French Researchers Work to Improve Horse Health, Welfare

The Hippolia Foundation unites equine research groups for better progress, improved funding opportunities, and more.
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What do you do when you’ve got dozens of equine research centers all striving to improve horse health and welfare?

If you do like the French, you group them all together into one united team.

“Our mission is to federate all these various research groups for greater progress, greater streamlining, and improved funding that will ultimately benefit our primary concern, the horse,” said Romuald Glowacki, director of the Hippolia Foundation in Caen, France.

Instead of having individual research centers working on their own individual projects and seeking their own individual funding, Hippolia chose to unite the groups in 2005—a project fully supported by the French government since 2008. Today, Hippolia counts 30 research centers throughout France—including the Centre d’Imagerie et de Recherche sur les Affections Locomotrices Equines (CIRALE, part of the Maisons Alfort National Veterinary School) in Goustranville, the Dozulé Laboratory for Equine Diseases (part of the French Agency for Food, Environmental, and Occupational Health & Safety, or ANSES) in Goustranville, the LABÉO Frank Duncombe Laboratory in Caen, and the French surveillance center for equine pathologies (RESPE) in Caen

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Passionate about horses and science from the time she was riding her first Shetland Pony in Texas, Christa Lesté-Lasserre writes about scientific research that contributes to a better understanding of all equids. After undergrad studies in science, journalism, and literature, she received a master’s degree in creative writing. Now based in France, she aims to present the most fascinating aspect of equine science: the story it creates. Follow Lesté-Lasserre on Twitter @christalestelas.

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