Background: Reduced productivity due to cardiovascular disease in horses known as the third. Today, a number of drugs with different properties for the treatment of cardiovascular disease in horses which used when considering the need for newer drugs and their side effects are felt. Numerous studies on the effects of cardiovascular drugs and their effects have been carried out to examine the ef...

One of the reasons of weight loss and poor performance in horses is decrease in food intake. Oral cavity problems can cause malfunctions in prehension and deglutition resulting in dysphagia. There are few published reports about a metallic foreign body disorders in the oral cavity of horses due to an important role of their flexible lip and incisor teeth in food selection and prehension. This r...

caspian miniature horse is a rare small horse in iran. in this horse, brachiocephalic trunk originates from the craniodorsal of the convex part of the aortic arch. it supplies the head, neck, forelimbs and cranial part of the thoracic cavity. in this reseach topographical location of brachiocephalic trunk arising from the aorta and its ramifications have been studied. five caspian miniature hor...

mutannabi the well-known arab poet has dedicated many lines of his poetry to describing animals directly or indirectly. among the animals to whichmutanabbi has paid attention the horse has a very special status. most of the lines in which he has in some way described horses or horse riders are the lines about fights and battles in which the poet depicts the victories and bravery of the courageo...

Various forms of intensive sport place stress on the musculoskeletal system of the horse, during both racing and training. The musculoskeletal system of the horse has an inherent ability to adapt to the demands of high speed exercise, but exceeding the threshold of adaptive capacity may result in some form of damage. Continuing racing or training may delay the repair process and put the horse a...

BACKGROUND: Brucellosis is a febrile zoonotic infectionand has worldwide distribution among humans as well asanimals. Although the seroprevalence of brucellosis in variousanimals has been described in Iran, there is only one report onequine brucellosis in the region. OBJECTIVES: This study wascarried out to determine the seroprevalence of brucellosis inracing clubs and private horse owners in t...

peptic ulcer is a very common disorder in horse race and foals. in the present research possible relationship between gastric ulcer and the prevalence of cardiac arrhythmia were studied in two different horse race. in this respect, 13 caspian miniature horses and 8 arab horses were studied. gastric ulcers and cardiac arrhythmias were diagnosed in 13 horses (62%) and 12 (57%) out of 211 horses, ...

The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of Eimeria leuckarti in worker horses and donkeys of Shahrekord and suburb villages, Iran. Study was done on 52 horses and donkeys in January to 2013 in Shahrekord and suburb villages located in South west of Iran. Out of 52 specimens of fecal samples 4(7.6%) were positive for Eimeria leuckarti. The present study is second ...