UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine has partnered with Oscar’s Place to refresh The Donkey Welfare Symposium coming out of the Covid era.
Some considerations for 2024 include more live in-person presentations, less pre-recorded videos, more dialogue style presentations with Q&A and less lectures.
For 2024 programming specifically we asked prior attendees what they wanted to learn. Overwhelmingly, the feedback from both enthusiasts and professionals was to revisit the basics of donkey care.
With that in mind each session is designed to help create a better world for donkeys. Topics not included in the 2024 program will be included in future programming as well as post conference year round continuing education, more details to come.
We have also returned to a 2 and half day format. Friday’s programming will be focused on those who manage herds, Saturday on the donkey champion, and Sunday on professionals.
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LOCATION
UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Davis, CA
DATES
Friday September 27th (half-day),
Saturday September 28th
and Sunday September 29th, 2024
The 2024 Donkey Welfare Symposium is brought to you by a partnership between UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine and Oscar’s Place Adoption Center & Sanctuary. Featuring Dr. Karin Rickards & Dr. Joao Rodrigues from The Donkey Sanctuary, a global animal welfare organization.
OUR SPEAKERS
Monica Aleman
Board-certified in both large animal internal medicine and veterinary neurology;
Professor of Equine Internal Medicine and Neurology, Veterinary Medicine &
Epidemiology, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Emily Berryhill
Board-certified in large animal internal medicine, Clinical Professor of Equine Internal Medicine, Veterinary Medicine & Epidemiology, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Jacob Caniglia
Sanctuary Manager, Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue
Lais Costa
Board-certified in both large animal internal medicine and equine specialty; Assistant Professor in Veterinary Medicine Extension, Population Health and Reproduction and Director of the International Animal Welfare Training Initiative, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Eric Davis
Board-certified Equine Surgery and Large Animal Internal Medicine; Founder of the Donkey Welfare Symposium; Founder of RVETS
Cindy Davis
30 years working surgical assistant, field anesthetist, veterinary nurse; Founder of the Donkey Welfare Symposium; Founder of RVETS
Noel Dybdal
Board-certified in Veterinary Pathology and Animal Welfare; Executive Director, Head of Safety Assessment - Pathology at Genentech
Kim Elger
Chief Operating Officer, Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue
Shaaban Fayez Farhat
Head of Veterinary Services in the Egyptian Gesr Foundation for Media and Development, and Program Development Manager for the ATAN project, in collaboration with Safe Haven for the Donkey and working in the Brick Kilns.
Kenneth Glentzer
Head of Animals, Oscar’s Place
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Erin Goodrich
Board-certified in veterinary preventive medicine; Associate Professor of Practice, Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences and Director of Veterinary Support Services, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine
Megan Hensley
Owner of Holistic Hooves, Farrier, Oscar’s Place
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Ross Keller
Donkey and mule hoof care instructor with ELPO (Equine Lameness and Prevention Organization)
Ron King
Co-Founder & CEO, Oscar’s Place
Andria Lessler
Veterinarian, Private Practice & RVETS
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Kerry Levin
Veterinarian, Private Practice & Oscar’s Place
Karen Rickards
Director of Equine Operations (Veterinary & Welfare), The Donkey Sanctuary
Expertise includes welfare assessment, pain assessment and management and an evidence-based approach to herd health.
Joao Rodrigues
Welfare and Academic Advisor, Education Team, The Donkey Sanctuary
Expertise includes welfare assessment, veterinary dentistry and health and welfare of working equids
Woutrina Smith
Associate Dean, SVM Global Programs; Co-Director, UCGHI Planetary Health Center of Expertise Project Director, One Health Workforce: Next Generation Project HALI Project, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Victor Urbiola
Veterinarian, Director RVETS Mexico
Day 1: Friday, Sep 27: Herd Management (half day) - (Not available via Zoom)
Donkey Champions and professionals are welcome to attend and observe.
1:00p Arrivals & check-in
1:30p Welcome & Kick Off
1:45p–3:15p Herd Management Roundtable - (not available via Zoom)
3:45–4:45p Herd Management Roundtable (Case-studies & discussion)
(not available via Zoom)
4:45p Networking Hour
Day 2: Saturday, Sep 28: Donkey Champions
8:00a Arrivals, Check in & Continental Breakfast
8:30a Conference Kick Off
8:45p-9:45p Welfare Assessments – for Donkey Champions
10a–11a Seniors, Quality of Life & Euthanasia
11a-12p Necropsy learnings
12p-1p 1-hour Lunch Break
1:05p–1:50p Maintaining Healthy Hooves & Hoof care for Donkey Champions
2:00p-2:20p Updates from Global Programs of UC Davis – Veterinary Students
2:25p–3:25p Feed & Diet
3:40p–5:10p Key Medical issues for donkey champions
5:15p Networking Hour
6:30p Attendee Dinner
Day 3: Sunday, Sep 29: Medical Professionals
8:00a Arrivals, Check in & Continental Breakfast
8:30a Welcome & Kick Off
8:45–10:15a Donkeys are Not Small Horses Veterinary Roundtable
(closed session - not available via Zoom)
8:45a-10:15a Real-world examples of Training, Enrichment, Handling & Care
Concurrent to roundtable: - not available via Zoom
10:35a-11:35a Clinical Dentistry
11:30a-12:30p 1-hour Lunch Break
12:35p-1:35p Clinical Hoof care
1:50p-2:35p Donkeys are not small horses : Sedation & Anesthesia
2:40p-3:25p Donkeys are not small horses : Bloodwork & Chemistry
3:45p-4:45p Pain Scoring/Pain Management for Professionals
4:45p-5:00p Closing Remarks
Registration opens July 2nd, 2024
As Always, the registrations for students and residents are sponsored by the HALTER Project. Please email hello@donkeyconference.com with your information to get the sponsorship code.
This event is made possible through the support of our sponsors.
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