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Kentucky Equine Research continually conducts studies at its 150-acre research facility. Some of these results are presented at industry conferences or shared in peer-reviewed journals. Review some of our findings from the past 30 years below.
January 01, 2005

Effects Of Exercise And Training On Skeletal Development In Horses

The main role of the equine skeleton is to provide structural support. Conformation determines the functional integrity and success of the gaits of athletic horses.


January 01, 2005

The Role Of Nutrition In Developmental Orthopedic Disease In The Equine

Lawrence, L. A. and J. D. Pagan. 2005. The role of nutrition in developmental orthopedic disease in the equine. In: Proc. 3rd Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Conf. Timonium, MD. March 23 -24. pp. 185 -196. Click here to access.  


January 01, 2005

Nutritional Management Of Developmental Orthopedic Disease In The Equine

Lawrence, L. A. and J. D. Pagan. 2005. Nutritional management of developmental orthopedic disease in the equine. In: Proc. 3 rd Mid-Atlantic Nutrition Conf. Timonium, MD. March 23 -24. pp. 7 – 184.


January 01, 2005

Size Matters At The Sales

Size Matters at the Sales; JD Pagan, A Koch and S Caddel NZ Eq Vet Pract June 2005 p 7 – 14.


January 01, 2004

The Effect Of Varying Dietary Starch And Fat Content On Serum Creatine Kinase Activity And Substrate Availability In Equine Polysaccharide Storage Myopathy

The effect of dietary starch and fat content on serum creatine kinase (CK) activity and substrate availability was evaluated in 4 mares of Quarter Horse-related breeds with polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM).


January 01, 2004

Feeding Management Of Horses Under Stressful Conditions

Feeding Management of Horses under stressful conditions JD Pagan NZ Eq VET Pract March 2004 p 4-14.


January 01, 2003

Characteristics Of Growth Of Morgan Horses

Lawrence, L. A., H .R. Hearne, S. P. Davis, J. D. Pagan, A. Fitzgerald and E. A. Green. 2003. Characteristics of growth of Morgan horses. In: Proc. 18th Equine Nutrition and Physiology Symposium. East Lansing, MI June 4-7. pp. 317 – 322. Thirty-two years of accumulated growth data from Morgan horses were analyzed in this […]


January 01, 2003

The Role Of Nutrition In Developmental Orthopedic Disease: Nutritional Management

Pagan, J.D. 2003. The role of nutrition in developmental orthopedic disease: nutritional management. In: Diagnosis and Management of Lameness in the Horse. Edited by M.W. Ross and S.J. Dyson, Saunders, St. Louis, Mo. Access the textbook.


January 01, 2003

Comparison Of Volumetric Urine Collection Versus Single-sample Urine Collection In Horses Consuming Diets Varying In Cation-anion Balance.

To determine daily variation in urinary clearance and fractional excretion (FE) of electrolytes and minerals within and between horses and to compare volumetric and single-sample urine collection for determining FE values of diets with a range of dietary cation-anion balance (DCAB).


January 01, 2003

Effect Of Dietary Starch, Fat, And Bicarbonate Content On Exercise Responses And Serum Creatine Kinase Activity In Equine Recurrent Exertional Rhabdomyolysis

To determine the effect of dietary starch, bicarbonate, and fat content on metabolic responses and serum creatine kinase (CK) activity in exercising Thoroughbreds with recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis (RER), 5 RER horses were fed 3 isocaloric diets (28.8 Mcal/d [120.5 MJ/d]) for 3 weeks in a crossover design and exercised for 30 minutes on a treadmill 5 days/wk.


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