By Jamie Rothenburger, The Western Producer, June 9, 2016
It’s too bad horses aren’t on Facebook.
Knowing how many friends a horse has would be useful to understand their risk of infectious diseases such as strangles.
Luckily, Kelsey Spence is building a social network for them.
The PhD student from the Ontario Veterinary College is using a horse social network to analyze contacts between horse facilities.
Determining travel patterns of horses in Ontario has important implications for understanding how infectious diseases might spread within the horse population.
