A research study at the University of Guelph hopes to determine if being around and touched by distressed humans is unpleasant.

To better assess lameness in horses, researchers funded by the Morris Animal Foundation use technology to define normal muscle activity.

Researchers will evaluate foals’ response to moderately strenuous exercise to see if it stimulates bone growth in areas susceptible to fractures.

Obesity is an important risk factor for asthma in humans; researchers at Texas A&M are investigating whether the same is true for horses.

Now streaming and downloadable, experts discuss what is known about this bacterial disease of horses that causes diarrhea and even death.

The next “Fresh Scoop” podcast, available November 17, discusses the equine obesity epidemic, body condition, and weight loss strategies.

The Foundation is supporting research teams at 13 universities, including the University of Calgary, to further gut, eye, heart and travel health.

MAF is looking for pilot studies focused on equine behaviour relating to health and welfare involving domesticated or wild horses.

Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers have developed a PRP lysate which, when teamed with antibiotics, could combat persistent joint infections.

Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers may have discovered a way to treat deadly foal pneumonia without promoting multi-drug resistant bacteria.

Morris Animal Foundation is now accepting proposals for grants focused on large companion animal (horses, llamas and alpacas) health research.