2021 Breeding Webinars from Kentucky Equine Research

From conception to weaning, nutrition is a critical component to foal health. With over 100 years of nutrition experience between them, Peter, David, Clarissa, and Rebecca from Kentucky Equine Research are the perfect team to help guide you through the breeding season. Join them as they host a series of webinars focused on targeted nutrition for breeding success.

Optimising Fertility and the Subfertile Horse – 20 July

In the first of four webinars, Dr. Peter Huntington, director of nutrition at Kentucky Equine Research, discusses nutrition for optimising fertility, helping subfertile mares and stallions, maximising the efficiency of conception, and improving fertility in mares and stallions.

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Water Quality and Pasture Management – 4 August

In the second of four webinars, David Nash, director of nutrition technology at Kentucky Equine Research, will discuss water, the first limiting nutrient in a horse’s diet, and its role in the health and development of horses as well as a practical guide for evaluating and managing pastures.

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Global Perspective on Skeletal Development – 1 September

In the third webinar, Dr. Clarissa Brown-Douglas, a nutritionist at Kentucky Equine Research, discusses young horse nutrition with a focus on skeletal development.

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Yearling Prep – 13 October

In the last of the four webinars, Dr. Huntington will discuss nutrition for yearling sales preparation and feeding management during sales.

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Improving Reproductive Success with Assisted Breeding – 27 October

Kentucky Equine Research’s nutrition advisor Rebecca Ham, along with veterinarian Dr. Kath McIntosh of Northern Rivers Equine and Llowalong Farms, and Helen Chugg, an experienced breeder of top performance horses at Diamond B Farm, discuss assisted breeding, including embryo transfer and artificial insemination.

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