Equine Researchers Tackle Coronavirus
While there is still much to be known about equine coronavirus (ECoV), researchers at UC Davis are discovering many commonalities among horses infected with the disease and are hopeful to someday find the root cause. The...
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Bladder Stone Surgery Alleviates Cutting Horse's Pain
Difficulty urinating, bloody urine
A 21-year-old cutting horse gelding was experiencing problematic symptoms including difficulty urinating and bloody urine. His owner, Dr. Peter Bernstein, had the sorrel horse named...
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Genetic Link to Equine Eye Cancer Found
Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Researchers have identified a genetic mutation in horses allowing for the identification of horses at risk for squamous cell carcinoma of the eye. Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is the most com...
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Complex Horse Lameness Cases Benefit from PET Scan: Vets
Breakthrough in equine imaging
Horse owners with equines suffering from difficult to diagnosis lameness issues may benefit from positron emission tomography scanning (PET). The diagnostic imaging tool is now available...
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Equine Influenza Leads to UC Davis Quarantine
Clinic Quarantine
The Large Animal Clinic at the UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital in Davis, CA is limiting equine appointments after equine influenza spread to eight horses in recent days. Horses a...
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Is Faulty Science to Blame for USEF GABA Ban?
The Knych Study showed no evidence to support USEF's claims that GABA calms or produces any other effects that are likely to affect a horse's show performance. Read the complete GABA study....
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