Health

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.

The American Quarter Horse Foundation Board of Trustees has approved five research projects into horse health, and an additional $40,000 for a study into equine traumatic brain injury.

The systemic form is associated with chronic disease processes. Nasal and skin-related forms are not associated with other ongoing diseases and have a good prognosis.

Researchers say these cells, a result of fusion between monocytes and macrophages, deserve further attention.

Plans are under way to develop a veterinary school and a dental school at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas.

Antimicrobial therapy has been linked to drug-associated diarrhea in horses, which can have serious consequences.

Purdue University has renamed its Equine Sports Medicine Center to recognize the $US3 million gift from Donald J. McCrosky.