Martin Nielsen, DVM, PhD, Dipl. EVPC, assistant professor at the University of Kentucky Gluck Equine Research Center, and Amanda Adams, PhD, assistant professor at the Gluck Center, will speak at the 18th Kentucky Equine Research (KER) Conference May 17-18 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Lexington, Ky.

Nielsen will speak on May 17 about "Sustainable Equine Parasite Control," and Adams will speak the following day about "Equine Metabolic Syndrome: Challenges and Advances."

Nielsen and Adams are among a expert panel of invited speakers. Other speakers include:

• David Pugh, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACT, ACVN, Auburn University
• Ramesh C. Gupta, DVM, PhD, Dipl. ABT, Murray State University
• Amelia S. Munsterman, DVM, MS, Dipl. ACVS, CVECC, Auburn University
• Alan J. Ruggles, DVM, Dipl. ACVS, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital
• Stephen M. Reed, DVM, Dipl. ACVIM, Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital

Visit KER.com for more conference information