Browsing by Author "Potter, Gary D."
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McCall, Cynthia Ann (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1983)Behavioral and physiological responses to weaning stress were studied in 21 foals assigned to one of five treatments: abrupt, total separation of mare and foal, no preweaning creep feed (TSNC); total separation but with ...
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Eller, Elena Maria (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Blood-borne biochemical markers were used to track comparative rates of bone turnover in horses fed differing amounts of Ca, P and Mg. Bone turnover was tracked by serum osteocalcin, bone resorption by the carboxyterminal ...
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Spooner, Holly Sue (Texas A&M University, 2006-10-30)Studies in other species indicate high protein diets increase urinary calcium (Ca) excretion and may lead to negative calcium balance and reduced bone density. As overfeeding of protein is commonplace in the horse ...
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Vogelsang, Martha M. (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1986)A series of experiments was conducted to develop a procedure for consistent, repeatable collection of oocytes from the pre-ovulatory follicle of the mare. Experiment 1 resulted in the collection of 26 oocytes from 30 equine ...
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Wagner, Elizabeth Lynn (2009-05-15)This study was undertaken to compare the absorption and retention of copper and zinc when supplemented to exercising horses in the form of sulfate or organic-chelate mineral supplements. Nine mature horses were used in a ...
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Thomson, Katherine Lenore (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)The effect of exogenous somatotropin (eST) on bone changes were evaluated in twenty-nine juvenile horses in race training using radiographs of the third metacarpal obtained over the course of a 128 day research project. A ...
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Topliff, Donald Ra (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)Two longitudinally designed experiments to study the influence of diet and exercise manipulation on muscle glycogen and performance of aerobic work on a treadmill and anaerobic work pulling a weighted sled were conducted ...
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Scott, Brett David (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1992)Trial I. Twelve mature Thoroughbred horses were used to evaluate the efficacy of a fat-supplemented diet to maintain muscle glycogen stores and reduce thermal stress in exercising horses. In this study, exercising Thoroughbred ...
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Antilley, Teri Jill (Texas A&M University, 2007-09-17)Six Quarter Horse yearling fillies were used in a duplicated 3 x 3 Latin square designed experiment to evaluate the technique of nitrogen retention as a response criterion for amino acid studies in the horse. The yearlings ...
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Ross, Trinette Noel (2009-05-15)Diets formulated to contain varying ratios of omega 6 to omega 3 fatty acids were fed to exercising yearlings to evaluate bone activity and inflammatory response. Nine Quarter Horse yearlings were arranged within a triplicated ...
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Gibbs, Pete G.; Potter, Gary D.; Scott, Brett D. (2002-12-18)To perform at optimum levels, race prospects and racehorses in training must be properly conditioned and fed a balanced diet. This publication explains the nutritional requirements and feeding management guidelines needed ...
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Gibbs, Pete G.; Potter, Gary D.; Scott, Brett D. (2003-11-04)This publication explains how proper nutrition and feeding management can improve the athletic performance of an arena horse.
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Gibbs, Pete G.; Potter, Gary D. (2005-05-25)Horse owners must decide whether their young horses will be fed for moderate or rapid growth. One concern is the occurrence of bone and joint disorders in young horses that develop rapidly. Research has shown that this and ...
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Gibbs, Pete G.; Potter, Gary D. (Texas Agricultural Extension Service, 1993)
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Davison, Karen E. (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1989)Thirty, 19-wk old Quarter Horses were utilized in a 112-d study to compare growth, nutrient utilization and thyroid hormone concentrations in weanling horses fed a 10% added fat diet (FD) or a conventional diet (CD). Diets ...
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Howard, Alicia Dawn (Texas A&M University, 2005-11-01)Dietary omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have shown substantial benefits in humans including lowered serum cholesterol, blood pressure and indices of stress. The caloric and extracaloric benefits of feeding fat supplemented ...
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Martin, M. T.; Scrutchfield, W. L.; Gibbs, Pete G.; Potter, Gary D. (2005-04-18)Texas is home to about 1 million horses, the majority of them working horses, competitive event horses and pleasure/recreational riding horses. For owners of horses that have completed their growth, knowing how to take ...
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Huchton, John Dougla (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1984)A study was conducted to establish a 24 h serum melatonin profile in neonatal lambs and to correlate this profile with the maternal 24 h profile. Twin female crossbred lambs were separated, at birth, into 2 groups (suckled ...
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Hoyt, Jill Kathleen Young (Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)Copper balance was examined in Miniature Horses fed diets containing 12 ppm copper and 73, 170, 400 or 580 ppm zinc in a 4X4 Latin square experiment. Horses were placed in wood metabolism stalls during the last four d of ...
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Klendshoj, Christine (1979)Four horses fitted with permanent posterior ileal cannulas were assigned diets in a 4x4 Latin square experiment to measure nitrogen digestion in different segments of the digestive tract. Using a commercial protein supplement, ...