Study database
Captures a state at one point in time. It tells you how common something is, not what came first.
HOHorse
In 10,262 Thoroughbreds the prevalence of forelimb flexor tendonitis was 11.1 per cent and hindlimb 0.06 per cent, with a markedly higher risk from the third year of life onwards.
HOHorse
In 77 sick or injured working equids (47 horses, 17 donkeys, 13 mules) the serum amyloid A values of the mules lay clearly below those of the horses; the authors consider a weaker inflammatory response in mules possible, but cannot demonstrate it for want of healthy comparison animals.
HOHorse
In a herd kept at pasture all year round and with no respiratory history, the mild form stood at 60% in summer and 87% in winter, and 61.1% of the horses changed their cell profile between the seasons.
HOHorse
Among the 731 horses examined, the detection of fungal elements in the tracheal secretions was associated with roughly twice the frequency of airway inflammation, as were straw bedding and the feeding of dry hay.
MUMultiple species
Full description of the randomisation rose between 2009 and 2019 from 13.6 to 85.7 per cent and sample size calculation from 0 to 20 per cent, while blinding stayed at around 50 per cent; no item reached the target that had been set.
MUMultiple species
In 1,277 Swiss animal experiment applications, seven standard measures against bias were described at all in only 2.4 to 19 per cent of the applications, and in 0 to 34 per cent of the publications that came out of them.
HUHuman
Of 303 recommendations rated with GRADE, 131 were worded strongly, and 104 of those rested on low or very low certainty of the evidence.
HOHorse
Of 822 classifiable primary examinations, 23.6 per cent were critical, and pain score, heart rate, a capillary refill time over two and a half seconds, a weak pulse and absent gut sounds in at least one quadrant remained independently associated with that outcome.
HOHorse
Of 1,564 horse owners surveyed, only 45 per cent named the normal resting pulse correctly, and in case scenarios 49 per cent confidently identified a surgical case but only 9 per cent an impaction.
HOHorse
Among 510 horses examined post mortem, 17.3 per cent had changes to the cranial mesenteric artery and 6.1 per cent active larval arteritis, which was the cause of death or euthanasia in 1.5 per cent: the large strongyle is therefore not a historical problem.
HOHorse
Of 120 large colon impactions seen at the primary examination, 67.5 per cent showed only mild signs of pain, yet 9.2 per cent ended critically; heart rate and gut sounds separated simple from critical cases best.
HOHorse
Of 701 horse owners surveyed, most either had no intention of drawing up a colic emergency plan or were already following the recommendations; knowing the REACT campaign went with more frequent uptake of preventive recommendations.
HOHorse
Among 1,544 horse owners surveyed, 58 per cent did not know how quickly irreversible damage to the intestine can develop, and providing evidence-based information changed their decisions only to a limited extent.
HOHorse
In a survey of 350 Egyptian working horses, the twelve-month prevalence of colic was 54.6 per cent, and severe dental disease, stereotypies and certain feedstuffs were associated with a history of colic.
HOHorse
Among 217 colic cases in 256 Indonesian working horses examined, restricted daily access to water, absence of worming, parasite burden, poor nutritional condition and dental problems were associated with colic, though only in single comparisons without multivariable analysis.
HOHorse
In 48 horses, bacterial diversity and composition in the faeces differed markedly by season and between racehorses and grazing animals, while the anaerobic fungal communities remained comparatively stable across changes of forage and season.
SPSpecies-independent
Across three time windows the share of poorly reported studies fell from 46.05 to 26.06 and then 9.55 per cent, yet none of the 943 studies reported all 38 sub-items, and the share of ‘excellent’ quality stood at 0, 0 and finally 0.25 per cent; mandatory requirements in the instructions to authors went together with better reporting quality.
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