UK Strongly Represented at the ESS Symposium

The symposium featured research on equine nutrition, exercise physiology, reproduction, management, and more.
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Many equine researchers from the University of Kentucky (UK) College of Agriculture, Food and Environment attended the Equine Science Society (ESS) symposium held May 26-29 in St. Pete Beach, Florida. The National Association of Equine Affiliated Academics (NAEAA) was held on the front end of the ESS symposium May 26.

ESS occurs every two years in different locations and promotes quality research on equine nutrition and reproductive physiology production and management, teaching, and extension. The event is set up to establish effective communication among researchers, teachers, extension, and production personnel.

Ernie Bailey, PhD, professor in the department of veterinary science at the UK Gluck Equine Research Center, was an invited speaker and presented a full-length paper titled “Genetics After Twilight,” about the next step in genetics. The title references Bailey’s past work, sequencing the entire equine genome on the Thoroughbred mare, Twilight. Bailey’s paper discusses how researchers can use functional genomics to answer biological questions. Functional genomics is relevant to all areas of equine studies, including immunology, nutrition, reproduction, exercise physiology, and veterinary medicine.

Laurie Lawrence, PhD, professor in the department of animal and food sciences at UK, received the Equine Nutrition Research Award during the symposium. The American Feed Industry Association-sponsored award acknowledges Lawrence’s achievements and contributions to the equine industry. Lawrence’s international research on equine nutrition has most recently concentrated on pasture-based feeding and forage for both young and mature horses

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