Electronic horseshoe (Continued from Page A2O) animal more carefully and US) 1 (g) collect more definitive data.” Use of the horseshoe is an outgrowth of research in volving a stationary force plate. With the plate, an animal walks across it and measurements can be made. In the shoe, the force plates have been built mto it, providing a mobile means of making measurements # Recovery pool is part of the equine exercise areas. The pool and treadmill are used both to check stress in animals and for recovery therapy. I IMG INFLATION GRAIN tmk PRICES Y £ DRYER, ._.. . . _ \ • ■'4900 40'x 50’x 14' FARMSTED I anized Walls and alvanized Roof 20' x 13' D/S Door These Buildings Engineered for Self-Erection (Butler will Furnish Erection and foundation Drawings) .DINGS F. 0.8 ILLE, PA. quipped as shown) j On Independent Survey of Agri-Builders l/ary With Each Agri-Builder Limited Time Only iHTING INFLATION WITH SPECIAL PRICES MOODY, HASCHEN TRI-COUNTY RACTOR AGRICULTURAL AGRI-SYSTEMS alnut Lane SYSTEMS R D #l, Box 55 ton. Pa 15089 PO Box 505 Swedesboro, NJ 08085 2-872-6804 Chestertown, Md 21620 PH 609-467-3174 PH 301-778-5800 ,3. A. NEWTON KELLER BUILDING GLENN M. STAHLMAN TRI-STATE MARINE WALTER J. 9 & SON CO. SYSTEMS INC. r d *l. Cash Valley Road DIST. INC. CONSTRUCTION Bndgeville, Delaware 19933 RDlßox2o3 Cumberland, Md. 21502 Route 256 1833 Lincoln Highway ' PH 302-337-8211 Lewisburg, PA 17837 PH 301-777-0582 Deale, Md. 20751 Lancaster, Pa 17602 PH 717-524-0568 PH 301-867-1447 ph 717-392-8280 £ 51 during free activity by the animal. Research with the new horseshoe and the force plate are part of far-ranging studies bemg conducted at New Bolton Center under the auspices of the Pennsylvania Horse Racing Commission. Studies of the effects of drugs on horses are bemg conducted in conjunction with West Chester State College. Detection of the drugs is centered at West Chester; while the effects of * VARIOUS SIZES HEIGHT & WIDTH AVAILABLE oHJ: jjjjf 1818 GRAIN BIN - 4173 Bushel Capacity LESSTHAN *2loo°° 2718 GRAIN BIN . 9872 Bushel Capacity LESS THAN s 3Boo°° TAP ENTERPRISES INC. BRIDGEWATER R D #3, 80x256A BUILDING SYSTEMS INC Fleetwood. Pa 19522 R D #2 PH 215-929-2553 Thompson, Pa 18465 PH 717-727-2868 the drugs are examined at New Bolton. “We analyze the con centration of drugs in the blood and determine how long they remain in the plasma,” Dr. Soma ex plained. “Work is done in finding the metabolic byproducts of various drugs. “Since a drug often is broken down rather rapidly, identification must be made through these byproducts. “Many of the substances being studied are human drugs, but horses handle them much differently.” V. ASK YOUR A/B BUILDER ABOUT ASCS FINANCING 15* DOWN - 8 YEAR PAY BACK F. 0.8. Cash and Carry F. 0.8. Cash and Carry Surgical facilities for large animals include the operating table, which is positioned upright to facilitate securing the animal and then tilted horizontally for the operation. Another phase of research involves pulmonary hemorrhaging, a condition that is peculiar to horses. Often as the result of hard running, particularly in thoroughbreds, a slight amount of bleeding can result in the lungs and windpipe. “In this phase of our research, we’ll be making on-track studies,” Dr. Soma said. “We want to see how many horses sustain such bleeding Lancaster Farming, Saturday, May 17,1980—A21 fa w and whether it might be a hereditary condition.” Still another area of in vestigation involves a new and complete look at the horse as an athlete being conditioned during training. These studies, termed exercise physiology, are the specialty of Dr. G. Frederick Fregin, of the New Bolton staff. “We closely studied five horses over a 10-week training period,” Dr. Fregin explained. “These were the first such r P. E. HESS, BUIUR MFG. CO. Box 337, Oxford, PA 19363 I'm interested in more information on Butler products □ Buildings □ Bins □ Dryers □ Bulk-O-Matics Name Address County ! Cit; h * studies actually conducted on horses during sustained exercise periods.” Areas of investigation and measurement during the exercise studies included changes in heart rate, ef fects on blood pressure, production of lactic acid and specific amounts of oxygen consumption by the animals. Heretofore, equine training has been largely a matter of intuition, it was explained, and the exercise studies are supplying (Turn to Page A 22) I AGRI-BUILDER ' f
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