Reduced Efficacy of Fenbendazole and Pyrantel Pamoate Treatments against Intestinal Nematodes of Stud and Performance Horses by Stefania Zanet, Elena Battisti, Federico Labate, Francesca Oberto, Ezio Ferroglio

“…<i>Parascaris</i> spp. remains the most important parasite infecting foals and weanlings. Anthelmintic resistance is highly prevalent in cyathostomins and <i>Parascaris</i> spp. worldwide and it must be factored into treatment decisions. …”
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An Evaluation Methodology for Interactive Reinforcement Learning with Simulated Users by Adam Bignold, Francisco Cruz, Richard Dazeley, Peter Vamplew, Cameron Foale

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The N-terminal domain is required for cell surface localisation of VapA, a member of the Vap family of Rhodococcus equi virulence proteins. by Raúl Miranda-CasoLuengo, Zeynep Yerlikaya, Haixia Luo, Cheng Cheng, Alfonso Blanco, Albert Haas, Wim G Meijer

“…Rhodococcus equi pneumonia is an important cause of mortality in foals worldwide. Virulent equine isolates harbour an 80-85kb virulence plasmid encoding six virulence-associated proteins (Vaps). …”
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Commonality of Virulence-Promoting Function in Rhodococcus equi Virulence Associated Proteins (Vaps) by Timothy R. Ganderton, Daniel Ghete, Karen Hogg, Graeme J. Park, Christoph G. Baumann, Anthony J. Wilkinson, Paul R. Pryor

“…Rhodococcus equi is a Gram-positive facultative intracellular pathogen associated with life-threatening bronchopneumonial disease in foals. Key to R. equi’s intracellular survival in host macrophages is the production of virulence associated proteins (Vaps). …”
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New materials on sacrificial animals in Yanglang Culture burials of the 5th — 3rd cc. BCE (China) by Shulga, P.I., Shulga, D.P.

“…As it turned out, even 1—3 years old children could have such status during burial in Wangdahu. Foals and votive weapons full set were placed in such burials. …”
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Clinical review of high-flow nasal oxygen therapy in human and veterinary patients by Joanna Whitney, Iain Keir

“…The use of HFNOT has also been advocated in certain conditions in cats and foals. HFNOT is also being used with increasing frequency in the treatment of a widening range of conditions in humans. …”
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Genetic Variability Trend of Lusitano Horse Breed Reared in Italy by Maria Cristina Cozzi, Paolo Valiati, Maria Longeri, Carlos Ferreira, Sofia Abreu Ferreira

“…However, the high number of foals (77.2%) sired by only four stallions in recent years suggests caution in the choice of the sires for the future.…”
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Expression of reprogramming factors in mesenchymal stem cells isolated from equine umbilical cord Wharton’s jelly and amniotic fluid by N S RATHORE, S K KASHYAP, ANUPAMA DEORA, PANKAJ KUMAR, J SINGH, T R TALLURI

“…Equine umbilical cord Wharton’s jelly segments were collected during foaling time and digested enzymatically and cultured in-vitro in culture medium. …”
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Detection of Indiscriminate Genetic Manipulation in Thoroughbred Racehorses by Targeted Resequencing for Gene-Doping Control by Teruaki Tozaki, Aoi Ohnuma, Kotono Nakamura, Kazuki Hano, Masaki Takasu, Yuji Takahashi, Norihisa Tamura, Fumio Sato, Kyo Shimizu, Mio Kikuchi, Taichiro Ishige, Hironaga Kakoi, Kei-ichi Hirota, Natasha A. Hamilton, Shun-ichi Nagata

“…Surrogate (nonbiological) dams were excluded by 9.8 SNVs on average, indicating that the 120 SNV could be used to detect foals that have been produced by somatic cloning or embryo transfer, two practices that are prohibited in thoroughbred racing and breeding. …”
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Survey of Serum Amyloid A and Bacterial and Viral Frequency Using qPCR Levels in Recently Captured Feral Donkeys from Death Valley National Park (California) by Sara Jerele, Eric Davis, Samantha Mapes, Nicola Pusterla, Francisco Javier Navas González, Carlos Iglesias Pastrana, Essam Mahmoud Abdelfattah, Amy McLean

“…Higher SAA concentrations were found in foals. AHV-2 and <i>Streptococcus zooepidemicus</i> DNA concentrations significantly differed between sampling moments (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Mindfulness-based interventions to support wellbeing of adults in low socio-economic settings: a realist review by Sarah Foale, Yvonne Botma, Tanya Heyns

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Genome-wide equine preimplantation genetic testing enabled by simultaneous haplotyping and copy number detection by T. De Coster, Y. Zhao, O. Tšuiko, S. Demyda-Peyrás, A. Van Soom, J. R. Vermeesch, K. Smits

“…The application of the described PGT strategy would allow to select equine embryos devoid of genetic errors and pathogenetic variants, and with the variants of interest, which will improve foaling rate and horse quality. We believe this approach will be a gamechanger in horse breeding.…”
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Genetic diversity of the Italian thoroughbred horse population by Mario Cosenza, Valentina La Rosa, Raffaella Rosati, Vincenzo Chiofalo

“…To this aim FTA® cards of 10032 TB foals over a 14-year new-born campaign period were collected for genetic variability evaluation using 16 microsatellite markers. …”
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Digestibilidade aparente e concentrações plasmáticas de triglicérides e colesterol em equinos alimentados com fontes de óleo vegetal Apparent digestibility and plasmatic concentrat... by Iaçanã Valente Ferreira Gonzaga, Lígia Dias Prezotto, Rodrigo Martins Ribeiro, Waleska Tobo Tamas, Ana Maria Moreira de Freitas Oliveira Moreira, Alexandre Augusto de Oliveira Gobesso, Mariano Etchichury, Roberta Ariboni Brandi

“…<br>To determine apparent digestibility, cholesterol and plasmatic triglycerides of equine diets containing different sources of vegetable oil, 4 cross-breeding foals aging 18,5±1,3 month and weighing 322±15kg were tested during 60 days in randomized 4x4 Latin square. …”
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Behavioral and Physiological Reactions to a Sudden Novel Object in the Weanling Horse: Quantitative Phenotypes for Future GWAS by Barclay B. Powell, Kelsey C. Horvath, Tyeler L. Gilliam, Kimberly T. Sibille, Andreas Keil, Emily K. Miller-Cushon, Carissa L. Wickens, Samantha A. Brooks

“…The study was performed in weanling foals across four consecutive years (<i>n</i> = 74, mean age = 256 days). …”
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Exploration of Parascaris species in three different Equus populations in China by Mengchao Zhou, Yaxian Lu, Lei Han, Maolin Lu, Chunyu Guan, Jie Yu, Hetong Liu, Denghui Chen, Hongjia Li, Yuling Yang, Lu Zhang, Lihong Tian, Quan Liu, Zhijun Hou

“…Abstract Background The roundworms, Parascaris spp., are important nematode parasites of foals and were historically model organisms in the field of cell biology, leading to many important discoveries. …”
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More Than a Moggy; A Population Genetics Analysis of the United Kingdom’s Non-Pedigree Cats by Jennifer Irving McGrath, Wengang Zhang, Regina Hollar, Alison Collings, Roger Powell, Rob D. Foale, Nicola Thurley, Jeffrey A. Brockman, Richard J. Mellanby, Danièlle A. Gunn-Moore, Jeffrey J. Schoenebeck

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Comparison of FECPAKG2, a modified Mini-FLOTAC technique and combined sedimentation and flotation for the coproscopic examination of helminth eggs in horses by Heike Boelow, Jürgen Krücken, Eurion Thomas, Greg Mirams, Georg von Samson-Himmelstjerna

“…Conclusions For the simple detection of parasite eggs, for example, to treat foals infected with Parascaris spp., sedimentation/flotation is sufficient and more sensitive than the other two quantitative investigared in this study. …”
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Adult equine bone-marrow stromal cells produce a cartilage-like ECM superior to animal-matched adult chondrocytes by Kisiday, John D., Frisbie, David D., Plaas, A. H. K., Kopesky, Paul Wayne, Leeb, Steven B., Vanderploeg, Eric J., Ortiz, Christine, Grodzinsky, Alan J.

“…Cells from both immature (2–4 month-old foals) and skeletally-mature (2–5 year-old adults) mixed-breed horses were isolated from animal-matched bone marrow and cartilage tissue, encapsulated in self-assembling-peptide hydrogels, and cultured with and without TGF-β1 supplementation. …”
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Impact of Mixed Equine Influenza Vaccination on Correlate of Protection in Horses by Mohamed Dilai, Mohammed Piro, Mehdi El Harrak, Stéphanie Fougerolle, Mohammed Dehhaoui, Asmaa Dikrallah, Loïc Legrand, Romain Paillot, Ouafaa Fassi Fihri

“…To evaluate the humoral immune response to mixed Equine Influenza vaccination, a common practice in the field, an experimental study was carried out on 42 unvaccinated thoroughbred weanling foals divided into six groups of seven. Three groups were vaccinated using a non-mixed protocol (Equilis® Prequenza-Te, Proteqflu-Te® or Calvenza-03®) and three other groups were vaccinated using a mix of the three vaccines mentioned previously. …”
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