Stringhalt management of Australian stringhalt. Two weeks after treatment with phenytoin, significant improvement was observed in the gait abnormality of horses affected with Australian stringhalt at the trot and canter, but no significant improvement was observed at the walk or while turning. The most common plant species that have been found and identified in pastures where affected horses were located include: flatweed ("Hypochaeris radicata"), sheep's sorrel ("Rumex acetosella") and couch grass ("Elymus repens"). The type of nerve damage sustained in horses with Australian stringhalt suggests a mould toxin (mycotoxin) or a fungal 'poison' found in the soils may be a cause
Lord's New Church Which Is Nova Hierosolyma from the General Church, as its parent denomination is commonly called, and from other Swedenborgian branches, in that the former's members view Swedenborg's theological writings as a Third Testament. The Church propounds three essential theological principles: The Church also identifies three 'Principles of Doctrine': The Church is essentially organized as an episcopal polity, a form of church governance which is hierarchical in structure, and in which the chief authority over a local Christian church rests with a bishop. The external governmental structure of the Church is based upon a portion of Swedenborg's writings that describes a 'circle of life' composed