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The Middleburg Agricultural Research and Extension (MARE)Center has programs in three main focus areas: |
Research |
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Faculty, students and staff at the MARE Center conduct research that advances understanding of factors that link nutrition and health in the horse. Areas of focus include nutritional influences on metabolism and health in different physiologic states including growth, pregnancy, and exercise, and the study of the role of nutrition in important diseases such as laminitis and osteochondrosis. The MARE Center is uniquely suited to study nutrition and disease avoidance in the context of the grazing animal, and develop nutritional and management practices that benefit equine health and performance. |
Training |
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Providing advanced training for those studying animal science and veterinary medicine is an important component of the MARE Center's mission. The MARE Center's facilities offer a unique opportunity for students to learn research methods and techniques in a field station environment. Long term benefits to the scientific and equine communities are seen through the placement of MARE Center graduates in industry and academia around the world. |
Communication |
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Communicating the results and implications of the research conducted at the MARE Center is critical in achieving our mission. Our audience is made up of both the scientific and equine communities at local, national and international levels. Communication is achieved through publication in peer-reviewed journals, lay publications, oral presentations at lay and scientific meetings, and seminars and workshops held at the Center. The communication strategies employed by those at the MARE Center result in rapid and effective implementation of nutritional and management strategies targeted at disease avoidance and improvements in equine health and athletic production.
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Virginia Cooperative Extension |