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Equine Session

Does the consumer-driven green agenda affect the equine industry? Is an environmental focus important to broodmare farms and racing stables? Join us to learn more about how this event-centered industry is meeting modern needs for disease control, health-focused nutrition and ecological standards.

Monday, April 21, 2008

1:00-1:05
Introduction
Chairs: Steve Elliott, Adam Burnsed, and Steve Duren

1:05-1:30
Can we make horse feeds 'green'?
Steve Duren, Performance Horse Nutrition, USA

1:35-2:00
Is there evidence for a nutrient-hoof horn axis?
John Reilly, Myerscough College, United Kingdom

2:05-2:30
Endocrine regulation of energy balance in horses
Preston R. Buff, Mississippi State University, USA

2:30-3:00
BREAK

3:05-3:30
Strengthening defences: Roles for selenium status and gut health
Joanne McKelvie. EVITA, Northern Ireland

3:35-4:00
Diseases: their potential impact on the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 and beyond
Peter Timoney, Gluck Equine Research Center, USA

4:05-4:30
Drugs and medications: Standardized testing for equine therapeutics
Thomas Tobin, Gluck Equine Research Center, USA

6:00-6:30
Buses leave for Kentucky Night

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

8:30-8:35
Introduction
Chairs: Steve Elliott, Adam Burnsed, and Steve Duren

8:35-9:00
Omega-3 fatty acids: Potential immuno-modulatory benefits for the horse?
Lori Warren, University of Florida, USA

9:05-9:30
Mare reproductive loss syndrome: Its unique biological mechanism and relationship to Australian equine amnionitis and fetal loss
Thomas Tobin, Gluck Equine Research Center, USA

9:35-10:00
Modern equine critical care: The Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital
William A. Rood, Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital, USA

10:00-10:30
BREAK

10:35-11:00
Recent advances in equine nutrition: Nonstructural carbohydrates in feeds and forages
Bridgett McIntosh, University of Tennessee, USA

11:05-11:30
Feeding to ensure reproductive success
Tania A. Cubitt, Performance Horse Nutrition, USA

11:35-12:00
Gene-jockeying for position: How will nutrigenomics move the equine sciences forward?
Richard Murphy, Alltech, Ireland

12:00-2:00
POSTER DISCUSSION LUNCHEON

2:00-4:15
General Session