Kenneth McKeever, MS, PhD, FACSM, a professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Rutgers University and associate director of research, at the Rutgers Equine Science Center, provided expert testimony during a New York State Gaming Commission hearing on Jan. 21 in Schenectady, N.Y.

The public hearing was in regards to the proposed adoption of controlled therapeutics medication rules published on pages 17-35 of the Dec. 4, 2013 State Register.

The hearing’s purpose was to collect “testimony about adoption of per se regulatory thresholds for 24 approved equine medications and amending pre-race restricted time periods for various drugs.”

On a basic level, McKeever’s research has focused on comparative exercise and cardiovascular physiology with a particular interest in the effects of aging on the integration of the cardiovascular, renal, and endocrine systems in the control of blood pressure, blood volume, and fluid and electrolyte balance