Exotic Animal and Wildlife Senior Lecturer and Clinician

Dick Vet Rabbit and Exotic Animal Practice

Emma Keeble graduated from the University of Bristol in 1994 and gained initial experience in a mixed veterinary practice, before becoming a wildlife veterinarian for the RSPCA and then operating a small animal exotic referral service.

In 1999 she joined the University of Edinburgh Exotic Animal and Wildlife Service as a Resident in Zoo and Wildlife Medicine and obtained the RCVS certificate in Zoological Medicine. She then gained the post of Lecturer within the Service teaching veterinary students and lecturing in exotic animal, zoo and wildlife medicine. She gained her RCVS Diploma in Zoological Medicine (Mammalian) in 2006 and achieved specialist status in 2007, one of only a handful of UK vets to hold these qualifications.

She lectures to veterinary professionals nationally and internationally on exotic pet, zoo and wildlife medicine. She is published widely in veterinary books on exotic pets, wildlife casualties, reptile neurology and rabbit neurology, and has edited books on rabbit, ferret and rodent medicine and surgery and wildlife casualties. She has a high clinical teaching caseload of pet exotic species and has a particular interest in Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection in pet rabbits.

BVSc MRCVS

Dip Zoo Med (Mammalian)

RCVS Recognised Specialist in Zoo and Wildife Medicine

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Senior Lecturer BVM&S undergraduate course Edinburgh University

Examiner Edinburgh University RCVS Certificate in Advanced Veterinary Practice

Tues - Thurs 8.30-2.30pm