CUTANEOUS NOCICEPTIVE TEST IN HORSES BY ALTERNATIVE METHOD

Cloze-Elide Test as an Alternative Test Method: Linking Personality Types to Test Method Performance

More innovative test methods may measure language learners’ test performance more accurately, contributing to much fairer decisions. This study examined Iranian language learners’ performance on cloze-elide test as an innovative, integrative test method. It specifically focused on investigating whether personality types correlated with their performance and whether personality types could predi...

Cutaneous schwannomas in 22 horses.

Schwannomas are uncommonly recognized in horses. This study describes cutaneous schwannomas in 22 horses aged 8 to 25 years: 12 male, 7 female, and 3 of unknown sex. The horses had solitary cutaneous masses: 9 on the head, 3 on the neck, and the others on the shoulder, hip, thorax, abdomen, rump, extremities, or tail. The location of 1 tumor was unknown. The dermal tumors were well demarcated a...

New and Alternative Analgesics in Horses

Assesment of orexin receptor 1 in stress attenuated nociceptive behaviours in formalin test

Introduction: It is known that acute and chronic stress induce hormonal and neuronal changes which affecting both pain threshold and nociceptive behaviours. Orexin plays an important role in modulation of pain and stress. Considering pain modulation during stress and the role of orexin in pain and stress, orexin might be involved in pain modulation during stress.We evaluated the involvement ...

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE FOR HORSES - EQUINE ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE - ARTICLE - AVMC Alternativevet

How sad, then, that they should so often be treated as working tools and as dispensable commodities. Happily, in contrast to this, most of those with horses who consult our clinic are those who care deeply for their equine companions and who work to fulfil all the obligations and responsibilities that ‘ownership’ brings. The result is not only that a great many horses are brought to our place (...