{"title":"Relationship between lactational performance and metabolic parameters of Mongolian native grazing mares.","authors":"Badrakh Sandagdorj, Tserenpil Baigalmaa, Sedhuu Burenjargal, Motohiro Horiuchi, Munkhbat Enkhdalai, Davaakhuu Bayanbat, Dashdorj Janchiv, Ooyo Jamyandorj, Purevdorj Ulzii-Orshikh, Purevdorj Nyam-Osor","doi":"10.1294/jes.32.91","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1294/jes.32.91","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Information regarding the lactational performance of mares in relation to metabolic parameters can help practitioners to manipulate animal rearing management for sustainable mare milk production. The aim of this study was to characterize the lactational performance of Mongolian native mares grazing on natural pastureland by revealing the seasonal effects on metabolic parameters. In this study, 8 multiparous mares were used. Milk yield and composition and serum metabolic parameters, such as alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), glucose (GLU), triacylglycerol, total cholesterol (TCH), non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA), albumin, urea, total protein, cortisol (Cort), and insulin, were determined at 30, 60, 90, 120, 150, 180, 210, 240, and 270 days of lactation. During the lactation period, milk yield peaked at around the 90th day and declined sharply in the following period. While the milk fat and protein contents decreased gradually from the early stages of lactation to the late stages, the lactose content was highest at mid-lactation and stayed constant until the end of the lactation period. Meanwhile, changes were observed between the stages of lactation, and the differences in metabolic parameters were significant (P<0.05), except for AST and GLU. The strongest correlation was found with NEFA (P<0.01), followed by the Cort (P<0.05) concentration, with both parameters showing negative correlation, and strong positive correlation was detected between the milk yield and TCH (P<0.05) concentration.</p>","PeriodicalId":35701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Equine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/e6/42/jes-32-091.PMC8437754.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39429116","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Trung B Nguyen, Ripon C Paul, Yu Okuda, Thu N A LE, Phuong T K Pham, Kushaliye J Kaissar, Akhmedenov Kazhmurat, Sarsenova Bibigul, Meirat Bakhtin, Polat Kazymbet, Suleimenov Zh Maratbek, Alikhan Meldebekov, Masahide Nishibori, Takayuki Ibi, Takehito Tsuji, Tetsuo Kunieda
{"title":"Genetic characterization of Kushum horses in Kazakhstan based on haplotypes of mtDNA and Y chromosome, and genes associated with important traits of the horses.","authors":"Trung B Nguyen, Ripon C Paul, Yu Okuda, Thu N A LE, Phuong T K Pham, Kushaliye J Kaissar, Akhmedenov Kazhmurat, Sarsenova Bibigul, Meirat Bakhtin, Polat Kazymbet, Suleimenov Zh Maratbek, Alikhan Meldebekov, Masahide Nishibori, Takayuki Ibi, Takehito Tsuji, Tetsuo Kunieda","doi":"10.1294/jes.31.35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1294/jes.31.35","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Kushum is a relatively new breed of horses in Kazakhstan that was established in the middle of the 20th century through a cross between mares of Kazakhstan local horses and stallions of Thoroughbred, Trotter, and Russian Don breeds to supply military horses. To reveal the genetic characteristics of this breed, we investigated haplotypes of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and single-nucleotide polymorphisms of the Y chromosome, as well as genotypes of five functional genes associated with coat color, body composition, and locomotion traits. We detected 10 mtDNA haplotypes that fell into 8 of the 17 major haplogroups of horse mtDNA, indicating a unique haplotype composition with high genetic diversity. We also found two Y-chromosomal haplotypes in Kushum horses, which likely originated from Trotter and/or Don breeds. The findings regarding the mtDNA and Y-chromosomal haplotypes are concordant with the documented maternal and paternal origins of the Kushum horses. The allele frequencies of ASIP, MC1R, and MATP associated with coat color were consistent with the coat color variations of Kushum horses. The allele frequencies of MSTN associated with endurance performance and those of DMRT3 associated with gait suggested that the observed allele frequencies of these genes were the result of selective breeding for these traits. As a result of this study, we were able to obtain useful information for a better understanding of the origin and breeding history of the Kushum horse breed using molecular markers.</p>","PeriodicalId":35701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Equine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/6e/96/jes-31-035.PMC7538259.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38494261","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Eri Uchida-Fujii, Hidekazu Niwa, Yuta Kinoshita, Yoshinari Katayama, Toshio Nukada
{"title":"Molecular phylogenetic and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry identification of isolates from horses identified as <i>Enterobacter cloacae</i> by biochemical identification.","authors":"Eri Uchida-Fujii, Hidekazu Niwa, Yuta Kinoshita, Yoshinari Katayama, Toshio Nukada","doi":"10.1294/jes.31.49","DOIUrl":"10.1294/jes.31.49","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Enterobacter cloacae is an opportunistic pathogen of horses. Thirty isolates obtained from horses and their environments and identified as Enterobacter cloacae by biochemical methods were reidentified by taxonomic identification based on multilocus sequence analysis (MLSA) and by a commercial identification system based on matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). MLSA identified the 30 equine isolates as E. ludwigii (9/30), E. asburiae (1/30), or E. cloacae (1/30); 19 isolates were not identified. The MALDI-TOF MS system could not clearly distinguish isolates to the species level, and the limited numbers of reference spectra for Enterobacter species might have contributed to the poor identification.</p>","PeriodicalId":35701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Equine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/97/7f/jes-31-049.PMC7538261.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38492620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Everest O Atadiose, Junaidu Kabir, Shuaibu G Adamu, Jarlath U Umoh
{"title":"Serosurvey of West Nile virus in horses and detection of West Nile virus antigen in mosquitoes in Kaduna State, Nigeria.","authors":"Everest O Atadiose, Junaidu Kabir, Shuaibu G Adamu, Jarlath U Umoh","doi":"10.1294/jes.31.61","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1294/jes.31.61","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>West Nile virus (WNV) causes a mosquito-borne zoonotic disease of public health importance. The aim of this study was to determine the state of WNV infection in horses and detect the virus antigen in mosquitoes trapped in stables in Kaduna State Nigeria. The study was carried out in Kaduna State, Nigeria, and 368 horses were screened for the presence of antibodies against WNV using an IgG competitive enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Of the 368 samples tested, 331 (89.9%) were positive for WNV antibodies. Mosquitoes from the stables were tested for WNV antigen using a VectorTest kit, and of the 31 pools of adult mosquitoes tested, only 5 (16.1%) pools tested positive for WNV antigen. This finding showed that WNV infection has occurred in horses and that there is evidence of circulation of the virus by mosquitoes in Kaduna State, Nigeria.</p>","PeriodicalId":35701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Equine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/66/89/jes-31-061.PMC7538258.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38492622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ivana Louise Santos Silva, Glebb Strauss Borges Junqueira, Chiara Albano de Araújo Oliveira, Raphael Bermal Costa, Gregório Miguel Ferreira DE Camargo
{"title":"Inconsistencies in horse coat color registration: A case study.","authors":"Ivana Louise Santos Silva, Glebb Strauss Borges Junqueira, Chiara Albano de Araújo Oliveira, Raphael Bermal Costa, Gregório Miguel Ferreira DE Camargo","doi":"10.1294/jes.31.57","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1294/jes.31.57","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Grullo is a dun dilution on a black coat that is common in the Campolina horse: an autochthonous Brazilian breed. The aims of this case study were to evaluate inconsistencies in grullo coat color registration and to explain their possible causes. A total of 3,270 grullo Campolina horses were evaluated. To confirm the genetic possibility of having grullo animals, the coat color genotypes of parents were inferred by phenotype and compared with those of progeny. A total of 242 horses that were registered as grullos could not have this coat based on their parents' information. Possible explanations for incorrect registration are errors of paternity and in coat color identification. We suggest maintaining obligatory paternity testing and enhancing training in coat color identification.</p>","PeriodicalId":35701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Equine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/79/8a/jes-31-057.PMC7538257.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38492621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Riccardo Rinnovati, Socrate Xenos, Andrea Beltrame, Andrea Marigo, Giulia Forni, Maria Morini
{"title":"Subcutaneous neurofibroma as a cause of lameness in a warmblood horse: Neurofibroma in a horse.","authors":"Riccardo Rinnovati, Socrate Xenos, Andrea Beltrame, Andrea Marigo, Giulia Forni, Maria Morini","doi":"10.1294/jes.31.45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1294/jes.31.45","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A neurofibroma was excised from the subcutis on the medial side of the left thigh of a 15-year-old Warmblood gelding, which had shown lameness of the left hind limb. No other source of lameness was found. Two weeks after surgery, the horse was sound at a lameness examination.</p>","PeriodicalId":35701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Equine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/eb/4b/jes-31-045.PMC7538260.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"38492619","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Equine Sarcoid","authors":"Beatrice Funiciello, P. Roccabianca","doi":"10.5772/intechopen.91013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.91013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Equine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78856350","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Equine Reproduction: Seasonality, Endometritis, and Twinning in the Mare","authors":"D. Trundell","doi":"10.5772/intechopen.92999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.92999","url":null,"abstract":"This chapter reviews the seasonality and effect of photoperiod in mares and how, as clinicians, we can shorten the vernal transition period and improve our efficiency in getting mares in foal. Different protocols have been utilized to shorten the vernal transition, and each will be discussed. We will also examine endometritis in the mare. The role of biofilms in causing endometritis in our equine patients, and potential treatment plans, in particular breeding the dirty mare, will be reviewed. Finally, we will examine the effect of twin pregnancies in the mare, the most common cause of noninfectious abortion, and offer two management therapies for dealing with twinning in the mare.","PeriodicalId":35701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Equine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83858699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ADAMTS Proteases: Potential Biomarkers and Novel Therapeutic Targets for Cartilage Health","authors":"S. Kandir","doi":"10.5772/intechopen.93046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.93046","url":null,"abstract":"The equine locomotor system’s health plays a key role on athletic performance. Bone and joint diseases are the major causes of lameness. Poor performance and diseases lead to great economic loss to equestrian sports and horse breeders. Therefore, prevention, early diagnosis, and therapy of joint diseases are important. A disintegrin-like and metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs (ADAMTS) proteinase family plays an important role in many physiological processes such as tissue reorganization, coagulation, and angiogenesis. Aggrecan proteinases ADAMTS-4 and ADAMTS-5 are physiologically responsible for the restructuring with enzymatic cleavage of the cartilage, specific biomarkers in the synovium or body fluids for early diagnosis, and potential specific therapeutic targets in order to their role on degenerative joint diseases physiopathology in humans and various animals.","PeriodicalId":35701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Equine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74080195","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Zakirova, Kovac Milomir, M. Zhuravleva, Catrin Rutland, A. Rizvanov
{"title":"Gene Therapy as a Modern Method of Treating Naturally Occurring Tendinitis and Desmitis in Horses","authors":"E. Zakirova, Kovac Milomir, M. Zhuravleva, Catrin Rutland, A. Rizvanov","doi":"10.5772/intechopen.92352","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.92352","url":null,"abstract":"Tendon and ligament injuries have always been complex to treat, with recovery often taking many months, if successful at all. This chapter looks at recent work undertaken using regenerative medicine, specifically gene therapy and the advances that have been made in equine therapy. It looks at the process from plasmid construction, in vitro testing through to trialing the equine-specific plasmid construct in horses with superficial digital flexor tendon (tendinitis) and suspensory ligament branch injuries. It also looks at the rationale for utilizing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF164) and a basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF2) for these trials and the cellular effects and potential mechanisms of actions.","PeriodicalId":35701,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Equine Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-06-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77103271","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}