Robert W. Norrdin
Professor Emeritus

Phone: 491-5015
Fax: 491-0603
Email: Robert.Norrdin@colostate.edu
Office: 216 Pathology Building

 

Degrees

• BS, Brooklyn College, 1958
• DVM, Cornell University, 1962
• PhD, Cornell University, 1969

Board Certifications

• Diplomate, American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Anatomic Pathology

Research Interests

• Dr. Norrdin investigates skeletal diseases. He is interested in spontaneous diseases of animals and experimentally induced diseases as models for human diseases. Most of his current work deals with the bone remodeling response to mechanical stimulation and the pathogenesis of bone fragility and failure. This work involves the study of bones and joints in equine athletes. Dr. Norrdin is attempting to correlate the pathology seen in spontaneous or experimentally induced disease with cellular and tissue level changes. For this work, he uses a variety of techniques that range from computerized histomorphometry for dynamic studies of remodeling rates to biomechanical and biochemical analyses to characterize the pathogenesis of bone changes. Other work in Dr. Norrdin's laboratory focuses on evaluation of agents to enhance bone healing or prevent bone loss in experimental models.

Selected Publications

Pub Med for Norrdin RW.

• Ching SV, Norrdin RW, Fettman MJ, and LeCouteur RA: The effect of chronic dietary acidification using ammonium chloride on trabecular bone remodeling and bone mineral density in the adult cat. J Bone Miner Res 5:547-555, 1990.
• Norrdin RW, Jee WSS, and High WB: Invited Review: Effects of prostaglandins on bone in vivo. Prostaglandins Leukot Essent Fatty Acids 41:139-149, 1990.
• Norrdin RW, Moffat KS, Thrall MA, and Gasper PW: Characterization of osteopenia in feline mucopolysaccharidosis VI and evaluation of bone marrow transplantation therapy. Bone 14:361-367, 1993.
• Norrdin, R.W.: Nonneoplastic lesions of the skeletal system in the aging dog. In: "Pathobiology of the Aging Dog", U. Mohr, W.W. Carlton, D.L. Dungworth, C.C. Capen, S.A. Benjamin and F.F. Hans, eds., Volume 2, First Edition, Iowa State University Press and International Life Sciences Institute, Ames IA, 2001, pp.189-208.
• Norrdin RW, Kawcak CE, Capwell BA, and McIlwraith CW: Subchondral bone failure in an equine model of overload arthrosis. Bone 22:133-139, 1998.
• Norrdin, R.W., Bay, B.K., Drews, M.J., Martin, R.B., and Stover, S.M.: Overload arthrosis: Strain patterns in the equine metacarpal condyle. Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions, 1: 357-362, 2001.
• Norrdin, R.W., Hoopes, K., O'Toole, D: Bone lesions in the hemochromatosis of Salers cattle. Veterinary Pathology 39:629, 2002.
• Norrdin, R.W.,Kawcak, C.E., Hoopes, K.H., Gibson, J.S. and McIlwraith: Effects of exercise on bone labeling at various joint sites. Journal of Musculoskeletal and Neuronal Interactions 2: 393, 2002