Health

Kentucky’s Bluegrass region finished the last breeding season without one confirmed leptospirosis abortion in horses.

Researchers have found differences between the metabolites in the breath of healthy horses and those with equine asthma.

Cases have already been reported this year in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, and it is expected to spread to other states as the northern summer progresses.

Equine Guelph researchers working to preserve cartilage chips for long-term storage, which would enable off-the-shelf use for treating cartilage injuries.

Researchers found that antibiotics from different antimicrobial classes expressed variable toxicity to equine joint cells.

Treated tumors shrank and in some cases even reached remission up to two months after treatment ended.

Research on ticks “requires long-term and sustained commitment to research, surveillance, and partnerships across a broad range of disciplines, health professionals, and the public”.

Of the 283 horses who underwent colic surgery at a veterinary clinic in The Netherlands, only 59% went home alive.

There are two treatment courses for atrial fibrillation, an irregular, often rapid heart rate associated with poor blood flow and the most common arrhythmia associated with exercise intolerance.

A gallium-based ointment could prove to be an inexpensive and effective wound care product for horses.

Waiting until after flowers appear can be too late to implement control tactics. This is one reason buttercups can survive year to year.

Study finds that antibiotics are often sold without a prescription, illegally and indiscriminately by insufficiently trained pharmacists to owners of working equines in India.

“We hope the similarities between the tumour in horses and people can offer a true One Health benefit.”

“Further studies to establish whether the cysts are also present in the horse and pony populations are warranted.”