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Animals, Volume 12, Issue 5

March-1 2022 - 138 articles

Cover Story: Veterinary lameness examinations often include collecting movement symmetry data and assessing the horse while it is ridden. Reference data for ‘Western style’ riding are currently lacking. Thirty reining Quarter Horses (QHs) were assessed with inertial sensors on head, withers, and pelvis during trot in-hand, lunged, and ridden on reining-purpose riding surfaces. Movement was marginally more symmetrical in the ridden horse. Typical for soft surfaces, movement asymmetry indicated reduced weight support with the limb on the inside of the circle and reduced pushoff with the opposite limb. The small but significant asymmetry differences between in-hand and ridden exercise necessitate further studies in lame QHs focusing on ridden exercise and differences between lameness causes with respect to the lame limb on the inside or outside of the circle. View this paper
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Articles (138)

  • Review
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,124 Views
19 Pages

Avian Cell Culture Models to Study Immunomodulatory Properties of Bioactive Products

  • Michelle Paradowska,
  • Aleksandra Dunislawska,
  • Maria Siwek and
  • Anna Slawinska

7 March 2022

Antimicrobial resistance is becoming a greater danger to both human and animal health, reducing the capacity to treat bacterial infections and increasing the risk of morbidity and mortality from resistant bacteria. Antimicrobial efficacy in the treat...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,876 Views
12 Pages

Number of Primordial Follicles in Juvenile Ringed Seals (Pusa hispida) from the Gulf of Bothnia and West Greenland

  • Britta Schmidt,
  • Julia Hollenbach,
  • Christian Mühlfeld,
  • Christiane Pfarrer,
  • Sara Persson,
  • Tina Kesselring,
  • Christian Sonne,
  • Frank Rigét,
  • Rune Dietz and
  • Ursula Siebert

7 March 2022

Primordial follicles are important for the reproduction cycle and, therefore, also for the survival of the whole population of a species. Mammals have a large pool of primordial follicles, and it is thought that this pool represents the total number...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,140 Views
14 Pages

Changes in Oxidative Status Biomarkers in Saliva and Serum in the Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome and Colic of Intestinal Aetiology: A Pilot Study

  • María Dolores Contreras-Aguilar,
  • Camila Peres Rubio,
  • Luis Guillermo González-Arostegui,
  • María Martín-Cuervo,
  • Jose J. Cerón,
  • Ignacio Ayala,
  • Ida-Marie Holm Henriksen,
  • Stine Jacobsen and
  • Sanni Hansen

7 March 2022

Changes in the oxidative status of the blood of horses suffering from gastric ulcers and colic of intestinal aetiology (CIE) have been reported. However, saliva can also be a source of biomarkers of oxidative status. Therefore, this study aims to val...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3,199 Views
15 Pages

Learning Ability and Hippocampal Transcriptome Responses to Early and Later Life Environmental Complexities in Dual-Purpose Chicks

  • Chao Yan,
  • Wen Liu,
  • Jinlong Xiao,
  • Hai Xiang,
  • Jikun Wang,
  • Hui Zhang,
  • Jian Liu,
  • Siyu Chen and
  • Xingbo Zhao

7 March 2022

In this study, we hypothesized that complex early-life environments enhance the learning ability and the hippocampal plasticity when the individual is faced with future life challenges. Chicks were divided into a barren environment group (BG), a litt...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
3,348 Views
16 Pages

A Peek into the Bacterial Microbiome of the Eurasian Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris)

  • Diana Ioana Olah,
  • Emöke Páll,
  • Constantin Cerbu,
  • Sergiu Dan Zăblău,
  • Gheorghiță Duca,
  • Monica Ioana Suătean,
  • Adrian Valentin Potârniche,
  • Aurel Vasiu and
  • Marina Spînu

7 March 2022

Sciurus vulgaris (the Eurasian red squirrel) is native to Europe and Asia, but due to habitat destruction or fragmentation, interspecific competition, and infectious diseases, especially in European island areas the species finds itself at the brink...

  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
4,806 Views
13 Pages

Assessing Genomic Diversity and Selective Pressures in Bohai Black Cattle Using Whole-Genome Sequencing Data

  • Xiaohui Ma,
  • Haijian Cheng,
  • Yangkai Liu,
  • Luyang Sun,
  • Ningbo Chen,
  • Fugui Jiang,
  • Wei You,
  • Zhangang Yang,
  • Baoheng Zhang and
  • Enliang Song
  • + 1 author

7 March 2022

Bohai Black cattle are one of the well-known cattle breeds with black coat color in China, which are cultivated for beef. However, no study has conducted a comprehensive analysis of genomic diversity and selective pressures in Bohai Black cattle. Her...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,621 Views
16 Pages

The Characteristics and Distribution of α2D-, α2B- and α2C-Adrenoceptor Subtypes in Goats

  • Ming Xu,
  • Qiulin Zhang,
  • Qi Wang,
  • Di Pan,
  • Mingxing Ding and
  • Yi Ding

7 March 2022

α2-Adrenegic receptors (α2Rs) are important presynaptic modulators of central noradrenergic function (auto receptors) and postsynaptic mediators of many of the widespread effects of catecholamines and related drugs. Studies have shown tha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,615 Views
18 Pages

The Arrangement of the Peripheral Olfactory System of Pleuragramma antarcticum: A Well-Exploited Small Sensor, an Aided Water Flow, and a Prominent Effort in Primary Signal Elaboration

  • Stefano Aicardi,
  • Matteo Bozzo,
  • Andrea Amaroli,
  • Lorenzo Gallus,
  • Beatrice Risso,
  • Erica Carlig,
  • Davide Di Blasi,
  • Marino Vacchi,
  • Laura Ghigliotti and
  • Sara Ferrando

6 March 2022

The olfactory system is constituted in a consistent way across vertebrates. Nasal structures allow water/air to enter an olfactory cavity, conveying the odorants to a sensory surface. There, the olfactory neurons form, with their axons, a sensory ner...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
4,978 Views
15 Pages

How Serious Are Health-Related Welfare Problems in Unowned Unsocialised Domestic Cats? A Study from Denmark Based on 598 Necropsies

  • Ida Sofie Thuesen,
  • Jørgen Steen Agerholm,
  • Helena Mejer,
  • Søren Saxmose Nielsen and
  • Peter Sandøe

6 March 2022

Free ranging unsocialised domestic cats are widely believed to suffer from a high load of welfare problems. We assessed the validity of this belief by performing necropsies on the corpses of 598 unsocialised cats, originating from all parts of Denmar...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,589 Views
10 Pages

6 March 2022

The majority of dogs with chronic idiopathic gastrointestinal (GI) disease respond to diet. So far, no study has assessed how much dietary information is obtained during consultations. We retrospectively evaluated what dietary information was availab...

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