A collaborative project in veterinary practice: developing a model of equine prematurity.
The development and design of a project in collaborative research which originated from a problem identified in practice, namely prematurity in the newly born foal, is described here. The project established a model of equine prematurity for the purpose of studying the diagnosis, pathogenesis and treatment of the condition. It involved practitioners and full time research workers in a number of veterinary and medical institutes.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006734:Horse Diseases; D006736:Horses; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000662:veterinary*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D012107:Research Design