NEWS ARTICLES ABOUT EQUINE HEALTH AND WELLNESS
Here is a listing of some salient articles from the popular press and industry journals concerning equine medicine, horse health and animal research.
Contact Lens Helps Save Horse's Eyesight
Newhouse News Service, August 2, 2007 - A contact lens from Sears may
have saved the sight of a horse. After Mary Lou Beyer's veterinarian discovered
a problem with her 6-week-old foal's eyesight during a routine visit,
Beyer said she contacted Dr. Matt Parker out of desperation.
The optometrist provided a contact lens for the young horse and later
helped perform a procedure to save the filly's eyesight. Beyer's veterinarian,
Dr. Lynn Applegate, suggested getting a human contact lens to hold the
retina together so it could heal. So Beyer contacted Sears Optical in
the off chance the company would be able to help.
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Kentucky Derby: Race Horse Physiology Is Model For Speed
Sciencedaily.com, May 2, 2006: When the elite horses of the Kentucky
Derby jump from the gate on May 6, will the physiologists who study them
be able to predict the likely winner?
Exercise physiologists have used horses for research for hundreds of
years because the equine athlete’s blood vessels are large, they
love to exercise, and they are domesticated, noted Eric K. Birks, assistant
professor of exercise physiology at the University of Pennsylvania School
of Veterinary Medicine.
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Morris Targets $2.5 Million for Equine Research
The Horse, December, 2005 - Morris Animal Foundation announced
today an equine initiative that will fund a maximum of $500,000 for the
next five years on one specific area of equine research. The specific
area of research--such as colic, laminitis, or gene mapping--will be determined
by the quality of research ideas submitted to the foundation.
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Horse Facts Launched at AAEP Convention
The Horse, December, 2005 - "No matter what type of horse you have, practically every present-day medical protocol owes its basis to bio-medical research," said Dr. Rick DeBowes, chairman of veterinary clinical sciences at Washington State University at the launch of the program. "Humans and animals share problems, such as inflammatory disease of joints, ulcers, arthritis, pituitary dysfunction, and diseases caused by encephalitides."
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Stem-cell cure for racehorses could be used on athletes
The London Telegraph, March 10, 2005 - A pioneering stem-cell treatment that has saved the careers of several top thoroughbred horses could be used to treat injured athletes, footballers and rugby players. It may even be used for members of the public suffering serious tendon injuries.
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Physical therapy for a horse? Of course!
UT holds multi-day equine rehabilitation certification program for vets, technicians
Knoxville News, November 8, 2005 - If adaptation from human medicine seems odd, it's necessary, because much of equine therapy is still being written. "It's not taught in schools," said Dr. H. Steve Adair, associate professor of equine surgery with UT's Veterinary Teaching Hospital, explaining that UT is doing groundbreaking physiological research. "There's a few books on it, but there's not really a concentrated effort out there.
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Champion endurance horse cloned
The birth of the world's second horse clone has been announced by scientists.
BBC, April 14, 2005 - The foal is a copy of a world endurance champion, Pieraz, an animal that has been castrated and was therefore incapable of normal reproduction.
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