Joe Pagan, founder and president of Kentucky Equine Research, spoke at the 21st Equine Science Society Symposium. Pagan's paper was entitled "Relationship Between Body Condition and Metabolic Parameters in Sport Horses, Pony Hunters and Polo Ponies." The paper summarized a study conducted to quantify the body conditions of horses and ponies representing several disciplines, and to determine whether body condition was related to resting insulin, glucose, and triglycerides.

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