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Purpose: The Research Grants Committee was founded to solicit research projects that will contribute to the welfare of the horse and benefit the general membership of AERC. Once projects are identified as qualifying then they will be presented to the Board of Directors for final approval.
Submit a Proposal: If you have a proposal that you wish to submit for consideration then contact the committee chair or any of the current members.
T.M.Hess, DVM, MS, PhD Pratt Fellow in Equine Nutrition, Virginia Tech will be exploring Do risks of potassium supplementation depend on speed and trail difficulty? This study will be done, using on board data acquisition, under conditions replicating actual competition.
Research Measures the Heart of the Endurance Horse – a final report on research into “comparison of echocardiographic measurements in elite and non-elite Arabian endurance horses” by Mary Durando, DVM, PhD, DACVIM; Margaret M. Sleeper, VMD, DACIM, and Todd Holbrook, DVM, DACVIM, M. Payton and EK Birks. Published in the October 2013 issue of Endurance News.
Is heart rate variability an effective measure of equine fitness, overtraining, or metabolic derangements? by Mary Durando, DVM, PhD, DACVIM; Margaret M. Sleeper, VMD, DACIM, and Todd Holbrook, DVM, DACVIM (pdf).
Are horses responsible for introducing noxious weeds onto trails and adjacent ecosystems in the western USA? by Dr. Stith T. Gower (pdf)
Are Horses Responsible for Invasive Plants in the Eastern United States? by Dr. Stith T. Gower (pdf)
Why Do Endurance Horses Fail to Finish: A Pilot Study by Harold Schott, DVM, PhD and John Kaneene, DVM, MPH, PhD (pdf)
Can Successful Endurance Performance Be Predicted by Physiology? by Mary Durando, DVM, PhD