Karen Rickards

Job title

Director of Equine Operations (Veterinary & Welfare)

Department

Veterinary Department

Affiliation

The Donkey Sanctuary

Book chapters

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

Journal articles

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).
Objective assessment of chronic pain in donkeys using the donkey chronic pain scale (DCPS): A scale-construction study, The Veterinary Journal (November 2020).
The Welfare Aggregation and Guidance (WAG) tool: A new method to summarize global welfare assessment data for equids, Animals (March 2020).
Monitoring acute pain in donkeys with the Equine Utrecht University Scale for Donkeys Composite Pain Assessment (EQUUS-DONKEY-COMPASS) and the Equine Utrecht University Scale for Donkey Facial Assessment of Pain (EQUUS-DONKEY-FAP), Animals (February 2020).
Equid Assessment, Research and Scoping (EARS): the development and implementation of a new equid welfare assessment and monitoring tool, Animals (February 2020).
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).
Donkey hoof disorders and their treatment, In Practice (March 2013).

Papers

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

Objective pain assessment in donkeys - scale construction (September 2018). Presented at British Equine Veterinary Association Congress 2018.

Besnoitiosis in a European donkey (September 2016). Presented at ECVP Annual Meeting.

Review of physiological differences between donkeys and horses (November 2014). Presented at Donkey Welfare Symposium 2014.

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.

Pathological conditions of the donkey foot (April 2008). Presented at The Diagnosis and Management of Conditions of the Foot: An International Approach.

Posters

Use of the Modified AWIN Welfare Assessment Protocol combined with a novel computer-based Animal Management System as a tool for managing herd health in donkeys (21 April 2018). Presented at 15th World Equine Veterinary Conference.

Use of Animal Welfare assessment protocols (AWIN) and health data to monitor and improve herd health in donkeys (21 April 2018). Presented at 15th World Equine Veterinary Conference.

Projects

Assessment of the efficacy of the anthelmintic moxidectin against cyathostomins at The Donkey Sanctuary: analysis of new and historical data using novel statistical methods (Ongoing )

Improving sarcoid management: an epidemiological and molecular approach (Ongoing )