Martha Monica Aleman Rivera

Professor

Medicine & Epidemiology

Phone Number

+1 530 752 1363

Office

2108 Tupper Hall, Davis, CA 95616

Licenses

Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine: Large Animal Internal Medicine.

USA Veterinary License

California Veterinary License # 15444

Equine Specialist Certification, University of Mexico: UNAM-Mexico.

Diplomate of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine: Neurology and Neurosurgery.

Animal Rescue, Care and Shelter Yolo OA DSW Volunteer. Affiliated agency: UCD-VERT. FEMA license #0004013751.

United States Drug Enforcement Administration license to be able to prescribe controlled substances such as antiseizure medications and narcotics required for the treatment of animals.

Certification in Animal Responders Resiliency Training. First Responders Resiliency Inc, California.

Education

1989, MVZ, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

1999, DACVIM-Internal Medicine, University of California, Davis,

2012, DACVIM-Neurology, University of California, Davis,

2004, PhD, University of California, Davis, Davis, California

Active Research Grants

Co-Investigator, Natural food phytochemicals as anesthetic, analgesic, and euthanasia agents in food-producing animals, Robert Brosnan (Principal Investigator), USDA

Principal Investigator, Improving the clinical and diagnostic skills for equine neurological diseases of veterinarians and veterinary medicine, (Principal Investigator), Seed Grant, Global Affairs, UCD

Most Recent Five Book Chapters

2023 Aleman M^: Neurological disorders, Madigan JE, (ed), Manual of Equine Neonatal Medicine 4th Revised, Woodland. .

2023 Aleman M^: Colic in foals, Madigan JE, (ed), Manual of Equine Neonatal Medicine 4th Revised, . .

2022 Aleman M^: Electrodiagnostics in foals. Chapter 51: Diagnostics, therapeutics and monitoring, Wong D, Wilkins P, Canisso I, (ed), Equine Neonatal and Perinatal Medicine and Surgery, . .

2021 Aleman M^: Congenital cerebellar disorder (Case 10.13). Chapter 10: Cerebellar disease, Orsini JA, (ed), Comparative Veterinary Anatomy, 1st Edition, . 1-5.

2020 Aleman M^: Electrodiagnostic testing. Chapter 35: Diseases of the nervous system, Smith BP, Van Metre DC, Pusterla N, (ed), Large Animal Internal Medicine 6th ed, . 1008-1013.

Research Focus

Multiple species with equine emphasis in neurology, neuromuscular, and muscle disease.

Specialty Focus

Neuroelectrophysiology and genetics of neurologic, neuromuscular, and muscular disorders. Focus in epilepsy and sleep disorders.

Ten Recent Publications

2025
Valderrama-Martinez C, Packham A, Smith W, Mendoza-Flores JE, Zhen S, Chigerwe M, Plancarte M, Aleman M^
Effect of Long-Term Freezing on Indirect Fluorescent Antibody Titers for the Diagnosis of Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis

2025
Aleman M^, McCue M, Bellone RR
Allele frequencies and genotypes for the ryanodine receptor 1 variant causing malignant hyperthermia and fatal rhabdomyolysis with hyperthermia in horses

2025
Aleman M^
Disorders of Muscle Mass and Tone.

2025
Dyson S, Phillips K, Zheng S, Aleman M^
Congenital variants of the ventral laminae of the sixth and seventh cervical vertebrae are not associated with clinical signs or other radiological abnormalities of the cervicothoracic region in Warmblood horses

2025
Valderrama-Martinez C, Packham A, Zheng S, Smith W, Plancarte M, Aleman M^
Effect of refrigeration, room temperature, and processing time on serum immunofluorescent antibody titers for Sarcocystis neurona.

2024
Aleman M^
Inflammatory and immune-mediated myopathies, what do we know?

2024
Flores JEM, Terrazas A, Lara Sagahon AV, Aleman M^
Parasympathetic tone activity, heart rate, and grimace scale in conscious horses of 3 breeds before, during, and after nociceptive mechanical stimulation.