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Besnoitia bennetti causes skin tumors in donkeys. A protozoan related to Toxoplasmosis little is known about transmission. Diagnosis can be made by serology, PCR, or microscopic examination of the tumor. So far treatment with the usual antiprotozoals have not been curative. This report is of an outbreak in a group of donkeys in the UK. … Read more
Hindlimb proximal suspensory desmopathy carries a guarded to poor prognosis of return to function for horses. More than just an injury but appears to have some aspects of a compartment syndrome disorder where increased pressure in the tissues around the ligament is trapped and causes further pain and damage to the tissues. This paper supports … Read more
Ever so often you run across an idea that is so simple you have to wonder why you never thought of it yourself. So it is with this one. Simply shaking the solution you are about to inject in a joint makes confirming the accuracy of placement of your medication as simple as a ultrasound … Read more
The history of horses and their domestication is always interesting. Here someone has looked at the genetics of domesticated and wild horses found in the mountains of central Asia (eastern Russia). Of course this area is of interest because some of the earliest evidence of domestication of horses originate in this area. The domestic horses … Read more
This paper highlights the importance of preventing flexor tendonitis, once clinical damage is done you cannot get 100% healing. It is believed many cases of tendonitis occur after a period of small and subclinical damages to the fibers that build over time until there is overt failure of the tendon. Early detection should include thorough … Read more
This paper highlights the importance of preventing flexor tendonitis, once clinical damage is done you cannot get 100% healing. It is believed many cases of tendonitis occur after a period of small and subclinical damages to the fibers that build over time until there is overt failure of the tendon. Early detection should include thorough … Read more
Viruses. 2020 Apr 15;12(4). West Nile Virus Epidemic in Germany Triggered by Epizootic Emergence, 2019. Ziegler U1,2, Santos PD3, Groschup MH1,2, Hattendorf C4, Eiden M1, Höper D3, Eisermann P4, Keller M1, Michel F1, Klopfleisch R5, Müller K6, Werner D7, Kampen H8, Beer M3, Frank C9, Lachmann R9, Tews BA8, Wylezich C3, Rinder M10, Lachmann L11, … Read more
Equine Vet J. 2020 Apr 13. Effect of infrared and red monochromatic light on equine wound healing. Michanek P1, Toth T2, Bergström E2, Treffenberg-Pettersson H2, Bergh A3. Author information: 1. Department of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden. 2. University Animal Hospital, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, … Read more