Husbandry & Training

Foaling is generally a fast and trouble-free process, but it is important to know when it is time to call a vet.

Study centred on more than 1000 horses of various breeds and disciplines in Denmark.

The vaccine should render successfully treated horses immune to future infections by the bovine papillomaviruses that cause sarcoids.

Mares who became pregnant presented a more relaxed cervix at the time of ovulation than mares with unsuccessful insemination.

Domesticated stallions often live a solitary life in a relatively barren environment, often having no direct social contact with other horses.

More than half the horses referred to hospital did not survive the mass outbreak of encysted strongyles in their gut.

In the study, half the mares gave birth spontaneously, while the other half were induced.

Anthelmintic resistance represents a huge threat to equine health and welfare: “If horse owners don’t make these changes now, it will be too late,” says BEVA boss David Rendle.

Researchers found galectin levels in diseased placentas were different to those of placentas from healthy mares following birth.

Researcher says racecourse officials should monitor the wet bulb globe temperature index at race meetings to help decide whether racing should go ahead.

Nine horses housed at a university facility in Australia were used in the study.

The guide is based on the groundbreaking research led by equine orthopedic expert Sue Dyson.

“Any toxicant that produces significant clinical disease and stress in a pregnant mare could potentially lead to abortion.”

The 10-week training program is required to be completed by young Friesian stallions to be approved for the Royal Friesian Horse Studbook.

Endometrosis is a common cause of infertility in mares.

Cytokines play an important role in maintaining pregnancies in mares, regulating the immune response.

There is no standardised method of assessing poor performance, say researchers, which complicates investigation of the issue.

The discovery of how a certain type of protein moves for DNA to be copied could have implications for understanding how genes for antibiotic resistance spread between bacteria, Swedish researchers say.

Swedish researchers apply computer vision technology – a subcategory of artificial intelligence.