Sarah Ralston, VMD, PhD, Dipl. ACVN

Sarah L. Ralston, VMD, PhD, Dipl. ACVN, is a professor in the Department of Animal Sciences at Rutgers’ School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, specializing in equine nutrition. Her research has focused on the effects of diet on metabolism, behavior, and the development of orthopedic disease in young horses, and she has additional interests in nutritional modulation of stress, metabonomics (the study of metabolic responses to drugs, environmental changes, and diseases), and pasture management. Previous research highlights were the pioneering work she did in nutrition for geriatric horses and post-surgical colics while at Colorado State University in the 1980s and the discovery of the correlation of hyperinsulinemia with development of osteochondrosis in young Standardbreds.

Articles by: Sarah Ralston, VMD, PhD, Dipl. ACVN

Grazing on Lawn Grass

We intend to bring our mare home where most of the pasture was our lawn. We’ve never used chemicals but I am n

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Feeding Foals and Young Horses

Proper nutrition, of course, is a critical factor in raising a healthy, sound foal–both for the broodmare before the foal is born as well as for the mare and foal throughout the foal’s development.

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Hay for the Laminitic Horse

Is there a particular type of grass hay that is better than others for maintenance diet for a laminitic horse?

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Don’t Bypass a Veterinarian

I have an older Tennessee Walking Horse with Cushing’s disease. She has been on Cipro for some time. She foundered…

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Equine Metabolic Syndrome

Equine metabolic syndrome (EMS), Cushing’s disease, insulin resistance (IR), glucose intolerance, and glycemic indices of feeds have gotten a lot of press lately. The terms are taken from the human literature, where they have very specific

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Feeding the Cushingoid Horse

Can you provide more information on feeding the Cushing’s horse? I am worried my horse isn’t getting essential vitamins.

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Manure Eating in Adult Horse

We have a seven-year-old draft cross gelding who was treated for Lyme disease in October of 2000 with 8 grams of doxycycline (a broad-spectrum tetracycline antibiotic) twice daily for three weeks. Since that time, and not previously, we have

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Feeding Young Horses: It’s Not the Protein

Genetics, exercise, and nutrition all play a role in the occurrence of developmental orthopedic disease (DOD) in young horses. There are, however, conflicting theories regarding the role of each. Breeds selected for rapid growth are at an

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