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Equine services at the new facility will focus on sports medicine, diagnostic imaging, rehabilitation and after-hours urgent care. Small animals will be able to receive urgent and primary care.
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Common eye condition in horses is a biofilm-associated leptospiral infection, researchers show.
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Levels of six glycerophospholipids could serve to predict whether ponies are susceptible to laminitis, say researchers.
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“Now that we know which biological pathways cause the condition, we hope to design specific strategies to intervene.”
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The work is being spearheaded by researchers at the University of Florida.
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Researchers find that maximal eye temperature differs between breeds and sexes but not with age and size.
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Feed rations, feeding practices and management factors are compared between horses with the condition and those without in a Scandinavian study.
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Vets should consider a possible fungal cause for lung infections following gastrointestinal disease in horses, say researchers.
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“As EHV-2 shedding was common in healthy horses, a positive PCR result must be interpreted with caution regarding the formulation of biosecurity recommendations and causal diagnosis.”
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A Canadian veterinarian is working on three research projects, each aiming to reduce mortality rates in critically ill horses.
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“Our findings highlight the potential value of platelet lysate as a broad-spectrum antimicrobial deserving further, more detailed analysis.”
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“As with human influenza, the prospect of a universal equine influenza virus vaccine targeting conserved domains is tantalizingly close.”
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“When combined with other work showing the potential effects of other nutrients on the insulin response, such as oil inclusion, these results should help with the development of rations that decrease the risk of endocrinopathic laminitis.”
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In sport horses, cardiovascular problems represent the third cause of poor performance after musculoskeletal and respiratory disorders.
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Despite health warnings against its use in humans, farm supply stores in the US report increased demand for non-prescription invermectin products intended for animal use.
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“Rather than a one-size-fits-all solution, we can measure the hole in each horse’s trachea after the tracheotomy and 3D print a prototype.”
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“The new hepatitis B virus appears to use an unknown receptor for entry into the host cell,” the researchers report.
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A genetic test has been developed to identify equine distichiasis, an ocular disease characterized by eyelashes that grow from abnormal positions along the edge of the eyelid.
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Surveillance programs should start considering Madariaga virus as an endemic zoonotic agent in Brazil, say researchers.
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The costs and time to image two feet and two fetlocks with PET are less than for the MRI of a single foot.
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