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• Virology
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  Vaccine Protects from Deadly Hendra Virus

  May 17, 2011 — Scientists in Australia have shown that a new experimental vaccine helps to protect horses against the deadly Hendra ... > full story
• Horses
  Veterinary Medicine
  Animals
  Biotechnology
  Zoology
  Extreme Survival
   
  

  Treating Newborn Horses: A Unique Form of Pediatrics

  April 6, 2011 — Like any other newborn, the neonatal horse can be a challenging patient. Its immune system is still under construction, its blood chemistry can vary wildly, and -- like most infants -- it wants to ... > full story
• Horses
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  Behavioral Science
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  Horse Blind Date Could Lead to Loss of Foal

  March 29, 2011 — Fetal loss is a common phenomenon in domestic horses after away-mating, according to researchers. When mares return home after mating with a foreign stallion, they either engage in promiscuous mating ... > full story
• Horses
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  Developmental Biology
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  Biology
   
  

  Motion Sensors Used to Determine Equine Lameness

  March 21, 2011 — The most common ailment to affect a horse is lameness. An equine veterinarian has developed a system to effectively assess this problem using motion detection. This system has been referred to as ... > full story
• New Species
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  Biodiversity Conservation: Zoos Urged to Breed Animals from Threatened Populations

  March 17, 2011 — Zoological gardens breed animals from threatened populations and can thus make a greater contribution towards biodiversity ... > full story
• Fossils
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  Fossils of Horse Teeth Indicate 'You Are What You Eat'

  March 3, 2011 — Fossil records verify a long-standing theory that horses evolved through natural selection. Scientists arrived at the conclusion after examining the teeth of 6,500 fossil horses representing 222 ... > full story
• Stem Cells
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  Scientists Generate Pluripotent Stem Cells from Horses

  February 28, 2011 — Pluripotent stem cells have now been generated from horses. The findings will help enable new stem-cell based regenerative therapies in veterinary medicine, and because horses' muscle and tendon ... > full story
• Medical Imaging
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  Horses
   

  Sleeping Trojan Horse to Aid Imaging of Diseased Cells

  February 17, 2011 — A unique strategy developed by researchers in the UK is opening up new possibilities for improving medical imaging. Medical imaging often requires getting unnatural materials such as metal ions into ... > full story
• Horses
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  Veterinary Medicine
  Developmental Biology
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  Endangered Animals
   

  Hormonal Therapy for Older, Pregnant Horses?

  January 24, 2011 — Like humans, horses are prone to miscarriage. In fact, about one in ten pregnancies results in miscarriage at a very early stage. Some horses have a history of early miscarriages and it has become ... > full story
• Horses
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  Nature
   
  

  Obesity in Horses Could Be as High as in Humans

  January 18, 2011 — At least one in five horses used for leisure are overweight or obese. It's a condition which can lead to laminitis and equine metabolic ... > full story

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