Current tests for Borrelia burgdorferi, a tick-borne spirochete (a spiral-shaped bacterium) that causes Lyme disease in people, horses, dogs, cats, and cows, often take several days to complete and can sometimes lack definitive answers for owners and veterinarians. Researchers looking to find a reliable in-house test for B. burgdorferi evaluated a SNAP ELISA (enzyme-linked
After five years of trying to coax Kentucky Derby winner War Emblem into performing regular breeding duties, Shadai Stallion Station officials might be reaching the limit of their patience with the horse they purchased for about $17
The F?d?ration Equestre Internationale (FEI, the international body governing equestrian sport) has confirmed that the driving event scheduled in Les Haras du Pin in France on July 11 has been cancelled because of an outbreak of
The Western performance horse industry is growing at an astonishing rate, and along with that growth, there are unique health issues that need to be addressed. For that reason, the American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) held a forum
Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns and members of Iowa’s Congressional delegation July 3 helped dedicate a new USDA high-containment large animal facility. The Ames, Iowa, facility combines several research facilities into one location. The new
A mare stolen from Black Hawk College, in Kewanee, Ill., in March has been located, thanks to a former student who spotted the horse in a July 4 parade, Quad-Cities Online
The American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) Foundation reminds equine researchers that the deadline for submitting an application for its Research Fellow is July 30, 2007.
The Research Fellow was developed by the AAEP
In obese horses insulin resistance might also contribute to widespread inflammation and, thus, vasoconstriction (narrowing of the blood vessels), which is the case in human metabolic syndrome.
In 2004 researchers identified a highly contagious canine influenza virus strain (H3N8) that was closely related to an equine flu strain. Essentially that meant the virus had jumped from horses to dogs, and the scientists said it was “a very rar
Even with the best of veterinary care, animals die, and a practical method of disposal must be implemented.
Methods for disposing of large animals will be one of the topics addressed and demonstrated at Hay Day, hosted by the University of
About one person every 10 minutes dies of rabies somewhere in the world.
This harsh statistic has brought together for the first time leaders from veterinary, animal wildlife, and human medicine to create an Alliance for Rabies
A woman who worked at an equestrian facility in College Station, Texas, where 27 horses died last year settled a lawsuit she filed against the stable’s owner, who had accused her o
An Oregon woman was injured Friday night when the van she was driving struck horses on Highway 62, the Mail Tribune reported. Two
While giving hormones to colts might seem like a method of self-destruction, there really is a reason for it in some cases–such as for cryptorchids. These colts have at least one testicle that hasn’t descended into the scrotum; normally
“Five years ago, presenting ‘A Review of Cloning’ in the horse was almost unimaginable,” began Katrin Hinrichs, DVM, PhD, professor of veterinary physiology and pharmacology and Patsy Link Chair in reproductive studies at Texas A&M
A study suggests that broodmares at pasture without the normal risk factors are likely to have ulcers, too.
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