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UC Davis has welcomed the latest standing equine PET scanner, the MILEPET, into clinical use, less than six years after performing the world s first PET scan on a horse.
Thanks to funding support from the UC Davis Center for Equine Health and the Stronach Group, the UC Davis veterinary hospital recently installed the most recent MILEPET. After the installation of the first scanner at Santa Anita Park racetrack, a second scanner was set up on the East Coast at the University of Pennsylvania. This newest instrument at UC Davis will provide the most innovative equine imaging technique using only standing sedation to the Northern California horse population.
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The abnormal stance of a horse with equine neuroaxonal dystrophy/equine degenerative myeloencephalopathy from vitamin E deficiency. Photo: Carrie Finno
The consequences of vitamin E deficiency in stabled horses have been described by a specialist in equine veterinary internal medicine.
Associate Professor Carrie Finno, with the University of California, Davis, says vitamin E is an essential nutrient for horses.
It is an antioxidant that helps maintain normal neurological function by limiting the damage caused by oxidative stress and free radicals.
The best source of vitamin E is fresh green grass. Horses that graze on lush green pastures often have adequate access to vitamin E.