Topic:Animal Health
Animal Health encompasses a broad range of topics focused on maintaining and improving the well-being of equine species. This field addresses various aspects of horse care, including disease prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and management of health conditions. Key areas of interest include equine nutrition, vaccination protocols, parasite control, dental care, and the management of chronic conditions such as laminitis and colic. Additionally, animal health research in horses investigates the impact of exercise and training on physical health, the role of genetics in disease susceptibility, and the development of new therapeutic approaches. This page compiles peer-reviewed research studies and scholarly articles that explore the latest advancements, challenges, and best practices in preserving and enhancing the health of horses.
The neurosecretory substance in the hypothalamic-hypophysial system of the horse. A good deal of hypothetical evidence has been presented for the view that the antidiuretic and oxytocic hormones are not produced in the posterior lobe of the hypophysis. These hormones appear to originate from a neurosecretory process in the neurosecretory nerve cells of the supraoptic and paraventricular nuclei in the hypothalamus and to migrate within the nerve fibers of the supraoptico-hypophysial tract and into the neurohypophysis (Hild, 1951, 1954 a, b and Hild & Zetler, 1951, 1952, 1953 a, b). Here they are stored and if necessary released. Neurosecretory neurons are described in many s...
The concentration of blood sugar during starvation in the newborn calf and foal. Graham, Sampson and Hester (1941) observed that hypoglycaemia was a pathognomonic feature in a fatal disease of newborn pigs and subsequently made the important observation that
starvation alone could rapidly produce a similar syndrome (Sampson,
Hester and Graham, 1942). In contrast, Hanawalt and Sampson
(I947a) found that older pigs, weighing between 20 and 40 lb., were
resistant to a long period of starvation (24 and 28 days), the main
development of this resistance occurring during the first week of life
(Hanawalt and Sampson, I947b). Thus starvation from birth was
fatal in less than...