Heaves in horses more like asthma than COPD, says expert
Vets now prefer the term “recurrent airway obstruction”.
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Research
Central repository needed for information on horse genes – expert
Huge potential benefits for equine veterinary medicine.
Read moreScientists map whole genome of a Marwari horse
First Asian horse breed to have its entire genome mapped.
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Enriched lives create better adjusted horses, researchers find
Fulfilling environment shown to have a raft of benefits.
Read moreSeasonal pattern found in emerging cause of colic
Much is still unknown about idiopathic focal eosinophilic enteritis.
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Is safety valued in thoroughbreds in the riding horse market?
Australian researchers check out advertisements to find out.
Read moreConnemara ponies’ history provides cultural insights for researcher
Claire Brown sets off in new research direction.
Read moreResearchers pinpoint how to tell when a donkey is feeling better
Findings of study aimed at helping world’s working donkeys.
Read moreThree research papers address welfare issues for millions of working animals
Studies available as part of new collection of free research articles.
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Complex leopard spotting not always the height of fashion
Striking coal colour went in and out of fashion, researchers found.
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Electrical nerve stimulation shows promise in treating headshaking
Results described as encouraging by British researchers.
Read moreNew online veterinary resource for equine protozoal myeloencephalitis
Research shows parasitic disease is found in at least 42 US states.
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Is Neddy happy today? New research may help
Easy to identify negative emotions, say researchers who are looking at the positive.
Read moreMeat from infected horses caused human deaths in the Philippines – researchers
Villagers slaughtered and ate sickly horses; nine people died.
Read moreBritish researchers develop simpler test to identify horse meat
New method is faster and cheaper than DNA testing.
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Six new genetic tests for racehorses likely within two years
Irish firm Equinome announces further expansion.
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Soaking hay causes dramatic rise in bacteria – research
Loss of hygiene could have clinical consequences, but more work needed to confirm this.
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Trojan horse tactic of parasites identified by researchers
Parasites found to release tiny packages of genetic material into the cells of their victim.
Read moreSupercomputer crunches data on the dangerous Hendra virus
Clues emerges as to why the virus is benign in bats; often fatal to humans and horses.
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Horse paddock pollution threat studied
Swedish researchers identify leaching risks.
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