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Dr. Amanda Hartnack is an Oberärztin (Clinical Instructor) of Food Animal Surgery at the Vetsuisse-Fakultät at the University of Zürich.  Dr. Hartnack is a Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Surgeons-Large Animal, and has spent the last 4.5 years doing clinical work and teaching in Zürich, which has a large and varied food animal caseload.  Prior to moving to Zürich, Dr. Hartnack spent 6 years as an Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University. Her primary surgical interests include abdominal surgery and fracture fixation. Dr. Hartnack also enjoys doing clinical research, with the majority of her work to date focused on pain assessment and management. In her spare time, Dr. Hartnack enjoys skiing with her son Franklyn and hiking in the beautiful mountains of Switzerland.

Selected Publications:

1. Bühlmann O et al, Validation of the Zürich Composite Measure Pain Scale (ZCMPS) for abdominal pain assessment in cows, Vet Anaesth Analg, Accepted January 2026.

•  d’Anselme O, Hartnack A, Bühlmann O, Torgerson PR, Kolp E, Ringer SK. Intra and postoperative effects of adding detomidine to a lidocaine paravertebral anaesthesia in cows undergoing standing abomasum displacement surgery. Vet J. 2025 Apr 30;311

• D’Anselme O, Hartnack A, Andrade JSS, Alfaro Rojas C, Ringer SK, de Carvalho Papa P. Description of an Ultrasound-Guided Erector Spinae Plane Block and Comparison to a Blind Proximal Paravertebral Nerve Block in Cows: A Cadaveric Study. Animals. 2022 Aug 25;12(17).

• Hartnack AK, Niehaus AJ, Lakritz J, Coetzee JF, Kleinhenz MD. Analgesic efficacy of an intravenous constant rate infusion of a morphine-lidocaine-ketamine combination in Holstein calves undergoing umbilical herniorrhaphy. Am J Vet Res. 2020 Jan;81(1):25-32.

Hartnack AK, Niehaus AJ, Lakritz J, Coetzee JF, Kleinhenz MD. Pharmacokinetics of an intravenous constant rate infusion of a morphine-lidocaine-ketamine combination in Holstein calves undergoing umbilical herniorrhaphy. Am J Vet Res. 2020 Jan;81(1):17-24.