As Normandy prepares for the 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, French scientists are performing biosecurity research to prevent the spread of equine disease. In particular, they’re looking into a syndrome they’re calling “piro-like.”
Ireland is working to take the guesswork out of the unwanted horse crisis: By compiling data dating back to 2005, researchers are establishing trends and seeing clearer numbers with regard to the country’s unwanted horse population.
When it comes to equine periodontal disease, red complex bacteria could be a red flag for impending tooth reabsorption.
Researchers recently developed a scale of behavioral indicators to identify both the valence (is the emotion positive or negative?) and the intensity of equine emotions.
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With “parasite portfolio” monitoring, significantly fewer adult horses in one program required treatment for intestinal parasites, one researcher said.
When feeding horses in groups, increasing their distance apart and time spent eating might help reduce aggression.
If you’ve got porcupines in your area, your horse could end up in a prickly situation similar to the one an 11-month-old Andalusian filly found herself in: having two colic surgeries after swallowing a porcupine quill.
Exotic pets might carry foreign vector-borne disease agents that can be deadly to horses, particularly in several recently identified “hot spots” of entry into the European Union, French researchers say.
Conception rates were 47% higher in mares consuming forage continuously over 23 hours compared to those consuming the same amount of forage over 17 hours a day.
Monitoring progesterone levels, which fall at the end of gestation, in association with the classical criteria for estimating foaling time, provides a practical way to predict the night of foaling and accurately time labor induction.
A horse’s ability to perform gaits such as ambling and pacing comes down primarily to one particular mutated gene: the so-called Gait Keeper gene.
As the sports gains popularity, and as vaulters’ movements become more complex, the continued welfare of the vaulting horse is becoming an important issue for the FEI.
Researchers investigated parasite control practices at equestrian centers neighboring a natural reserve and how insect populations in the reserve were faring.
French researchers have taken a step toward improving equine assisted reproduction by successfully maturing oocytes in a laboratory.
Researchers found that the horse’s overall speed also increased by 5.6% in minimalist tack compared to traditional tack, meaning the time it took the pair to complete the race was reduced.
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