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New Study Investigates Whether Obesity a Risk Factor for Asthma in Horses

May 12, 2021DeAnn SloanEdited Press Release#RESEARCH, Equine AsthmaComments Off

May is asthma allergy and awareness month, so it’s only fitting that Texas A&M University would launch a new study exploring the correlation between obesity and asthma in horses. (more…)

UK Gluck Equine Research Center Launches National Survey on Horses Aged 15 Years and Older

November 5, 2020DeAnn SloanEdited Press Release#RESEARCH, #SURVEY, University of KentuckyComments Off

If you have a horse or pony aged 15 years or older, you can help create a management and health profile of older U.S. horses. (more…)

NTRA To Give $100,000 to University of Kentucky Equine Surfaces & Safety Research Lab

April 18, 2019Noelle MaxwellNoelle Maxwell#RACING, #RESEARCH, #THOROUGHBREDLeave a comment

The funds will be used to create a physical space on the University of Kentucky campus that will house the Equine Surfaces and Safety Research Laboratory.

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Research: Quarter Horse racing more dangerous than Thoroughbred racing

June 14, 2013Leslie WylieUncategorized#RESEARCHLeave a comment

A new study by UC-Davis indicates that jockeys riding in Quarter Horse races have greater fall/injury rates than those riding in Thoroughbred races. (more…)