Equine Sarcoids Chromosomal Regions Identified
Natalie DeFee Mendik, MA
May 22, 2012
A team of researchers has successfully located chromosomal regions associated with equine sarcoids.
A team of researchers has successfully located chromosomal regions associated with equine sarcoids.
The Arabian Horse Foundation released summaries of the research projects the organization funded in 2011.
Electrochemotherapy yielded a high nonrecurrence rate of 99.5% for individual sarcoids in the current study.
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Skin and subcutaneous (under the skin) tumors in horses comprise 50-80% of all equine neoplasia (tumors).
The Western College of Veterinary Medicine’s Equine Health Research Fund (EHRF) has allocated a total of $69,000 to five new equine health research projects–all of which cover topics of vital importance for researchers and for horse owners.
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During the past few years, the oncology team at Washington State University (WSU) has successfully treated several horses with cancer using radiation therapy. Previously, this type of treatment was considered an unrealistic option for horses wit
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Years ago my family became the owners of a beautiful, older Arab mare named Danza Mia. She�s been mentioned in this column several times, including a couple of years ago when we had to make the decision for euthanasia. Based on her necropsy, it
Lasers are changing the options available to horse owners whose animals need surgical procedures.
“Laser surgery can not only save horse owners money for certain procedures, it can also be more effective than traditional surgery, with fewer
For more than 100 years, equine researchers have been examining why gray horses that are losing hair pigmentation are often concurrently affected by melanomas?tumors characterized by a massive production of the pigment melanin.
According
Aggressive research efforts to discover how the sarcoid-causing bovine papillomaviruses (BPV) are spread either within or between horses have resulted in the identification of BPV genetic material (DNA) in circulating blood cells.
In an effort to find a cure for sarcoids, common skin tumors in horses, a group of researchers have spent the past 15 years developing electrochemotherapy (ECT)–a treatment modality that uses a combination of chemotherapeutic drug administratio
While radiation therapy might seem like an unrealistic option for managing horses with cancer, Janean Fidel, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVR, Dipl. ACVIM, from Washington State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine suggests the opposite. She attests
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