Researchers in Ireland wanted to know if salivary cortisol levels could be used to detect individual variations in the stress response in young Thoroughbreds.
NEW research has taken a look at young thoroughbreds’ stress responses, their genes and their behaviour in a study that highlighted interesting links between the three. Scientists at University College Dublin and Plusvital Ltd in Ireland’s study: “Integrative genomics analysis highlights functionally relevant genes for equine behaviour” is the result of a four-year PhD research […]