Dr. med. vet. Anton Aßmann, Diplomate ECVS

Resume

Dr. Anton Aßmann studied veterinary medicine at Justus Liebig University in Giessen.

He specialized in equine surgery and orthopedics through a four-year training program (internship and residency) at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, during which he earned Diplomate status from the European College of Veterinary Surgeons. He also completed his doctoral degree in equine surgery there.

He then worked for two years as a senior physician at the Clinic for Equine Surgery at the University of Zurich.

He has been at LMU since 2026 and holds the Chair of Equine Surgery at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine.

Additional Qualifications

• Diplomate ECVS

Research Interests

• Orthopedic Surgery
• Optimizing 3D Diagnostics for Orthopedic Conditions

Publications

Orcid-ID: 0000-0002-4406-1417

2026

• Standing computed tomographic tenography is reliable in identifying soft tissue lesions within the digital flexor tendon sheath in horses.
  Assmann, A. D., Suarez Sanchez-Andrade, J., Bischofberger, A. S. (2026).
  Veterinary Surgery. (accepted)

2025

• Does Low-Field MRI Tenography Improve the Detection of Naturally Occurring Manica Flexoria Tears in Horses?
  Assmann, A. D., Suarez Sanchez-Andrade, J., Argüelles D., Bischofberger, A. S. (2025).
  Animals.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani15152250
• Fracture margin sequestration in mandibular fractures in three horses: Radiographic, computed tomographic and histological appearance.
  Assmann, A. D., Donati, B., Geyer, H., Theiss, F., & Bischofberger, A. S. (2025).
  Equine Veterinary Education.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.14115

2024

• Accidental ketamine administration in a horse supposed to undergo general anaesthesia for tenovaginoscopy: Errors and the need of Morbidity and Mortality Rounds in veterinary medicine.
  Medina‐Bautista, F., Navarro‐Altuna, V., Assmann, A. D., & Bettschart‐Wolfensberger, R. (2024).
  Veterinary Record Case Reports.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/vrc2.774

2023

• Ex Vivo Comparison of the Diagnostic Performance Of 2-Dimensional and 3-Dimensional 3 Tesla Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sequences in Depicting Normal Articular Cartilage in Equine Stifle Cadavers.
  Seidler, A., Suarez Sanchez-Andrade, J., Assmann, A. D., Torgerson, P., & Bischofberger, A. (2023).
  Animals.
  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4392244
• Does Direct MRI Tenography Improve the Diagnostic Performance of Low-Field MRI to Identify Artificially Created Soft-Tissue Lesions within the Equine Cadaveric Digital Flexor Tendon Sheath?
  Assmann, A. D., Ohlerth, S., Hartmann, S., Torgerson, P., & Bischofberger, A. (2023).
  Animals.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13243772
• Standing osteosynthesis of an accessory carpal bone fracture in a Warmblood mare with a 6‐hole 3.5 talonavicular fusion plate and 3.5‐mm screws.
  Assmann, A. D., Fürst, A. E., & Bischofberger, A. S. (2023).
  Equine Veterinary Education.
  DOI:https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.13716
• Sensitivity and specificity of 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging and multidetector computed tomographic tenography to identify artificially induced soft tissue lesions in the equine cadaveric digital flexor tendon sheath.
  Assmann, A. D., Ohlerth, S., Torgerson, P. R., & Bischofberger, A. S. (2023).
  Equine Veterinary Education.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/eve.1375

2022

• Ex vivo comparison of 3 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging and multidetector computed tomography arthrography to identify artificial soft tissue lesions in equine stifles.
  Assmann, A. D., Ohlerth, S., Suárez Sánchez‐Andráde, J., Torgerson, P. R., & Bischofberger, A. S. (2022).
  Veterinary Surgery.
  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13798

Education