Six of the 10 major vaccines to protect against equine infectious diseases were developed and created at the University of Kentucky’s Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center. But that’s not the only major research accomplishment the world-renowned Gluck Center has contributed to the equine and veterinary fields.

The 81,000-square-foot facility on Nicholasville Road in Lexington is the only scientific institute in the United States that has nearly all its faculty conducting full-time equine health and disease research.

“Since its establishment in 1987, the Gluck Center has endeavored to build upon and enhance the historical reputation of the Department of Veterinary Science in the field of equine diseases,” said Peter Timoney, the Frederick Van Lennep Chair in Equine Veterinary Science at the Gluck Center, former Gluck Center director, and former chair of the department of veterinary science. “Much has been accomplished in the intervening years, all primarily focused on improving the health and well-being of the horse and the economic betterment of the equine industry