Editorial 11
Articles
Gastric ulcers: diet and treatment 15
Frank M. Andrews
Practical and controversial news on the relation between nutrition and sports performance: 2007 to now – part 1 39
Manfred Coenen
Practical and controversial news on the relation between nutrition and sports performance: 2007 to now – part 2 51
Raymond J. Geor
What’s new in Equine Nutrition since 2007? 61
Patricia A. Harris
Dressage and show jumping 75
Rachel Murray
Practical and controversial news on racehorse training 81
Jeremy R.J. Naylor
Effects of diet and feeding regimens on performance 107
Brian D. Nielsen
Evaluating recent equine research 117
Brian D. Nielsen
How not to train sport horses: detrimental regimens and
exercises 131
Tim Parkin
Plyometric training for the development of strength in humans: principle and practice for its application in horses 139
José Luis L. Rivero
Expanded abstracts
Preliminary report into the relationship between farm management and the incidence of OCD in young
Andalusian (PRE) horses in Spain 171
C. Bolger, P.F. Jackson, B. Velasco and T. Parkin
The effect of a feed ingredient with endogenous phytase activity on phosphorus availability in equine diets 177
C. Dunnett, M. Dunnett and F.K. McLachlan
Non-invasive bone assessment by quantitative ultrasonography in Lusitano suckling foals: a
preliminary study 191
M.J. Fradinho, M.J. Correia, M.J.C. Vila-Viçosa, A. Farrin, P.A.
Harris, R.J.B. Bessa, R.M. Caldeira and G. Ferreira-Dias
Effect of long-term conditioning period on digesta total tract mean retention time and biochemical faecal profile in endurance horses 197
A.G. Goachet, C. Philippeau, L. Martin, C. Robert, D. Votion,
E. van Erck and V. Julliand
Is there an impact of feeding concentrate before or after forage on colonic pH and redox potential in horses? 203
C. Philippeau, C. Faubladier, A.G. Goachet and V. Julliand
In vitro and in situ cecal digestion of legumes in horses 209
V. Pimentel Silva, A.M. Romaniello Gollcher, F. Queiroz de
Almeida, J. Timponi de Moura Lima, R. Vitarele Gimenes
Pereira and A. Souza Carneiro de Rezende
NMR-based metabonomic analysis of serum from
Standardbred yearlings with or without hock
osteochondrosis dissecans lesions: metabolic markers for
OCD 215
S.L. Ralston, I. Pelczer, K. Ziegler, E. Baez and P.F. Spears
A survey of feeding practice for show jumping horses in Northern Italy: are scientific new findings being applied? 221
E. Valle, L. Fusetti and D. Bergero
A method of measuring the influence of rider interaction and training on the temporal relationships between limb cycles of horses using inertial motion
sensors 231
J.M. Walters, S.N. Collins, D.M. Hodgins, A.R. Whalley and
R.C. Murray
