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New Diagnostic Assays to Improve Control of Coccidiosis in Poultry 64 pages Published: 13 Mar 2009 Author(s): J Morgan, C Constantinoiu, W Jorgensen ISBN: 1-74151-842-3 This RIRDC research benefits the Australian poultry industry by improving the ability to monitor coccidiosis...

Melanoma and the Greying Horse 42 pages Published: 1 Jan 1997 Author(s): RH Sutton, CT Cloeman ISBN: 0-642-54026-8 The grey horse melanoma is a widely recognized but poorly understood condition. Its importance lies in its high prevalence, as a cause of rejection of grey horses for...

Proceeding of the Equine Nutrition and Pastures for Horses Workshop 97 pages Published: 1 Jan 1997 Author(s): Prof. Reuben Rose, Melissa Oxford ISBN: 0-642-24647-5 In February 1995, RIRDC organised a workshop to discuss issues and problems of equine nutrition and pastures. It brought...

Strangles in horses 45 pages Published: 15 Feb 2000 Author(s): P.J. Canfield ISBN: 0-642-58037-5 This report describes the experimental reproduction of strangles in horses and the subsequent host cell interactions with the strangles organism. For the first time this report shows the...

Nutrition of Grazing Broodmares, Their Foals and Young Horses 45 pages Published: 1 Mar 2000 Author(s): N.P. McMeniman ISBN: 0-642-58058-8 The aim of the project reported here was to determine if young pasture fed horses would grow and mature as well as similar horses hand fed a...

Safe and effective grain feeding for horses 32 pages Published: 1 Nov 2001 Author(s): James Rowe, Wendy Brown, , Simon Bird ISBN: 0-642-58368-4 The aim of this research program was to develop safer and more effective ways of feeding grain to horses. Horses have a limited ability to...

Inflammatory Airway Disease in Young Thoroughbred horses 88 pages Published: 1 Oct 2003 Author(s): N.Malikides, J.L.Hodgson ISBN: 0-642-58656-X Inflammatory respiratory disease continues to be a serious cause of wastage to the performance horse industries in Australia and overseas...

Shin soreness in Thoroughbred racehorses 46 pages Published: 1 Dec 2004 Author(s): N. Cogger, D.L. Evans, D.R.Hodgson, N.R.Perkins a ISBN: 1-74151-063-5 Shin soreness is a training injury in Thoroughbred horses that is characterised by pain on palpation of the shin, or third metacarpal...

Exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage in Thoroughbred race horses 24 pages Published: 1 Feb 2005 Author(s): K.W. Hinchcliff et al ISBN: 1-74151-125-9 Examines whether exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH) is detrimental to athletic performance of thoroughbred racehorses. Seven...

Back Pain in Horses: Epaxial Musculature 35 pages Published: 27 Nov 2007 Author(s): Dr Catherine McGowan, Ms Narelle Stubbs ISBN: 1-74151-515-7 Back pain and diseases of the spine and pelvis are significant problems in all types of performance horses, potentially causing poor...

What Causes Equine Laminitis? The role of impaired glucose uptake 34 pages Published: 27 Nov 2007 Author(s): Martin Sillence et al. ISBN: 1-74151-553-X The painful and crippling disease of laminitis is thought to have plagued horses and their owners for more than 2000 years. Part of the...

Prevention and Control of Lower Airway Inflammation in Horses 61 pages Published: 1 Apr 2008 Author(s): P Spendlove, J Hodgson, D Hodgson ISBN: 1-74151-640-4 This report delivers the findings of a study to assess the efficacy of inhalational pharmaceutical treatment options for treatment of...

The effect of swimming training on cardiac dimensions in thoroughbreds 23 pages Published: 10 Nov 2008 Author(s): A/Prof Allan Davie, Drs Kate Savage, Laura Fennell Dr C.J. (Kate) Savage Dr Laura Fennell ISBN: 1-74151-745-1 This study examined swimming training in relation to its impact...

A Prospective Study of Presale Radiographs of Thoroughbred Yearlings 159 pages Published: 12 Jul 2009 Author(s): Melissa Jackson et al ISBN: 1-74151-882-2 This RIRDC report describes a detailed examination of the quality of radiographs submitted to the first year of radiographic...

Identification of Horses with Resistance to Small Strongyles 48 pages Published: 12 June 2009 Author(s): Glen Coleman, Jennifer Seddon, , Kim Jell ISBN: 1-74151-881-4 This RIRDC report investigates the feasibility of developing a simple test (or tests) for the identification of an...

Risk Factors for Gastric Ulceration in Thoroughbred Racehorses 42 pages Published: 15 May 2008 Author(s): G D Lester, I Robertson, C Secombe ISBN: 1-74151-650-1 Gastric ulceration represents an important health concern to the performance horse industries. Economic impacts of this disease...

Equine Amnionitis and Foetal Loss: The role of caterpillars 34 pages Published: 8 Oct 2009 Author(s): A.J. Cawdell-Smith, W.L. Bryden ISBN: 1-74151-953-5 Reproductive loss is a major cause of wastage in the thoroughbred breeding industry and probably accounts for a loss of about 7 - 10%...

Prolonging Stallion Semen Viability for Artificial Insemination 28 pages Published: 17 May 2010 Author(s): A.J. Cawdell-Smith ISBN: 978-1-74254-039-9 Artificial insemination (AI) is used widely in the horse industry. The success of frozen semen AI in the horse is limited by the variability...

The Development of Horse Embryonic and Amnion Derived Stem Cells 50 pages Published: 15 Sep 2010 Author(s): Jitong Guo, Tayfur Tecirlioglu, Angus McKinnon, Alan O. Trounson, Graham Jenkin ISBN: 978-1-74254-132-7 Joint injuries are a major cause of economic loss in the horse industry. Even a...

Placentitis: A major cause of late term foetal loss 44 pages Published: 27 Oct 2010 Author(s): Joan Barbara Carrick ISBN: 978-1-74254-123-5 Placentitis or inflammation of the placenta is most often caused by infection. Placentitis and placental abnormalities are a major cause of...