The immunoglobulin G (IgG) subclass response was investigated in horses with or without pyrexia after natural infection with equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1) in the field. All horses were kept at the training centers of the Japan Racing Association and were immunized with an inactivated EHV-1 vaccine before EHV-1 infection. An IgG subclass response dominated by IgGa and IgGb was induced in hor...

REASONS FOR PERFORMING STUDY Anecdotal evidence collected by a variety of organisations has highlighted poor welfare in horses transported long distances to slaughter within the European Union. OBJECTIVE To investigate welfare of horses being transported long distances within the EU to slaughter. METHODS Data on transported horses were recorded at 2 assembly centres in Romania and at 4 abat...

Objective: To review the literature related to horses’ welfare during transport. Approach: Transporting horses is a common practice in equine industry and obeys different reasons activities. Therefore, understanding factors that intervene transport management of critical. Limitations on study/implications: Horses are most transported animals globally, this being very stressful event. Different ...

Ensuring horse welfare is a central aim in equestrian activities. Training an important context for welfare, as horses form long-lasting representations of people and actions at young age. However, only few studies have addressed horses’ emotional responses during early training with humans. In this study, we followed N = 19 horses, including naïve yearlings more experienced two- to three-year-...

Housing of weanling horses in cold loose housing systems is common in the Nordic countries, although its suitability as a winter environment has not been studied. This thesis aimed to study the effects of a cold loose housing environment on weanling horses. The loose housing system consisted of insulated halls with a deep-litter bed, entrance shelters and paddocks to which the group-housed hors...

BACKGROUND Muscle metabolism in horses has been studied mainly by analysis of substances in blood or plasma and muscle biopsy specimens. By using microdialysis, real-time monitoring of the metabolic events in local tissue with a minimum of trauma is possible. There is limited information about muscle metabolism in the early recovery period after anaesthesia in horses and especially in the colic...

Parasites remain a significant threat to horses’ health and welfare. The present paper reviews discusses interactions between parasitic infections reproductive efficiency in horses. manuscript describes the structured way, presenting infecting parasites respective effects activity of following stages cycle are covered: ovarian relevant body condition, breeding management (including mares stalli...

BACKGROUND Klebsiella spp. are implicated as a common cause of bacterial pneumonia in horses, but few reports describe clinical presentation and disease progression. HYPOTHESIS/OBJECTIVES To describe the signalment, clinicopathologic data, radiographic and ultrasonographic findings, antimicrobial susceptibility, outcome, and pathologic lesions associated with Klebsiella spp. pneumonia in hors...

The mechanism of recurrent airway obstruction (RAO) in horses was investigated by measuring the membrane domain structure and oxy-redoxy activity in phagocytes isolated from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BAL) and from the blood of healthy and RAO horses by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). Differences in the activity of intracellular antioxidant enzymes CAT, GPx, and SOD measured in phagoc...