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Stem cell therapy is a regenerative approach that has gained much press recently as a potential method for treating equine injuries. While scientific studies on its efficacy are scarce, Scott Morrison, DVM, of Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital's podiatry unit, in Lexington, Ky., and other practitioners are using various stem cell approaches in their practice and recording results. Morrison described his success with umbilical cord-derived stem cells in nonresponsive chronic laminitis cases at the 6^th International Equine Conference on Laminitis and Diseases of the Foot, held Oct. 28-31 in West Palm Beach, Fla.

Using traditional treatment methods, Morrison has previously had an 18% success rate (e.g., a return to pasture soundness) treating chronic, uncompensated (unstable coffin bone, or "sinker") laminitis cases; 88% success treating horses suffering from severe coffin bone rotation with sole penetration; and 44% success treating severe coffin bone disease (bone loss) cases. With the hope that stem cells could help promote better-quality tissue growth in the diseased foot, Morrison recently examined whether adding stem cell therapy to routine laminitis treatment (e.g., foot casts, deep flexor tenotomy, hoof wall resection, anti-inflammatory therapy, etc.) could improve success rates.

Morrison relayed that he has used allogenic (from umbilical cord blood) stem cell therapy in 31 cases--three with severe rotation of the coffin bone within the hoof capsule, and the rest "sinkers." He said he chose to use allogenic cells because it's crucial to begin treatment on these cases as soon as possible--veterinarians typically don't have time to collect and harvest the horse's own cells (which takes four to six weeks).

In these cases Morrison delivered 25 million cells directly to the affected foot via regional perfusion (placing a tourniquet on the limb and injecting cells into a vein below the tourniquet) for 20-30 minutes. The average case received three doses of 20-25 million cells, or treatment every three to four weeks as needed. As soon as a month after treatment began, Morrison reported seeing new sole growth and coronary band regeneration of healthy wall in several horses. Among the 31 cases, he had success (again, pasture soundness) treating 65% (13/20) of acute sinkers, 100% (3/3) of severe rotation cases, and 37.5% (3/8) of severe bone disease cases using stem cell therapy. However, Morrison noted the first successful case is only 14 months out from initial treatment, and he still needs to determine long-term success rates.

Morrison added that although stem cell therapy might be useful for rehabilitating severe laminitis cases, traditional treatment methods such as those listed earlier should also be in place for a successful outcome. As promising as it is, stem cell therapy is still an inexact science, and clinicians continue to examine its use for treating laminitis cases. "Timing of treatment, route of administration, and histological studies of the tissue type generated after stem cell therapy are areas that need further investigation," he concluded.

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Top 5 Equine Hospitals in the U.S.

Top 5 Equine Hospitals in the U.S.

It’s hard to come up with the top 5 equine hospitals in the U.S. This is simply because there are a number of outstanding hospitals that deserve to be mentioned. Five institutions however do stand out. Whether it’s their scope of services or their dedication to excellence, these top 5 equine hospitals truly deserve to be commended.

Oakridge Equine Hospital

This large facility is nestled in North Edmond Oklahoma and has a total land area of 24,500 square feet. Most of this area is occupied by its main hospital. The rest is occupied by an imaging building and a barn or storage area. Oakridge particularly stands out as part of the top 5 equine hospitals because it is the only facility which has a large animal MRI unit in the central U.S. region. Aside from MRI it also offers ultrasonography, endoscopy, digital radiography and fluoroscopy. Surgical procedures performed include soft tissue surgery, arthroscopic surgery, orthopedic surgery and laser surgery.

LSU Equine Hospital (Louisiana State University)

This facility is staffed by veterinary professionals who offer 24/7 service and care. It offers a broad range of services that include reproduction, imaging, performance evaluation, surgery, internal medicine and health maintenance. Although the hospital may have similar facilities and services as other hospitals, what makes LSU Equine Hospital worthy of being one of the top 5 equine hospitals is its dedicated response and its commitment to further facility and service improvement.

Peterson and Smith Equine Hospital

This hospital bears the name of two noted professionals in equine veterinary medicine. Established more than two decades ago in Ocala, Florida, it continues to provide 24/7 horse care. The hospital is capable of providing medical attention to individual patients and to whole farms. Aside from the usual care provided by most other hospitals, Peterson and Smith also offers special services in sports medicine, ambulatory care, intensive care, cardiac evaluation, orthopedic surgery, ophthalmic care, on site lab evaluations and podiatry.

Reata Equine Hospital

Reata Equine Hospital

Reata offers similar services as most other full equine hospitals. It has services for internal medicine, diagnostics, reproduction, neonatal care and surgery. It also offers general care services like worming, vaccination and dental evaluations. What makes this hospital part of the top 5 equine hospitals is its Podiatry Center which was opened in June. The center stands on 3000 square feet of land and has two climate controlled sections for treatment. Find out more information at www.reataequinehospital.com

San Luis Rey Equine Hospital

This facility has been around for more than three decades in Bonsall California. It sits on a wide land area that can house a maximum of thirty patients at one time. It can attend to these patients 24/7. The facilities include an operating room, pharmacy, barn, recovery room, laboratory, treatment room and isolation section. What makes this hospital truly deserving of being one of the top 5 equine hospitals is its pioneering spirit. It is one of the pioneers in the fields of nuclear bone scanning, abdominal surgery and radiography.

If you have a horse that you love more than anything and need medical care, these top 5 equine hospitals are the places to go. Horse care doesn’t get any better than this

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Genetic diseases that can occur in purebred Arabians, or in partbreds with Arabian ancestry in both parents, are the following:

• Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID). Recessive disorder, fatal when homozygous, carriers (heterozygotes) show no signs. Similar to the "bubble boy" condition in humans, an affected foal is born with no immune system, and thus generally dies of an opportunistic infection, usually before the age of five months. There is a DNA test that can detect healthy horses who are carriers of the gene causing SCID, thus testing and careful, planned matings can now eliminate the possibility of an affected foal ever being born.^[45]
• Lavender Foal Syndrome (LFS), also called Coat Color Dilution Lethal (CCDL). Recessive disorder, fatal when homozygous, carriers show no signs. The condition gets it name because most affected foals are born with a coat color dilution that lightens the tips of the coat hairs, or even the entire hair shaft. Foals with LFS are unable to stand at birth, often have seizures, and are usually euthanized within a few days of birth.^[46][47] In November 2009, Cornell University announced that a DNA test has been developed to detect carriers of LFS. Simultaneouly, the University of Pretoria also announced that they had also developed a DNA test.^[48]
• Cerebellar abiotrophy (CA or CCA). Recessive disorder, homozygous horses are affected, carriers show no signs. An affected foal is usually born without clinical signs, but at some point, usually after six weeks of age, develops severe incoordination, a head tremor, wide-legged stance and other symptoms related to the death of the purkinje cells in the cerebellum. Such foals are frequently diagnosed only after they have crashed into a fence or fallen over backwards, and often are misdiagnosed as a head injury caused by an accident. Severity varies, with some foals having fast onset of severe coordination problems, others showing milder signs. Mildly affected horses can live a full lifespan, but most are euthanized before adulthood because they are so accident-prone as to be dangerous. As of 2008, there is a genetic test that uses DNA markers associated with CA to detect both carriers and affected animals.^[49] Clinical signs are distinguishable from other neurological conditions, and a diagnosis of CA can be verified by examining the brain after euthanasia.^[50]
• Occipital Atlanto-Axial Malformation (OAAM). This is a condition where the cervical vertebrae fuse together in the neck and at the base of the skull. Symptoms range from mild incoordination to the paralysis of both front and rear legs. Some affected foals cannot stand to nurse, in others the symptoms may not be seen for several weeks. This is the only cervical spinal cord disease seen in horses less than 1 month of age, and a radiograph can diagnose the condition. There is no genetic test for OAAM, and the hereditary component of this condition is not well researched at present.^[51]
• Equine juvenile epilepsy, or Juvenile Idiopathic Epilepsy, sometimes referred to as "benign" epilepsy, is not usually fatal. Foals appear normal between epileptic seizures, and seizures usually stop occurring between 12 and 18 months.^[47] Affected foals may show signs of epilepsy anywhere from two days to six months from birth.^[52] Seizures can be treated with traditional anti-seizure medications, which may reduce their severity.^[53] Though the condition has been studied since 1985 at the University of California, Davis, the genetic mode of inheritance is unclear, though the cases studied were all of one general bloodline group.^[52] Recent research updates suggest that a dominant mode of inheritance is involved in transmission of this trait.^[54] One researcher hypothesized that epilepsy may be linked in some fashion to Lavender Foal Syndrome due to the fact that it occurs in similar bloodlines and some horses have produced foals with both conditions.^[47]
• Guttural Pouch Tympany (GPT) occurs in horses ranging from birth to 1 year of age and is more common in fillies than in colts. It is thought to be genetic in Arabians, possibly polygenic in inheritance, but more study is needed.^[55] Foals are born with a defect that causes the pharyngeal opening of the eustachian tube to act like a one-way valve. Air can get in, but it cannot get out. The affected guttural pouch is distended with air and forms a characteristic nonpainful swelling. Breathing is noisy in severely affected animals.^[56] Diagnosis is based on clinical signs and radiographic examination of the skull. Medical management with NSAID and antimicrobial therapy can treat upper respiratory tract inflammation. Surgical intervention is needed to correct the malformation of the guttural pouch opening to provide a route for air in the abnormal guttural pouch to pass to the normal side and be expelled into the pharynx. Foals that are successfully treated may grow up to have fully useful lives.^[57]

The Arabian Horse Association in the United States has created a foundation that supports research efforts to uncover the roots of genetic diseases.^[58] The organization F.O.A.L. (Fight Off Arabian Lethals) is a clearinghouse for information on these conditions.^[59] Additional information is available from the World Arabian Horse Association (WAHO).^[60]

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کلينيک اسب احسان 

 به صورت اختصاصی به درمان بيماری ها اسب پرداخته و دارای آخرين تجهيزات در زمينه طب اسب ميباشد

خدمات ارائه شده  در کلينيک:

تشخيص و درمان بيماری های داخلی اسب

تشخيس و درمان بيماری های توليد مثلی و مامايی

تشخيص و درمان بيماری های اندام حرکتی و لنگش

دندانپزشکی اسب و سوهان زدن دندان ها با سوهان برقی

معاينه پيش از خريد اسب همراه با اشعه ايکس

جراحی ها عمومی و زيبايی دم (نرگسه)

تشخيص آبستنی از 16 روزگی به بعد با دستگاه سونوگرافی

ماساژ درمانی برای افزايش توان ورزشی و نيز برای کمک به بهبود بيماری ها اندام حرکتی

تنظيم جيره های غذايی اسب متناسب با نوع فعاليت اسب

تنظيم برنامه های ضد انگلی

مشاوره در خريد و فروش اسب اصيل ( عرب )

تجهيزات کلينيک:

سونوگرافی

راديولوژی اشعه ايکس

سوهان برقی دندانپزشکی

دستگاه ماساژ درمانی مفاصل و کمر

اميدواريم که با افتتاح اين کلينيک کمک شايانی به اسب و ورزش سوارکاری ارائه نماييم

برای کسب اطلاعات بيشتر به وبسايت کلينيک مراجعه نماييد

www.HorseVet.ir

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دوش با من گفت پنهان کاردانی تيز هوش 

کز شما پنهان نشايد داشت جهاز می فروش

سخت مي گيرد جهان بر مردمان سخت کوش

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افزايش ضربان قلب انسانی که يک اسب را سوار است يا هدايت ميکند باعث ميشود که ضربان قلب اسب نيز افزايش يابد

دکتر کلينگ و همکارانش در يک آزمايش اين مسئله را تست کردند که ضربان قلب انسان در مواجهه با ترس و دلواپسی و اضطراب به صورت غير مستقيم بر اسب نيز تاثير می گذارد.
در اين آزمايش ترس بعنوان شاخص افزايش ضربان قلب قرار گرفت و از 20 نفر مردم عادی و کسانی که با اسب کار ميکردند خواسته شد که 10 اسب را سوار شده و چهار مرتبه از نقطه ا به نقطه ب قدم بروند و به شرکت کننده ها گفتند که در مرحله چهارم يک چتر در حين سواری باز ميشود.
اما اين چتر هرگز باز نشد ولی در انسان و اسب هر دو در مرحله چهارم افزايش ضربان قلب بين نقطه ا و ب رخ داد و اين در حالی بود که  انسان ها انتظار باز شدن يک چتر را در مرحله چهار داشتند.

به گفته دکتر کلينگ اين افزايش ضربان قلب در اسب ها شايد به اين معنا باشد که اسب ها بسيار هشيار و آماده برای مقابله با هر خطری هستند . در طبيعت اسب ها در گله های خود برای پاسخ و واکنش به هر چيزی سازوگار شده اند.
رم کردن و وحشت کردن اسب در واکنش به يک چيزی نشان دهنده هشيار بودن زياد اسب است
پس اگر شما انسان عصبی هستيد سواری کردن با اسب و هدايت کردن يک اسب توسط شما   باعث وحشت با نا آرامی در اسب شما خواهد شد پس هميشه قبل از سواری و يا ارتباط با اسب ها آرامش خود را بدت آورده و به اسب خود اعتماد کنيد چون شما هستيد که باعث وحشت او مي شويد

Horses React to Human Heart Rates

An increase in a human's heart rate affects the heart rate of the horse they are leading or riding, researchers at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences recently reported.

Linda Keeling, PhD, and colleagues tested horses and riders to see if humans inadvertently communicate fear and anxiety to horses. Using heart rate as a fear indicator, the researchers asked 20 people with varying levels of horse experience to walk and ride 10 horses from Point A to Point B four times. The researchers told participants an umbrella would open as they rode or led the horse on the fourth pass. The umbrella never opened, but heart rates in both horses and humans increased during the fourth trip between the points, when the human expected the umbrella to open.

"The increase in the horses' heart rates probably means that they are more alert and prepared to react to any potential danger," Keeling said. "In the wild, horses are adapted to respond to other animals in their group. A startle reaction is more likely when the horse is very alert."

If you are a nervous person leading or riding a horse, your nervousness might increase the likelihood of the "spook" that you are anxious to avoid.

The study, "Investigating horse-human interactions: the effect of a nervous human," was published in the July 2009 issue of The Veterinary Journal. The abstract is available on PubMed.  

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ولی داروی جديد به نام Firocoxib که جزه همين دسته از دارو ها است داروهای ضد التهاب غير استروئيدی که سايد افکت های فنيل رو نخواهد داشت
اين داروی جديد داروی خوبی است برای از بين بردن درد و درمان سندرم نويکولار و استئو آرتريت مفاصل

از مزايای اين دارو

به صورت تک دوز هست يعنی يکبار در روز مصرف ميشود
ديگر اينکه به شکل خمير يا پيست هست و به راحتی ميتواند به اسب خوراند
به صورت چشمگيری کاهش درد مفاصل را شما با تجويز اين دارو مشاهده خواهيد کرد
سايد افکت های داروهای اين خانواده از دارو ها را نخواهد داشت

ولی اين رو هم بايد اضافه کنم که  به علت جديد بودن اين دارو هنوز در ماديان های آبستن و کره اسب ها ازمايش نشده و بهتر هست که تا اطلاع ثانويه در ماديان های آبستن و کره ها استفاده نکنيد

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