Researchers will study factors associated with otitis externa, a common ear infection in dogs, as well as treatments prescribed for this condition, using data from the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study.

Researchers will explore how social factors affect lifestyle choices such as diet selection and physical activity. The team will see if these choices impact cancer risk in golden retrievers enrolled in Morris Animal Foundation’s Golden Retriever Lifetime Study.

Researchers are studying the potential of physical therapy to improve neurologic function and promote better quality of life in dogs with Wobbler Syndrome, a neurological disorder impacting the spinal region of the neck.

Researchers will study changes in microRNAs in the blood of dogs enrolled in the Golden Retriever Lifetime Study and diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma to identify early disease biomarkers.

Researchers will partner with hoof care providers, veterinarians and owners to evaluate the feasibility of using video technology to monitor horse gait changes.

Researchers will search for causative genes associated with a common neurological disease in horses called equine neuroaxonal dystrophy/degenerative myeloencephalopathy or eNAD/EDM.