Loughrey, C. M., G. L. Smith, and K. E. MacEachern. Comparison of Ca release and uptake characteristics of the sarcoplasmic reticulum in isolated horse and rabbit cardiomyocytes. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 287: H1149–H1159, 2004. First published April 29, 2004; 10.1152/ajpheart.00060.2004.—Both the cardiac action potential duration (APD) (0.6–1 s) and resting heart rate (30–40 beats/min) i...

blood samples were collected from 20 healthy miniature caspian horses at 37 °c. isolation of cryoglobulin was performed based on a standard method in present study. harvested sera were kept at 4 °c for two hours and then examined for cryoglubolin. four serum samples containing precipitate suspicious of containing cryoglobulin were selected. subsequently serum protein electrophoresis was perform...

the present study was to construct a parentage verification system for iranian caspian horse. a total number of 45 caspian horse samples including 14 foals for parentage verification, 17 stallion and 14 mare for individual identification were genotyped. genomic dna was extracted from whole blood and the genotype were analysed by pcr procedure and using 7 microsatellite markers (aht04, hms03, hm...

BACKGROUND The dangers associated with horse riding, a popular activity throughout Australia, are well documented; yet, few studies have comprehensively described injuries caused by horses to nonriders. This study aimed to facilitate targeted injury prevention strategies and appropriate trauma management by describing all horse-related injuries, for both riders and nonriders, in Queensland, and...