Musculoskeletal injuries in racehorses are difficult to detect prior catastrophic breakdown. Lameness is commonly attributed orthopaedic pain horses, therefore, subtle lameness may be a pre-clinical sign of injury and, if identified early, could allow for preventative intervention. Our objective was determine facial expressions used mild as an indicator ‘fit race’ horses. The Horse Grimace Scal...

A highly contagious virus infection in horses, influenza is the single most important equine respiratory disease in the world. This paper presents details of a one-year study (1 June 2008 to 31 May 2009) to determine the prevalence of equine influenza in the horses of Gujarat State in India. The prevalence of equine influenza A/equi-2 was 12.02%, but none of the samples were positive for equine...

A case-control study was conducted on Thoroughbred horses to identify factors associated with the risk of breakdown on racetracks. A total of 310 cases (breakdowns) were identified from the Horse Identification Department records kept by the chief examining veterinarian of New York Racing Association. For each case, two control horses were selected randomly from the Daily Racing Form Inc. recor...

Omeprazole as a paste formulation at 4.0 mg/kg PO q 24 h is highly effective in healing gastric ulcers in horses, while 2.0 or 4.0 mg/kg PO q 24 h effectively prevents recurrence of gastric ulcers in Thoroughbred horses in race training. Omeprazole paste did not result in any adverse affects in the horses during the 58-d treatment period. Author’s address: College of Veterinary Medicine, The Un...

Disorders of sex development (DSD) have long been documented in domestic animal species including horses. However, there is only a single report of an androgen receptor (AR) mutation causative of such a DSD syndrome in a horse pedigree. Here, we present a new familial AR mutation in horses. A missense mutation (c.2042G>C) at AR exon 4 explains the segregation of the DSD in a Thoroughbred horse ...

Over the last 15 to 20 years or so horse racing has seen declines in wagering and fan attendance throughout US. Because of this, number races, horses per race, thoroughbred farms, new thoroughbreds bred born each year for about 10 12 have also declined. The decline occurred despite simulcasting online betting, gambling machines which employ films past races (historical machines). Those racetrac...

Testosterone is an anabolic androgenic steroid (AAS) that is endogenously produced by both male and female horses that also has the potential for abuse when administered exogenously to race horses. To recommend appropriate withdrawal guidelines so that veterinarians can discontinue therapeutic use prior to competition, the pharmacokinetics and elimination of testosterone were investigated. An a...