Veterinary School Funds Equine Research
New research projects being sponsored in the 1999-2000 fiscal year have been approved as follows:

Equine Veterinary Research Program

Endothelin-1 in experimentally induced acute synovitis in horses -- A pilot study.  $3,724.
DJ Burba, J de la Calle, RM Moore, ME Goad, D Goad, C LeBlanc, G Hosgood, DW Horohov.

Histochemical qualification of cartilage proteoglycans in equine osteoarthritis.  $2,000.
DY Kim, MP Goad, D Goad.

In vitro depletion and repletion of adenosin triphosphate in equine colonic mucosal tissue.  $2,000.
J Tetens, RM Moore, SA Barker, G Hosgood, M Waguespack.

A study of the role of endothelin-1 and nitric oxide in equine laminitis using digital endothelial cell culture.  $4,620.
RE Truax, L Curtis, JL Oliver, SC Eades, RM Moore.

The effects of oxytocin, acepromazine, detomidine, and xylazine/butorphanol combination on in vivo esophageal pressure in adult horses.  $2,000.
AA Wooldridge, SC Eades, RM Moore.

VCS Departmental Organized Research Funds

Pharmacokinetics and hemodynamics of Nw nitro-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME) administered intravenously in horses.  $3,000.
CRF Pinto, SC Eades, SA Barker, RM Moore.

Quantification of colonic epithelial cell tight junction damage secondary to ATP depletion.  $3,000.
J Tetens, RM Moore, WG Henk, G Hosgood