Equine Sarcoids. What can we do?

Skin tumours – neoplasms – are a potentially worrying topic and imply a life threatening condition.  However the proportion of cancerous (malignant) tumours is relatively low the vast majority of tumours being sarcoids. Sarcoids are not one particular type of tumour. Although described as “locally aggressive, non-metastatic fibroblastic nodular neoplastic lesions” (Yu, 2007), there are …

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Probiotics for Dogs and Horses – New Evidence

The use of probiotics is widespread across species, including humans. They are usually based on lactic acid bacteria such as lactobacilli, bifidobacter and enterococci, or on the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The effect of bacterial probiotics have been mixed. In terms of livestock production most work has been carried out on poultry and piglets where variable …

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