Questions as to whether the genetic structure of the population has become compromised can now be addressed with powerful genomic tools.
Found 13 Results from Equine Disease Quarterly
It's 'all hands on deck' at the Goehring Research Lab where early detection, transmission and vaccine efficacy are being explored.
Research has found that equine tapeworms, a common cause of colic in horses, are becoming increasingly resistant to deworming products.
This highly-contagious infection affecting susceptible foals can be hard to control during an outbreak; researchers are developing new vaccines.
Equine Herpesvirus 1 does everything it can to circumvent and trick the immune response, making better vaccines difficult to produce.
Helping foals survive and thrive who have lost or been rejected by their dams, from birth to four months of age.
Some of the newer lameness detection systems and imaging tools provide early diagnosis, especially beneficial to horses that perform at speed.
Gastric ulcers can be found in any horse but tend to occur most frequently in equine athletes involved in racing, endurance, and showing.
Eight types of botulinum neurotoxin exist and all horses are susceptible, from foals to adults, to this potentially fatal disease.
Thoroughbreds comprised the largest population of a study at the UK which looked at infections of these extensive air-filled cavities.
