Lawrence, L. A. 2009. Nutrition of the mare influences growth and development of the foal. Washington Thoroughbred. 63,1:34-35.

A 1996 Kentucky Equine Research (KER) study monitored the incidence of developmental orthopedic disease (Pagan and Jackson, 1996).

The purpose of this study was to obtain growth data from populations of Thoroughbreds born and raised in various countries and compare body weight, daily weight gain, and wither height growth curves. Information was collected for the years 1996 to 2006. A linear regression model with foal age as the explanatory variable and country as […]

JD Pagan, DM Nash, A Koch, S Caddel and CG Brown-Douglas. The influence of body weight, wither height and body condition score on sale price of Thoroughbred yearlings at public auction. Proceedings of the 1st Australian Equine Science Symposium, Gold Coast, Queensland. 13-14 June 2006. Pp 27

Several studies have assessed the effect of birth month and season on foal body weight; however, none of these studies evaluated the effect of season on changes in body weight or body condition in the lactating mare. Thoroughbred mares (n=3,909) and their foals were weighed monthly to assess the influence of month of foaling, season, […]

CG Brown-Douglas, JD Pagan, PJ Huntington and G Jenkinson. Body weight and growth rates in Australian Thoroughbreds compared with Thoroughbreds in Kentucky, England, New Zealand and India. Proceedings of the 1st Australian Equine Science Symposium, Gold Coast, Queensland. 13-14 June 2006. Pp 8.

JD Pagan and CG Brown-Douglas. Does Geography or Genetics influence racehorse growth? Pacemaker, December 2006. Pp 124-125.