‘Off-label’ use of product could do more harm than good
A common practice within the horse industry meant to strengthen the bones of mature horses could actually lead to bone breakdown in juvenile horses, according to a Texas A&M University Department of Animal Science in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences research project.
Jessica Leatherwood, Ph.D., assistant professor of equine science, is joining with Tom Welsh, Ph.D., professor of physiology and reproduction and Texas A&M AgriLife Research Faculty Fellow with a dual appointment in the College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences; Kati Glass and Carolyn Arnold, both in Texas A&M’s College of Veterinary Medicine’s Large Animal Clinical Services; Amanda Bradbery, Ph.D., Montana State University; and faculty at Michigan State University to examine the effects of bisphosphonates in young horses.