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Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) is a new treatment option that uses the patient’s own repair systems to improve healing and restore function.

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FORT COLLINS - A Colorado State University veterinarian has been awarded a grant from the National Institutes of Health to develop a gene therapy approach to help heal cartilage and prevent osteoarthritis in horses, potentially leading to scientific methods that also may help humans.

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An entire web space (www.oie.int/eng/OIE-WB_Conference_1007/en_Global_Animal_Health_Initiative.htm) is dedicated to all documentation on the “ OIE/World Bank Global Animal Health Initiative: The Way Forward” Conference (October 9, 10, 11 2007).

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Sometimes, a small change can make a big difference. Such is the case with the horse herpes virus: A change in just one amino acid can make all the difference between triggering a cold or a life-threatening neurological disorder.

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According to China’s Chief Veterinary Officer Jia Youling, over 5,500 cases of equine influenza have been reported in Altay, Xinjiang province in the last few days.

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The World Bank and the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) co-organized a Conference on “Global Animal Health Initiative: the Way Forward” in collaboration with the FAO at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC (USA), October 9, 10 and 11 2007.

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Navicular disease or syndrome is one of the most common causes of performance-limiting lameness in the front legs of many different types of horses. Despite the frequency with which the disease occurs and how long it has been recognized and treated by veterinarians, the cause of the problem remains poorly understood.

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Perpetuation, overwintering, and extinction of eastern equine encephalitis virus (EEEV) in northern foci are poorly understood. We therefore sought to describe the molecular epidemiology of EEEV in New York State during current and past epizootics. To determine whether EEEV overwinters, is periodically reintroduced, or both, we sequenced the E2 and partial NSP3 coding regions of 42 EEEV isolates from New York State and the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.

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1973. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the metabolic half-life of insulin in the horse utilizing several methods and to determine the insulin irreversible loss rate.

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1976. The relationship of ultrasonic measurements to actual fat cover, the value of such measurements for the prediction of total body fat, and the effect of exercise and level of diet intake on fat cover were studied in horses and ponies in four trials.

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1985. Twenty mature geldings, averaging 535 kg, were used to determine the influence of dietary selenium (Se) on the blood levels of Se and Se-dependent glutathione peroxidase (SeGSH-Px) activity in the horse.

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2001. Fourteen foals between 4 and 4.5 mo of age were used to determine the effects of 12 mo of daily treatment with equine somatotropin (eST) on growth, metabolic, and hormonal characteristics.

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1933.  During the year 1931-32, a cooperative federal and state area project, on horse parasite control in Illinois, enabled more than 20,000 farmers in 66 counties to have approximately 150,000 horses treated for stomach worms, bots and ascarids by the single dose method.

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2002. Obesity has been a major concern in the horse industry for many years, and the recent discovery of leptin and leptin receptors in numerous nonequine species has provided a basis for new approaches to study this problem in equine.

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2004. Effects of longitudinal exercise training and acute intensive exercise (simulated race test) on immune function have not been reported in horses.

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