Equine Nutrition

Energy and Vitamin Nutrition of the Equine Athlete

Nutrition of the performance horse has been the subject of several recent reviews (Meyer, 1987; Frape, 1988; Glade, 1988; Jackson, 1988; Pagan, 1988a). When reviewing the literature several points become obvious 1) There is much to be learned about nutrition of the equine athlete 2) Energy nutrition is usually considered to be of greatest concern and 3) There is great interest in vitamin nutrit...

Antioxidant status of horses during two 80-km endurance races.

Department of Animal and Poultry Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA; *Rectortown Equine Center, Rectortown, VA; †Department of LACS, Phase II, Virginia Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, Blacksburg, VA; ‡Department of Animal Sciences, Hebrew University, Rehovot, Israel and §Equine Studies Group, Waltham Centre for Pet Nutrition and Care,...

Recent Advances in Reproduction in Horses

Research in the area of equine breeding management has made major progress towards understanding the idiosyncrasies of equine reproduction since data was first reported at the Equine Nutrition and Physiology Society meeting in 1983. The purpose of this paper is to provide the horse industry with an overview of the types of technology equine scientists have developed as they relate to equine rep...

Developments in equine nutrition: comparing the beginning and end of this century.

In the first part of this century, there was little advancement in horse nutrition and little research was undertaken. However, in the last few years, there has been a great increase in interest in this whole area. This review surveys some of the more recent developments and how they have influenced feeding practices and also compares these with those feeding practices found at the start of thi...

Involvement of equine chorionic gonadotropin (eCG) carbohydrate side chains in its bioactivity; lessons from recombinant hormone expressed in insect cells.

Natural eCG consists of as much as 45% carbohydrate side chains. The present paper deals with the analysis of the roles of the N- and O-linked saccharides of this hormone in the different steps of its activity and its possible replacement by recombinant eCG expressed in baculovirus-insect cell systems.

Equine Nutrition–A European Perspective