The AHT has secured an award of £580,000 from the Wellcome Trust to fund the development of a new diagnostic test for Strangles which takes only 30 minutes.

It's been achieved in part by 'Breaking the Strangles Hold' - a two-year fundraising…

A DNA test which will save foals from unnecessary pain and suffering, and ultimately death, has been launched by the Animal Health Trust.

Foal Immunodeficiency Syndrome (FIS), a genetic disorder which is known to affect Fell and Dales ponies, causes…

Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica has released data which shows that one third of laminitic middle aged horses (between the ages of 10 and 15 years) test positive for PPID (Cushing's)¹.

Over 3,100 horses were tested for Cushings as part of the company…

Boehringer Ingelheim has announced that its 'Talk About Laminitis' campaign will run from Mid March until the end of June. 

Last year, the initiative saw over 9000 horses and ponies tested for PPID through its free ACTH test scheme. This year…

Merial has announced the results of a survey which suggests that whilst diagnosis of gastric ulcers in horses is improving, there is still room for improvement.

The survey of 50 equine vets, which was conducted in May this year, showed that the number…

Horiba UK is to launch Gluco Calea, a new handheld blood glucose meter developed and calibrated for monitoring sugar levels in the whole blood of cats, dogs and horses, at BSAVA Congress this year.

Horiba says the new product is highly accurate and easy…

Langford Veterinary Services, a fully owned subsidiary of the University of Bristol, has announced the opening of a new standing equine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) facility at the university's equine centre.

The equine MRI facility completes…

Avacta has announced the launch of Sensitest, the only UK-specific equine allergy tests that use non-invasive procedures. 

The company says that the new range of ELISA tests was developed using native plant allergen species, to reflect the needs of UK…

Boehringer Ingelheim is urging veterinary surgeons in the UK to test for PPID routinely at the annual health check or vaccination visit for horses over the age of 15.

The recommendation follows the analysis of data collected as part of the company's…

In an article published in the autumn edition of the Equine Veterinary Journal, Professor René Van Weeren, Chair of Equine Musculoskeletal Biology at Utrecht University, suggests that equine lameness needs to be redefined to reflect new digital assessment…

Portuguese equine biotech firm Equigerminal has launched what it says is the first-ever commercial diagnostic test for New Equine Virus (NEV), a potentially deadly virus.

NEV was first identified in 2013 by veterinary surgeon Dr Isabel Fidalgo Carvalho…

Austin Davis Biologics (ADB) will be launching a new blood test service for diagnosing small redworm (cyathostomin) infections in horses, in September.

The company says the new test overcomes a major shortcoming in faecal egg counts: that they can only…

Zoetis has launched Stablelab, a hand-held, point-of-care blood test that gives veterinary surgeons diagnostic information about equine inflammation in 10 minutes.

The Stablelab hand-held reader detects and quantifies the biomarker Serum Amyloid A (SAA), an…

Biomérieux has launched Vetfire, a PCR kit which it claims makes testing for equine infectious respiratory diseases easier and faster.

Biomérieux says the new test, which is used on the Biofire Spotfire System, detects seven infectious respiratory…

VetPartners has invested in four new immunoassay analysers at its equine hospitals: Liphook in Hampshire, Rainbow in North Yorkshire and Rossdales in Suffolk, to offer more accurate blood tests for Cushing's.

The new Tosoh AIA 900 analysers have bee…

BioMérieux has launched two new immunoassay endocrinology tests for horses which test levels of insulin and ACTH hormone at the point of care.

Vidas Equine Insulin provides insulin levels in approximately 20 minutes, which the company says will …

Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College have published a study reporting that an AI system achieved up to 84% fracture localisation accuracy in horses, with potential for wider application in companion animal practice.

The study was led by Ruby Chang…