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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, 1997

Dietary Carbohydrates And Fat Influence Radiographic Bone Mineral Content Of Growing Foals

Hydrolyzable carbohydrate intake in horse diets may become excessive when rapidly growing pastures are supplemented with grain-based concentrates.


January 01, 1997

Daily ß-carotene Supplementation Of Vitamin A Depleted Mares

Greiwe-Crandell KM, SD Kronfeld, LS Gay, D Sklan, PA Harris. 1997. Daily ß-carotene supplementation of vitamin A depleted mares. Proc. 15th Equine Nutr. and Physiol. Symp., Fort Worth, TX. Pp 378-381.


January 01, 1997

Vitamin A Repletion In Thoroughbred Mares With Retinyl Palmitate Or Beta-carotene

Forty-five Thoroughbred mares used in an 8-mo depletion study were kept for an additional 20 mo on the same three forage diets (15 mares each): 2-yr-old orchardgrass hay and vitamin A-free concentrate on a drylot (HC); pasture, orchardgrass/alfalfa hay, and vitamin A-free concentrate (PHC); or pasture and orchardgrass/alfalfa hay only (PH).


January 01, 1996

Nutrient Requirements And Balancing Rations For Horses

Nutritional requirements of horses are composed of = two factors- maintenance needs and activity needs.


January 01, 1995

The Influence of Time of Feeding on Exercise Response in Thoroughbreds Fed a Fat-Supplemented or High-Carbohydrate Diet

Recent research has demonstrated that feeding supplement fat to thoroughbred horses altered blood glucose and insulin levels compared to a grain based diet and these changes influenced substrate selection during a standardized exercise test.


January 01, 1995

Responses Of Blood Glucose, Lactate And Insulin In Horses Fed Equal Amounts Of Grain With Or Without Added Soy Bean Oil

When fat is substituted for carbohydrate isocalorically in a horse’s ration blood glucose and insulin response to feeding is reduced. This paper discusses an experiment designed to evaluate the affects of fat on glycemic response.


January 01, 1995

The Long-Term Effects Of Feeding Fat To Two-year-old Thoroughbreds In Training

Pagan, J.D., I. Burger and S.G. Jackson. 1998. The long-term effects of feeding fat to two-year-old Thoroughbreds in training. In: J.D. Pagan (Ed.) Advances in Equine Nutrition. pp. 281-288. Nottingham University Press. Nottingham, United Kingdom. The following seven month study was conducted using 12 two year old Thoroughbreds to evaluate the long-term effects of feeding […]


January 01, 1993

Tall Fescue Precautions

Lawrence, L. A. 1993. Tall fescue precautions (review). J. Eq. Vet. Sci.13:426-427.


January 01, 1993

What’s New In The World Of Horse Nutrition

What’s new in the world of horse nutrition Pagan JD Australian Equine Veterinarian 11(4), 177-179, 1993. Click here to access.


January 01, 1993

The Effect Of Different Fat Sources On Exercise Performance In Thoroughbred Racehorses

Energy is the factor that should be considered first when evaluating the nutrition of the performance horse, since it is the factor most likely influenced by exercise. A number of studies have evaluated different sources of energy for performance horses. Different levels of fat and protein have been fed to horses in an attempt to alter performance.


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