Wed, 02 May 2012 16:25:25 EDT Jockeying for genetic advantage: DNA analysis to evaluate thoroughbreds When you buy a racehorse, you pays your money and you takes your chances. Top yearlings at Keeneland’s 2011 Thoroughbred auction, for instance, averaged nearly $350,000 and hadn’t yet raced a step. Odds are that some of them never will. Now, thanks to a biologist, it’s possible to boost the odds of getting a winner with a simple genetic test.
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:06:06 EDT Gluten sensitivity in sport horses Chronic inflammatory small bowel disease has an increased prevalence in sport horses. The disorder is associated with intermittent colic, weight loss, poor performance and anemia. Chronic inflammatory small bowel disease seems to have a predominance in dressage horses, but its exact cause is unknown to date.
Mon, 19 Mar 2012 13:42:42 EDT How bacteria resist a 'Trojan horse' antibiotic A new study describes how bacteria use a previously unknown means to defeat an antibiotic. The researchers found that the bacteria have modified a common "housekeeping" enzyme in a way that enables the enzyme to recognize and disarm the antibiotic.
