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Learning Research Service Volunteer Engagement

Through several SJDAWC-funded research projects, Dr. Jay McClure’s research team has looked at immune function, primarily in horses. These projects include:

- Treatment of immune failure in newborn foals
- Screening tests for immune failure in newborn foals
- Effect of aging on the immune system of horses
- Improved diagnosis in equine diarrhea

The first project compared two products used in the treatment of failure of passive transfer (FPT), a common and potentially fatal condition of immune failure in foals. A further SJDAWC-funded study compared five different FPT screening tests for foals to the gold standard, radial immunodiffusion (RID), from which recommendations for optimal testing were made to veterinarians. In further work, Dr. McClure and colleagues have studied the effects of age and nutritional status on immune function in horses and foals.