Demographics and health of U.S. senior horses used in competitions.

Background: A proportion of senior horses (≥15 years of age) are still used for competition. Information about this particular group of horses is currently sparse.

Objectives: To provide an overview of the demographics, management and health of competing U.

Owner-reported health and disease in U.S. senior horses.

Background: Information on health care and health status of U.S. senior horses (≥15 years of age) is currently sparse.

"It gets you high as a kite but not unsick": Characterizations of and responses to a changing local drug supply by people who use drugs in Rhode Island.

Background: The North American overdose crisis has continued at unprecedented rates with more than 100,000 overdose deaths occurring in the United States (US) in 2022. Overdose deaths have increasingly been polysubstance-involved, with novel substances (e.g.

Insulin dysregulated horses metabolic responses to forage pellets.

Hyperinsulinemia-associated laminitis (HAL) is the primary concern for insulin dysregulated (ID) equids and their insulin response to the consumption of oral, nonstructural carbohydrates (NSC) has been shown to be a risk predictor for HAL development. This randomized, crossover study's objective was to examine the insulinemic responses to 3 forage pellets (1 g/kg BW) (timothy hay, TH, 9.5 % CP & 10 % NSC DM; alfalfa hay, AH, 16.