First report of Besnoitia bennetti in Irish donkeys: an emerging parasitic disease in Europe.

Background: This is the first report of Besnoitia bennetti in donkeys in Ireland. B. bennetti, an apicomplexan protozoan parasite specific to equids, is an emerging pathogen in Europe.

Disparities in access to appointments for contraceptive services among Black, Hispanic, White, and recently incarcerated women in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Objective: To measure differences in access to contraceptive services based on history of incarceration and its intersections with race/ethnicity and insurance status.

Data Sources And Study Setting: Primary data were collected from telephone calls to physician offices in Alabama, Louisiana, and Mississippi in 2021.

Study Design: We deployed a field experiment.

A randomised, controlled trial to determine the effect of levothyroxine on Standardbred racehorses.

Background: The use of thyroid supplement is pervasive in athletic horses although its effects on measures of performance are not known.

Objectives: One purpose of this study was to determine whether supra-physiologic doses of levothyroxine affect the velocities at which blood lactate was greater than 4 mmol/L (V ) and heart rate was over 150 (V ) and 200 (V ) beats per minute respectively. Additionally, a survey of post-race blood samples was also conducted to determine whether high thyroxine concentrations were common in racehorses.

Dust exposure and pulmonary inflammation in Standardbred racehorses fed dry hay or haylage: A pilot study.

Respirable dust exposure is linked to airway inflammation in racehorses. Feeding haylage may reduce dust exposure by 60-70%. The objective of this study was to compare dust exposure, airway cytology, and inflammatory cytokine concentrations between horses fed haylage or hay over 6 weeks while in training.