Foundation Principal Investigator Douglas F. Antczak inducted into Hall of Fame

Douglas F. Antczak, Principal Investigator and the Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor of Equine Medicine was inducted into the University of Kentucky Equine Research Hall of Fame on October 25th 2009 by the Gluck Equine Research Foundation.

Dr. Antczak has served as a Havemeyer Principal Investigator since the early 1980’s and has led and participated in numerous Foundation workshops. He actively participated in the Foundation’s Horse Genome Project from the very beginning. Antczak is the Dorothy Havemeyer McConville Professor of Equine Medicine at the James A. Baker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, where he joined the staff in 1979. In 1994, he became the director of the Baker Institute for Animal Health, a post he held for 15 years until mid-2009.

Summary from Havemeyer Foundation Conducted Workshop on Equine Herpes Virus

The Second Havemeyer Workshop on Equine Herpes Virus was held September 21-26, 2008 in Steamship Springs, Colorado. The workshop, was organized by D. Paul Lunn (Colorado), Julia Kydd (UK), Josh Slater (UK), and Klaus Osterrieder (Germany). To read a summary of the workshop, click here.

Summary from Havemeyer Foundation Conducted Workshop on Infection Control in Veterinary Hospitals and at Equine Events

The workshop on Infection Control in Equine Veterinary Hospitals and at Equine Events brought together a group of participants who work in various roles related to infection control. To read a summary of the workshop, click here.

New additions to the Monographs Series

Four new publications have been added to the Monograph Series. To read the monographs, click on the links below. For a complete listing, visit the Monograph Series page on this site.

Papers from Havemeyer Foundation Workshop on Motion Capture and 3D Analysis of Equine Locomotion

The workshop on Motion Capture and 3D Analysis of Equine Locomotion brought together an illustrious group of veterinarians, kinesiologists and engineers to discuss 3D kinematics, hoof motion, solutions to problem areas in gait research, and new techniques for gait analysis.
To read the papers, click here.

Foundation President Gene M. Pranzo Receives AAEP's Leadership Award

Mr. Gene M. Pranzo, CEO and President of The Dorothy R. Havemeyer Foundation, has been named the recipient of the George Stubbs Award for leadership of the Foundation and its mission to improve the general health and welfare of horses. The George Stubbs Award recognizes the contributions made to equine veterinary medicine by individuals other than veterinarians.

Mr. Pranzo has been instrumental in developing the Foundation from its inception in 1979 to its role in scientific research, workshops and publications on equine reproduction, behavior, and infectious diseases and on the creation of an equine genetic map.

"I see it as an award to the Foundation rather than to me" says Pranzo. "It is without doubt a tribute to the work of our Principal Investigators and the outstanding workshops the Foundation has held year after year. And I am particularly pleased that recognition comes to the Foundation in the year of its silver anniversary."

The award will be presented at the Presidents's Luncheon during the American Association of Equine Practitioners Annual Convention on December 7, 2004 in Denver, Colorado.

Horse Gene Map

A First Generation Radiation Hybrid Map and a Horse-Human-Mouse Comparative Map

The first generation radiation hybrid and comparative map of the horse genome. The map comprises 730 markers (450 gene specific), spans over all equine chromosomes and is presently the most comprehensive genome information in horse.

To view the Map, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download.

Papers from Havemeyer Foundation Neonatal Septicemia Workshops I, II, and III

The Neonatal Septicemia workshops gathered clinicians and researchers together to explore the pathophysiology, clinical presentation, therapeutic interventions, and prognostic parameters of sepsis in foals.
To read the papers, click here.