Health

Three further levels of sanctions will be added before imposing a suspension, giving those responsible ample opportunity to comply with the FEI’s Horse Health Requirements.

Italian study explored the upper and lower airways of horses affected by dynamic upper airway obstruction.

“Whatever answer we get is going to be important to the field,” said one of the researchers.

Study casts further light on the processes that lead to sarcoid formation.

Percutaneous ultrasound‐guided carotid access proved feasible and effective in horses undergoing endovascular procedures.

Kidney lesions were found in oleander-affected horses, but they were also seen in horses that died from other causes.

Horses deaths have been reported in Hawaii from the palatable weed, which is now found in several parts of the world.

Skin temperature monitoring on its own does not reliably estimate the core temperature evolvement during endurance events, study finds.

Horse teeth are exposed to high amounts of wear. To last, they retain key youthful qualities throughout life.

Project WORMS has been launched in Britain to help find a solution to the rapidly growing problem of resistance to equine worming products.

Work at the Gluck Equine Research Center could prove to be a major boon for racehorse welfare.

The Quarter horse in California mounted an immune response to the virus, but showed no signs of illness.

Many conformation defects can be corrected surgically if necessary, but others will be self-correct with natural growth: “Most horses aren’t perfect, but most horses that are successful have reasonable conformation.”

The equine hepacivirus infects donkeys and horses in a similar way, a German study finds.

Resistin is an adipokine – one of a range of cell-signalling molecules related to adipose tissue (body fat).

Researchers looked at short term survival rates among horses admitted to the University of Copenhagen’s large animal hospital with colic.

The minimum time for eggs to develop into the third larval stage was between 4 and 22 days. Development of the eggs was slowest at 10°C and fastest at 30°C.