background because of the economic importance of the arab race horses and also the role of toxoplasma gondii and neospora spp. in abortion and reproductive failure of these animals, we decided to perform this study. objectives we designed this study to investigate the seroprevalence of anti-toxoplasma gondii and anti-neospora spp. antibodies in arab horses from 12 cities of khuzestan province i...

Streptococcus pneumoniae type 3 was isolated from seven tracheobronchial aspirates and one pleural tap of seven adult horses and one foal. There was no direct evidence in these horses that isolation of the pneumococcus was related to a specific disease syndrome. Presenting complaints included two horses with chronic cough, two horses with decreased exercise tolerance, one horse with exercise-in...

Three horses in a group of thirteen horses from one farm had acute onset of respiratory distress, fever, and anorexia. All treated with antibiotics, intravenous fluids, and oxygen with no significant improvement. Due to poor prognosis, all horses were euthanized six days after the appearance of the clinical signs and were submitted for necropsy. The characteristic lesions in all horses were mar...

• In a second study, prevalence of tapeworm infection in 157 horses was randomly evaluated at necropsy during a 12-month period. Anoplocephala perfoliata was identified in 27% of the horses, exceeding what fecal testing would indicate in many herds. Horses <2 years of age, perhaps due to immunologic susceptibility, were at greater risk of tapeworm infection than adult horses. The geometric mean...

A study was carried out to determine the knowledge, attitude and practices of grooms towards brucellosis in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Structured questionnaires were administered 40 horse owners grooms’ men three Local Government Areas (LGAs); Sabon Gari, Zaria Igabi; Nigeria access horses. Results from structured questionnaire showed only 37.50% (95% CI) respondents aware brucellosis, this 22.50% ...

Creating intelligent systems capable of recognizing emotions is a difficult task, especially when looking at in animals. This paper describes the process designing “proof concept” system to recognize horses. formed by two elements, detector and model. The fast region-based convolutional neural network that detects horses an image. model predicts those These elements were trained with multiple i...

BACKGROUND Fractures of the medial intercondylar eminence of the tibia (MICET) are scarcely reported in horses. OBJECTIVES To report the clinical and diagnostic findings, surgical treatment and outcome in a series of horses presented with MICET fracture and treated with arthroscopic fragment removal. STUDY DESIGN Multicentre retrospective case series. METHODS Case records of horses diagno...

BACKGROUND Acute gastrointestinal disease occurs commonly in horses. Novel biomarkers might improve the understanding of SIRS and aid diagnosis and determination of prognosis. HYPOTHESES Increased plasma concentrations of the biomarkers HMGB-1 and nucleosomes are associated with severity of gastrointestinal lesions in horses; concentrations of these biomarkers will be greater in horses with l...

Closure of US equine slaughter facilities in 2007 along with the concomitant economic recession have contributed to a sharp increase in the number of unwanted horses throughout the United States, with estimates totaling 100,000 horses per year. The objective of the study was to obtain comprehensive data regarding nonprofit organizations caring for unwanted horses, along with the characteristics...

BACKGROUND Many colic horses are compromised due to the disease state and from hours of starvation and sometimes long trailer rides. This could influence their muscle energy reserves and affect the horses' ability to recover. The principal aim was to follow metabolic parameter before, during, and up to 7 days after anaesthesia in healthy horses and in horses undergoing abdominal surgery due to ...