Pferdeheilkunde-Equine Medicine, Vol. 36, Issue 1, Januar/Februar, 2020

Meconium retention in neonatal foals – Efficacy and safety of Macrogol 4000 on the release of meconium in foals in a Macrogol – A double blind placebo-controlled study
Amelie Brauch1, Ingrid Vervuert2, Tanja Randow3 and Monica Venner4
1Animal Clinic, Haar, Germany
2Institute of Animal Nutrition, Nutrition Diseases and Dietetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany
3Veterinary practice Otten & Roth, Gettorf, Germany
4Equine Clinic, Destedt, Germany
DOI 10.21836/PEM20200101
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Semen quality evaluation in young stallions – feasibility and comparison of two different protocols
Martin Köhne1‡, Pamela Brüning2‡, Gesa Stuhtmann1,2, Anna Tönissen1, Gunilla Martinsson2, Dominik Burger3 and Harald Sieme1
1Clinic for Horses – Unit for Reproductive Medicine, University of Veterinary Medicine, Foundation, Hanover, Germany
2Lower Saxony State Stud Celle, Germany
3Swiss Institute of Equine Medicine ISME, University of Berne, Avenches, Switzerland
DOI: 10.21836/PEM20200102
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Effect of different thawing times of equine semen on the motility, vigor, morphology, and membrane integrity of the sperm cell
Carlos Eduardo Camargo1, Rodrigo Chaves Macan1, Nathália Gonçalves Hesketh Cardoso1, Daniela Portela Cardozo1, Rudiger Daniel Ollhoff1, Bruna Lampe Zielinski1, Grassiele Gassenferth1, Romildo Romualdo Weiss2, Tácia Gomes Bergstein-Galan3 and Luiz Ernandes Kozicki1
1Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciência Animal, Escola de Ciências da Vida, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná – PUCPR, Curitiba, PR, Brazil’
2Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
3Positivo University, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
DOI: 10.21836/PEM20200103
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Injury of the medial head of the gastrocnemius muscle in a 11-month-old Arabian horse – a case report
Astrid B. M. Rijkenhuizen
Veterinary Consultancy, Singel 10, 3961 CE Wijk Bij Duurstede, the Netherlands
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Effects of feeding alfalfa hay in comparison to meadow hay on the gastric mucosa in adult Warmblood horses
Viola Bäuerlein1, Christin Sabban2, Monica Venner1 and Ingrid Vervuert3
1Equine Clinic Destedt GmbH, Germany
2Equine Clinic, University of Veterinary Medicine Hanover, Germany
3Institute of Animal Nutrition, Nutrition Diseases and Dietetics, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Germany
DOI: 10.21836/PEM20200105
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Effects of xylazine and acepromazine on echocardiographic parameters in the healthy horse
Mohammad Reza Mokhber Dezfouli1, Hamid Tavanaeimanesh1, Amir farhang Houshangi2, Kevin Corley3, Majid Masoudifard4, Sirous Sadeghian Chaleshtori1 and Bahram Dalir-Naghadeh5
1Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2Department of Veterinary, Azad University of Shabestar, East Azerbaijan, Iran
3Veterinary Advances, 9 Ballysax Hills R56 DY00, The Curragh, Ireland
4Department of Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
5Department of Clinical Pathology and Internal Medicine, Urmia University, Urmia, West Azerbaijan, Iran
DOI: 10.21836/PEM20200106
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Autologous mesenchymal stem cells for treatment of acute superficial digital flexor tendonitis in athletic horses – a clinical study of 15 cases
Mohamed Shokry1, Ayman Mostafa1, Adel Tohamy2 and Mohamed El-Sharkawi3
1Department of Veterinary Surgery, Anesthesiology and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
2Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt
3Equestrian Veterinary Hospital, Police Academy, Cairo
DOI: 10.21836/PEM20200107
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