
For over a decade, Kentucky Equine Research has regularly disseminated current information about research, equine health, news notes, horse facts, stable management, and industry events. Beginning in print form as Equine Review, this information service is now Equine Health Review, a monthly e-newsletter. Click on the titles below to browse this archived material.
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Transporting Horses: Management to Minimize Stress
Run-In Sheds Provide Shelter for Pastured Horses
Bedding Choices to Fit Every Stable
Hoof Dressings: Helpful, Harmful, or Humbug?
Out of Work: How to Let Your Horse Down in the Off-Season
Equine Diseases: Alphabet Soup Simplified
Colic Caused by Stomach Distention is a Life-Threatening Condition
Managing Horses with Airway Disease
White Line Disease Requires Early Diagnosis and Aggressive Treatment
Disease ABCs: Anthrax, Botulism, Corynebacterium
Horses with Anhidrosis Require Careful Management
Weight Loss in Older Horses: Management Solutions
Weaning: Stress Can be Minimized by Management
Horse Management: Beyond the Basics
Equine Recurrent Colic and Allergies
Hunters and Jumpers: What Are We Talking About?
First Horse Show: Prepare Your Young Horse for Success
Review of "Effect of 'tongue tie' use on racing performance of Thoroughbreds in the United Kingdom"
Industry Notes December 3, 2010
Industry Notes November 26, 2010
Industry Notes November 19, 2010
Industry Notes November 12, 2010
Industry Calendar, December 2010
Industry Notes November 5, 2010
Industry Notes October 29, 2010
Industry Notes October 22, 2010
Industry Calendar, November 2010
Industry Notes October 15, 2010
Industry Notes October 8, 2010
Industry Notes October 1, 2010
Industry Notes September 24, 2010
Industry Notes September 17, 2010
Industry Notes September 10, 2010
Industry Notes September 3, 2010
Industry Calendar September - October
Industry Notes August 27, 2010
Industry Calendar August - September
Industry Notes August 20, 2010
Industry Calendar August 20, 2010
Industry Notes August 13, 2010
Industry Calendar August 13, 2010
Industry Calendar August 1, 2010
Industry Calendar July 15, 2010
HL 49 Review of "Evaluation of horses with poor performance"
SU 47 Review of "Factors affecting foal birth weight in Thoroughbred horses"
SU 48 Review of "Role of diet and feeding in normal and stereotypic behaviors in horses"
SU 50 Recent Updates in Equine Nutrition
N 42 Yeast Supplementation, Soy Hulls Useful in Some Equine Diets
N 43 AAEP Workshop Focuses on Equine Nutrition
N 44 How and Why to Choose Feed Supplements
N 45 Does Nutrition Influence Equine Behavior?
N 46 Does My Horse Need a Vitamin E Supplement?
IN 46 Training and Bone Development
IN 47 Updates on Equine Health and Wellness
IN 48 Preventing Racing Injuries: Are Artificial Track Surfaces the Solution?
HW 44 Para-Equestrian Competition Focuses on Abilities
SM 23 Maintaining Service and Sales in a Challenging Economy
SM 24 What's This "Green" Idea All About, and How Can It Work for My Company?
SU 39 Summary of "Fracture rate in Thoroughbred racehorses is affected by dam age and parity"
SU 41 Review of "Evaluation of indicators of weight-carrying ability of light riding horses"
SU 43 Review of "Injuries of limb joints during race training of two-year-old Thoroughbred horses"
N 37 Feeding Horses: Just the Basics
N 38 Putting the Brakes on Weight Gain
N 40 Nutrition for Horses with Metabolic Disorders
N 41 Omega-3 Fatty Acid Supplementation Provides Significant Benefits
HL 45 Help, I Think My Horse Has Been Poisoned!
HW 41 Flehmen: What's My Horse Doing with His Lip?"
HW 42 Maximizing Fuel Efficiency for Horse Transport
HW 43 The Advantages of Turnout
SU 34 Review of "Countermeasures for pasture-associated laminitis in ponies and horses"
SU 37 Review of "Stride pattern preference in racehorses"
SU 38 Review of "Breed susceptibility in equine polysaccharide storage myopathy"
N 35 Managing Horses on High-Fructan Pastures
HL 41 Health Management Strategies at Equine Events
HL 42 Equine Event Management: Will Your Horse Come Home Healthy
HL 43 Overweight Horses Face Multiple Health Risks
HL 44 Salmonella Infection Is Something To Avoid
HW 37 Changes in the Horse Industry
HW 38 Equine Health and Management Trends
HW 40 Competitive Trail Riding
SU 30 Review of "Growth of yearling fillies fed alfalfa or soybean meal"
SU 31 Review of "Air exchange rate in a horse trailer during road transport"
SU 32 Summary of "A review of recent research on the transoprtation of horses"
N32 Basics of Horse Feed Management
N34 Fescue: Look Beyond Pastures When Problems in Arise in Broodmares
HL 39 Zoonotic Diseases (or Can I Catch and Illness from my Horse?)
HL 40 Coming to Terms with Common Ailments
N28 Food for Thought: Details of the Equine Digestive Tract
N29 How Should I Feed My Thin Horse
N30 Refeeding the Starved Horse
HL 34 Equine Health News from Around the World
HL 36 Equine Metabolic Syndrome
HL 37 Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
HW 27 Follow that Bite: Fascinating Facts about the Horse's Digestive Tract
SU 21 Considerations for Nutritional Management of the Mare and Foal
SU 22 AAEP Convention Abstracts
SU 23 Review of "Cryptosporidiosis and foal heat diarrhea"
SU 24 Summary of "Soybean hulls as analternative feed for horses"
SU 25 Summary of "Physiological responses of horses to 24 hours of transportation"
N23 An Introduction to Protein Supplements
N24 Is Alfalfa the Right Choice?
N25 Fueling the Endurance Horse
N26 The Quiet Diet: Using Equi-Jewel in Your Feeding Program
N27 A Closer Look at Fats: Omega-3 and Omega-6 Fatty Acids
HL 25 Mad Horse Disease? Don't Worry Yet!
HL 27 Oxygen Deprivation in Newborn Foals
HL 29 Developments in Equine Health
HL 30 Sunburn and Photosensitivity
HL 32 Breathe In, Breathe Out: Roaring and Choking Down
HW 22 Irish Draught Horses and Irish Sport Horses
HW 23 Horse Management for the Spring Season
HW 25 On the Road Again: Trailering Your Horse
HW 26 Getting Inside the Horse's Head
SM 15 Local Vigilance Can Help Prevent Agriterrorism
SM 16 Personnel: Hiring the Best, Keeping the Best
15 Review of "Effect of forage intake on body weight and performance"
SU 16 Review of "the effect of weaning age on foal growth and radiographic bone density."
SU 17 Review of "Effects on exercise metabolism of varying dietary starch and sugar proportions"
N11 Bran Mash: What's It Really Good For?
N13 The Nutritional Demands of Lactation
N14 Don't Dilute! The Pitfalls of Cutting Feeds with Cereal Grainis and Protein Supplements
N16 Nutrition of the Breeding Stallion
N17 Warmbloods: Feed 'Em the Same as Other Horses?
N18 Go Figure: A Quick Guide to Mathematical Conversions
N19 Alternative Grass Hays for Horses
N20 Feeding After the Hammer Falls
N21 Optimal Body Condition Scores for Breeding Mares
N22 Stick With Molasses for Palatability and Energy
HL 14 Arthritis, a Pain in the Joint
HL 15 Alphabet Soup for the Feed Dealer's Peace of Mind
HL 16 Managing Broodmares on Fescue or Pasture
HL 18 Shivers, Stringhalt, and Australian Stringhalt
HL 19 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy
HL 20 Disease Updates: West Nile Virus, Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome
HL 21 Head Shaking May Have a Variety of Causes
HL 23 Eastern Equine Encephalitis
HW 12 Hoof Dressings: Helpful, Harmful or Humbug?
HW 13 Vaulting: Gymnastics on Horseback
HW 16 The American Standardbred: Trotters and Pacers Rule the Harness Tracks
HW 17 Is My Horse the Right Size?
HW 18 Sorting Out Deworming Products
HW 19 Digestive Aids: Does Your Horse Need Them?
SM 07 Answering Questions About Protein Requirements
SM 08 Chelated Minerals Enhance Nutrient Bioavailability
SM 09 Serve Horse Owners, Help Your Company
SM 10 Accentuating the Positive: Avoiding Turn-Off Phrases
SU 02 A Comparison of Grain, Vegetable Oil, and Beet Pulp as Energy Sources for the Exercised Horse
SU 03 Effect of Corn Processing on Glycemic Response in Horses
SU 04 Review of "Effect of Exercise on the Immune Response of Young and Old Horses"
SU 05 Feed Industry Symposium Offers Broad Agenda
SU 06 Research at UC Davis Center for Equine Health Benefits the Horse Industry
SU 07 Review of "Developmental Orthopedic Disease (DOD) in Horses - A Multifactorial Process"
N 04 Determining Work Intensity
N 06 Feeding the Mare and Foal After Weaning
N 07 Pica: The Peculiar Palate
N 08 Feeding the Miniature Horse
N 10 Recovery from Enteritis Dictates Changes in Feed Management
HL 01 West Nile Virus - It's Coming Your Way!
HL 02 Equine Protozoal Myeloencephalitis
HL 03 Managing Horses with Airway Disease
HL 04 Disease ABCs: Anthrax, Botulism, Corynebacterium
HL 05 Gastric Ulcers, Neigh-Lox, and the Racehorse
HL 06 Fields, Fencerows, and Yards May Harbor Poison Plants
HL 08 Horses with Anhidrosis Require Careful Management
HL 09 Severe Colic Can Result in Stomach Rupture
HL 11 White Line Disease Requires Early Diagnosis and Aggressive Treatment
HL 12 Hyperkalemic Periodic Paralysis (HYPP)
IN 01 Avoid Risks from Fumonisin in Corn
HW 01 Hunters and Jumpers: What are We Talking About?
HW 04 A Pony is Every Inch an Equine
HW 09 "What Kind of Grain is Best for my Horse?"
HW 10 "What Kind of Fiber is Best for my Horse?"
HW 11 Run-In Sheds Provide Shelter for Pastured Horses
SM 01 The Silent Side of Sales: Being Prepared for the Cold Call
SM 02 "Yeah, I've Heard of That!"
SM 03 Selling Against the National Brands
SM 04 Setting Value, Setting Price: How to Sell Against High-End and Bargain Feeds