Exercised mares had more cortisol which has been shown to have effects on reproduction, and also embryo recovery rates were reduced in exercised horses.
The University of Calgary Veterinary Medicine Dept. now has a state-of-the-art surgical laser thanks to a generous gift of $20,000 from the Equine Foundation of Canada.
Because donkeys evolved as browsers eating shrubs and woody vegetation, their digestive systems are able to handle highly fibrous forage lower in nutritional quality than what is required by horses, and they also require less water.">
This large research grant will allow UK scientists to address a spectrum of chronic and untreatable medical conditions through use of regenerative medicine.
Diagnosing irregularities in development of a foal's limbs is key in providing early intervention before limbs sustain damage that may cause lameness and limit the horse's athletic abilities.
Today, the Gluck Center faculty conduct equine research in six targeted areas: genetics and genomics, infectious diseases and immunology, musculoskeletal science, parasitology, pharmacology/toxicology and reproductive health.
Research has shown that bran does not have a laxative effect in horses and studies have found that adding wheat bran to the diet did not soften the stools of horses.
Treating horses with injuries by injection of stem cell fluid is superior to treating them with intact stem cell injections because the factors from the stem cell fluid persist in the horse's body for a longer time.
The use of copper and zinc supplementation in modern horse feeds stems from the possible role of these two nutrients in reducing physitis, osteochondrosis, wobbler syndrome, and other developmental orthopedic diseasesp>
Equine Guelph offers the opportunity to understand the importance of genetics and how it can influence a horse's ability to perform or render it susceptible to certain diseases, unsoundness or even a genetic disorder during Fall 2013 on-line classes.