Alltech Symposium Attracts Leading Experts in Equine Industry

Alltech, a global leader in animal health and nutrition has unveiled the list of speakers who will take part in the equine session during its 24th International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium.


The group features experts from around the globe and includes:


   • Tom Buckley, Irish Equine Centre
   • Steve Duren, Performance Horse Nutrition
   • Joanne McKelvie, EVITA
   • John Reilly, Myerscough College
   • Peter Timoney, Gluck Equine Research Center
   • Lori Warren, University of Florida
   • Thomas Tobin, Gluck Equine Research Center


“I’m delighted that Alltech’s Symposium will host such renowned speakers from the equine industry,”  said Dr. Pearse Lyons, president and founder of Alltech. “I have every confidence that they will provide our delegates greater insight into the issues affecting the equine sector of agriculture.”


The equine session will address some of the most pertinent issues in the horse industry, including, among others:


   • Drugs and horses: What do we analyze for? How do we synchronize testing around the world?

   • Is there a market for an ‘eco-friendly’ horse feed or are grass and alfalfa green enough?

   • Feeding for immunity — the link between equine nutritionists and veterinarians

   • The genome for horses: What it can tell us and how it can be used

   • Feeding for sound feet and legs — reducing the risk of laminitis during training and racing


Alltech’s 2008 Symposium will incite delegates – including experts from around the globe – to redefine the industry as a leader of the ‘Greenest Generation’  by rethinking technology and business practices. The Symposium will also urge delegates to find constructive ways in which we, the agriculture industry, can respond to the green revolution.


Alltech will host its 24th International Animal Health and Nutrition Symposium, focusing on the ‘Greenest Generation’, April 20-23, 2008 in Lexington, Kentucky, USA.