WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Researchers are developing a monitoring system similar to those used by earthquake seismologists to detect tiny cracks in bones, a technology that could help prevent fractures in humans and racehorses.

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Equinalysis, a company providing "in the field" equine health and performance analysis, is seeking to recruit progressive Vets and Farriers to become part of an elite group of ‘Referral Partners’.

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FORT COLLINS - Colorado State University today announced the establishment of a college endowed chair in the memory of long-time equine sciences supporters Ken and Virginia Atkinson.

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For his thesis, Licentiate in Veterinary Medicine Seppo Hyyppä, from MTT Agrifood Research Finland, investigated post-exercise muscle glycogen repletion in horses.

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Jockey Elvis Trujillo was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Fla. after falling from his mount in the eighth race at Calder on Sunday, Nov. 25.

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1988. Nitrogen metabolism was measured in five mature geldings performing varying levels of work that simulated race training.

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1989. Nineteen weanling horses (average age = 147 d) were divided into exercised (EX; n = 10) and nonexercised (NEX; n = 9) groups~ with age, sex and breed represented as equally as possible.

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1995. This study was conducted to determine normal rates of growth of different skeletal segments in the Thoroughbred horse.

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2007. Scientists get injured equine athletes back on their hooves with pioneering stem cell therapy.

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2004. This study tested the development of oxidative stress and the effects of antioxidant supplementation in an 80-km ride.

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2004. The hypothesis that short-duration exercise may ameliorate the decrease in bone mass observed with confinement was investigated with 18 quarter horses (nine colts and nine fillies) weaned at 4 mo of age and placed into box stalls.

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1934. The Frasch Project at the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station is concerned with making a survey of the energy expenditures associated with various life processes in farm live stock.

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1976. The relationship of ultrasonic measurements to actual fat cover, the value of such measurements for the prediction of total body fat, and the effect of exercise and level of diet intake on fat cover were studied in horses and ponies in four trials.

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1987. Six mature Quarter Horse mares were used in a crossover design to assess the effect of dietary protein level on metabolic response to exercise.

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1988. Six mature Quarter Horse mares were used in a crossover design to assess the effect of dietary protein level on metabolic response to exercise.

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1995. Seven Arabian horses performed a standard incremental exercise test on a high-speed treadmill at 6% slope then were randomly assigned to two diets, a control diet of ground hay and concentrates and a similar diet with 10% added fat (by weight).

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2000. Twelve Quarter Horses, 18 to 24 mo of age and having an average body weight of 460 were randomly assigned to one of two exercise treatments (control and exercise) to study the effect of initiation of exercise training in young horses on vitamin K status.

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2002. Obesity has been a major concern in the horse industry for many years, and the recent discovery of leptin and leptin receptors in numerous nonequine species has provided a basis for new approaches to study this problem in equine.

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2004. Effects of longitudinal exercise training and acute intensive exercise (simulated race test) on immune function have not been reported in horses.

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2005. Muscle disorders characterized by the development of pain and stiffness during and after exercise (exertional rhabdomyolysis, ER) are common in horses.

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