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    Great new book on Equine Genomics
    Byron Rogers
    • Feb 1, 2013
    • 1 min

    Great new book on Equine Genomics

    Bhanu Chowdhary, a Professor of Veterinary Anatomy and Public Health at Texas A & M University and collaborator on the Equine Genome...
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    Byron Rogers
    • Dec 28, 2012
    • 1 min

    Reliability of ultrasound-measured muscle thickness of the longissimus dorsi muscle in Thoroughbreds

    We have co-authored a paper with Dr Takashi Abe and Dr Charles Kearns in the Journal of Comparative Exercise Physiology. A link to the...
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    Fat-Free Mass and Performance
    Byron Rogers
    • Nov 29, 2012
    • 1 min

    Fat-Free Mass and Performance

    Fat-Free mass is one of the tests in our Sales Select test that we use to identify elite thoroughbred talent. Basically our findings have...
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    Byron Rogers
    • Oct 30, 2012
    • 3 min

    ITBF/EFTBA Press Release on DNA profiling

    Below is the Press release that the ITBF/EFTBA issued following the meeting on DNA profiling for performance in thoroughbreds, in Paris,...
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    Thoroughbred Mitochondrial DNA and Bruce Lowe
    Byron Rogers
    • Oct 15, 2012
    • 1 min

    Thoroughbred Mitochondrial DNA and Bruce Lowe

    Just about the best explanation of Thoroughbred mitochondrial DNA as it relates to family numbers (Bruce Lowe) can be found here....
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    Interesting Papers from ISAG
    Byron Rogers
    • Oct 11, 2012
    • 12 min

    Interesting Papers from ISAG

    There were a couple of really interesting abstracts from the ISAG (International Society of Animal Genetics) meeting in Cairns Australia...
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    Early exercise for racetrack success? Not so fast
    Byron Rogers
    • Sep 27, 2012
    • 2 min

    Early exercise for racetrack success? Not so fast

    A while ago we commented on a study out of New Zealand from the team headed by Dr CW Rogers (no relation to the author here!) that looked...
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    Byron Rogers
    • Aug 31, 2012
    • 1 min

    Green Tea for Racehorses?

    Quercetin, a flavonoid widely distributed in nature (apples, onions, green tea, etc) has previously been shown to increase energy...
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    Byron Rogers
    • Aug 30, 2012
    • 2 min

    Are we reaching locomotory limits?

    I came across another interesting paper on locomotory limits in humans and other species, including the horse that I thought was timely...
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    Byron Rogers
    • Aug 30, 2012
    • 1 min

    The Biomechanics Gene

    A new paper out on Nature this week is very interesting and has some wide implications for the harness horse and also humans. Lead by a...
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    Byron Rogers
    • Aug 28, 2012
    • 1 min

    A test for Overtraining?

    Quite an interesting paper was released today on glucose metabolism rate and peripheral insulin sensitivity of horses undergoing...
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    New MtDNA study reveals closer genetic and pedigree links
    Byron Rogers
    • Jul 24, 2012
    • 6 min

    New MtDNA study reveals closer genetic and pedigree links

    A decade ago Emmeline Hill, Dr Patrick Cunningham and others from the Trinity College in Dublin published a seminal paper on...
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    Byron Rogers
    • Jul 19, 2012
    • 4 min

    The High Scoring Horse

    We are often asked the question....'if you were using these tests to buy your own horses, which ones would you buy?" Not a bad question...
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    Clenbuterol and drug regulation in American racing
    Byron Rogers
    • Jul 17, 2012
    • 10 min

    Clenbuterol and drug regulation in American racing

    The drug Clenbuterol is a β2 agonist with some structural and pharmacological similarities to epinephrine (adrenaline). Therapeutically,...
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    Genetic technologies in showjumping
    Byron Rogers
    • Jun 29, 2012
    • 2 min

    Genetic technologies in showjumping

    There were a couple of interesting articles in the show jumping arena (no pun intended) that caught my eye in relevance to performance in...
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    Byron Rogers
    • Jun 27, 2012
    • 1 min

    Risk Factors in training young racehorses

    Dr CW Rogers and his team at Massey University in New Zealand have published another interesting paper on the risk factors in training a...
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    Byron Rogers
    • Jun 26, 2012
    • 5 min

    On Breeding Values in Thoroughbreds - a letter to the TDN

    The following letter appeared in the Thoroughbred Daily News in response to a column by noted industry observer Bill Oppenheim. It...
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    Cardio evaluation (almost) comes full circle
    Byron Rogers
    • Jun 6, 2012
    • 6 min

    Cardio evaluation (almost) comes full circle

    For some time now, cardiovascular evaluation of thoroughbreds using echocardiography has been one way to evaluate the performance...
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    Byron Rogers
    • May 24, 2012
    • 1 min

    A couple of interesting papers

    Three interesting papers have come across my desk that I thought were worth commenting on: The first is a genome wide study on height and...
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    Scientific American examines the state of play in Thoroughbred Genomics
    Byron Rogers
    • May 9, 2012
    • 1 min

    Scientific American examines the state of play in Thoroughbred Genomics

    Jenni Laidman examines the current state of play in Scientific American. The four page article is a very interesting take on who the...
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