Equine Vaccination: What, When, and Why?
David W. Horohov, PhD
April 28, 2017
Dr. David Horohov, UK Gluck Equine Research Center director, gives a overview of vaccines and explains their importance.
Dr. David Horohov, UK Gluck Equine Research Center director, gives a overview of vaccines and explains their importance.
The mainstays of biosecurity still center around good hygiene, diagnostics, quarantine, isolation, and traffic control.
This could encourage the use of targeted deworming programs to help reduce parasite resistance, scientists said.
One veterinarian describes how to use endometrial culture, cytology, and biopsy to evaluate subbertile mares.
Overweight mares often produce heavier foals, which studies have shown are at-risk for musculoskeletal disorders.
Researchers discuss equine rotavirus infection in foals, bacterial upper airway infections, and more.
Researchers believe polyacrylamide hydrogel (PAAG) could have a long-lasting cushioning effect on arthritic joints.
Researchers say inertial measurement units could aid in more accurate veterinary diagnoses and performance evaluations.
A custom-designed equine CT table and a commercial Big Bore scanner make it possible to image neck lesions in horses.
Traditionally when a mare died, her gene pool often went with her. This isn’t always the case these days, however.
Researchers found that many radiographic abnormalities resolve by the time weanlings return to the auction as yearlings.
A complete, thorough, and timely work-up of the horse has the greatest effect on successfully treating colic.
Neonatal medicine is an important area of equine practice, because time is of the essence when youngsters are sick.
Prefoaling secretions have a pH of 8.0 to 8.5 which decreases to 6.5 or lower as foaling approaches, researchers found.
Researchers found that samples can be refrigerated for up to a week without adverse effects on egg counts.
Vets can use MRI to help diagnose injuries, select treatments, monitor healing progress, and determine prognosis.
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