diseases, Emergency/critical care medicine. Selected Publications: Macintire DK, Vincent-Johnson N, Dillon AR, et al: Hepatozoonosis in dogs: 22 cases (1989-1994).  J Amer Vet Med Assoc, 210(7):916-922, 1992.   Macintire DK:  Treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis in dogs by continuous low-dose intravenous insulin infusion.  J Am Vet Med Assoc 202:1266-72, 1993.   Macintire DK:  Emergencies of the female reproductive tract.  Vet Clin N Amer Small Anim Pract 24(6):1173-88, 1994.   Macintire DK:  Emergency management of diabetic crises:  Insulin overdose, diabetic ketoacidosis, and hyperosmolar coma.  Vet Clin N Amer Small Anim Pract 25(3):639-50, 1995.   Drobatz KJ, Macintire DK:  Heat-induced illness in dogs:  42 cases (1976-93).  J Amer Vet Med Assoc, 209:1894-99, 1996.   Macintire DK:  Disorders of potassium, phosphorus, and magnesium in critical illness.  Compend on Cont Ed for Pract Vet 19(1):41-49, 1997.   Vincent-Johnson N, Baneth G, Macintire DK: Canine hepatozoonosis: Pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment.  Comp on Cont Ed for Pract Vet 19(2):125-133, 1996.   Vincent-Johnson NA, Macintire DK, Lindsay DJ, et al: A new Hepatozoon species from dogs: Description of the causative agent of canine hepatozoonosis in North America.  J Parasitol 83(6):1165-72, 1997.   Smith-Carr SL, Macintire DK, Swango L:  Canine parvovirus Part 1:  Pathogenesis and vaccination.  Comp on Cont Ed for Pract Vet 19(2):125-133, 1997.   Macintire DK, Smith Carr SL:  Canine parvovirus Part 2:  Clincal signs, diagnosis, and treatment.  Comp on Cont Ed for Pract Vet 19(3):291-302, 1997.   Macintire DK: Emerging tick borne diseases, in International Forum on Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases, Supplement to the Compend on Cont Ed for the Prac Vet 19(10):66-70, 1997.   Macintire DK:  Pediatric Intensive Care. Vet Clin N Amer Small Anim Pract 29(4):971-87, 1999.   Macintire DK, Vincent-Johnson N: Canine hepatozoonosis, in Kirk RW and Bonagura JD, eds. Current Vet Therapy XIII, WB Saunders, 1999.   Kraje BJ, Kraje AC, Rohrback BW, Marks S, Macintire DK:  Intrathoracic and concurrent orthopedic injury associated with traumatic rib fracture in cats:  75 cases (1980-1998).  J Am Vet Med Assoc 215(1):51-54, 2000.   Carpenter DH, Macintire DK, Tyler JW:  Acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome in small animals.  Comp on Cont Edu for the Pract Vet 23(8):712-20, 2001.   Macintire DK, Vincent-Johnson NA, Lindsay DJ, et al: Treatment of hepatozoonosis in dogs: 54 cases (1989-1998).  J Amer Vet Med Assoc 218:77-82, 2001.   Baneth G, Barta JR, Shkap V, Macintire DK, Vincent-Johnson NA: Genetic and antigenic evidence supports the separation of Hepatozoon canis and Hepatozoon americanum at the species level.  J Clin Microbiol 38(3):1298-1301, 2000.   Macintire DK, Boudreaux MK, West G, et al: Babesia gibsoni infection among dogs in the Southeastern United States.  J Amer Vet Med Assoc 220:325-329, 2002.   Flournoy Ws, Wohl J, Macintire DK:  Heat induced illness in the dog: Part I – Pathophysiology and predisposing factors.  Comp Cont Educ Pract Vet 25(6):410-18, 2003.   Flournoy WS, Macintire DK, WohlJ.  Heat induced illness in the dog:  Clinical signs, treatment, prognosis and prevention.  Comp Cont Educ Pract Vet 25(6):422-28, 2003.    Macintire DK, Bellhorn TL;  Bacterial translocation:  Clinical implications and prevention.  Vet Clin N Amer Small Anim P;ac 32(5):1165-78, 2002.   BanethG, Mathew JS, ShkapV, Macintire DK, Barta Jr, Ewing SA.  Canine hepatozoonosis:  Two disease syndromes caused by separate hepatozoon species.  Trends in Parasitol 19(1):27-31, 2003.    Boozer AL, Macintre DK.  Canine babesiosis.  Vet Clin N Amer Small Anim Pract, 33:885-904, 2003.   Macintire DK, Breitschwerdt EB.  Emerging  and re-emerging infectious diseases.  Vet Clin N Amer Small Anim Pract, 33(4):11-13, 2003.   Goren L, Strauss-Ayali P, Shkap V, Vincent-Johnson N, Macintire DK, Baneth G.  An enzyme-linked immunsorbent assay for antibodies to Hepatozoon canis.  Vet Parasitol 122(2):131-139, 2004.   Paludo G, Friedmann H, Dell Porto A, Macintre DK, Whitley EM, et al:  Hepatozoon sp:  Pathological and 18S rRNA sequence analysis from three Brazilian dogs Pasasitol Research 97(2):167-170, 2005.   Macintire DK.  Hepatozoonosis.  In Cote E, ed, Clinical Veterinary Advisor:  Dogs and Cats,  Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA  pp 511-512, 2007.   Macintire DK.  Babesiosis. In Cote E, ed, Clinical Veterinary Advisor:  Dogs and Cats,  Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA  pp 113-114, 2007.   Macintire DK.  Cytauxzoonosis. In Cote E, ed, Clinical Veterinary Advisor:  Dogs and Cats,  Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA  pp 1273-274, 2007.   Macintire DK.  Leishmaniasis.  In Cote E, ed, Clinical Veterinary Advisor:  Dogs and Cats,  Elsevier, Philadelphia, PA  p 627, 2007.