Given Name

Kanichi

Family Name

KUSANO

Current Position

Manager of Administrative   Division, Racehorse Hospital, Ritto Training Center

Organization

Japan Racing Association

Nationality-Resident

Japan

Major Interest

- Thoroughbred racing

- Racing administrator (official   veterinarian)

- International harmonization of   Racing Rules

- Exercise physiology

- Internal medicine and surgery   of horses

- Education (diffusion of equine   veterinary medicine)

Education

- Doctor of   Philosophy(PhD)

Conferred by Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo (Tokyo Japan)

February 2, 2009. Doctorate Number: 17090

Specialized in respiratory function and lower respiratory disease in   racehorses.

- Veterinary License

Issued by Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Japanese   Government

Date of Registration: 1 April 1997. License Number: 35336

- Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine

Graduated from   College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University (Kanagawa, Japan) on March 25, 1997 completing all   required undergraduate (six-year) course.

Professional Experience

- Highly trained for racing   regulatory veterinary officer dealing with medication control, accident   management, welfare issues, and hygiene control.

- More than 15 years’ experience   in general practice in horseracing field.

- Fully experience for   orthopedic, abdomen and respiratory surgery.

- PERMITTED TREATING VETERINARIAN of Fdration Equestre   Internationale since July 2017

- Adjunct   Instructor of Faculty of Agriculture   Veterinary Course, Tokyo University   since 2016

- Member   of editorial board of Japanese Society of Equine Science since January 2013

- Adjunct   Instructor of College of Agriculture and   Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University   since 2012

- Member   of Veterinary Surgeons Board of Hong Kong since 2011

- Member   of Japanese Society of Equine Science since October 2007

More recent publications

1. Einhorn   L, Hofstetter G, Brandt S, Hainisch E.K, Fukuda I, Kusano K, Scheynius   A, Mittermann I, Resch-Marat Y, Vrtala S, Valenta R, Marti E, Rhyner C,   Crameri, R, Satoh R, Teshima R, Tanaka A, Sato H, Matsuda H, Pali-Schöll I,   Jensen-Jarolim E., Molecular allergen   profiling in horses by microarray reveals Fag e 2 from buckwheat as a   frequent sensitizer. Allergy 2018 January doi: 10.1111/all.13417   

2. Kusano K, Yamazaki M, Kiuchi M, Kaneko K,   Koyama K., Reference range of blood biomarkers for   oxidative stress in Thoroughbred racehorses (2–5 years old). Journal of Equine   Science 2016 September Vol.27 No.3 pp. 125-129.

3. Tsuzuki N, Sasaki N, Kusano K,   Endo Y, Torisu S., Oxidative stress markers in Thoroughbred horses after   castration surgery under inhalation anesthesia. Journal of Equine Science   2016 September Vol.27 No.2 pp. 77-79.

4. Kusano K, Nomura M, Toju   K, Ishikawa Y, Minamijima Y, Yamashita S, Nagata S., Pharmacokinetics of   procaterol in thoroughbred horses. J Vet Pharmacol ther. 2015 Nov5: doi:   10.1111/jvp.12272.

5. Yamazaki M, Kusano K, Ishibashi   T, Kiuchi M, Koyama K., Intravenous infusion of H2-saline   suppresses oxidative stress and elevates antioxidant potential in   Thoroughbred horses after racing exercise., Sci Rep. 2015 OCT: doi:   10.1038/srep15514

6. Kuroda T, Nagata S, Takizawa Y, Tamura   N, Kusano K, Mizobe F, Hariu K., Pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics   of d-chlorpheniramine following intravenous and oral administration in   healthy Thoroughbred horses., Vet J, 2013 197(2): 433-37.

7. Murase H, Sakai S, Kusano K, Hobo   S, Nambo Y., Serum Zinc Levels and Their Relationship with Diseases in   Racehorses., J Vet Med Sci. 2013 75(1): 37-41.