Journal articles for EV2915 Equine Health & Disease Assignment

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Assignment 1.

Three relevant articles from Applied Animal Behaviour Science:

1. The effect of increasing visual horizons on stereotypic weaving: implications for the social housing of stabled horses, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Volume 69, Issue 1, August 2000, Pages 67-83 Jonathan J. Cooper, Lisa McDonald and Daniel S. Mills

2. A study of cortisol and beta-endorphin levels in stereotypic and normal Thoroughbreds, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Volume 64, Issue 2, 1 June 1999, Pages 81-90 S. M. Pell and P. D. McGreevy

3. Management factors associated with stereotypic and redirected behaviour in the thoroughbred horse, Applied Animal Behaviour Science, Volume 44, Issues 2-4, September 1995, Pages 270-271 P. D. McGreevy, P. J. Cripps, N. P. French, L. E. Green and C. J. Nicol

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Assignment 2.

1. Trumble TN. Orthopedic disorders in neonatal foals. Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract. 2005 Aug;21(2):357-85, vi. Review

2. Barneveld A, van Weeren PR. Conclusions regarding the influence of exercise on the development of the equine musculoskeletal system with special reference to osteochondrosis. Equine Vet J Suppl. 1999 Nov;(31):112-9. Review.

3. van Weeren PR, Sloet van Oldruitenborgh-Ooste, Barneveld A. The influence of birth weight, rate of weight gain and final achieved height and sex on the development of osteochondrotic lesions in a population of genetically predisposed Warmblood foals. Equine Vet J Suppl. 1999 Nov;(31):26-30.


4. Fortier LA, Nixon AJ. New surgical treatments for osteochondritis dissecans and subchondral bone cysts. Vet Clin North Am Equine Pract. 2005 Dec;21(3):673-90, vii. Review