hookedoneventing
Aug. 31, 2009, 11:55 AM
Just to let everyone know, there is a trial going on in the genetics lab at Cornell looking for volunteers. They need horses/ponies for measurements. Here is the information:
"Thank you so much for your interest in participating in our study! We couldn't do this research without help from owners like yourself. Let me introduce myself--my name is Esther Gu, and I am an undergraduate doing this research in the Sutter and Brooks labs here at Cornell. Your horse(s) would make a wonderful contribution to our research. As
Cassy mentioned earlier, participation involves taking 35 body measurements, ranging from ear length to the circumference of the hind cannon. We record all measurements in inches. With an assistant, measurements can be done on a willing horse in about 15 minutes. we don't encourage measuring unwilling horses!
If you are willing to participate, I would be more than happy to send you the materials you will need to do the measurements yourself. We will mail you a packet that includes a consent form to sign, instructions and data sheets for collecting the measurements, a tape measure, and a sheet to tape tail hairs to (which we collect for DNA). We also ask for a
3-generation pedigree and pictures of the head and body.
All we need from you is your mailing address and the number of kits we should send (i.e. the number of horses you are willing to measure). We do require that the horses/ponies be at least 4 years old or full grown. We recognize that different breeds mature at different times, so we use 4 years as a general rule of thumb. If they are full-grown, we would be
happy to include them in our study.
Additionally, if you know anyone else who may be interested in our study, we would deeply appreciate your referring them to us--we are looking for horses of every shape and size!
Thank you again for your assistance. If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at sutterlab@cornell.edu or call the lab at (607) 253-3592."
More information about the trial can be found here: http://www.aaep.org/equinesize_study.htm
"Thank you so much for your interest in participating in our study! We couldn't do this research without help from owners like yourself. Let me introduce myself--my name is Esther Gu, and I am an undergraduate doing this research in the Sutter and Brooks labs here at Cornell. Your horse(s) would make a wonderful contribution to our research. As
Cassy mentioned earlier, participation involves taking 35 body measurements, ranging from ear length to the circumference of the hind cannon. We record all measurements in inches. With an assistant, measurements can be done on a willing horse in about 15 minutes. we don't encourage measuring unwilling horses!
If you are willing to participate, I would be more than happy to send you the materials you will need to do the measurements yourself. We will mail you a packet that includes a consent form to sign, instructions and data sheets for collecting the measurements, a tape measure, and a sheet to tape tail hairs to (which we collect for DNA). We also ask for a
3-generation pedigree and pictures of the head and body.
All we need from you is your mailing address and the number of kits we should send (i.e. the number of horses you are willing to measure). We do require that the horses/ponies be at least 4 years old or full grown. We recognize that different breeds mature at different times, so we use 4 years as a general rule of thumb. If they are full-grown, we would be
happy to include them in our study.
Additionally, if you know anyone else who may be interested in our study, we would deeply appreciate your referring them to us--we are looking for horses of every shape and size!
Thank you again for your assistance. If you have any questions or concerns, please email us at sutterlab@cornell.edu or call the lab at (607) 253-3592."
More information about the trial can be found here: http://www.aaep.org/equinesize_study.htm