Dr. Yael Shilo-Benjamini
Senior Clinical Lecturer
DVM, Dip. ACVAA
+972-(0)3-9688513
Treatment of pain, regional anesthesia, wildlife immobilization and animal welfare.
Selected Recent Publications
School Contact Information
Koret School of Veterinary Medicine,
The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agricultural, Food & Environment,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Address: Herzl 229, P.O. Box 12,
Rehovot 76100, Israel
Phone: +972-(0)8-9489021/31;
Fax: +972-(0)8-9467940
E-Mail: vet.school@mail.huji.ac.il
Y. Shilo-Benjamini, P.J. Pascoe, D.J. Maggs, P.H. Kass and E.R. Wisner. (2013). Retrobulbar and peribulbar regional techniques in cats: A preliminary study in cadavers. Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. Nov;40(6):623-31.
Y. Shilo-Benjamini, P.J. Pascoe, D.J. Maggs, Pypendop BH, P.H. Kass and E.R. Wisner. (2014). Comparison of peribulbar and retrobulbar regional anesthesia with bupivacaine in cats. American Journal of Veterinary Research. Dec;75(12):1029-39.
R. Lapid, and Y. Shilo-Benjamini. (2015). Immobilization of captive Nubian ibex (Capra Nubiana), with butorphanol-midazolam-medetomidine or butorphanol-azaperone-medetomidine and atipamezole reversal. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. Jun;46(2):291-7.
Pypendop BH, Shilo-Benjamini Y, and Ilkiw JE. (2016). Effect of morphine, methadone, hydromorphone, or oxymorphone on the thermal threshold, following intravenous or buccal administration to cats. Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. Nov;43(6):635-642.
Y. Shilo-Benjamini, BH. Pypendop, G. Newbold, and PJ. Pascoe. (2017). Plasma bupivacaine concentration following orbital injections in cats. Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. Jan;44(1):178-182.
Kushnir Y, Toledano N, Cohen L, Bdolah-Abram T, and Shilo-Benjamini Y. (2017). Intratesticular and incisional line infiltration with ropivacaine for castration in medetomidine-butorphanol-midazolam sedated dogs. Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. Mar;44(2):346-355.
Y. Shilo-Benjamini, P.J. Pascoe, E.R. Wisner, N. Kahane, P.H. Kass, and D.J. Maggs. (2017). A comparison of retrobulbar and two peribulbar regional anesthetic techniques in dog cadavers. Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. May;44(4):925-932.
Lapid, R. King, T. Bdolah-Abram, and Y. Shilo-Benjamini. (2017). A Retrospective Comparison of Chemical Immobilization with Thiafentanil, Thiafentanil-Azaperone, or Etorphine-Acepromazine in Captive Persian Fallow Deer (Dama Dama Mesopotamica). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. Sep;48(3):627-635.
Y .Kushnir, G. Marwitz, Y. Shilo-Benjamini, and J. Milgram. (2018). Description of a regional anesthesia technique for the dorsal cranium in the dog: A cadaveric study. Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. Sep;45(5):684-694.
A. Tuval, L. Las, and Y. Shilo-Benjamini. (2018). Evaluation of injectable anaesthesia with five medetomidine-midazolam based combinations in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus). Laboratory Animals. Oct;52(5):515-525.
Yael Shilo-Benjamini (2019). A review of ophthalmic local and regional anesthesia in dogs and cats. Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. Jan;46(1):14-27.
Y. Shilo-Benjamini, P.J. Pascoe, D.J. Maggs, S.R. Hollingsworth, A.R. Strom, K.L. Good, S.M. Thomasy, P.H. Kass, and E.R. Wisner. (2019). Retrobulbar versus peribulbar regional anesthesia techniques using bupivacaine in dogs. Veterinary Ophthalmology. Mar;22(2):183-191.
Avni-Magen, N., Zafrir, B., King, R., Bdolah-Abram, T. and Shilo-Benjamini, Y. (2019). Immobilization of captive Persian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica) using medetomidine-ketamine or medetomidine-midazolam. Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. Sep;46(5):662-666.
Shilo-Benjamini, Y. ,Slav, S.A., Kahane, N., Kushnir, Y., Sarfaty, H. and Ofri, R. (2019). Analgesic effects of intraorbital insertion of an absorbable gelatin hemostatic sponge soaked with 1% ropivacaine solution following enucleation in dogs. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. Dec 1;255(11):1255-1262.
Tuval, A., Dror-Maman, I., Las, L., Bdolah-Abram, T. and Shilo-Benjamini, Y. (2021). Evaluation of alfaxalone and midazolam with or without flumazenil reversal in Egyptian fruit bats (Rousettus aegyptiacus). Veterinary Anesthesia and Analgesia. doi: 10.1016/j.vaa.2020.12.002. Online ahead of print.