A first-author translational physiology project connecting porcine blood composition, breeding-cycle differences, and tailored ionic solutions for fluid therapy.
This project asked whether pig fluid therapy should rely only on standard solutions or whether porcine physiology, breeding-cycle state, and ionic balance could support more tailored intravenous fluids. It produced first-author publications on porcine blood composition and customised solutions compared with Hartmann's solution.
Standard crystalloid choices are often borrowed from broad clinical practice. This project treated pigs as physiologically specific patients and research animals, asking how blood composition and breeding-cycle status should inform intravenous fluid design.
My contribution centered on the research program that measured porcine blood composition, compared tailored ionic solutions with Hartmann's solution, and turned the results into first-author manuscripts and conference presentations.
The research trail began with blood composition across the porcine breeding cycle and then tested whether customised ionic solutions better matched physiological needs than a standard Hartmann's solution comparison.
The project is a bridge between veterinary clinical reasoning and large-animal translational research: a practical treatment question becomes data on species physiology, then a testable therapy design.
Characterize porcine blood composition with attention to breeding-cycle differences and electrolyte balance.
Use the physiological profile to frame customised ionic solutions for pigs.
Evaluate tailored ionic solutions against standard Hartmann's solution in healthy pigs.
Translate the program into peer-reviewed articles and conference posters that show the progression from baseline data to applied therapy.