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Rotavirus on the Move in Foals
Equine Innovators
12/16/21 • 33 min
In this episode Dr. Emma Adam of the University of Kentucky describes the research that identified a novel strain of rotavirus in foal diarrhea cases this year.
This podcast is the twelfth episode in our “Equine Innovators” podcast series, brought to you by Zoetis.
Show notes:
- An Update on Rotavirus in Foals
- Sessions from the 2021 Rotavirus Workshop, funded by the University of Kentucky’s CAFE Gluck Equine Research Center Koller Emergency Response Funds and gifts from the Kentucky Thoroughbred Association/Kentucky Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders, Coolmore America, and Grayson Jockey Club.
- The Gluck Equine Research Center
- The Gluck Center’s newsletters, Equine Science Review and Equine Disease Quarterly
- Practical Biosecurity Tips to Protect Your Horse
- Infographic: Protecting Your Horse From Disease
About the Researcher:
Emma Adam, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVIM, ACVS, is an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky’s (UK) Gluck Equine Research Center and the equine outreach veterinarian for UK’s Department of Veterinary Science. Her career focuses on the health and wellbeing of the equine athlete and she has worked in four countries on three continents. Adam received her veterinary degree from the Royal Veterinary College, in the U.K., after which she gained equine internal medicine specialty training at Texas A&M University and equine surgery specialty training at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center. She completed her PhD research in regenerative medicine as it relates to articular cartilage using RNA sequencing at the Gluck Center. Her primary role now is to connect the university with equine industry stakeholders through outreach and the dissemination of information.
Dr. Amanda Adams Talks About Older Horses
Equine Innovators
10/26/20 • 28 min
Dr. Amanda Adams of the University of Kentucky, in Lexington, describes her senior horse research, which focuses on EMS, PPID, and immune system health.
This podcast is the fifth episode in our “Equine Innovators” podcast series, brought to you by Zoetis.
Amanda A. Adams, PhD, is an associate professor at the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center. She’s authored 25 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.
Racetrack Surfaces With Dr. Mick Peterson
Equine Innovators
08/31/20 • 32 min
Properly preparing racetrack surfaces is imperative for horse and jockey safety. It requires selecting the right materials, monitoring moisture content, watching the weather, and finely tuned maintenance from a highly trained crew. In this Equine Innovators podcast, we talk to Mick Peterson, PhD, director of the University of Kentucky’s Racetrack Safety Program. As a bioengineer, he and his team studies how horses interact with track surfaces to help improve safety and performance. They also monitor tracks throughout the United States.
This podcast is the fourth episode in our “Equine Innovators” podcast series, brought to you by Zoetis.
Michael “Mick” Peterson, PhD, is a professor of biosystems and agricultural engineering at the University of Kentucky, where he serves as directory of the Racetrack Safety Program. His research focuses on animal biomechanics engineering, specifically racehorses and racetrack surfaces.
COVID-19 and the Equine Economy With Dr. Jill Stowe
Equine Innovators
04/27/20 • 26 min
University of Kentucky researcher and equine industry economist Dr. Jill Stowe gives an glimpse of how COVID-19 is impacting the horse world and looks at the financial challenges that lie ahead. This podcast is the second episode in our new “Equine Innovators” podcast series, brought to you by Zoetis.
Jill Stowe, PhD, is an associate professor in the University of Kentucky’s Department of Agricultural Economics (UK Ag) and previously served as director of the UK Ag Equine Programs. Her areas of specialization include economics of the equine industry, decision making under risk and uncertainty, other-regarding preferences, incentives, and neuroeconomics. Her research has been published in the Journal of Risk and Uncertainty, Economic Inquiry, Neuron, and Nature Neuroscience. Stowe received a PhD in economics from Texas A&M University (2002) and was previously on the faculty at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business (2002-2008).
What’s a ‘Horse on a Chip,’ and How Will it Change Equine Research?
Equine Innovators
08/31/22 • 17 min
As horse owners, we might not think about how research in humans can help horses, and vice versa. Carrie Shaffer, PhD, of the University of Kentucky ’s (UK) Department of Veterinary Sciences and the Gluck Equine Research Center, is working at the interface of human and equine medicine, creating tiny models of horses’ body systems to better understand how we can prevent and fight equine disease, and help body processes such as wound repair and tissue healing.
This podcast series is brought to you by Zoetis.
About the Expert: Carrie L. Shaffer, PhD, is an assistant professor in the University of Kentucky’s (UK) Department of Veterinary Sciences and the Gluck Equine Research Center. She holds joint faculty appointments in the UK College of Medicine (Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics) and the UK College of Pharmacy (Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences). Shaffer is a graduate of the UK College of Agriculture (BSc) and Vanderbilt University (PhD), and she completed National-Institutes-of-Health-funded postdoctoral fellowships at Vanderbilt University Medical Center and the California Institute of Technology. An expert in host-pathogen interactions and microbial pathogenesis, her research interests include understanding mechanisms underlying equine infectious disease using novel in vitro biomimetic models. One major focus of the Shaffer Lab is developing an innovative “horse-on-a-chip” microfluidic platform and diverse equine organoid model systems to enable investigations that address fundamental questions in equine infectious disease, therapeutic and vaccine development, allergic and immune-modulated conditions, tissue remodeling in response to injury, developmental and reproductive biology, and the identification of genetic factors that determine disease outcome in the horse.
Pathology is More Than Just Horse Necropsies
Equine Innovators
12/20/22 • 43 min
Dr. Uneeda Bryant describes how veterinary pathologists safeguard horse populations, determine causes of death, and protect the human-animal bond.
This podcast series is brought to you by Zoetis.
About the Researcher: Uneeda Bryant, DVM, is a tenured associate professor of veterinary pathology at the University of Kentucky’s Veterinary Diagnostic Lab, in Lexington. She earned her veterinary degree from Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine, in Alabama. In addition to her responsibilities as a pathologist and teaching role as adjunct faculty for Lincoln Memorial University College of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Bryant works regularly to educate the public about this nontraditional veterinary medicine career path.
Show Notes:
- Veterinary Pathologist Recognized on Kentucky Senate Floor
- Equine Tyzzer’s Disease
- An Update on Rotavirus in Foals
- UKVDL Goes Mobile to Educate Kentuckians
- The University of Kentucky’s Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
- Mare Reproductive Loss Syndrome
Horse Transport and Stress
Equine Innovators
04/22/22 • 32 min
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.
A Discussion With University Of Kentucky’s Dr. Martin Nielsen
Equine Innovators
02/24/20 • 59 min
University of Kentucky researcher and leading equine parasitologist, Dr. Martin Nielsen, talks about his research and the future of equine internal parasite control. This podcast is the premier episode in our new “Equine Innovators” podcast series.
Martin Krarup Nielsen, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ACVM, is an associate professor of parasitology and the Schlaikjer professor in equine infectious disease at the University of Kentucky’s Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, in Lexington. His research focus includes parasite diagnostic measures and drug resistance. Known as a foremost expert in the field of equine parasites, Dr. Nielsen chaired the American Association of Equine Practitioners’ (AAEP) parasite control task force, which produced the “AAEP Parasite Control Guidelines.”
Drug Testing in Racing and Competition
Equine Innovators
05/13/21 • 41 min
Dr. Scott Stanley of the University of Kentucky describes the challenges conventional drug testing presents and a potential biomarker-based solution.
This podcast is the eighth episode in our “Equine Innovators” podcast series, brought to you by Zoetis.
Learn more about the equine biological passport in this video.
Scott Stanley, PhD, is a research scientist with more than 30 years of regulatory drug testing experience. He currently runs a research lab at the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center, in Lexington, and a service lab, The Equine Analytical Chemistry Lab, also located in Lexington. One of his research focuses is the Equine Biological Passport, which aims to identify specific biomarkers that will detect drug use by monitoring these biomarkers overtime.
Optimizing Barn and Arena Ventilation with Dr. Morgan Hayes
Equine Innovators
02/15/21 • 40 min
Good barn and indoor arena ventilation are crucial for both horse and human health. Dr. Morgan Hayes of the University of Kentucky, in Lexington, describes what can go wrong with ventilation in each of those spaces, and how farm owners and managers can combat those issues. She also lets us in on results of her study on stall fans. Hint: They might not be accomplishing what you think.
This podcast is the seventh episode in our “Equine Innovators” podcast series, brought to you by Zoetis.
Dr. Morgan Hayes joined the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering at the University of Kentucky as an Extension Assistant Professor in July 2016. She is working in the area of animal facilities. Her interests are ventilation design, heat stress management and resource (energy, fuel, and water) use on farms. Her current work includes extension and research efforts on indoor air quality in equine barns and arenas, appropriate ventilation rates for modern swine, design considerations in beef cattle confinement and opportunities to reduce energy usage on farm.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Equine Innovators have?
Equine Innovators currently has 18 episodes available.
What topics does Equine Innovators cover?
The podcast is about Podcasts, Science, Sports and Wilderness.
What is the most popular episode on Equine Innovators?
The episode title 'Drug Testing in Racing and Competition' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Equine Innovators?
The average episode length on Equine Innovators is 38 minutes.
How often are episodes of Equine Innovators released?
Episodes of Equine Innovators are typically released every 62 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Equine Innovators?
The first episode of Equine Innovators was released on Feb 24, 2020.
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