Evaluating the Impacts of Social Stabling on Horses
Researchers will evaluate if allowing social interactions between adult horses in a stabled environment enhances learning performance and trainability.
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Understanding Equine Herpesvirus 1 Infections
Researchers will work to understand better how equine herpesvirus 1 causes disease and use this new information to inform the development of improved treatments.
Looking for Genetic Mutations Associated with Neurological Disease
Researchers will search for causative genes associated with a common neurological disease in horses called equine neuroaxonal dystrophy/degenerative myeloencephalopathy or eNAD/EDM.
Monitoring Gait to Prevent Lameness
Researchers will partner with hoof care providers, veterinarians and owners to evaluate the feasibility of using video technology to monitor horse gait changes.
Exploring Inhibitory Control and Coping Behaviors in Horses
Researchers will use behavioral tests and stress hormone analysis to assess a horse’s impulsivity and coping abilities in stressful situations that may lead to mental and physical health issues, poor welfare and/or problematic behaviors.
Evaluating an Adjunct Therapy for Cushing’s Disease
Researchers will study if the addition of the drug cyproheptadine improves clinical signs and blood parameters in horses receiving the standard-of-care treatment for pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (Cushing’s Disease).
Working Toward a Vaccine for Strangles
Strangles is a highly contagious disease of the upper respiratory tract of horses, caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi subspecies equi (SEE), and one of the most frequently diagnosed infectious...