Horse Transport and Stress

In this episode Dr. Amanda Adams and PhD student Erica Jacquay of the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center describe new research on how horses of all ages respond to transport—even just 1.5-hour trips across town. They also preview the results of a survey of U.S. horse owners and their trailering practices. This podcast series is brought to you by Zoetis. Show notes : Article: Immunosenescence: What Owners of Old Horses Need to Know Article: How Does Transport Impact Senior Horse Immune Function? Article: Equine Immunity: From Birth to Old Age Article: It’s All Connected: Bodywide Inflammation in Horses Podcast: Equine Innovators: Dr. Amanda Adams Talks about Older Horses About the Researchers : Amanda A. Adams, PhD, is an associate professor and a Mars Equestrian Fellow at the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center. She’s authored 40+ peer-reviewed scientific publications and presented her research at more than 40 national and international scientific meetings. Her research interests include the geriatric horse’s immune system; adiposity’s effects on horses’ inflammatory responses, particularly in EMS horses; and the mechanisms responsible for and pathways involved in EMS to identify potential treatments that target both the inflammatory and metabolic component of the disease. Erica Jacquay, MSc, is a PhD student and the first Mars Equestrian Scholar in the Department of Veterinary Science at the University of Kentucky working under Amanda Adams, PhD. Erica earned her BS in animal science from Virginia Tech and graduated from Kansas State with a MS with an emphasis on equine reproductive physiology. She’s worked in various facets of the equine industry, including training dressage horses, working on a large sport horse breeding farm, and working in a veterinary diagnostic laboratory. Her research program focuses on equine transportation, with specific aims to evaluate the impact of short-term transportation on stress and immune function in horses.

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Horse Transport and Stress is an episode from Equine Innovators by TheHorse.

This episode is 32:21 long.

This episode was published on Apr 22, 2022.

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