At the Hunter Valley Equine Research Centre
Read about the research
projects that are currently underway at the Research Centre.
Australian research
Read news about
other Australian equine research.
The majority of research into horse health and husbandry
in Australia is funded the Rural Industries Research and Development Corportation. Their
listing of current projects includes
research into anaesthesia, musculo-skeletal injury associated with racing, mare fertility
and drug excretion (among other topics). Reports on past research and the contact details
of current project investigators are also available on this site.
International research
Equine research is currently taking place in many countries around the world. For just a few examples of
research projects currently under way, visit the
Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation website, or read more about the
Morris Animal Foundation.
Horse health research has taken a huge step forward in
2007 with the sequencing and assembly of the horse genome. Projects which utilise this new
information are listed at the University of Kentucky
Horse Genome Project website.
|
