Rebekah Sullivan

Job title

Veterinary Surgeon Advisor - International

Department

Global Programmes

Affiliation

The Donkey Sanctuary

Contributor profile

Rebekah Sullivan qualified from Bristol University in 2005, andworked in mixed practice in the UK and New Zealand, interspersed with short periods volunteering overseas for working equid charities. Rebekah joined The Donkey Sanctuary in 2012, gaining the CertAVP(EM) in 2015 and is currently employed as the lead veterinary surgeon for medicine. Rebekah is working towards the MSc in One Health with Edinburgh University. Her main interests are donkey medicine and softtissue surgery, alongside a passion for welfare work and practical application of One Health principles.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebekah-sullivan-653820176/

Journal articles

Therapeutics in veterinary care of the donkey, UK-Vet Equine (January 2023).
Emergency management for donkeys and mules, The Veterinary Clinics of North America Equine Practice (August 2021).
A review of laminitis in the donkey, Equine Veterinary Education (July 2021).
Guide to common skin disorders in donkeys, In Practice (July 2021).
Endoparasite control for donkeys in the UK, UK-Vet Equine (March 2021).
Quantifying poor working equid welfare in Nepalese brick kilns using a welfare assessment tool, Veterinary Record (October 2020).
First record of besnoitiosis caused by besnoitia bennetti in donkeys from the UK, Parasites & Vectors (June 2020).
Equid Assessment, Research and Scoping (EARS): the development and implementation of a new equid welfare assessment and monitoring tool, Animals (February 2020).
Gastrointestinal disorders of donkeys and mules, The Veterinary Clinics of North America Equine Practice (October 2019).

Papers

Endocrine disease in donkeys (September 2023). Presented at British Equine Veterinary Association Congress 2023.

Donkey pain scoring (September 2023). Presented at British Equine Veterinary Association Congress 2023.

Colitis in donkeys (September 2023). Presented at British Equine Veterinary Association Congress 2023.

The geriatric donkey: quality of life, pain management, chronic diseases, quality of life (September 2019). Presented at British Equine Veterinary Association Congress 2019.

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