Researchers will evaluate the effectiveness of a new surgical suture technique to improve upper airway function in horses with recurrent laryngeal neuropathy, a common upper respiratory disease in horses.
Researchers will investigate a new treatment strategy against antibiotic-resistant foal pneumonia.
Researchers will study biomechanical forces in different horse gaits as well as genetic risk factors associated with the development of osteochondrosis (OC) in Standardbred horses, a breed with high prevalence of OC lesions.
Researchers will search for candidate genes associated with equine metabolic syndrome in five horse breeds – Arabian, Morgan, quarter horse, Tennessee walking horse, and Welsh pony.
Researchers will investigate how the bacterium Burkholderia mallei which causes glanders, an infectious disease in horses, regulates immune response to persist ininfected animals.
Researchers will explore new techniques to generate stem cells that are more immunologically compatible and less likely to be rejected by the horse's immune system.
Researchers will develop a cryopreservation technique to preserve airway tissue from horses that die of natural diseases with the goal of creating a tissue bank for studying respiratory diseases in horses.
