A presente dissertação teve como principal intuito a caracterização parasitológica gastrointestinal numa amostra do efetivo de equinos do 3º e 4º Esquadrões a Cavalo da Guarda Nacional Republicana de Lisboa. Do 3º Esquadrão a Cavalo – Ajuda, foram colhidas amostras fecais de 38 …
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Enteroliths are calculi composed of struvite (magnesium ammonium phosphate hexahydrate), form in the right dorsal colon in horses, and cause abdominal pain resulting in colic when they obstruct the right dorsal, transverse, or descending colon. Disease prevention and recognition…
There are evidences that learning ability may be impaired in animals housed in social isolation or barren environments. Responses to initial training may be affected by housing conditions. Sixteen 2-yr-old Arabian horses were kept on pasture (P) (n = 8) or in individual stalls (…
The present studies were conducted to determine the effects of obesity on insulin resistance, inflammatory state and risk for laminitis, and the effectiveness of exercise training to reduce obesity and insulin resistance in equids. Practical methods of assessing adiposity were d…
Horses and chariots play a dynamic role in the military and economic life of Israel during the Iron Age (1150-586 B.C.E.). Although the Assyrians, Egyptians, Arameans, and Israelites all fielded substantial chariot contingents and engaged in numerous battles, the practicalities …
Typhlocolitis in the horse is an important cause of morbidity and mortality. Specific etiologic agents that cause typhlocolitis have been described. Two pathogenic bacteria, which are common causes of equine enteritis, are Clostridium difficile and Salmonella enterica . Clinical…
Leaky gut syndrome involves the non-mediated passage of harmful substances through the intestinal barrier causing inflammation and other undesirable effects. This can be caused by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) which have also been linked to causing equine gastri…
The Middle Paleolithic Levant was presumably home to a variety of equid and other mammalian species originating from three continents co-mingling within the land bridge that is “the Levant corridor”. The biogeography of equid species may aid in contextualizing human migration pa…
This thesis examines the social impact of horses on French elites between 1150 and 1300. Using courtly literature, a veterinary treatise, manuscript illuminations, archeological studies, material artefacts, and account books, it explores the place of horses in elite society—prac…
Located in the north of Kazakhstan and extending the entire width of the country, the Kazakh Steppe is a temperate grassland ideal for the mobile pastoralism Kazakhs had practiced for thousands of years prior to the Russian Empire’s encroachment on the region. An occupation natu…
The last decade has seen digital technologies become ubiquitous and integrated into everyday life. The Work spans eight years of this period and addresses several legal challenges, clashes and uncertainties that have arisen as a result, particularly in respect of the use of digi…
After being elected president in 1938, Eduardo Santos set out on a tour around Colombia. This thesis analyzes this cross-country tour to argue that politicians in municipalities still represented the predominant actors in the Colombian political scene. In doing so, I try to find…
This thesis establishes the importance of the Seleucids' mounted troops. In contrast to previous scholarship the analysis presented here argues that Seleucid cavalry did not decline in quality or battlefield significance in comparison to its Macedonian predecessors, nor did Hell…