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Researchers, in a just-published review of telomeres in livestock, discuss these curious repeated DNA sequences at the tips of chromosomes.

A greater range of motion was identified in most joints, when compared to those of conventional gaits.

The number of studies on horse welfare is exponentially increasing, researchers from the University of Bologna found.

Researchers in Germany report on the findings of a prospective, randomized, controlled, and triple-blind pilot study.

Researchers in Sweden assessed the performance of canagliflozin in a group of horses affected by insulin dysregulation.

Study identifies allowances required for sensor data when lame horses are trotted in a circle.

Overall results confirm the usefulness of a standardized treadmill test for evaluating poor performance and the prediction of racing outcomes in Standardbred racehorses.

“Antibiotics are antimicrobial medicines essential to the health of humans, animals, and plants, but using them excessively can lead to the emergence of resistant bacteria that don’t respond to antibiotic treatment.”

Equine neuroaxonal dystrophy and equine degenerative myeloencephalopathy can have identical clinical signs.

Researchers in the laboratory of Dr Amanda Adams at the Gluck Equine Research Center in Kentucky are exploring the impact of acute transportation stress on immune function in horses.

Scientists use whole waveform analysis in identifying and describing common patterns and individual variation in movement data.