KELLERMAN, T. S., MARASAS, \Y/. F. 0., PIENAAR, J. G. & NAUDE, T. \Y/. A mycotoxicosis of Equidae caused by Fusarium moniliforme Sheldon. A preliminary communication. Onderstepoorl j. vet. Res. 39(4), 205-208 (1972). Fusarium moniliforme Sheldon was isolated from maize suspected of causing field cases of leucoenccphalomalacia in horses in South Africa. It was cultured on autoclaved maize and do...

The monodactyl horses of the genus Equus originated in North America during Pliocene, and from beginning Pleistocene, they have been an essential part large ungulate communities Europe, Africa. Understanding how body size species evolved varied relation to changes environments diet thus forms important understanding dynamics variation Pleistocene paleoenvironmental changes. Here we test previou...

BACKGROUND Coagulation disorders are frequently diagnosed, especially in hospitalized equidae, and result in increased morbidity and mortality. However, hemostatic reference intervals have not been established for donkeys yet. OBJECTIVES To determine whether the most common coagulation parameters used in equine practice are different between healthy donkeys and horses. ANIMALS Thirty-eight ...

Babesia caballi and Theileria equi are tick-borne pathogens, etiological agents of equine piroplasmosis that affect different species of Equidae causing relevantly important direct and indirect losses. A field study was conducted to evaluate the distribution of the equine piroplasms in an area of Central-Southern Italy and to identify correlated risk factors. Serum samples of 673 asymptomatic h...

Four different Hunter−Schreger Band (HSB) configurations were observed in the teeth of fossil and extant Perissodactyla. This variability exceeds that observed in Artiodactyla or Proboscidea. The four HSB configurations represent two different evolutionary pathways. Transverse HSB found in many mammalian taxa outside the Perissodactyla represents the most primitive HSB configuration. It occurs ...

Specimens of testis, excurrent duct including the accessory genital glands and urethra throughout its extension were investigated in adult bovines, in order to immunohistochemically localize both the peptidergic innervation and the epithelial cell types belonging to the diffuse endocrine system (DES). Immunoreactivities to GRP, met- and leu-enkephalins, CGRP, NPY, substance P, VIP, somatostatin...

BACKGROUND Ancient protein sequences are increasingly used to elucidate the phylogenetic relationships between extinct and extant mammalian taxa. Here, we apply these recent developments to Middle Pleistocene bone specimens of the rhinoceros genus Stephanorhinus. No biomolecular sequence data is currently available for this genus, leaving phylogenetic hypotheses on its evolutionary relationship...

Dourine is caused by Trypanosoma equiperdum via coitus with an infected horse. Although dourine is distributed in Equidae worldwide and is listed as an internationally important animal disease by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE), no effective treatment strategies have been established. In addition, there are no reports on drug discovery, because no drug screening system exists for...