Pagan, J.D. 1988. Exercise physiology research – Its importance to the Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. In: Proc. Florida Horseman’s Seminar. Ocala, Florida. pp. 23-29.

Pagan, J.D., B. Essen-Gustavsson, A. Lindholm and J. Thornton. 1987. The effect of dietary energy source on blood metabolites in Standardbred horses during exercise. In: Proc. 10th Equine Nutr. and Physiol. Soc. Symp. Colorado State University. pp. 425-430.

Pagan, J.D., B. Essen-Gustavsson, A. Lindholm, and J. Thornton. 1987. The effect of exercise and diet on muscle and liver glycogen repletion in Standardbred horses. In: Proc. 10th Equine Nutr. and Physiol. Soc. Symp. Colorado State University. pp. 431-436. Two experiments were conducted to determine the effect of exercise and diet on muscle and liver […]

Energy expenditure was measured in four geldings (433 to 520 kg) during submaximal exercise on a racetrack using a mobile open-circuit indirect respiration calorimeter. Total energy expended by the four horses walking, trotting, cantering was best described by the equation: Y = e3.02 + .0065X where Y = energy expended (cal X kg-1 X min-1) and X = speed (m/min).

This study was carried out to determine the metabolic response to load carrying and inclined trotting during treadmill exercise in the horse. Five standardbred trotters, trained for treadmill exercise, were subjected to an exercise test with and without 10% of their body weight in the position of a rider and saddle.

Three standardbred horses were used in a 3×3 Latin square design trial to determine the effect of feeding diets containing different levels of carbohydrate, fat, and protein to exercise horses. Muscle and live glycogen concentrations were significantly lower after the long slow exercise test when the horses were fed high protein and high fat than fed the commercial sweet feed diet.

Pagan, J.D. 1985. The energetics of exercise in horses. In: Proc. “What’s Up Doc” Symp. Cornell University. pp. 61-71.

Pagan, J.D. and H.F. Hintz. 1985. Energy expenditure in horses during submaximal exercise. In: Proc. 9th Equine Nutr. and Physiol. Soc. Symp. Michigan State University. pp. 182-187. This experiment was conducted to measure the amount of energy expended by horses traveling at speeds up to 400 m/minute on a racetrack both with and without a […]

Lawrence, L. A., E. A. Ott and G. J. Miller. 1985. Geometric estimates of cortical area and area moment of inertia for determining bone strength and development of equine third metacarpals. J. Anim. Sci. 61 (Suppl. 1):248.