Conversations in Equine Science
Kate Acton (from Ireland) and Nancy McLean (from the USA) discuss equine research projects and studies to help bridge the gap between the scientific community and the general community of horse owners, trainers and enthusiasts.
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Friday Feb 11, 2022
Friday Feb 11, 2022
Kate and Nancy discuss a research paper from September 2021 analyzing the methodology of 9 Dressage Trainers.
Reference:
Zetterqvist Blokhuis, M. (2021). Teaching Horse Riding: Is the Role of the Horse Recognized?, Society & Animals (published online ahead of print 2021).
https://doi.org/10.1163/15685306-bja10062https://brill.com/view/journals/soan/aop/article-10.1163-15685306-bja10062/article-10.1163-15685306-bja10062.xml.
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Friday Feb 04, 2022
Friday Feb 04, 2022
Kate and Nancy discuss the water requirements of horses. Is your horse drinking enough and how will you know?
Reference:
Freeman, DE (2021). Effect of Feed Intake on Water Consumption in Horses: Relevance to Maintenance Fluid. Frontiers in Veterinary Science.
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fvets.2021.626081/full
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Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Kate and Nancy discuss a recently published paper on equine muscle atrophy scoring.
Reference: Herbst, AC, Johnson, MG, Gammons, H, Reedy, SE, Urshel, KL, Harris, PA, Adams, AA (2022). Development and Evaluation of a Muscle Atrophy Scoring System (MASS) for Horses. Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, ISSN: 0737-0806, Vol: 110, Page: 103771.
Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0737080621004019
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Thank you!
Nancy and Kate
Friday Jan 21, 2022
Friday Jan 21, 2022
One of Nancy's Thoroughbred yearling colts recently had a sales radiograph that revealed a small medial bone chip. No lameness and nothing amiss...what does the research reveal ? Kate and Nancy discuss using current research.
Reference: Moyer, CT, Bramlage, LR, Werre, SR, Ruggles, A, Embertson, R, Hopper, S.(2019). Osteochondral fragments of the pastern joint at the origin of the collateral ligament of the distal sesamoid bone: performance after arthroscopic removal (2000–2015). Veterinary Surgery. Vol 48: pp. 1181– 1187.
Link: https://doi.org/10.1111/vsu.13307
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Friday Jan 14, 2022
Kate and Nancy discuss the results of an equine research paper that recorded horse behavior modifications that occurred during and after exposure to classical music. This research was done on stabled horses with stereotypical behaviors.
Reference: Xin Huo, Matchirathakorn Wongkwanklom, Thanakon Phonraksa and Pongchan Na-Lampang (2021).
Effects of playing classical music on behavior of stabled horses. Veterinary Integrative
Sciences, 19(2), pp. 259-267.
Link: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/vis/article/view/250739/170429
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Friday Jan 07, 2022
Kate and Nancy discuss research on the equine discomfort ethogram.
Reference: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/11/2/580/htm#app1-animals-11-00580
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Friday Dec 24, 2021
Kate and Nancy discuss their favorite episodes and also reveal the listeners' favorites as well!
Merry Christmas and Happy 2022 to humans and horses!
After 80 straight episodes without a break, we are taking a week off to celebrate! Look for a new season to begin on 7 January 2022!
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Friday Dec 17, 2021
Kate and Nancy discuss a research paper that documented wound healing rates in 127 cases/horses. MGH was used in 69 cases. The control group consisted of 58 cases (MGH was not used). All wounds were cleaned with diluted with clorhexidine or diluted provodone iodine and then sutured. The MGH treated wounds were sutured after the MGH was applied or small openings at the top and bottom of the wounds were left open so MGH could be inserted at the top, above the sutures.
Reference: Mandel HH, Sutton, GA, Abu, E, Kelmer, G. (2019). Intralesional application of medical grade honey improves healing of surgically treated lacerations in horses. Equine Veterinary Journal, 52. pp. 41-45.
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Friday Dec 10, 2021
Join Kate and Nancy as they discuss the progress of equine dental practices.
References:
Easley, Jack DVM (2020). A Brief History of Equine Dental Practice. Veterinary Clinics of North America: Equine Practice
Volume 36, Issue 3, pp. 425-432.
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Friday Dec 03, 2021
Friday Dec 03, 2021
This week Kate and Nancy discuss the latest developments in EHV-1 research.
References:
(Khusro et al., 2020)
A. Khusro, C. Aarti, R.R. Rivas-Caceres, A. Barbabosa-Pliego (2020). Equine herpesvirus-I infection in horses: recent updates on its pathogenicity, vaccination, and preventative management strategies, Journal of Equine Veterinary Science, 87 (2020), Article e102923
https://equinediseasecc.org/alerts
https://inside.fei.org/fei/ehv-1
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