Horse manure aids breakdown of engine oil in soil, researchers find
A mix of horse manure and fertilizer was without question the most successful soil amendment tested in a Canadian study.
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Boning up on anatomy: Plastic horse bones might be the way of the future
Researchers print some plastic horse bones. Here are the results.
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German researchers delve into toxins in pastures
Scientists say the risk of horses, cattle or sheep being affected by toxins can be reduced with relatively little effort, with plant diversity the key.
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Polo by the numbers: Here’s what GPS technology reveals
Increased cardiovascular, anaerobic and speed based physiological demands on polo ponies as playing level increases, study finds.
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Bone-related swelling detected in 44% of horses in study
The next step is to determine whether these changes are associated with bone micro-damage, linked to serious racehorse breakdowns.
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Equine therapy benefits patients, but how do the horses cope?
Study team set out to investigate whether such therapy work created negative or positive emotions in horses.
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The great escape: Houdini skills of horses laid bare in fresh research
“Within the range of locking devices in frequent use for restraining horses, we found no clear cognitive limit to horses’ ability to open them,” researchers reported.
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Mysteries of hoof development and deformities explored in new study
“We are excited to see where this may lead.”
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Do facial whorls on horses harbor secrets about behavioral traits?
Facial whorls may be related to temperamental traits, if oral accounts from generations of horse owners prove to be true.
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Helmet performance could be improved, researchers suggest
“Despite the benefits of helmet and vest usage, there is evidence to suggest helmets do not perform as well as they could,” say researchers.
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Horses and emotion: The bonds that can help us to heal
“Though long alluded to, there is now an accumulation of evidence of the vital contribution that emotion makes to learning,”
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Zebras are cool – well, that’s what the latest coat-pattern research suggests
“The solution to the zebra’s heat-balance challenge is cleverer, more complex and beautiful than we’d imagined.”
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Horse-riding simulator simply can’t match the real deal, study findings suggest
Riding simulators can’t replace the real thing since they cannot induce the same emotional experience, researchers say.
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Saliva’s potential as a diagnostic fluid explored in horses
Twenty-three analytes usually tested for in serum were analysed in the saliva of horses.
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Icelandic horse study: How accurately can age be estimated from their teeth?
Researchers undertook a study to assess the age of Icelandic horses based on the state of their teeth, in particular selected features of the incisors.
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The jumps racing debate: Researchers find no common ground
“At present, the arguments used prevent any movement towards shared solutions to the danger of jumps racing,” researchers report.
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Pacers and trotters: Genetic differences revealed by researchers
An algorithm developed by scientists can genetically distinguish between the two with more than 99% accuracy.
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Ellagic acid shows early promise in treating piroplasmosis
The need for new antiprotozoal agents is becoming increasingly urgent, researchers say.
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Grazing Polish ponies help forest diversity, researchers find
“The impact of the Polish primitive horses on the studied forest environment was generally positive.”
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Bug normally linked to horses caused temporary vision loss in a girl
Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus caused severe sinusitis and temporary loss of vision in the right eye of a young woman, doctors have reported.
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