Study Finds Potential Ascending Placentitis Biomarker
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
July 9, 2021
Researcher: The findings might indicate SAA1 as a novel and specific biomarker for placentitis in broodmares.
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Researcher: The findings might indicate SAA1 as a novel and specific biomarker for placentitis in broodmares.
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Two horses tested positive and six additional horses are suspected positive.
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Special approval is no longer needed for horses entering Kentucky tracks from these Maryland facilities.
Researchers compared foals born and raised in “traditional” breeding programs that included stabling with those in a free-roaming herd.
Study: Arabians with certain genes coding for less muscle fatigue, more time-efficient energy production, and improved muscular contraction have better racing results than those without.
Thirty other horses were exposed.
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The Larimer County facility remains under official quarantine.
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