Equine Science Research

  • Equine Nutrition
    • Nutritional requirements for optimal bone growth and remodeling in young horses
    • Dietary approaches to improve power and stamina of horses
    • Energy metabolism in the exercising horse
    • Protein, mineral and vitamin requirements of the exercising horse
    • Diet manipulation to reduce thermal stress in exercising horses
  • Equine Exercise Physiology
    • Training systems to improve conditioning response and physical parameters of bone strength in race and arena performance horses
    • Physiological effects of interval training
    • Relationships between body composition, stamina and thermal regulation
  • Equine Reproductive Physiology
    • Relationships between reproductive efficiency and heat stress in the mare
    • Diet and body condition influences on reproductive parameters in the mare
    • Endocrine regulation of seminal parameters in stallions