Sequencing the horse genome:  What does it mean?

Traditional research related to animal nutrition mainly deals with either deficiency or excess of a particular nutrient. But the genomic revolution has propelled the development of several new technologies that can be applied in nutritional sciences. For horses this means we can better measure the bioavailability of various nutrients to find out what works best for the animal. By Zöe Stevenson, Solutions Deployment Team, Alltech European Bioscience Centre, Dunboyne, Ireland   The pub