Mulugeta Getachew

Job title

Techinical Advisor (International Research)

Department

Research Department

Affiliation

The Donkey Sanctuary

Book chapters

Colic in the donkey in The equine acute abdomen (September 2017).

Parasites in The professional handbook of the donkey (4th edition) (September 2008).

Journal articles

Being with donkeys: insights into the valuing and wellbeing of donkeys in central Ethiopia, Society and Animals (July 2023).
Comparison of the socio-economic value and welfare of working donkeys in rural and urban Ethiopia, Animal Welfare (August 2021).
Suspensory ligament desmitis caused by onchocerca sp. in three donkeys, Veterinary Pathology (December 2020).
Understanding the attitudes of communities to the social, economic and cultural importance of working donkeys in rural, peri-urban and urban areas of Ethiopia, Frontiers in Veterinary Science (February 2020).
Seasonal variation of strongylosis in working donkeys of Ethiopia: a cross-sectional and longitudinal studies, Parasitology Research (May 2017).
Common infectious diseases of working donkeys: their epidemiological and zoonotic role, Journal of Equine Veterinary Science (April 2016).
Donkeys - a unique and challenging endoparasite host, Journal of Equine Veterinary Science (April 2016).
Reference intervals for biochemical and haematological parameters in mature domestic donkeys (equus asinus) in the UK, Equine Veterinary Education (November 2015).
A neglected and emerging helminthosis: a case of equine fasciolosis, Equine Veterinary Journal (September 2015).
An evidence-based approach to the evaluation of ethnoveterinary medicines against strongyle nematodes of equids, Veterinary Parasitology (March 2015).
Participatory study of medicinal plants used in the control of gastrointestinal parasites in donkeys in Eastern Shewa and Arsi zones of Oromia region, Ethiopia, BMC Veterinary Research (August 2013).
Field efficacy of praziquantel oral paste against naturally acquired equine cestodes in Ethiopia, Parasitology Research (September 2012).
Equine cestodosis: a sero-epidemiological study of Anoplocephala perfoliata infection in Ethiopia, Veterinary Research Communications (February 2012).
Gasterophilosis: a major cause of rectal prolapse in working donkeys in Ethiopia, Tropical Animal Health and Production (August 2011).
Epidemiological features of fasciolosis in working donkeys in Ethiopia, Veterinary Parasitology (May 2011).
Idiopathic typhlocolitis in 40 aged donkeys, Equine Veterinary Education (February 2010).
Gastrointestinal parasites of working donkeys in Ethiopia, Tropical Animal Health and Production (January 2010).
Morphology and diagnosis of some fourth-stage larvae of cyathostomins (nematoda: strongyloidea) in donkeys, equus asinus, from Ethiopia, Systematic Parasitology (January 2009).
A survey of seasonal patterns in strongyle faecal worm egg counts of working equids of the Central Midlands and Lowlands, Ethiopia, Tropical Animal Health and Production (December 2008).
Equine parascarosis under the tropical weather conditions of Ethiopia: a coprological and postmortem study, Veterinary Record (February 2008).
Aerobic bacterial isolates in equids and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, International Journal of Applied Research in Veterinary Medicine (January 2007).

Papers

Equine parascarosis: a different infection pattern in working donkeys (August 2015). Presented at 25th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology.

Fasciolosis of donkeys and their epidemiological and zoonotic role in Ethiopia (August 2013). Presented at 24th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology.

Non Tsetse transmitted animal trypanosomosis (NTTAT) in working donkeys (May 2013). Presented at None Tsetse Transmitted Animal Trypanosomes OIE-adhoc group meeting.

The evaluation of African and UK bioactive plant extracts for the control of equid gastrointestinal nematodes (October 2012). Presented at International Conference on Equine Infectious Diseases IX.

Community-based harness development initiative for pack donkeys: a progress report, Ethiopia (November 2010). Presented at 6th International Colloquium on Working Equids.

Important factors in decision-making in tetanus cases in donkeys: experience of donkey health and welfare project, Ethiopia (November 2010). Presented at 6th International Colloquium on Working Equids.

Parasites and their control in working donkeys: the need to deworm and frequency of anthelmintic treatment (November 2010). Presented at 6th International Colloquium on Working Equids.

Semi-longitudinal study of trypanosomiasis and its vectors in donkeys (equus africanus asinus, fitzinger) in the Lamu archipelago (November 2010). Presented at 12th KARI Biennial Scientific Conference.

Idiopathic colitis in 40 donkeys (September 2009). Presented at British Equine Veterinary Association Congress 2009.

Gasterophilus nasalis (diptera: ostridae): a major cause of rectal prolapse in working donkeys in Ethiopia (August 2009). Presented at 22nd International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology.

Projects

Reference intervals for biochemical and haematological parameters in mature domestic donkeys (equus asinus) in the UK (Completed 29 August 2015)

A seroepidemiological study of African horse sickness in Limuru and Lari districts, Kenya (Completed 31 July 2011)

Epidemiology and control of donkey trypanosomiasis and their vectors in the Lamu Islands (Completed 29 May 2010)