Objective: To review the literature related to horses’ welfare during transport. Approach: Transporting horses is a common practice in equine industry and obeys different reasons activities. Therefore, understanding factors that intervene transport management of critical. Limitations on study/implications: Horses are most transported animals globally, this being very stressful event. Different ...

OBJECTIVE To determine effects of pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (Cushing's disease) and age on fecal egg count and time to egg reappearance after anthelmintic treatment in horses residing in similar environments. DESIGN Cross-sectional study. ANIMALS 29 healthy horses (4 to 35 years old) and 13 horses with PPID (13 to 33 years old). PROCEDURES Fecal egg counts were performed by us...

the aim of the present study was to determination the prevalence of gastric ulcer in caspian miniature horse. the design field- laboratorial study on 23 caspian miniature horses. feed withdraw 12-16 hours before study and the owners or riders completed a form about housing, medication, age, sex, cell boold counts and the biochemical profile tests were carried out. endoscope performed through th...

glanders, caused by infection with the bacterium burkholderia mallei is a highly contagious and often fatal zoonotic disease of solipeds. it is an old disease, described as early as 400 bc by hippocrates and 330 bc by aristotlein the past, b. mallei was an important equine pathogen worldwide. its spread was facilitated by the use and transport of horses, especially when animals were housed unde...

background: toxoplasma gondii is a zoonotic protozoan parasite found worldwide and responsi­ble for major economic losses in most classes of livestock. this study was aimed to deter­mine the prevalence of t. gondii infection in sheep, cattle and horses in urmia, north-west of iran, using mat. methods : blood samples of 276 livestock and 26 horses were collected from july 2009 till april 2010. t...

background: equine piroplasmosis is caused by two haemoprotozoan parasites: babesia caballi and theileria equi . negative economic impact on international trade has been associated to endemic sites. this is the reason why carrier detection requires reliable diagnostic methods. various diagnostic modalities can be used alone or in combination including pcr. however, genetic variation of commonly...

The purpose of this study was to gain evidence on the prevalence of dental abnormalities in stable-kept horses in comparison with free-living horses. It is expected that free-living horses that graze for as much as 16 h/day will have fewer dental abnormalities than stable-kept horses. In this study, the latter group was fed a diet that was based on a relatively high-energy, cereal-based feed. T...

Ensuring horse welfare is a central aim in equestrian activities. Training an important context for welfare, as horses form long-lasting representations of people and actions at young age. However, only few studies have addressed horses’ emotional responses during early training with humans. In this study, we followed N = 19 horses, including naïve yearlings more experienced two- to three-year-...

Serum samples from 315 horses from Costa Rica, Central America, were examined for the presence of antibodies against Sarcocystis neurona, Neospora spp., and Toxoplasma gondii by using the surface antigen (SAG) SnSAG2 enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), the NhSAG1 ELISA, and the modified agglutination test, respectively. Anti- S. neurona antibodies were found in 42.2% of the horses by usi...

BACKGROUND Two open-controlled studies evaluated the tolerance and the efficacy of a 10 mg/mL deltamethrin-based pour-on solution (Deltanil®; Virbac, France) in treating (study 1) and preventing (study 2) natural Damalinia equi infestations in horses. In study 1, seven adult horses received 10 mL of the solution from mane to tail head on day 0 (D0). Four adult horses, living separately, served ...