Marie Rippingale

Tutor in equine veterinary nursing, Bottle Green Training, 1A Offices, Station Road, Melbourne, Derby, DE73 8HJ

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Celebrating Veterinary Nursing Awareness Month

May is always an exciting month in the veterinary nursing calendar, as it marks a month of celebration of the veterinary nursing role through the British Veterinary Nursing Association's (BVNA)...

The equine veterinary nurse in 2023 – exciting times ahead!

Being an equine Registered Veterinary Nurse (RVN) is the best job in the world! I may be a little biased, but I firmly stand by this statement. The equine RVN profession is still a young one, with the...

Weight management and feeding requirements for geriatric donkeys

Healthy geriatric donkeys mostly require a basic diet of good quality barley, oat or wheat straw, and limited access to grass. Donkeyspecific vitamin and mineral requirements have not been...

Caring for the geriatric donkey with dental disease

Some specific dental diseases occur more commonly in geriatric donkeys. In a study involving dental examinations of 357 donkeys, Du Toit et al (2009) found a high prevalence of diastemata, with 76% in...

Nursing care of arthritic geriatric donkeys

Degenerative joint disease is a common form of arthritis found in donkeys, and is not an unusual finding in donkeys with a normal lifespan of 30–40 years old (Barrio et al, 2019). In non-working...

Nursing care of geriatric donkeys

Donkeys form strong lifelong bonds with their companions. For this reason, donkeys should always be admitted to the practice with their companion. Separating donkey companions can lead to stress,...