Research To Date

Dr. Nadeau’s research focus is horse management, specifically the effects of the environment on horse health and nutrition.

Research projects related to horse health:

• Kelly Chameroy from Manchester, CT completed her research on prevalence of gastric ulcers in horses at UConn in 2004 and received her master's degree in Animal Science under the supervision of Dr. Nadeau.

• Clayton McCook from Ft. Worth, TX began work on a project to help find a preventative and/or cure for Dermatophilus Congolensis in horses. He completed his master's degree in Animal Science Plan B under the supervision of Dr. Nadeau in August, 2005.

• Valipe Satyender Rao from India is completing the rain rot project. He is experimenting with five strains of Dermatophilus Congolensis and testing the effectiveness of caprylic acid, monocaprylin, and sodium caprylate at inhibiting and killing the bacteria. He plans to complete his master's degree in Animal Science Plan B under the supervision of Dr. Nadeau in Fall, 2006.

• Dr. Nadeau is collaborating with Tufts University to study the effects of the horse barn environment on horses and humans.

• Dr. Nadeau will complete a study for Distributors Processing, Inc. on the effectiveness of their product, My Horse's Choice, at reducing ammonia concentration in horse barns in the Winter of 2006.

Research projects related to effects of the environment on horse nutrition:

• Dr. Nadeau and Satyender collaborated with the University of Tennessee in the Summer of 2005 to study glucose and insulin concentrations in the blood of Morgan horses compared to Thoroughbred horses to see if Morgans are more prone to insulin resistance.

• Dr. Nadeau is collaborating with Rutgers University in a study on Northeast pastures, examining the effect of environment on fructan content and other nutrients and using the Brix refractometer to determine when it is safe for horses to graze, especially horses predisposed to laminitis and founder.