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Domestic Horse Genome Sequenced
November 5, 2009 — Scientists have decoded the genome of the domestic horse, revealing a genome structure with remarkable similarities to humans and more than one million genetic differences across a variety of horse ... > full story -
New Model May Help Scientists Better Predict And Prevent Influenza Outbreaks
October 29, 2009 — Each year, the influenza virus evolves. And each year, public health officials try to predict what the new strain will be and how it will affect the population in order to best combat it. A new study ... > full story -
Good Results For New Vaccine Against Horse Strangles Disease
October 6, 2009 — Tests show good results for a new vaccine against horse strangles disease. In time this may also lead to new vaccines against human ... > full story -
Drug Eliminates Parasite That Causes Babesiosis In Horses
October 2, 2009 — A drug commonly used to treat cattle and sometimes dogs for a blood parasite can, at a relatively high dose, completely eliminate the parasite Babesia caballi from horses, scientists have ... > full story -
Fossil Teeth Of Three-Toed Browsing Horse Found In Panama Canal Earthworks
June 8, 2009 — Rushing to salvage fossils from the Panama Canal earthworks, a paleontology intern unearthed a set of fossil teeth. Experts identified the fossil as Anchitherium clarencei, a three-toed browsing ... > full story -
Mystery Of Horse Domestication Solved?
April 23, 2009 — Wild horses were domesticated in the Ponto-Caspian steppe region (today Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Romania) in the 3rd millennium B.C. Despite the pivotal role horses have played in the history of ... > full story -
Minimizing The Spread Of Deadly Hendra Virus
April 15, 2009 — Scientists have made a breakthrough in better understanding how Hendra virus spreads from infected horses to other horses and ... > full story -
Climate Change Fears For Deadly Virus Outbreaks In Livestock
March 30, 2009 — Global warming could have chilling consequences for European livestock, warned an expert. Since 1998, rising temperatures have led to outbreaks of bluetongue across most of Europe, which have killed ... > full story -
Archaeologists Find Earliest Known Domestic Horses: Harnessed and Milked
March 5, 2009 — Archaeologists have uncovered the earliest known evidence of horses being domesticated by humans. The discovery suggests that horses were both ridden and milked. The findings could point to the very ... > full story -
Saving Strangford Horse Mussels
January 22, 2009 — Biologists are working to conserve and restore endangered horse mussel reefs in Strangford ... > full story
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