The National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA), the University of Kentucky College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, and the Racing Surfaces Testing Laboratory (RSTL) today announced the dates for the launch of a joint initiative offering a Racecourse Manager Certification from the University of Kentucky.

Dr. Scott Stanley of the University of Kentucky describes the challenges conventional drug testing presents and a potential biomarker-based solution.

Lutz Goehring has been named the Warren Wright, Sr. – Lucille Wright Markey Endowed Chair in Equine Infectious Diseases at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center. He begins June 1.

University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center researchers Allen Page, DVM, PhD, scientist and veterinarian, and David Horohov PhD, chair of the Department of Veterinary Science and director of the Gluck Center, co-authored a recently published paper from Purdue University looking at lower airway inflammation in racing Thoroughbreds, where they provided their expertise with inflammatory gene expression analysis to examine this common issue in racehorses.

In the March edition of ESR, we discussed vaccines and where our world would be without them. Identifying vaccine targets relies upon the ability to find the causative agent of the disease against which protection is being sought. This may seem pretty straightforward, but let us think for a moment about how disease-causing agents are actually identified.

Researchers at the University of Kentucky’s Gluck Equine Research Center and the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (UKVDL) have preliminarily identified a novel Equine Rotavirus Group B associated with diarrhea in very young foals.

COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions produced a recession, which economists typically define as two consecutive quarters of decline in GDP (gross domestic product) growth. Like every other business sector across the globe, the equine industry has been affected by COVID-19 related restrictions. We are now only starting to be able to assess short-term impacts, and it will be some time before the long-term impacts are fully understood. While we can look to recoveries from past recessions for insight, the contraction initiated by COVID-19 shutdowns is far different from earlier recessions, rendering historical information less predictive of the recovery path.

In 2018, Karin Pekarchik, MS, senior extension associate for distance learning, and Kimberly Tumlin, PhD, MS, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health and the Equestrian Athlete Initiative director for research for the Sports Medicine Research Institute, cofounded the University of Kentucky Female Health and Wellness Community of Practice (CoP) to focus on equestrian health, inviting international researchers, instructors and practitioners in fields related to equestrianism to become members.

University of Kentucky study shows association between mRNA biomarkers and catastrophic injuries in Thoroughbred racehorses, a positive step forward in the development of a pre-race screening tool.

University of Kentucky forage specialists have fielded several calls on the safety of yellow buttercups in Kentucky pastures and asked Megan Romano, DVM, DABVT, toxicologist, UK Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, to comment on the potential risks to horses.

This week’s episode focuses on the new strain of rotavirus that has been uncovered by the UK Gluck Center. Dr. Emma Adam goes into depth about the discovery, research and current treatments for this possible life-threatening type of foal diarrhea.

The University of Kentucky Weather Center launched a weekly newsletter that contains important forecast and weather information for farmers and producers.