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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, 2000

Bag O’Bones: How To Get Weight On This Skinny Horse

Four horses share a paddock. Three appear to live on air alone while the fourth is a rack of bones.


January 01, 2000

Bag O’Bones: Why Is This Horse So Skinny?

Four horses share a paddock. Three appear to live on air alone while the fourth is a rack of bones.


January 01, 2000

Taking Care Of The Horse In The Golden Years

One hundred years ago when horses were used for transportation, work and farming very few lived to the golden years.


January 01, 2000

Incidencia De Ulceras Gastrica En Caballos

Crandell KM, JD Pagan. 2000. Incidencia de ulceras gastrica en caballos. In: Primer Curso Alimentacion y Nutricion Equina y Su Relacion Con La Clinica, Manejo y Entrenamiento. Asociacion Mexicana de Especialistias en Nutricion Animal A.C. 17-22.


January 01, 2000

Equilibrio Hidrico Y De Electrolitos Enel Caballo De Alta Escuela

Crandell KM, JD Pagan. 2000. Equilibrio hidrico y de electrolitos enel caballo de alta escuela. In: Primer Curso Alimentacion y Nutricion Equina y Su Relacion Con La Clinica, Manejo y Entrenamiento. Asociacion Mexicana de Especialistias en Nutricion Animal A.C. p. 109-115.


January 01, 1999

Vitamin E And The Performance Horse

Vitamin E is a non-toxic, fat soluble vitamin which has an important role in many physiological functions such as reproduction, immune response and nerve and muscle function.


January 01, 1999

A Comparison Of Grain, Oil And Beet Pulp As Energy Sources For The Exercised Horse

High-grain diets for the exercising horse were compared with diets which provided 15% of the total caloric intake from either vegetable oil or a highly fermentable fibre source (beet pulp). Six Thoroughbreds age 3 years were fed one of 3 diets or 5 weeks in a replicated 3 x 3 Latin square.


January 01, 1999

Selenium – How Important Is It?

The importance of selenium in equine nutrition has changed tremendously over the years. Scientists first considered selenium a toxin in the 1930s.


January 01, 1999

The Importance Of Different Horse Feeds For Different Needs

Crandell KM. 1999. The importance of different feeds for different needs. Equinews Vol. 2/1:5-9.] In an ideal world all the horses on a farm, from broodmares to weanlings to horses in heavy work, could be fed the same feed out of the same bag. Unfortunately, the nutritional needs of horses in different life stages vary […]


January 01, 1999

Why Is This Horse So Skinny?

Crandell KM. 1999. Why is this horse so skinny? Trail Blazer Magazine, Nov/Dec. p. 41-44.


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