Horses in heavy training in preparation for racing and competition have increased metabolic demands to support the more intensive levels of exercise and recovery. However, little is known at the metabolic level about amino acid turnover and the specific alterations of demand caused by high...

Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction is one of the most common diseases of aged horses and ponies. In Parkinson's disease, which is, similar to PPID, a disease that involves oxidative damage to dopaminergic pathways but with different clinical signs, alterations to the serum amino acid profile...

Laminitic horses commonly suffer from an endocrine disease such as equine metabolic syndrome. Hyperinsulinemia is considered a key factor in the pathogenesis of laminitis. Since insulin also affects protein turnover in the body, the resting plasma amino acid concentrations of obese horses that were ...

Feeding management in horses suggests feeding horses in advance of exercise, particularly the grain portion of the diet. Plasma amino acids (AA) peak at 3 to 6 h postfeeding depending on the AA. The timeframe between feeding and exercise may affect the availability of AA during and after exercise....

Evaluating amino acid requirements, specifically threonine requirements, in horses will enable better feed formulation and result in economic production, improved animal health, and reduced environmental pollution. However, the current knowledge of protein and amino acid requirements in horses is...

Histidine-rich glycoprotein (HRG) is abundant plasma protein with various effects on angiogenesis, coagulation, and immune responses. Previously, we identified the base and amino acid sequences of equine HRG (eHRG) and revealed that eHRG regulates neutrophil functions. In this study, we first...

Papillomavirus (PV) is an important pathogen infecting both human and animal, but the virus has strict host specificity. 14 species of papillomaviruses have been reported to infect horses to date. Of these, horse-origin PV, HPV-18, HPV-23 and EcPV-1 had been detected in horses of North Xinjiang,...

Equid herpesvirus 2 (EHV-2), one of the important pathogens causing abortions in horses, seriously endangers the healthy development of the horse industry. To investigate whether EHV-2 is the cause of abortion in Yili horses, specific PCR was used to detect EHV-2 in 93 aborted fetus lung tissues of ...

[Objective] The aim of this study is to investigate the difference and change of plasma metabolites before and after 3,600 m speed race in Yili horses. [Method] According to the genetic pedigree provided by the equestrian club, 5(3♂2♀) unrelated, weight (384.40±34.18)kg, and age 2 speed raced-...

High-intensity exercise and competition are associated with depressed immune function. Young horses, which participate in high-intensity exercise and competitions, are at increased risk for the development of infectious disease due to depression of immune function. The effects of branched-chain ...