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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

The Effect Of Exercise On The Digestibility Of An All-forage Or Mixed Diet In Thoroughbred Horses

Four conditioned Thoroughbred geldings were used in a 2×2 factorial design to investigate the effect of exercise and diet on apparent nutrient digestibility.


January 01, 1997

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

Crandell KM, JD Pagan, PA Harris and SE Duren. 1998. A comparison of grain, vegetable oil and beet pulp as energy sources for the exercised horse. Proc. 5th International Conference on Equine Exercise Physiology. Utsunomiya, Japan.


January 01, 1997

Investigation of Time of Hay Feeding on Plasma Volume and Exercise Response in Thoroughbred Horses

A common question asked regarding feeding the performance horse is when should the horse be fed hay relative to grain and exercise. Should the horse receive hay before, with or after a grain meal.


January 01, 1997

Equitation Over Fences: A Lesson Manual For The Novice Rider

D. S. Meyer and L. A. Lawrence. 1997 Equitation over fences: a lesson manual for the novice rider. In: Proc. Equine Nutr. Phsiol. Soc. 15:300.


January 01, 1997

Diet And Conditioning Influence Bone Remodeling

Porr, C. A., D. S. Kronfeld, L. A. Lawrence, R. S. Pleasant and P. A. Harris. 1997. Diet and conditioning influence bone remodeling. Proc. Equine Nutr. Physiol. Soc. 14:196.


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, 1997

Working With The Veterinarian

Crandell KM. 1997. Working with the veterinarian. In: Proc. of Kentucky Equine Research Sales and Marketing Short Course


January 01, 1997

Fat-soluble Vitamins And The Performance Horse

Crandell KM. 1997. Fat-soluble vitamins and the performance horse. Kentucky Equine Research Equine Nutrition Conference, Lexington KY. Feeding vitamin supplements to horses has become commonplace. There are questions about the necessity of this practice, and the dangers involved. Fat soluble vitamins (A, D, E, and K) in particular can be a problem because of their ability to […]


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