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2021 Equine Science Society
Virtual Symposium
June 1-4, 2021
27th Symposium of the Equine Science Society
Virtual Meeting
June 1–4, 2021
Conference Information
Table of Contents
Welcome to ESS 2021.................................................................................................................................................................2
2019–2021 Equine Science Society......................................................................................................................................3
Accessing the Symposium.......................................................................................................................................................5
Symposium Overview................................................................................................................................................................6
Society Business and Social Events ......................................................................................................................................8
Symposium and Society Awards...........................................................................................................................................9
Equine Science Society2021 Virtual Symposium Sponsors.......................................................................................11
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Welcome to ESS 2021
As President of the Equine Science Society, I am thrilled to see that our members have continued to be pro-
ductive over the past two years! We will all have the opportunity to share and engage in dialogue over the
next four days, regarding our new ideas, successes, and challenges. I encourage all participants to use all the
online/virtual skills that you have learned over the past year and a half to help make our 1st virtual symposium
a complete success. Most of the presentations have been prerecorded to ensure the highest quality and reli-
ability, but the Q & A following will be LIVE and a great opportunity to engage in debate. There are a plethora
of other LIVE interaction opportunities, including our workshop, chat sessions, social events, the general busi-
ness meeting, and awards ceremony. The community and sharing of ideas that are some of the greatest bene-
fits of membership in the Equine Science Society are only fully realized by those that personally engage in ESS.
Ask questions, share ideas, offer constructive criticism, and have fun! If each of us tries to do these things, our
symposia will remain an invaluable event, whether it is virtual in 2021, or in-person in Dallas, Texas in 2023!
Burt Staniar
While I regret that we are not meeting in person, I wholeheartedly welcome you all to this virtual meet-
ing. I would not have anticipated, when I first joined the WALTHAM Petcare Science Institute (formerly the
WALTHAM Centre of Pet Nutrition) many years ago, that it would be the start of a long-term friendship with
colleagues in the United States, several of whom have been essential to making this meeting a reality, in-
cluding the ESS president, Burt Staniar, the vice-chair of the organizing committee, Amy Burk, and the many
members of the standing committees. I thank them and all those involved in this meeting for their help and
support, especially my colleagues on the virtual meeting organizing committee. I would also like to thank the
reviewers, sponsors, the team at FASS (especially Cara Tharp, Mark Budden, and Kevin Wolter), the present-
ers, and of course, the delegates — without all of you, we could not hold such a symposium.
I am thrilled that so many ESS members have supported this virtual meeting and I hope that we can recreate,
as far as possible, the positive interactive nature of our in-person meetings. With this in mind, Kari Turner has
worked very hard to facilitate discussions of topics between interested parties with the introduction of the
specific "topic chat rooms," and Amy Burk has coordinated the alumni breakfast meeting rooms. Ellen Rankins
and others have even set up a virtual escape room social event for us to enjoy. As is traditional, we have a
couple of eminent invited speakers, with presentations ably organized by Carey Williams. Finally, as much as
we might want to forget COVID-19, we acknowledge the important disruptive role it has played through a
virtual workshop chaired by Craig Wood. Welcome to ESS 2021!
Pat Harris
Program Chair
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2019–2021 Equine Science Society
Officers and Board of Directors
President – W. Burton Staniar, Pennsylvania State University Director (2023) – Holly Spooner, Middle Tennessee State University
Vice President – Patricia Harris, WALTHAM Petcare Science Director (2023) – Carey Williams, Rutgers University
Institute Director (2025) – Kari Turner, University of Georgia
Secretary/Treasurer – Shannon Pratt-Phillips, North Carolina State Director (2025) – Joann Kouba, Kansas State University
University Graduate Student Director (2021) – Ellen Rankins, Rutgers
Past President – Kenneth H. McKeever, Rutgers University University
Director (2021) – Amy Burk, University of Maryland Executive Secretary – Bob J. Coleman, University of Kentucky
Director (2021) – Krishona Martinson, University of Minnesota
Standing Committees
Program/ Virtual Meeting Organizing Committee Rebecca Bellone, University of California–Davis
Patricia Harris (chair), WALTHAM Petcare Science Institute Samantha Brooks, University of Florida
Amy Burk (co-chair), University of Maryland Jessica Petersen, University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Bob J. Coleman, University of Kentucky Cypriana “Chipper” Swiderski, Mississippi State University
Shannon Pratt-Phillips, North Carolina State University Reproductive Physiology
Ellen Rankins, Rutgers University
Joann Kouba (chair), Kansas State University
W. Burton Staniar, Pennsylvania State University
Kristin Klohonatz, Select Breeders Services Inc.
Kari Turner, University of Georgia
William Day, SUNY Morrisville State College Equine Institute
Carey Williams, Rutgers University
Erin Oberhaus, Louisiana State University
Sarah White-Springer, Texas A&M University
Chelsea Sinclair, Clemson University
Jessica Leatherwood, Texas A&M University
Kelly Walter, Truman State University
Equine Bioscience
Teaching & Extension
Kimberly Cole (chair), Ohio State University
Sara Mastellar (chair), Ohio State University
Amanda Adams, University of Kentucky
Betsy Greene, University of Arizona
Amy Biddle, University of Delaware
Kris Hiney, Oklahoma State University
Mary Beth Gordon, Purina Animal Nutrition
Jennie L. Ivey, University of Tennessee
Carrie Hammer, North Dakota State University
Karen Waite, Michigan State University
Barbara Murphy, University College Dublin
Neely Walker, Louisiana State University
Jessica Suagee Bedore, Sam Houston State University
Carey Williams, Rutgers University
Exercise Science Finance/Fund Raising
Sarah White-Springer (chair), Texas A&M University Bob Coleman (chair), University of Kentucky
Jennie Ivey, University of Tennessee Amy Burk, University of Maryland
Brian Nielsen, Michigan State University Shannon Pratt-Phillips (ex officio), North Carolina State University
Shannon Pratt-Phillips, North Carolina State University Krishona Martinson, University of Minnesota
Danielle Smarsh, Pennsylvania State University
Nominating Committee
Production & Management
Karen Davison (chair), Purina Animal Nutrition
Carissa Wickens (chair), University of Florida Lance Baker, West Texas A&M
Michelle DeBoer, University of Wisconsin–River Falls Tania Cubitt, Performance Horse Nutrition
Amanda Grev, University of Maryland Kristine Vernon, Clemson University
Bridgett McIntosh, MARS Equestrian
Emily Glunk Meccage, Forage Genetics International Society Awards
Kristine Vernon, Clemson University Kathleen Anderson (chair), University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Karen Wimbush, Ohio State University Colleen Brady, Purdue University
Jason Bruemmer, Colorado State University
Nutrition
Ginger Rich, Rich Equine Nutritional Consulting
Kristine Urschel (chair), University of Kentucky
Tania Cubitt, Performance Horse Nutrition LLC Student Competition
James Lattimer, Kansas State University Janice Holland (chair), Midway University
Nettie Liburt, Buckeye™ Nutrition Katelyn Kaufman, Morehead State University
Wendy Pearson, University of Guelph C. A. Shea Porr, Murray State University
Holly Spooner, Middle Tennessee State University Debra Powell, Hocking College
Danielle Smarsh, Pennsylvania State University
Genetics
Crystal Smith, West Virginia University
Stephen Coleman (chair), Colorado State University
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Undergraduate Krishona Martinson, University of Minnesota
Amy Burk (Chair), University of Maryland Nettie Liburt, BUCKEYE TM Nutrition
Amy Biddle, University of Delaware Aubrey Jaqueth, Wright State University
Jessica Suagee-Bedore, Sam Houston State University Website Leadership
Trinette Jones, Tarleton State University
Krishona Martinson (Chair), University of Minnesota
Karl Hoopes, Utah State University
Holly Spooner, Middle Tennessee State University
Membership Committee Joann Kouba, Kansas State University
Kari Turner (Chair), University of Georgia Ellen Rankins, Rutgers University
Ken McKeever, Rutgers University
Shannon Pratt-Phillips, North Carolina State University
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Accessing the Symposium
1. Register.
Please ensure that you have registered for the Symposium via https://www.equinescience.org/
Meetings/2021-Meeting/Registration.
2. Access the symposium site and familiarize yourself.
You can access the symposium site beginning on May 25 through https://eventpilotadmin.com/web/
planner.php?id=ESS21 using the name and password you used to register. If you do not know your
login or password, please email ess@assochq.org. Please familiarize yourself with the site before
June 1, when the symposium starts. Guidance is available to help you navigate the site here: https://
www.equinescience.org/Meetings/2021-Meeting/Join-Online-Meeting.
The prerecorded video presentations will not be available until June 1, when the symposium opens,
but posters (PDFs) will be available from May 25. Please look at these and leave questions on the
site. The moderators will use these as the basis for their questions during the live Poster Q&A
sessions.
3. Participate in the Symposium.
The symposium starts at 10:00 am Eastern daylight time (EDT; UTC –4) on Tuesday, June 1, so make
sure you have familiarized yourself with the symposium site before then. A printable copy of the
program is available here – but there are plenty of online options through the meeting site. Please
participate in the scientific as well as the social and interactive sessions.
5Symposium Overview
Oral Presentations
The scheduled length for oral presentation of each abstract is 12 minutes. These recorded presentations
have been preloaded and will start automatically at the designated time. At the end of the video, a clock
will count down the time until the Q&A session. Please click on the link to the live Q&A session at the
appropriate time.
During the Q&A session, the speaker and moderator will be live and the moderator will read questions
posed by attendees to the speaker.
For those competing in the graduate or undergraduate competitions, only the first 3 minutes of questions
will be judged by the competition judges.
Each presentation has been allocated 20 minutes; at the end of this time period, the presentation session
will close. Questions will be stopped before the end of the 20-minute session time to facilitate moving
between presentations.
Poster Presentations
The scheduled length for presentation of each poster is 3 minutes. These recorded presentations have
been preloaded and will start automatically at the designated time. Between 2 and 4 posters will be shown
sequentially; then, at the end of the combined presentation time, a clock will count down until the Q&A
session. Please click on the link to the live Q&A session at the appropriate time.
During the Q&A session, the poster presenters and the moderator will be live, and the moderator will
read questions posed by attendees to the presenters. At the end of the allocated time for the combined
poster session (typically 20 minutes), the session will close. Questions will be stopped before the end of the
combined poster session to facilitate moving between presentations.
Posters (PDFs) will be available to view on the Symposium website beginning on May 25. Please look at
these and leave questions on the site. The moderators will use these as the basis for their questions during
the live poster Q&A sessions.
Abstracts
All abstracts except the late-breaking abstracts are published in volume 100 of Journal of Equine Veterinary
Sciences (J-EVS). All registrants will recieve complimentary access to J-EVS starting May 27. Register for
your 3 months of free access online at https://www.equinescience.org/Publications/Journal-of-Equine-
Veterinary-Science.
Late-breaking abstracts are available here: https://www.equinescience.org/Meetings/2021-Meeting/
Program.
In addition, all abstracts can be viewed on the Symposium platform along with details of each presentation.
These can be found by searching the program by day or section or by using the search button(s) and
searching for authors, key words, or any word in the abstract.
6Invited Lectures
Come and listen to two exciting and engaging speakers discuss topics that they are passionate and
knowledgeable about.
Tuesday, June 1, 10:00 am EDT
A Commentary on the Contemporary Issues Confronting Animal-Assisted and Equine-Assisted Interactions
Aubrey H. Fine and Sarah J. Andersen
This invited lecture will be given by Dr. Aubrey Fine, Professor Emeritus at California State Polytechnic
University, where she has been on faculty since 1981. Dr. Fine is a licensed psychologist whose primary
research interests relate to the psycho-social impact of human–animal interactions and animal-assisted
interventions, social skills training, and children with ADHD, as well as resilience in children. Dr. Fine is an
author of many books and articles in these areas and has been a guest on numerous TV and radio shows. Dr.
Fine is the chair of the Human Animal Bond Advisory Committee of Pet Partners, as well as the past chair of
the steering committee on Human–Animal Interactions for the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Friday, June 4, 9:50 am EDT
Genomics in the Horse Industry: Discovering New Questions at Every Turn
Samantha A. Brooks
Dr. Samantha Brooks has been on faculty at the University of Florida since 2014, where she is currently
an associate professor. Before she joined the faculty at Florida, she was an assistant professor at Cornell
University for six years, which was preceded by a Paul Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship to study expression of
inflammatory genes in horses affected with laminitis. Dr. Brooks' current research targets include evaluating
variation in gait, susceptibility to infectious disease, metabolic syndrome, and skeletal defects using genome-
wide association, genome re-sequencing, and transcriptomics.
Thursday, June 3, 10:00 am EDT
COVID-19 and Horses Workshop
This workshop will focus on COVID-19’s impact, challenges, successes, and future in three key areas:
research, teaching, and extension. The workshop will consist of two parts, starting with presentations
from individuals representing the three areas, who will highlight their challenges and how they met those
challenges. Following the presentations, workshop participants will be able to interact in themed breakout
rooms to discuss how COVID-19 has impacted their programs. The schedule for the workshop is as follows:
10:00 Welcome and introduction
10:10 Brief insight into economic impacts of COVID-19 by Dr. Jill Stowe, University of Kentucky
10:25 Stories from selected speakers
11:15 Break
11:20 Breakout rooms
11:45 Reports from breakout rooms to everyone
12:05 General discussion
7Society Business and Social Events
General Business Meeting
The Equine Science Society is a society that represents its members — so we invite all of our members to
the General Business Meeting to hear what the society has been doing on your behalf, how it is using your
money, and what plans we have for the future.
If you are not yet a member, then please join ESS, attend the business meeting on Friday, June 4, from 11:00
am to 12:20 pm, and add your views on how we can take this society forward.
Documents pertaining to the agenda and agenda items, including the 2019 Minutes and Board of Directors
nominations, will be made available on the ESS website.
Voting members should review these documents in preparation for a call to vote at the 2021 General
Business Meeting.
Opportunities for Social Interaction
Alumni Breakfasts: Meet up with old friends and make new ones
On Thursday, June 3, from 9:00 to 9:55 am, we invite you to bring your own breakfast to one of our alumni
breakfasts — pick up a coffee and meet up with old friends and colleagues. This is a great opportunity to
reminisce over the good times (and perhaps not so good), the funny times, and the challenging times while
remembering those mentors who are no longer with us.
Each alumni breakfast will represent one college or university, but as you may have been associated with
more than one university during your career, feel free to move between rooms if you wish.
Chat Rooms
Join us in one of the chat rooms for an informal discussion with others on a topic you are interested in or
wish to know more about. Each chat room will cover a different topic and will include several people who
will lead the topic and ensure a lively, informative discussion. This is a chance to meet people whose papers
you may have read in an casual setting and ask the questions you have always wanted to ask. This informal
approach should bring about new ideas for our equine research, teaching, and extension programs, as well
as potential new collaborations. Chat rooms are available for 1-hour durations during the afternoons (EDT)
of June 1 and 2. You are welcome to listen in on any of these focused discussions and to become engaged
and involved.
Evening Social Events
Wednesday, June 2, 6:00 – 7:30 pm EDT
Graduate Student Social: Trivia Night
Please join fellow graduate students for a fun evening of trivia! Team up and engage in a little friendly
competition!
Thursday, June 3, 6:00 – 7:30 pm EDT
The ESS Society Virtual Escape Room Social
This event is open to all conference attendees. Feel free to grab a snack and beverage before joining us for
an evening of putting your wits to the test. Do you have what it takes to beat the clock and break your team
out? Join us and find out!
8Symposium and Society Awards
Awards will be announced during the Awards Ceremony on Friday, June 4, at 1:00 pm EDT. Although we
will miss being together at our traditional Awards Banquet, it is still important to remember, as a group,
those who we have lost since we were last together in 2019 and to celebrate the contributions they made
to our society as well as to their families and friends. Remembering and celebrating has become even more
important over the past year.
The Awards Ceremony is also an opportunity to congratulate members who have made a difference during
the last two years through our society-associated awards. It is a chance to recognize the future of the society
and to acknowledge the skill, passion, dedication, and enthusiasm of our student presenters, particularly the
competition winners.
ESS would like to thank the Student Competition Committee and Society Awards Committee and all the
judges for their hard work in organizing and managing these awards.
Following the Awards Ceremony, Zoom rooms will be available for each student section, where students can
meet with judges and chairs and receive personal congratulations.
The ceremony, which will be led by the ESS President, Dr Burt Staniar, and the Chairman of the Student
Competition Committee, Dr Janice Holland, will proceed as follows:
Welcome
Memorials
Awards
Undergraduate Student Competition
Equine Biosciences and Reproductive Physiology Graduate Student Competition
Exercise Science Graduate Student Competition
Genetics Graduate Student Competition
Nutrition Graduate Student Competition
Production and Management Graduate Student Competition
Teaching and Extension Graduate Student Competition
Journal of Equine Veterinary Sciences (JEVS) Graduate Student Publication Award
The undergraduate and graduate competition are designed to promote scholarly organization and
presentation at the national and international level by students. Students must be currently enrolled at an
institution or be a recent graduate. Entrants are evaluated on content of their abstract, and quality of their
oral presentation.
The Journal of Equine Veterinary Science (JEVS) Award is offered to the top two graduate students who
participate in the graduate student competition, give an oral presentation, and submit their research for
publication in JEVS within 6 months of the meeting. Students must also give notice of their intent to be
considered for this award prior to the conference. This award is designed to promote scholarly activity in
our graduate students.
The Outstanding Educator Award
This award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated excellence in the area of equine
education, either to students or persons in the horse industry.
9Josie Coverdale Award for Outstanding Young Professionals
This award recognizes an individual under the age of 40 with less than 10 years of service in
academia or industry, who has made meritorious contributions to equine science, in teaching,
research, public service, or industry. The award was renamed in memory of Dr. Josie Coverdale, who
received this award in 2013.
The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) Award in Equine Nutrition Research
This award is designed to stimulate research excellence in equine nutrition.
The Equine Science Society and American Society of Animal Science Equine Science Award
This award recognizes outstanding achievement in the areas of extension, research, teaching, or
agribusiness in the equine industry.
Fellows of the Equine Science Society
The Fellow Award recognizes distinguished service to the horse industry and to the Equine Science
Society over an extended period of time.
The Distinguished Service in Equine Science Award
This award recognizes outstanding contributions to the field of equine science. The award is the most
prestigious honor which the Equine Science Society can bestow upon one of its members.
10Equine Science Society
2021 Virtual Symposium Sponsors
Conference Sponsor
Nutrena Feeds/ProElite
Proceedings Sponsor
Purina Feed
Society Sponsor
Zinpro
Invited Speakers
Tuesday — Dr. Aubrey Fine
McCauley Bros
Thursday COVID Workshop — Dr. Craig Wood
Platinum Performance Products
Friday — Dr. Samantha Brooks
BUCKEYETM Nutrition and MARS EQUESTRIAN TM
Society Functions
Wednesday night — Graduate Student Trivia
BUCKEYETM Nutrition and MARS EQUESTRIAN TM
Thursday Night — Society Social
BUCKEYE TM Nutrition and MARS EQUESTRIAN TM
Awards
Graduate Student Awards
NAERIC
Society Awards
Kentucky Equine Research (KER)
General Sponsors
Hi Pro Feeds
West Texas A&M University
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