Highlights of recent clinically relevant papers.

This document provides highlights of recent clinically relevant papers in the field of equine veterinary medicine. The first study compares the efficacy and safety of oral esomeprazole and omeprazole pastes in the treatment of equine squamous gastric disease (ESGD) and equine glandular gastric disease (EGGD). The results show that esomeprazole was more effective in treating ESGD and concurrent EGGD. The second study investigates the detection of Taylorella equigenitalis, the contagious equine metritis organism, using different types of swabs. The findings suggest that dry swabs perform as well as swabs in transport medium for PCR testing. The third study examines the effect of triamcinolone acetate on blood insulin and glucose concentrations in horses. The results indicate that a single intra-articular dose of triamcinolone acetate increases blood insulin and glucose concentrations for 48 hours in horses with normal insulin sensitivity. The fourth study characterizes the oral Gram-negative microbiota of healthy horses and evaluates their antimicrobial susceptibility profile. The study finds that the isolates are multidrug-resistant and have a higher resistance to macrolides, β-lactams, and quinolones. The fifth study compares the occurrence of postoperative complications and survival in horses with ileal impactions resolved by manual decompression versus jejunal enterotomy. The results show no significant differences between the two surgical methods. The final study documents a previously unreported presentation of [Extracted from the article]