Urinary proteins in donkey foals analyzed, compared to adult profiles
Work is an important step toward identifying biomarkers suitable for monitoring the health of newborns.
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Work is an important step toward identifying biomarkers suitable for monitoring the health of newborns.
Ejiao, or donkey-hide gelatin, is used in Chinese traditional medicine.
Donkeys in the study who had their first bout of laminitis were likely to be younger, less likely to have had concentrate feed, and more likely to have another medical condition.
"Antimicrobial resistance and multidrug resistant bacteria are not rare in our study," the researchers reported.
Nearly a third of foals in the Italian study did not achieve full transfer of passive immunity, but they remained healthy.