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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, 1984

Arbovirus Infection In Horses

Arbovirus infection in horses Huntington PJ Australian Equine Veterinarian 2(4), 9-10, 1984 Click here to access the article: Arbovirus infection in horses


January 01, 1983

Maternal-Offspring Bond of Ponies Fed Different Amounts of Energy

Houpt, K.A., H.F. Hintz, and J.D. Pagan. 1983. Maternal-offspring bond of ponies fed different amounts of energy. Nutrition and Behavior 1:157-168. This study was designed to find the effect of varying the caloric level of the maternal diet during lactation on the response of 23 mares and their suckling foals to separation. Pony mares were […]


January 01, 1981

The Response Of Mares And Foals To Brief Separation

Houpt, K.A., H.F. Hintz and J. D. Pagan. 1981. The response of mares and foals to brief separation. In: Proc. Amer. Soc. of Animal Sci. Meetings. Abst. 6. p. 129


January 01, 1981

Digestible Energy Requirements of Lactating Pony Mares

The National Research Council’s (1978) estimates of the energy requirements for lactation are based primarily on theoretical calculations. Some experiments have evaluated the accuracy of these recommendations (Jordan 1979; Sutton 1977), but in these studies not only was the digestible energy adjusted to different levels, but all of the other nutrients as well.


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