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Motion Sensors Detect Horse Lameness Earlier Than Veterinarians
July 3, 2012 — Equine veterinarians have developed a way to detect lameness using a motion detection system called the "Lameness Locator." Now, researchers have found that the Lameness Locator can detect lameness ... > full story -
Both Innate and Adaptive Immune Responses Are Critical to the Control of Influenza
June 29, 2012 — Both innate and adaptive immune responses play an important role in controlling influenza virus infection, according to a new ... > full story -
Mystery of the Domestication of the Horse Solved: Competing Theories Reconciled
May 7, 2012 — New research indicates that domestic horses originated in the steppes of modern-day Ukraine, southwest Russia and west Kazakhstan, mixing with local wild stocks as they spread throughout Europe and ... > full story -
Jockeying for Genetic Advantage: DNA Analysis to Evaluate Thoroughbreds
May 2, 2012 — When you buy a racehorse, you pays your money and you takes your chances. Top yearlings at Keeneland’s 2011 Thoroughbred auction, for instance, averaged nearly $350,000 and hadn’t yet ... > full story -
Gluten Sensitivity in Sport Horses
April 30, 2012 — Chronic inflammatory small bowel disease has an increased prevalence in sport horses. The disorder is associated with intermittent colic, weight loss, poor performance and anemia. Chronic ... > full story -
How Bacteria Resist a 'Trojan Horse' Antibiotic
March 19, 2012 — A new study describes how bacteria use a previously unknown means to defeat an antibiotic. The researchers found that the bacteria have modified a common "housekeeping" enzyme in a way that enables ... > full story -
Earliest Horses Show Past Global Warming Affected Body Size of Mammals
February 23, 2012 — As scientists continue developing climate change projection models, paleontologists studying an extreme short-term global warming event have discovered direct evidence about how mammals respond to ... > full storyMore: -
How the Quarter Horse Won the Rodeo
February 17, 2012 — American Quarter Horses are renowned for their speed, agility, and calm disposition. Consequently over four million Quarter Horses are used as working horses on ranches, as show horses or at rodeos. ... > full story -
How the Zebra Got Its Stripes
February 9, 2012 — Horseflies are unpleasant insects that deliver powerful bites and now it seems that zebras evolved their stripes to avoid attracting the unpleasant pests. New research show that zebras have the least ... > full story -
'Speed Gene' in Modern Racehorses Originated from British Mare 300 Years Ago, Scientists Claim
January 24, 2012 — Scientists have traced the origin of the 'speed gene' in Thoroughbred racehorses back to a single British mare that lived in the United Kingdom around 300 years ... > full story
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