Projects

Here are summaries of the projects that we are currently working on, plus a few of our recently completed projects.

Next Generation Probiotics - ‘Omics-based Identification of Candidate Bacteria’

2023 – 2026

Keywords: Horse, probiotic, metagenomics, culturomics, phenomics, gut health

Well Foal Study

2017 – 2023

Keywords: Horse, early-life, gut microbiome, antibiotics, health, performance, survival analysis

Bugs, bones and vitamin D – A pilot project

2024

Keywords: Horse, vitamin D, microbiome, diet, bone strength, ultrasonic speed of sound

Influence of forage type on gut microbiome

2015 – 2019

Keywords: Forage; hay; haylage; horse; metabonomics; microbiota

Understanding intestinal microbiota in equine grass sickness

2012 – 2014

Keywords: Equine grass sickness; horse; microbiota; metabolites; nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy