Researchers estimate that one in three mares will receive hormone therapy at some point in her life. | Photo: iStock

Carleigh Fedorka, PhD, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of Kentucky (UK) Gluck Equine Research Center, has started a crowdfunding campaign for her equine hormone therapy research.

The study, “Hormone Therapy: Suppressing your mare’s estrous, or suppressing her immune system?” is part of the Horse Nation Equine Research Challenge Grant on experiment.com, a crowdfunding platform specifically for scientific research. Fedorka hopes to raise $4,500 by June 8.

Fedorka said this research is important because it is believed that one in three mares will be given a hormone therapy at some point in her life