Alexandra K. Thiemann

Job title

Senior Veterinary Surgeon - Education & Research

Department

Veterinary Department

Affiliation

The Donkey Sanctuary

Contributor profile

Alex is an experienced equine vet with over 25 years’ experience with donkey medicine, surgery and preventative care. She is Lead Veterinary Surgeon for Education and contributes to educational aims through managing the hospital intern programme, practical teaching and development of on-line content. She has experienced how donkeys live and work in many countries through teaching and research, and is a member of the British Equine Veterinary Association Trust committee.

Alex has published and lectured widely on many aspects of donkey veterinary care.

Book chapters

Veterinary care of the donkey in The veterinary care of the horse (November 2019).

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

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

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

The peculiarities of donkey respiratory disease in Equine respiratory diseases (June 2002).

Journal articles

Gastrointestinal disorders in donkeys, UK-Vet Equine (March 2024).
Practical tips for anaesthesia of donkeys, In Practice (November 2021).
Guide to common skin disorders in donkeys, In Practice (July 2021).
A review of laminitis in the donkey, Equine Veterinary Education (July 2021).
Endoparasite control for donkeys in the UK, UK-Vet Equine (March 2021).
Demography, preventative healthcare and reason for relinquishment of donkeys to an equine charity in the UK (2013‐2015), Equine Veterinary Education (June 2020).
Gastrointestinal disorders of donkeys and mules, The Veterinary Clinics of North America Equine Practice (October 2019).
Hoof disorders and farriery in the donkey, The Veterinary Clinics of North America Equine Practice (October 2019).
Respiratory disorders of the donkey, The Veterinary Clinics of North America Equine Practice (October 2019).
Assessing quality of life and welfare of donkeys in the UK, In Practice (July 2018).
Working across Europe to improve donkey welfare, Veterinary Record (August 2016).
Nutritional management of hyperlipaemia, Equine Veterinary Education (May 2015).
Donkeys are different, Journal of Equine Veterinary Science (March 2015).
Nutrition and dental care of donkeys, In Practice (July 2013).
Donkey hoof disorders and their treatment, In Practice (March 2013).
Clinical approach to the dull donkey, In Practice (February 2013).
Respiratory disease in the donkey, Equine Veterinary Education (August 2012).
Molluscum contagiosum in two donkeys, Veterinary Record (February 2012).
Necropsy survey of gastric ulcers in a population of aged donkeys: prevalence, lesion description and risk factors, Animal (August 2008).
Five cases of ovariohysterectomy in the donkey, Veterinary Record (June 2007).
Clinical approach to castration in the donkey, In Practice (January 2007).

Papers

EMS and PPID in donkeys (May 2019). Presented at Schweizerische Tierarztetage.

Medication for donkeys (May 2019). Presented at Schweizerische Tierarztetage.

How is that donkey? Quality of life assessment in companion and geriatric donkeys (November 2018). Presented at London Vet Show.

Monitoring herd health in donkeys using welfare assessment and clinical records (September 2018). Presented at 14th International Conference Equitation Science.

Atypical strangles in donkeys: challenges of diagnosis and control, and significance for other equids (October 2012). Presented at 9th International Conference on Equine Infectious Diseases: Getting to Grips with Strangles and other Streptocococcal Diseases.

Training overseas (developing countries) veterinary surgeons in the UK: appropriate, acceptable, improvable? A decade of experience from The Donkey Sanctuary (December 2010). Presented at 6th International Colloquium on Working Equids.

Toward the development of a modular e-learning syllabus for working equines (December 2010). Presented at 6th International Colloquium on Working Equids.

A sero-epidemiological study of theileria (babesia) equi and babesia caballi infection in donkeys from selected sites in Spain (September 2009). Presented at British Equine Veterinary Association Congress 2009.

Gastric ulcers in donkeys: prevalence and effect of diet (June 2008). Presented at 9th International Equine Colic Research Symposium.

Projects

Gastric ulcers in donkeys: prevalence and effect of diet (Completed 31 December 2006)