Equine respiratory disease is a common cause of poor performance and training interruptions. The higher incidence rate of infectious upper respiratory disease (IURD) in thoroughbred racehorses at the Seoul Race Park coincided with the frequent stabling season, shorter stabling periods, and younger ages in this study. Incidence rates were also correlated with significantly lower proportions of c...

Sequence variation at the equine myostatin gene (MSTN) locus has previously been shown to have a singular genomic influence on optimum race distance in Thoroughbred racehorses. Myostatin, encoded by the MSTN gene, is a member of the TGF-β superfamily that regulates skeletal muscle development in a range of mammalian species including the horse. In the Thoroughbred, the C-allele at the g.6649373...

to investigate the prevalence of cryptosporidium infection in horses, a total of 221 faecal specimenswere collected from 18 villages of urmia, northwestern iran. the samples were studied microscopically bymodified ziehl-neelsen staining. the cryptosporidial infection was found in the collected samples from 11 of18 villages. although the prevalence of the infection was 15.8%, none of the infecte...

The use of whips by jockeys is an issue. The current study viewed opportunistic high-speed footage of 15 race finishes frame-by-frame to examine the outcomes of arm and wrist actions (n = 350) on 40 horses viewed from the left of the field. Any actions fully or partially obscured by infrastructure or other horses were removed from the database, leaving a total of 104 non-contact sweeps and 134 ...

11 Most athletic horses are fed a high-starch diet, despite the risk of health problems. 12 Replacing starch concentrate with high-energy forage would alleviate these health 13 problems, but could result in a shift in major substrates for muscle energy supply 14 from glucose to short-chain fatty acids (SCFA) due to more hindgut fermentation of 15 fibre. Dietary fat inclusion has previously been...

the aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and type of ophthalmic diseases among horse populations in the suburbian riding clubs of tehran. ophthalmologic examinations were performed in 901 horses and ocular lesions were diagnosed in 40 (4.4%) animals. in the 54 eyes of these horses that had ocular defects, 103 ocular abnormalities were detected. of those horses affected, 65% showed ...

background: neospora caninum , an obligate intracellular protozoan parasite, is recognized as a major cause of abortion in cattle, while limited information is presently available on the seropreva­lence of neospora antibodies in horses' worldwide .the aim of the present study was to de­termine serologic prevalence of neospora infection in horses in iran. methods: sera from 150 horses from mashh...

Cardiac arrhythmias, caused by disorders in the generation and transmission of cardiac impulses, is included among the heart disorders that cause inefficient blood circulation. The most commonly-used method for diagnosing this disorder is electrocardiography. In this study, we aimed to identify and diagnose different types of arrhythmia prevalent among the seemingly-healthy horses of Sanandaj C...