Huntington PJ, Brown-Douglas CG, Pagan JD. Australian Equine Veterinarian, Volume 26, Issue 1, pp 80-92, Feb 2007. Access the article.

Several metabolic disorders are common in modern breeds of horses. Many of these disorders such as
equine Cushing’s disease (ECD), equine metabolic syndrome (EMS), osteochondritis dissecans (OCD), recurrent
equine rhabdomyolysis (RER), and polysaccharide storage myopathy (PSSM) can be managed
nutritionally by careful regulation of caloric intake with particular attention paid to the source of energy provided.

As yearlings leave a breeding farm environment and enter training major changes occur in their skeletons.

Bucked shins is a term used to describe a condition of the third metacarpal bone which is related to bone fatigue and/ or stress fractures. This is a common problem in racehorses in the first year of training. Thirty Thoroughbreds were studied as they were prepared for two-year-olds in training sales that took place in […]

Nutritional Management of Mares – The Foundation of a Strong Skeleton PJ Huntington, E Owens, K Crandell and JD Pagan NZ Eq Vet Pract Dec 2007 p 14 – 35

PJ Huntington, CG Brown-Douglas and JD Pagan. Growth of Australian Thoroughbreds compared with horses in New Zealand, America, England and India. Australian Equine Veterinarian 26(1), 80-92, 2007. Read a textbook chapter on this research.

CG Brown-Douglas, JD Pagan, A Koch and S Caddel. The relationship between size at yearling sale, sale price, sale price and future racing performance in Kentucky Thoroughbreds. Proceedings of the 20th Equine Science Society Symposium, Hunt Valley, Maryland. 5-8 June 2007. Pp 153-154.

Body weight and growth rates of growing Australian Thoroughbreds compared with Thoroughbreds in other countries Huntington PJ , Brown-Douglas CG , Pagan JD Australian Equine Veterinarian 26(2), 55-56, 2007See the article. Access a Proceedings report of this research.