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      Here's my list of information sources I use for training,
    conditioning, feeding, and shoeing horses I work with.
    
         Steven J. Wickler, PhD, DVM exercise physiology 909-869-2155;
         Email: sjwickler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    
         Donald F. Hoyt, PhD energetics 909-869-5461;
         Email: dfhoyt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    
         Edward A. Cogger, PhD fluid balance, experimental design and data
    analysis
         909-869-4871; Email: eacogger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    
         Robert E. Bray, PhD equine nutrition 909-869-4376;
         Email: rebray@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    
         Calvin N. Kobluk, DVM, DVSc, Dipl. ACVS biomechanics 909-869-2223;
         Email: cnkobluk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    
         Edward Fonda, PhD reproduction 909-869-2156;
         Email: esfonda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    
         Holly M. Greene, BS Equine Research Technician 909-869-2156;
         Email: hmgreene@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    
         Debbie Mead, BS Research Horse Handler;909-869-4843
         Email: ddmead@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
    
    Here's a list of current equine research projects they're currently
    undertaking.
    
    One project involved taking 6 horses to 12,500 feet in the White
    Mountains to look at how horses acclimatize to high altitude. There are
    several
    reasons this is of importance: 1) basic science--there are very few
    studies which have looked at horses at altitude. Knowledge gained from
    this
    study provides information basic to not only the horse, but the biology
    of animals in general. 2) No one knows whether horses suffer from any
    form
    of mountain sickness. Our studies are some of the first to be conducted
    and this is important information to the horse owner. 3) Of other
    interest
    to the horse owner is how fast a horse acclimates to high
    altitude--again important, particularly for those in southern California
    interested in
    trailering their stock up to the Sierra and then heading into the back
    country! Another major project is focused on the reasons horses (as well
    as
    other animals) choose a particular speed when they move. When a horse is
    allowed to choose a slow or fast trotting speed, it tends to select a
    speed at the middle of this range. Suggestions as to why this choice is
    made by the animal include minimizing energy costs and reducing forces
    on
    the tendons, muscles and joints. Our studies will focus on identifying
    the physiological reasons for the horse selecting a particular trotting
    speed.
    There are a number of other projects, but central to all of them is the
    role of educating students in the equine sciences. This quarter there
    are 25
    students (both graduate and undergraduate) participating in these
    research projects, including one student from San Diego State and one
    from Cal
    State Fullerton.
    
    
    More about the above can be seen at this address:
    http://www.csupomona.edu/~equine/index.htm
    
    Hope you all find something useful here.
    
    Rob
    
    
    Rob Kalb
    Rob's Equine Hoof Care
    Phelan CA
    
    
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