Dr. med. vet. Anna May, Diplomate ECEIM, FTA Innere Medizin für Pferde

Resume

Dr. Anna May studied veterinary medicine at LMU Munich. She also completed her doctoral degree there, focusing on stress parameters in horses.

She then specialized in equine internal medicine through a residency program at LMU Munich and the Free University of Berlin, earning Diplomate status from the European College of Equine Internal Medicine.

She has been working at the LMU Equine Clinic since 2007 and holds the position of Senior Physician in Equine Internal Medicine. In 2020, she spent time as a senior physician at Massey University in New Zealand.

She completed her postdoctoral thesis on “Animal Welfare Aspects in Equestrian Sports, Horse Management, and Equine Medicine” in 2025.

Additional Qualifications

• Diplomate ECEIM
• Fachtierärztin Innere Medizin für Pferde

Research Interests

• Artificial Intelligence in Equine Medicine
• Neurology and Head Shaking
• Animal Welfare

Publications

• Orcid-ID: 0000-0003-3038-5952
• Scopus-ID: 35102755200

2025

• Trigeminal-mediated headshaking in horses
  May A, Franzen V
  Equine Veterinary Education. 37 (2025)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.14203
• Motor pathway evaluation by Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) in Swedish horses with Acquired Equine Polyneuropathy (AEP).
  May A, Hanche-Olsen S, Goehring LS, Matiasek K, Hultin Jäderlund K, Zablotski Y, Gröndahl G
  Equine Veterinary Journal. (2025)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.14506
• A survey of welfare problems associated with transporting horses by road in Germany (2022-2024).
  May A, Riley CB, Scharre A, Zablotski Y, Padalino B
  The Veterinary Journal. 311 (2025)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tvjl.2025.106322
• Pain assessment of horses with trigeminal-mediated headshaking (TMHS) at rest between episodes.
  Franzen V, Reisbeck D, Leibl Y, Schoster A, May A
  Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. (2025)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.70064

2024

• Effect of repetitive transcranial stimulation (rTMS) on idiopathic headshaking in seventeen horses.
  Franzen V, Gruber N, Klussmann S, Schoster A, Zablotski Y, May A
  Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. (2024)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jvim.17194
• Do tight nosebands have an effect on the upper airways of horses?
  Scholler D, Wittenberg J, Zablotski Y, May A
  Veterinary Medicine and Science. 10 (2024)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/vms3.1478
• Impact of bit types on equine upper airways: implications for performance and welfare.
  Schacht J, May A, Gehlen H
  Pferdeheilkunde – Equine Medicine. (2024)
  DOI: 10.21836/PEM20240507
• Spookiness in the ridden horse.
  May A, Gesell-May S
  Pferdeheilkunde – Equine Medicine. 40(3): 1-10 (2024)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21836/PEM20240303
• The use of bits in equestrian sports and its implications for equine welfare.
  Schacht J, May A, Gehlen H
  Pferdeheilkunde – Equine Medicine. 40: 27-34 (2024)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.21836/PEM20240104
• Comparison of veterinarians and a deep learning tool in the diagnosis of equine ophthalmic diseases.
  Scharre A, Scholler D, Gesell-May S, Müller T, Zablotski Y, Ertel W, May A
  Equine Veterinary Journal. 1-7 (2024)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.14087
• Effect of hospitalization on equine local intestinal immunoglobulin A (IgA) concentration measured in faeces
  May A, Gerhards H, Wollanke B
  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 137 (2024)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2024.105078

2023

• Evaluation of Substance P as a biomarker for pain in equine colic.
  Gruber N, Gesell-May S, Scholler D, Zablotski Y, May A
  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science.132 (2023)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2023.104979
• Evaluation of Substance P as a new stress parameter in horses in a stress model involving four different stress levels.
  Scholler D, Zablotski Y, May A
  Animals. 13(7): 1142, (2023)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13071142

2022

• Artificial intelligence for lameness detection in horses – a preliminary study.
  Feuser AK, Gesell-May S, Mueller T, May A
  Animals. 12(20): 2804 (2022)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12202804
• Evaluation and utility of submaximal stimulation intensity in transcranial magnetic stimulation in the standing horse.
  Walendy L, Goehring LS, Zablotski Y, Weyh T, Matiasek K, May A
  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 112: 103912 (2022)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jevs.2022.103912
• Überblick über Harnabsatzbeschwerden des adulten Pferdes.
  May A
  Pferdespiegel. (2022)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1669-4848
• Artificial intelligence as a tool to aid in the differentiation of equine ophthalmic diseases with an emphasis on equine uveitis.
  May A, Gesell-May S, Mueller T, Ertel W
  Equine Veterinary Journal. 54(5): 847-855 (2022)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/evj.13528

2021

• Complete AV block in a neonatal foal suffering from nutritional myodegeneration.
  Conze M, Falkenau A, Goehring LS, May A
  Equine Veterinary Education. 34(7): 282-288 (2021)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.13522

2007 - Dissertation

• Evaluierung von Stressparametern beim Pferd im Zusammenhang mit dem Klinikaufenthalt.
  May, A
  Diss. med. vet., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. (2007)
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.5282/edoc.7533

2025 - Habilitation

• Tierschutzaspekte im Pferdesport, in der Pferdehaltung und in der Pferdemedizin.
  May, A
  Habil. med. vet., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. (2025)

Book Chapters

• May A, Gehlen H, Franzen V: Festliegen. Buchkapitel in “Esel- und Maultierkrankheiten“, Hrsg: H. Gehlen, B. Schwarz, Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart, 2025, ISBN 9783132439115.
• May A, Gehlen H, Franzen V: Geriatrie. Buchkapitel in “Esel- und Maultierkrankheiten“, Hrsg: H. Gehlen, B. Schwarz, Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart, 2025, ISBN 9783132439115.
• May A: Hyperlipämie. Buchkapitel in “Esel- und Maultierkrankheiten“, Hrsg: H. Gehlen, B. Schwarz, Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart, 2025, ISBN 9783132439115.
• May A, Gehlen H, Franzen V: Euthanasie. Buchkapitel in “Esel- und Maultierkrankheiten“, Hrsg: H. Gehlen, B. Schwarz, Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart, 2025, ISBN 9783132439115.
• May A, Gehlen H. Harnabsatzbeschwerden – Dysurie, Strangurie, Pollakisurie. Buchkapitel in “Differentialdiagnosen Innere Medizin des Pferdes”, Hrsg: H. Gehlen, 2016: 224-230.
• May A. Hämaturie und andere Farbveränderungen des Harns. Buchkapitel in “Differentialdiagnosen Innere Medizin des Pferdes”, Hrsg: H. Gehlen, 2016: 213-223.

Education