Topic:Comparative Study
Comparative studies in equine research involve the systematic analysis of different horse breeds, management practices, or physiological responses to identify variations and similarities. These studies are instrumental in understanding how different factors influence health, performance, and behavior in horses. Common areas of comparison include genetic traits, nutritional requirements, disease resistance, and response to training. By evaluating these differences, researchers can develop targeted strategies for breeding, healthcare, and training. This page aggregates peer-reviewed research studies and scholarly articles that focus on the methodologies, findings, and implications of comparative studies in the context of equine science.
The oxidation of cystamine and homocystamine by mammalian enzymes. The oxidative deamination of cystamine and homocystamine by mammalian oxidases has been studied. The histaminase of pig kidney oxidizes homocystamine much more slowly than cystamine. The amine oxidase of mammalian liver (guinea-pig, rabbit) oxidizes homocystamine more rapidly than cystamine. Both amines are oxidized by plasma (or serum) of ruminants (ox, sheep, goat) and of the horse. In the enzymatic oxidation of homocystamine both aminogroups are removed; there is no evidence that a ring compound analogous to cystaldimine is accumulating.
Comparative coagulation studies on horse and human blood. This research article compares the coagulation properties of horse blood to human blood, aiming to explore several previous findings concerning naturally occurring deficiencies in horse plasma and their relevance to […]
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...