Animal & Dairy Science: Personnel
Kari Turner
Associate Professor
B.S., University of Florida
M.S., Virginia Tech
Ph.D., Michigan State University
Edgar L. Rhodes Center for ADS
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602-2771
Phone: 706/542-8588
Fax: 706/542-0399
Email: kturner@uga.edu
Extension Interests
Extension focuses are in the area of equine exercise physiology as well as youth development through 4-H activities such as Quiz Bowl, State Judging Contest, and Horse School.
Courses Taught
ADSC 2630 – Pleasure Horse Management, spring semester
ADSC 3630 – Horse Production and Management, fall semester
ADSC 4390 – Horse Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, fall semester
Selected Recent Publications
K.K. Turner, B.D. Nielsen, C.I. O’Connor, and J.L. Burton. 2006. Bee pollen product supplementation to horses in training appears to improve feed intake: a pilot study. J. Anim. Physiol. Anim. Nutr. (in press).
K.K. Turner, B.D. Nielsen, C.I. O’Connor, and D.S. Rosenstein. 2006. Silicon supplementation and osteochondrotic lesions in two-year-old Standardbreds. Equine Vet. J. Suppl. (submitted)
C.I. O’Connor, B.D. Nielsen, A.D. Woodward, H.S. Spooner, B.A. Ventura, and K.K. Turner. 2006. Mineral balance in horses fed two supplemental silicon sources. Equine Vet. J. Suppl. (submitted).
B.D. Nielsen, K.K. Turner, B. Ventura, A.D. Woodward, and C.I. O’Connor. 2006. Racing speeds of Quarter Horses, Thoroughbreds, and Arabians. Equine Vet. J. Suppl. (accepted).
Turner, K.K., B.D. Nielsen, C.I. O’Connor, D.S. Rosenstein, H. Schott II, C.J. Womack, F.H. Nielsen, and M.W. Orth. 2006. Sodium zeolite A supplementation to dairy calves. To be presented at ASAS-ADSA Joint Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Turner K.K., B.D. Nielsen, and C.I. O’Connor. 2006. Sodium zeolite A supplementation to lactating Holsteins. To be presented at ASAS-ADSA Joint Meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
Turner, K.K., B.D. Nielsen, C.I. O’Connor, D.S. Rosenstein, B.P. Marks, and M.W. Orth. 2005. Bone characteristics and turnover after silicon supplementation. Proc. 19th Equine Sci. Soc. Symp. 19:31-36.
Turner, K.K., B.D. Nielsen, C.I. O’Connor, and J.L. Burton. 2004. Evaluation of feeding bee pollen to horses in training. J. Anim. Sci. 82(Suppl. 1):97.
Krick, K.E., R.M. Hoffman, T.M. Hess, D.S. Kronfeld, and P.A. Harris. 2003. Selective IgA deficiency in endurance horses of Arabian descent. Proc. 18 Equine Nutr. Phys. Symp. 18:213-214.