Body Measurements of Donkeys of Poitevin and Catalan Breeds and their Crossbreds in Morocco by I. Boujenane, M. Machmoum

“…The study concerned the analysis of body measurements of 125 Poitevin (P), 107 Catalan (C) and 77 reciprocal crossbred (PxC et CxP) donkeys used in the national stud farms of Morocco. The donkeys were born between 1937 and 1973 in Morocco, France and Spain. …”
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First report of ivermectin resistance in natural infected Foals by Parascaris spp. in Tiaret, Algeria by Ammar Selles Sidi Mohammed, Ait Amrane Amar, Kouidri Mokhtaria, Belhamiti Belkacem Tahar, Belmedjahad Mustapha, Bouchentouf Keltoum, Kadi Marwa, Mihoubi Amel

“…Ninety–one foals were examined for the presence of Parascaris spp. from two stud farms. Among the positive, thirty–two faols were treated with Ivermectin formulations (Ivoral® and Eqvalan®) and Fenbendazole (Funcur®) at their recommended dosages. …”
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First microscopic and molecular parasitological survey of Strongylus vulgaris in Brazilian ponies by André Vianna Martins, Aline de Lima Coelho, Laís Lisboa Corrêa, Mariana Santos Ribeiro, Lucas Fernandes Lobão, João Pedro Siqueira Palmer, Lucas Cavalcante de Moura, Marcelo Beltrão Molento, Alynne da Silva Barbosa

“…Fecal samples were collected in three stud farms: A (n= 22 animals), B (n= 3), and C (n= 2). …”
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Variance in Stallion Semen Quality among Equestrian Sporting Disciplines and Competition Levels by Megan Wilson, Jess Williams, V. Tamara Montrose, Jane Williams

“…This was a retrospective study that evaluated the seminal data of 1130 stallion semen collections from two UK based stud farms between 2009 and 2016. Competing stallion semen quality was significantly lower with regards to concentration (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.05) and progressive motility (<i>p</i> &lt; 0.05) than non-competing stallions. …”
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Molecular Surveillance of EHV-1 Strains Circulating in France during and after the Major 2009 Outbreak in Normandy Involving Respiratory Infection, Neurological Disorder, and Abort... by Gabrielle Sutton, Marie Garvey, Ann Cullinane, Marion Jourdan, Christine Fortier, Peggy Moreau, Marc Foursin, Annick Gryspeerdt, Virginie Maisonnier, Christel Marcillaud-Pitel, Loïc Legrand, Romain Paillot, Stéphane Pronost

“…This new MLST approach could be a tool to help understand epidemics in stud farms.…”
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Genetic Diversity and Maternal Phylogenetic Relationships among Populations and Strains of Arabian Show Horses by Mohamed Machmoum, Bouabid Badaoui, Daniel Petit, Agnès Germot, Moulay Abdelaziz El Alaoui, Ismaïl Boujenane, Mohammed Piro

“…To that end, we collected 211 hair samples from stud farms renowned for breeding Arabian show horses from Nejd KSA, Bahrain, Egypt, Qatar, Morocco, UAE, and Poland. …”
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Pedigree analysis of the Lipizzan horse populations from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia: Structure, inbreeding and genetic variability by Biljana Rogic, Ljuba Strbac, Sladjana Preradovic, Bozo Vazic

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate population parameters and to describe the genetic variability in the Lipizzan horse populations from stud farms in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BH) and Serbia (SRB), reported for the first time in the literature. …”
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Ovine Toll-like Receptor 9 (<i>TLR9</i>) Gene Variation and Its Association with Flystrike Susceptibility by Xiu Liu, Huitong Zhou, Hua Gong, Wenting Liu, Qian Fang, Yuzhu Luo, Jiqing Wang, Shaobin Li, Jiang Hu, Jonathan G. H. Hickford

“…These sheep were collected from both commercial and stud farms throughout New Zealand and they were of 13 different breeds, cross-breds and composites. …”
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Genealogical lines in the Orlov Trotter breed horses of the Ukrainian part of the population by I. V. Tkachova, A. A. Frolova

“…The breeding core of this genealogical line is concentrated in all stud farms for breeding the Orlov Trotter breed (basic farms), as well as in breeding reproducers and individual horse owners. …”
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Alterations in the Expression Profile of Serum miR-155, miR-223, miR-17, miR-200a, miR-205, as well as Levels of Interleukin 6, and Prostaglandins during Endometritis in Arabian Ma... by Sally Ibrahim, Mohamed Hedia, Mohamed O. Taqi, Mohamed K. Derbala, Karima Gh. M. Mahmoud, Youssef Ahmed, Sayed Ismail, Mohamed El-Belely

“…Mares were divided into 48 sub-fertile (endometritis) and 32 fertile (control) at stud farms. Serum was collected for measuring IL-6, PGF_2α, and PGE₂, as well as miRNA isolation and qRT-PCR. …”
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