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.
Proceedings & Abstracts in 'Type'
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.