Associate Professor
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Department of Animal Sciences

Office 209A - Bartlett Hall

Tel: 732-932-9404
Lab: 732-932-1530
Fax: 732-932-6996
ralston@aesop.rutgers.edu

http://www.escrutgers.com/profiles/ralston.htm



Research

My most recent research has focused on the effect of diet on glucose and insulin metabolism in horses, especially in relation to osteochondrosis in young horses, and the nutritional management of stress induced immune dysfunction. Past research was on nutrition of post-surgical and geriatric horses and nutrition of 3-day-event and endurance horses.

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Experience

Title
Location
Year
Assistant Professor Department of Clinical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, Colorado State University
1983


Education

Degree
Location
Year
Board certification American College of Veterinary Nutrition
1989
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
1977
VMD. School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
1976
M.S. Colorado State University in Fort Collins
1975
B.A. University of Pennsylvania
1969


National Committees

American College of Veterinary Nutrition. American Board of Veterinary Specialties representative, 2000-present.
American Journal of Veterinary Research. Board of Scientific Reviewers. 1999-2000
New Jersey Veterinary Medical Education Advisory Committee, 1995-present.


Editorial Positions

The Horse
Journal of Equine Veterinary Science
Equine Practice



Current Graduate Students

Silvia Duarte, Ph.D. student, To be determined

Courses

11:067:384 Horse Management
11:067:390 Equine Nutrition
11:067:207 Horse Practicum
11:067:142 Animal Science
11:199:200 Cooperative Ed
11:067:175 Animal Fitting and Handling



Representative Publications

Naylor JM, Ralston SL (Eds). Large Animal Clinical Nutrition. CV Mosby Year Book, St. Louis, MO. 1991, 576 pp. 45 chapters, 23 authors.

Ralston SL, Breuer LH. Field evaluation of a feed formulated for geriatric horses. J. Eq. Vet. Sci. 16:334-338, 1996.

Black A, Schoknecht PA, Ralston SL, Shapses SA. Diurnal variation and age differences in biochemical markers of bone turnover in horses. J Anim Sci. 77: 75-83, 1999.

Dimock AN, Ralston SL. Changes in indices of stress and immune function in transported horses. Proc Assoc Eq Sports Med.: 4-6, 1999.

Ralston SL, Foster DL, Divers T, Hintz HF. Effect of dental correction on feed digestibility in horses. Eq. Vet J. 33(4): 390-393, 2001.

Ralston SL
, Hrabinski D, Brady S. Glucose tolerance testing in foals. Proc. 17th Equine Nutr Physiol Symp:182, 2001.

Ralston SL
. Effect of vitamin supplementation post-transportation in weanlings. Proc 17th Equine Nutr Physiol Symp: 131, 2001.





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