Friday, June 3, 2011
Shelbyville Times-Gazette
By Mary Reeves

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Equine authorities

"If they are a recognized Ph.D. in equine nutrition, they're probably here," said Ed Dingledine of Ohio, with NutraCea, an Arizona-based company that produces rice bran products for horses.

Sitting next to him was Darrell Ward, also with NutraCea but based in Kentucky, who knew a lot more about walking horses than his fellow scientists and researchers were about to learn.

"We have walking horses," he said. "Some are here in training right now."

He leaned over and shook the hand of another guest, David van Doorn, of Cavalor Equine Nutrition Research, Drongen, Belgium.

"Didn't we meet at the Alltech symposium last month?" he asked.

Next to Van Doorn was Andrea Ellis of the U.K., and that same Alltech symposium in Lexington, Ky. is why she made it to Shelbyville.

"I was a specialist at the Alltech conference last week and took the opportunity to stay for this one," she said. "This is a very well known conference."

The Equine Science Society promotes quality research on equine nutrition and physiology and strives to establish effective communication among researchers, teachers, extension, and production personnel regarding equine nutrition and physiology, according to the ESS web site.

The society also conducts periodic symposia and cooperates with other organizations having similar or related interests.
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