Stella Chapman

Teaching Fellow in Equine Studies; Resident in Animal Welfare, Ethics and Legislation; School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey, UK

Does body condition scoring portray an accurate representation of a horse's condition when compared to other morphological techniques?

The study design was based on the observation and collection of data concerning the assessment of a horse's body condition. Ethical approval was gained from the University Ethics Committee, before any...

Canine diabetes mellitus

Canine diabetes mellitus is a complex endocrinopathy, with a pathogenesis that varies amongst individuals, but is clinically similar in most dogs to Type I diabetes in humans (Shields et al, 2015;...

Control of endoparasites in adult horses

According to a study by Nielsen (2012) it is estimated that 95–100% of the total parasite burden of individual horses is due to nematode species, in particular, cyathostomins. Nematode species (Table...