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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, 1987

The Use Of Non-invasive Techniques To Estimate Bone Mineral Content And Breaking Strength In Beef Cattle

Williams, S. N., L. A. Lawrence, L. R. McDowell and N. S. Wilkinson. 1987. The use of non-invasive techniques to estimate bone mineral content and breaking strength in beef cattle. J. Amin. Sci. 65 (Suppl. 1):492.


January 01, 1987

Management Of Horse Pastures

Lawrence, L. A. 1987. Management of horse pastures. Western Washington Cooperative Ext. Agent Training Workshop in Agronomy and Soils. Fort Worden, WA. 1:140.


January 01, 1987

Feeding The Performance Horse: A Practical And Scientific Approach

Lawrence, L. A. 1987. Feeding the performance horse: a practical and scientific approach. Proceedings of the Central Washington Horse Conference. Ellensburg, WA. 4:1.


January 01, 1987

Lyme Disease – A New Disorder

Lyme disease – a new disorder Huntington PJ Australian Equine Veterinarian 5(2), 32, 1987 Click to access article: Lyme disease – a new disorder


January 01, 1986

Equine Energetics II: Energy Expenditure In Horses During Submaximal Exercise

Energy expenditure was measured in four geldings (433 to 520 kg) during submaximal exercise on a racetrack using a mobile open-circuit indirect respiration calorimeter. Total energy expended by the four horses walking, trotting, cantering was best described by the equation: Y = e3.02 + .0065X where Y = energy expended (cal X kg-1 X min-1) and X = speed (m/min).


January 01, 1986

Equine Energetics I: Relationship Between Body Weight And Energy Requirements In Horses

Energy balance studies using indirect calorimetry were conducted with four mature equids ranging in weight from 125 to 856 kg. It was concluded that the maintenance requirements of equids vary linearly with body weight. The digestible energy (DE) requirement for equids confined to metabolism stalls was DE (kcal/d) = 975 + 21.28 X W where W equals body weight in kg.


January 01, 1986

The Oxygen Cost Of Weight Loading And Inclined Treadmill Exercise In The Horse

This study was carried out to determine the metabolic response to load carrying and inclined trotting during treadmill exercise in the horse. Five standardbred trotters, trained for treadmill exercise, were subjected to an exercise test with and without 10% of their body weight in the position of a rider and saddle.


January 01, 1986

The Effect Of Dietary Energy Source On Exercise Performance In Standardbred Horses

Three standardbred horses were used in a 3×3 Latin square design trial to determine the effect of feeding diets containing different levels of carbohydrate, fat, and protein to exercise horses. Muscle and live glycogen concentrations were significantly lower after the long slow exercise test when the horses were fed high protein and high fat than fed the commercial sweet feed diet.


January 01, 1986

Investigation Of Ultrasonic Technique For Prediction Of Bone Mineral Content

Lawrence, L. A., E. A. Ott and S. N. Williams. 1986. Investigation of ultrasonic technique for prediction of bone mineral content. J. Anim. Sci. 63(Suppl. 1)215.


January 01, 1986

Developing Proficiency In Horse Judging

Lawrence, L. A. and E. L. Johnson. 1986. Developing proficiency in horse judging. J. Anim. Sci. 63 (Suppl. 1):215.


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