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Status: | Pågående |
Projektnummer: | H-18-47-390 |
Kategori: | Research program | Horse |
Ansökningsår: | 2018 |
Huvudsökande: | Johan Bröjer |
Organisation: | SLU |
E-postadress: | johan.brojer@slu.se |
Telefon: | 018-671388 |
Medsökande: | Sanna Truelsen Lindåse |
Medsökande: | null null |
Laminitis, an extremely painful disease of the equine foot, is most commonly caused by elevated insulin
concentrations in blood (hyperinsulinemia). Therefore, strategies to reduce hyperinsulinemia in horses are warranted.
Studies in obese children with insulin dysregulation and hyperinsulinemia have identified elevated levels of the
hormone glucagon in blood. To identify novel treatment strategies for preventing laminitis we compared insulin
dysregulation in the horse with that observed in humans. We found that horses with insulin dysregulation also had an
excessive glucagon secretion during an oral sugar test in a small pilot study.
If the results of the pilot study hold true also for a larger population of horses, this would be a breakthrough in the
understanding of the pathophysiology of insulin dysregulation in the horse. This opens up for medical treatment of
these horses since there are treatment strategies for an abnormal glucagon response in humans with -cell
dysregulation.
Fång, en smärtsam sjukdom som drabbas hästens hov, orsakas i de flesta fall av förhöjda koncentrationer av insulin i
blodet (hyperinsulinemi). På grund av detta samband finns det ett stort behov av att finna metoder, som minskar
graden av hyperinsulinemi hos häst.Studier utförda på överviktiga barn med störd insulinmetabolism och hyperinsulinemi har funnit förhöjda nivåer av hormonet glukagon i blodet. I likhet med dessa resultat har vår forskargrupp i en mindre pilotstudie visat att hästar med hyperinsulinemi också hade en ökad frisättning av glukagon under ett oralt glukostoleranstest.
Om vi studerar detta samband i en större hästpopulation och då påvisar samma resultat som i pilotstudien, skulle det
innebära ett stor genombrott i förståelsen om hur hyperinsulinemi uppstår hos häst. Det skulle innebära att nya
behandlingsmetoder mot hyperinsulinemi hos häst blir tillgängliga, då det redan finns behandlingsstrategier med
läkemedel vid störd glukagonmetabolism hos människa.
Projektnummer: O-19-20-306 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2019
The overall objective of this project is to create milk biomarkers based on specific milk fatty acids for identification of cows with reproductive disorders and metabolic disturbances. Milk will be analysed by Fourier-transform mid-infrared technology. An important value of this project for the …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-17-20-962 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2017
Wheat bran is the largest by-product of wheat flour production with approximately 300,000 tonnes in Sweden. Bran is mainly used in animal feed, as human digestion is not fully able to absorb it. Wheat bran contains valuable biomolecules, such as dietary fiber (arabinoxylans, AX) and phenolic …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-17-47-299 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2017
Competing unshod is an important issue for the Swedish harness industry. There is a general opinion that performance may increase significantly but it does not always work. The reason for failure may be disturbed locomotion “balance” of the horse or due to pain from the hooves. This is obviously …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-18-23-160 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
The purpose of this project is to define the amount of slaked lime needed for a given clay soil. We hypothesise that the amount of slaked lime needed for minimal phophorus loss is dependent on the clay content of the soil. The study will be conducted in a field with a drainage system and measuring …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-18-47-389 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
Resistance to anthelmintic drugs is a threat to equine welfare. Like antibiotics, is restrictive use of anthelmintics necessary to retain their effectivity. Thus, targeted selective treatment, based on individual deworming, was introduced a decade ago. However, we have shown that the prevalence of, …
Läs merProjektnummer: H-18-47-409 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2018
Acquired equine polyneuropathy (AEP) is a devastating neurologic disease affecting Nordic horses. Characteristic histopathological changes have been shown in the peripheral nerves of horses euthanized due to the disease. These include re- and demyelination as well as hypertrophy of perikaria and …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-16-20-764 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2016
Increased production and export of products with high added values, e.g. long-ripened hard cheeses, are considered important steps for a positive development of the Swedish dairy sector. Increased investment in Swedish premium cheese will, however, require increased volumes of high quality raw milk …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-15-20-587 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2015
This project is the Swedish part of the Nordic 4-year project Improving Nordic dairy cow fertility through genetics, the only prioritized research project from Nordic Dairy Cattle R&D, 2015. Research funding is applied for within each country. The focus area of our Swedish part is to investigate …
Läs merProjektnummer: O-16-20-767 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2016
Knowledge of disease development in wheat is a prerequisite for good advice on economically and environmentally
adapted control strategies. This project is based on knowledge from a previous SLF project about molecular detection
and spore traps, which showed that the different spore traps catch …
Projektnummer: O-16-23-762 • Status: Pågående • Ansökningsår: 2016
The aim of this project is to investigate individual differences in the rate of passage of feed, feed efficiency, microbial flora and methane production in cows with different ability to consume large proportion of roughage.
Our previous studies show that methane production differs between cows …