The aims of the present study were to propose apolymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphismPCR-RFLP genotyping method for the AY_376689:c.773C>T single nucleotide polymorphism SNP of the equine PRKAG3 gene, related to muscle performance, as well as to characterize this SNP and a second polymorphism, AAWR_02017454:g.121684T>C of the SPATA1 gene, related to male fertility, i...

Background: Adipose tissue is a main source for isolation of equine mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) at different ages. It seems that characteristics of adipose-derived MSCs especially gene expression profile are changing along with age increase. A proper reference gene is required for normalizing data in gene expression analysis by qRT-PCR. This study aimed to evaluate whether GAPDH has a stable ...

OBJECTIVES (1) To determine the effect of age, height, weight, breed, sex, and specific use on the prevalence of idiopathic left laryngeal hemiplegia (ILH) in a population of draft performance horses; (2) to determine the association between tracheal mucus and laryngeal dysfunction, and the prevalence of exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage (EIPH) in a population of draft performance horses. ...

The seven cases presented here were diagnosed at the Equine Clinic, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic between the years 2002 and 2008. The age range of affected horses was from 10 months to 10 years and included four Thoroughbreds and three warm blooded horses. The horses showed different clinical signs – recurrent or acute colic, poor appetite, frequent...

to evaluate the effects of intra-articular injection of isoflupredone acetate on blood and synovial fluid (sf) parameters, five crossbred horses were tested. blood and sf samples were collected before the administration of isoflupredone acetate as control values. following the injecticm of isoflupredone acetate (10mg) into the sf of the right intercarpal joint, blood and sf samples were obtaine...

Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis is a progressive neurologic disease of horses most commonly caused by infection with the apicomplexan parasite Sarcocystis neurona. Factors affecting neuroinvasion and neurovirulence have not been determined. We investigated the pathogenesis of infection with S. neurona in horses with severe combined immune deficiency (SCID). Two immunocompetent (IC) Arabian h...

BACKGROUND Lyme disease can affect people, dogs, and horses, but it remains poorly understood, especially in the horse. Determining the seroprevalence of Borrelia burgdorferi in horses in different geographic areas will enable better understanding of the epidemiology of the disease, thus improving diagnosis and treatment of affected animals. HYPOTHESIS To determine the seroprevalence of B. bu...

OBJECTIVE To compare financial returns between pinhooked yearling horses (ie, bought and trained for approximately 5 months with the goal of selling the horse at "2-year-olds in training" sales) that had mild or severe training failure and horses that had planned versus nonplanned training failure. ANIMALS 40 Thoroughbred pinhooked yearling horses. PROCEDURE During the period from September...

The purpose of this study was to describe clinical, hematological and fecal PCR results from 161 horses involved in outbreaks associated with ECoV. The outbreaks happened at four separate boarding facilities between November 2011 and April 2012 in the States of CA, TX, WI and MA. Following the molecular detection of ECoV in the feces from the initial index cases, the remaining herdmates were cl...

Injuries sustained by horses during racing have been considered as an unavoidable part of horse racing. Many factors may be associated with the musculoskeletal injuries of Thoroughbred race horses. This study surveyed the amounts of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents (NSAIDs) in injured horse's biological system (plasma) at Kentucky racetracks from January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1996. ...