Osteochondrosis (OC) is an injury to cartilage canals with a following necrosis in the growth
cartilage, from there it can develop to osteochondrosis dissecans (OCD). Due to its high …

Osteochondrosis (osteochondrosis dissecans; OCD) is a disease syndrome of growing
cartilage related to different clinical entities such as epiphysitis, subchondral cysts and …

Osteoarthritis (OA) imposes an increasing social burden due to global activity limitations,
especially among the aged. Links between circulating lipids and OA have been reported; …

Introduction: Many disturbances in a body are often accompanied by some disturbance of
blood parameters. Regular blood elements and, especially, platelets can play a significant …

Background Digital gene expression profiling was used to characterize the assembly of
genes expressed in equine skeletal muscle and to identify the subset of genes that were …

Introduction Obesity is a growing concern in horses. The effects of maternal obesity on
maternal metabolism and low-grade inflammation during pregnancy, as well as offspring …

Osteochondrosis (OC) is the most common developmental orthopaedic disease in horses
and represents a major problem to the horse industry. The complete mechanism of this …

Next generation sequencing (NGS) has pushed back the limitations of prior sequencing
technologies to advance genomic knowledge infinitely by allowing cost‐effective, rapid …

Osteoarthritis (OA) and osteochondrosis (OC) are two of the main challenges in orthopedics,
whose definitive diagnosis is usually based on radiographic/arthroscopic evidences. Their …

Orthopedic diseases in the horse constitute an important group of defects, particularly
including developmental and degenerative joint diseases, tendon and ligament defects, and …