Latest research findings
Research is carried out in collaboration with many experts in the UK and overseas.
Our researchers are encouraged to submit their findings to peer reviewed journals and conferences. Dissemination of findings to interested parties is a key part of our research programme.
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Faith A. Burden, Nicole du Toit, Mariano Hernandez-Gil, Omar Prado-Ortiz, Andrew F. Trawford. April 2010. Selected health and management issues facing working donkeys presented for veterinary treatment in Rural Mexico: Some possible risk factors and potential intervention strategies. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 42:4. 597-605.
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Rhianne J. Powell, Nicole du Toit, Faith A. Burden, Padraic M. Dixon. March 2010. Morphological study of tracheal shape in donkeys with and without tracheal obstruction. Equine Veterinary Journal. 42:2. 136-141.
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Nicole du Toit, Faith A. Burden, Mulugeta Getachew, Andrew F. Trawford. February 2010. Idiopathic typhlocolitis in 40 aged donkeys. Equine Veterinary Education. 22:2. 53-57.
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Constance Fintl, Neil Hudson, G.T. Pearson, John Gallagher, I.G. Mayhew. February 2010. A study of the interstitial cells of Cajal in aged donkeys with and without intestinal disease. Journal of Comparative Pathology. 142:2-3. 242-247.
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Mulugeta Getachew, Feseha Gebreab, Andrew F. Trawford, Stuart W. Reid. January 2010. Gastrointestinal parasites of working donkeys in Ethiopia. Tropical Animal Health and Production. 4:1. 1-13.
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Stephanie J. Wood. January 2010. Some Factors Affecting the Digestible Energy Requirements and Dry Matter Intake of Mature Donkeys and a Comparison with Normal Husbandry Practices. Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, University of Edinburgh.
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Ruth Cox, Faith A. Burden, Lee Gosden, Christopher Proudman, Andrew F. Trawford, Gina L. Pinchbeck. November 2009. Case control study to investigate risk factors for impaction colic in donkeys in the UK. Preventive Veterinary Medicine. 92:3. 179-187.
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Margaret Finlay, ZhengQiang Yuan, Faith A. Burden, Andrew F. Trawford, I. M. Morgan, M. Saveria Campo, Lubna Nasir. September 2009. The detection of Bovine Papillomavirus Type 1 DNA in flies. Virus Research. 144:1-2. 315-317.
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Leanne Proops, Faith A. Burden, Britta Osthaus. July 2009. Mule cognition: A case of hybrid vigour?. Animal Cognition. 12:1. 75-84.
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Nicole du Toit, Faith A. Burden, Padraic M. Dixon. April 2009. Clinical dental examinations of 357 donkeys in the UK: Part 1: Prevalence of dental disorders. Equine Veterinary Journal. 41:4. 390-394.
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Nicole du Toit, Faith A. Burden, Padraic M. Dixon. April 2009. Clinical dental examinations of 357 donkeys in the UK. Part 2: Epidemiological studies on the potential relationships between different dental disorders, and between dental disease and systemic disorders. Equine Veterinary Journal. 41:4. 395-400.
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Victor A. Kharchencko, Tetyana K. Kuzmina, Andrew F. Trawford, Mulugeta Getachew, Feseha Gebreab. January 2009. Morphology and diagnosis of some fourth-stage larvae of cyathostomins (nematoda: strongyloidea) in donkeys, Equus asinus, from Ethiopia. Systematic Parasitology. 72:1. 1-13.
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Nicole du Toit, Faith A. Burden, Susan A. Kempson, Padraic M. Dixon. December 2008. Pathological investigation of caries and occlusal pulpar exposure in donkey cheek teeth using Computerised Axial Tomography with Histological and ultrastructural examinations. The Veterinary Journal. 178:3. 387-395.
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Mulugeta Getachew, Feseha Gebreab, Andrew F. Trawford, Stuart W. Reid. December 2008. 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. 40:8. 637-642.
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Nicole du Toit, Faith A. Burden, Padraic M. Dixon. December 2008. Clinical dental findings in 203 working donkeys in Mexico. The Veterinary Journal. 178:3. 380-386.
