Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Advanced Equine information

>There are a number of other projects, but central to all of them is the
> role of educating students in the equine sciences.


ROFL...sorry, but I just couldn't resist (after picking myself up off the
floor laughing myself silly).  I was a product of this particular research
program and I can tell you first hand that the primary central (though
unofficial) role to the ERC research projects is the opportunity to go camp
in really pretty parts of the country with a lot of cheap wine, and,
oh-by-the-way, collect research data while we're there.<vbg>  Wick's #1 Rule
of Research is if you have to collect data, do it outside if at all
possible.  A principle I've followed religiously. <g>

No flames or judgment calls from this end, Rob, but none of the people you
listed are to my knowledge directly involved in the studies you've cited.
Or at least they weren't when I was in the program.  Ed Cogger crunches
numbers for most everyone, Holly Greene gets her name on most projects
because she's the official gofer, etc.  The person most likely responsible
for the work involving the horse legs is Mike Savoldi, the Cal Poly farrier.
His office desk used to be next to mine and those damn horse legs stank like
hell.

Susan G

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rob" <haksaw@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 8:45 PM
Subject: [RC] Advanced Equine information


>   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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