Anatomy and Histology of the Pig: A Concise Full-Color Atlas

Author Biography

Christian J. Alfaro Rojas, DVM, MSI, is a Taxidermist and Scientific Illustrator at the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, University of Zurich, Switzerland. He has a Master in Scientific Illustration from Zuyd University & Maastricht University, and is a Doctor in Veterinary Medicine, having studied at the Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica, Costa Rica. His company 'Alfanatomy: Anatomical Models and Scientific Illustration' was set up in 2017 in The Netherlands. He owned a Small Animal Clinic from 2011-2015 in Costa Rica, where he consulted on medicine and surgery, worked in the laboratory, offered general surgery, intensive care, and pharmacy. Christian has also taught on a Veterinary Assistant Program (Theoretical classes of Module 1 and laboratories) in the Anatomy Laboratory of the National University of Costa Rica 2009-2010. M. Michael Swindle, DVM, is a professor emeritus and retired chairman of the Department of Comparative Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina. He received his BS and DVM from Texas A&M University and is a diplomate of the American College of Laboratory Animal Medicine and the European College of Laboratory Animal Medicine. He was in the US Army, ran a private veterinary practice, and was at Johns Hopkins Medical School. He has received several research awards and was honored as an outstanding alumnus of the College of Veterinary Medicine. His many publications and presentations are mainly in the areas of experimental surgery, anesthesia, and swine as animal models. He continues to be active in research and teaching as a private consultant for using porcine models. Kristi L. Helke, DVM, PhD is Professor and Chair Department of Comparative Medicine, MUSC College of Medicine. She received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree in 2000 from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Her PhD in pathobiology was earned at Johns Hopkins Medical School in 2007, where she also completed her pathology residency following a year of private veterinary practice in Goose Creek, SC. Dr. Helke has been a veterinary pathologist at MUSC since 2007. During this time, she has developed numerous collaborations with researchers in many fields of interest at MUSC, including neuroscience, lipidomics, cancer, and transplant researchers. She has several successful collaborations with local biotech companies, and she oversees their animal studies, which are performed at MUSC. Dr. Helke is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Pathologists and has served the following professional organizations either as a member of the board of directors, committee chairman and/or officer: Southeastern Association for Laboratory Animal Science, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Society for Toxicologic Pathology, and the Trident Veterinary Medical Association. Her publications and presentations are mainly in the areas of neuroscience and cancer, as well as pathology, with many collaborative publications with researchers in varied fields.