CONTENTS Clinical Research Abstracts British Equine Veterinary Association Congress 2014 Volume 46 • Supplement 47 • September 2014 1 Foreword and Acknowledgements 2 Sedation and mechanical hypoalgesia induced by four different dosages of butorphanol in xylazine- premedicated donkeys I. LIZARRAGA AND F. CASTILLO-ALCALA 2 Different methods to identify pain after routine surgical castration of equine stallions: composite pain scale, facial expressions, faecal glucocorticoid metabolites and plasma cytokines D. STUCKE, S. HALL, B. MORRONE, M. GROßE RUSE AND D. LEBELT 3 The effect of dobutamine and bolus crystalloid fuids on the cardiovascular function of isofurane anaesthetised horses C. M. LOUGHRAN, A. L. RAISIS, C. J. SECOMBE AND G. D. LESTER 3 Clinical experiences with desfurane inhalational anaesthesia in horses R. A. PARKER AND R. A. HOLLIS 3 Cytokine concentration in foals’ serum pre- and post suckling J. MARIELLA, C. CASTAGNETTI, A. PROSPERI, A. SCAGLIARINI, G. ADRIANI AND A. PELI 4 Use of squeeze-induced somnolence for routine plasma administration in healthy neonatal foals K. J. PICKLES, J. E. MADIGAN, S. TORSKE AND M. R. ALEMAN 4 An online survey to characterise spending patterns of horse owners and to quantify the impact of equine lameness on a pleasure horse population K. L. UPRICHARD, L. A. BODEN AND J. F. MARSHALL 5 Tarsocrural arthroscopy for osteochondrosis dissecans: clinical features of a referral hospital population and prevalence of abnormalities within the plantar pouch O. A. JAMES, R. J. PAYNE, A. P. BATHE, T. R. C. GREET AND C. E. WYLIE 5 Outcome following surgical treatment of 23 cases of primary plantar/palmar annular ligament desmopathy: a retrospective study G. M. NIEUWENHUIS, B. J. O’MEARA, F. M. JAMES AND B. BLADON 5 Multi-centre feld trial to evaluate the effectiveness of clodronic acid for navicular syndrome M. FREVEL, B. KING, D. KOLB, R. BOSWELL, R. S. SHOEMAKER, J. JANICEK, R. COLE AND M. POOLE. PRESENTED BY S. LONGHOFER 6 Mineralisation or ossifcation of the interosseous ligament of the centrodistal joint of the horse: is there an association with osteoarthritis? E. SKELLY AND S. DYSON 6 Concurrent proximal suspensory desmopathy and injury of the proximal aspect of the accessory ligament of the deep digital fexor tendon in forelimbs and hindlimbs E. PLOWRIGHT AND S. DYSON 7 Sport horses with infammatory airway disease (IAD) with predominantly eosinophils or mast cells are more predisposed to poor performance, exercise-induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH) and have shorter careers when compared to horses with neutrophilic IAD B. BOSHUIZEN, C. M. DE BRUIJN, J. DEWULF AND C. J. DELESALLE 7 Thyroid gland tumours in the horse: clinical diagnostic, treatment and histological characterisation A. TROILLET, W. BREHM AND D. SCHARNER 7 Changes in adipose mRNA expression between previously laminitic ponies and nonlaminitic ponies in summer and winter A. J. TIMPSON, J. ELLIOTT, P. A. HARRIS, Z. CHENG, L. RAINBOW, A. M. DE MESTRE AND N. J. MENZIES-GOW 8 Evaluation of regional adiposity in the neck area of Andalusian horses T. MARTIN GIMENEZ, I. DE BLAS GIRAL, E. AGUILERA TEJERO, E. DIEZ DE CASTRO AND C. N. AGUIRRE PASCASIO 8 Repeatability of an in-feed sugar test in ponies M. A. DE LAAT, C. C. POLLITT AND M. N. SILLENCE 9 Soaked hay: it’s not all sweetness – mass matters! C. MCG. ARGO, A. H. A. DUGDALE AND C. M. MCGOWAN