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Emma Adam
Faculty, Equine Veterinary Outreach, Liaison & Research
Email Address
Office
128A Gluck Equine Research Center
Professional Profile
My career focuses on the health and well-being of the equine athlete and I have worked in four countries on three continents. I received my veterinary degree from the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, after which I gained equine internal medicine specialty training at Texas A&M University and equine surgery specialty training at New Bolton Center, University of Pennsylvania. I did my PhD research in regenerative medicine as it relates to articular cartilage using RNA-sequencing at The Gluck Equine Research Center, University of Kentucky.
My primary role now is to connect the University with equine industry stakeholders through outreach and the dissemination of information.
Current Research:
- Collaborator in Musculoskeletal Science group exploring bone biology and remodeling.
- Deriving data set estimating breeding stock weight.
- Effect of antibiotics on gut microbiome.
Scholars@UK
Identification of equine mares as reservoir hosts for pathogenic species of Leptospira
Hamond, C., Adam, E. N., Stone, N. E., LeCount, K., Anderson, T., Putz, E. J., Camp, P., Hicks, J., Stuber, T., van der Linden, H., Bayles, D. O., Sahl, J. W., Schlater, L. K., Wagner, D. M. & Nally, J. E., 2024, In: Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 11, 1346713.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Confirmed and presumptive cervical vertebral compressive myelopathy in older horses: A retrospective study (1992-2004)
Levine, J. M., Adam, E., MacKay, R. J., Walker, M. A., Frederick, J. D. & Cohen, N. D., Jul 2007, In: Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine. 21, 4, p. 812-819 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Evaluation of a modification of the Hudson demand valve in ventilated and spontaneously breathing horses
Johnson, C. B., Adam, E. N. & Taylor, P. M., 1994, In: Veterinary Record. 135, 24, p. 569-572 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Detection of cold-adapted vaccine-strain influenza virus using two commercial assays
Adam, E. N., Morley, P. S., Chmielewski, K. E., Carman, J. & Gonzales, G., Jul 2002, In: Equine Veterinary Journal. 34, 4, p. 400-404 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Suspected panosteitis in a camel
Levine, D. G., Smith, J. J., Richardson, D. W., Brown, V., Beech, J., Habecker, P. & Adam, E., Aug 1 2007, In: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 231, 3, p. 437-441 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genomics in equine veterinary medicine
Adam, E. N., May 2018, In: Equine Veterinary Education. 30, 5, p. 274-281 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Gastrointestinal nonrotation in a neonatal foal
Dahlberg, J. A., Adam, E. N., Palmer, J. E. & Parente, E. J., Oct 2009, In: Equine Veterinary Education. 21, 10, p. 508-512 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Surgical and Traumatic Wound Infections, Cellulitis, and Myositis in Horses
Adam, E. N. & Southwood, L. L., Aug 2006, In: Veterinary Clinics of North America - Equine Practice. 22, 2, p. 335-361 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Equine rotaviruses - an update from Kentucky
Adam, E., Jun 3 2023, In: Veterinary Record. 192, 11, p. noResearch output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cellulitis: Any change?
Adam, E. N., Dec 1 2019, In: Equine Veterinary Education. 31, 12, p. 625-626 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate
Detection of levamisole and its metabolites in horses after oral levamisole administration over seven days
Adam, E., Scollay, M., Howard, B., Taormina, J., Hartmann, P. & Knych, H., Dec 2024, In: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 262, 12, p. 1632-1638 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Primary and secondary limb cellulitis in horses: 44 Cases (2000-2006)
Adam, E. N. & Southwood, L. L., Dec 1 2007, In: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 231, 11, p. 1696-1703 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Initial investigation into the metabolic effects of intra-articular betamethasone on normal and insulin dysregulated horses
Page, A. E., Rauber-Ramos, A. M., Humiston, M., Mcpeek, J. L. & Adam, E. N., Apr 2025, In: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 147, 5 p., 105404.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Safety and immunogenicity of a sarcoid vaccine in horses
Jacob, O., Hause, B., Peters-Smith, K., Adam, E. N., Page, A. E., Floyd, C., Tucker, C., Eertink, L. G., Wang, D. & Li, F., Mar 2025, In: Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 146, 105381.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
National survey reveals elastic price sensitivity for select equine veterinary services
Gibson, O. L., Zhao, S., Adam, E. & Jill Stowe, C., Feb 2025, In: Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 263, 2, p. 235-239 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Descriptive analysis of the use of and preferences for equine veterinary services
Gibson, O. L., Adam, E. & Stowe, C. J., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Equine Veterinary Education.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Nutraceutical Supplement Mitigates Insulin Resistance in Horses with a History of Insulin Dysregulation During a Challenge with a High-Starch Diet
Loos, C., Castelein, A., Vanzant, E., Adam, E. & McLeod, K. R., Dec 2024, In: Animals. 14, 23, 3385.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Epidemiological investigation of equine rotavirus B outbreaks in horses in central Kentucky
Sreenivasan, C. C., Naveed, A., Uprety, T., Soni, S., Jacob, O., Adam, E., Wang, D. & Li, F., Nov 2024, In: Veterinary Microbiology. 298, 110278.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Genetic and antigenic characterization of two diarrhoeic dominant rotavirus A genotypes G3P[12] and G14P[12] circulating in the global equine population
Uprety, T., Soni, S., Sreenivasan, C., Hause, B. M., Naveed, A., Ni, S., Graves, A. J., Morrow, J. K., Meade, N., Mellits, K. H., Adam, E., Kennedy, M. A., Wang, D. & Li, F., 2024, In: Journal of General Virology. 105, 8, 002016.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Characteristics of maternal antibodies transferred to foals raised through maternal equine rotavirus A vaccination
Eertink, L. G., Swope, M., Uprety, T., Sreenivasan, C., Page, A. E., Adam, E. N., Wang, D. & Li, F., Dec 2024, In: Veterinary Microbiology. 299, 110304.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Polyacrylamide for Joint Therapy - Critical Things Unknown
Carvalho Menarim, B. (PI), Adam, E. (CoI), Janes, J. (CoI), MacLeod, J. (CoI) & Scoggin, K. (CoI)
Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation Inc
7/1/24 → 6/30/26
Project: Research project
Use of mRNA Expression and Serum Biomarkers as Tools to Monitor Musculoskeletal Adaptation in Thoroughbred Horses Returning to Race Training
Page, A. (PI), Adam, E. (CoI) & Kalbfleisch, T. (CoI)
Hong Kong Jockey Club Equine Welfare Research Foundation Limited
7/1/24 → 12/31/26
Project: Research project
The Agronomy of Hemp and Its Uses in Forage-Animal Agriculture
Page, A. (PI) & Adam, E. (CoI)
8/1/21 → 7/31/26
Project: Research project
The Agronomy of Hemp and Its Uses in Forage-Animal Agriculture
Matthews, J. (PI), Adam, E. (CoI), Adams, A. (CoI), Ely, D. (CoI), Gauthier, N. (CoI), Harmon, D. (CoI), Hunt, A. (CoI), Ji, H. (CoI), Kawashima, T. (CoI), Lawrence, L. (CoI), Mark, T. (CoI), McCulley, R. (CoI), McLeod, K. (CoI), Moe, L. (CoI), Page, A. (CoI), Pearce, R. (CoI), Schendel, R. (CoI), Urschel, K. (CoI), Vanzant, E. (CoI), Villanueva, R. (CoI) & Xiong, Y. (CoI)
8/1/21 → 7/31/26
Project: Research project
The Effect of Intra-Articular Triamcinolone and Pro-Stride APS on Metabolic Parameters in Horses
Page, A. (PI), Adam, E. (CoI) & Adams, A. (CoI)
2/1/23 → 3/31/24
Project: Research project
Nanoparticle Vaccines for Equine Rotavirus B
Li, F. (PI), Adam, E. (CoI), Chambers, T. (CoI), Page, A. (CoI) & Wang, D. (CoI)
Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation Inc
4/1/23 → 3/31/25
Project: Research project
Pre-Race Inflammation in Catastrophically Injured Horses: Education Research Services
Page, A. (PI) & Adam, E. (CoI)
3/16/22 → 6/30/22
Project: Research project
Use of mRNA expression analysis to identify Thoroughbred racehorses at risk for injury
Page, A. (PI) & Adam, E. (CoI)
9/1/17 → …
Project: Research project
Nocardioform Placentitis in Mares
Page, A. (PI), Adam, E. (CoPI) & Ruby, R. (CoI)
Grayson Jockey Club Research Foundation Inc, University of Kentucky Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center, Private Gift
2/28/20 → …
Project: Research project
Identification of Novel mRNA Targets in Catastrophically Injured Thoroughbred Racehorses Using RNA Sequencing
Page, A. (PI), Adam, E. (CoI), Horohov, D. (CoI), Kalbfleisch, T. (CoI) & MacLeod, J. (CoI)
7/1/20 → 6/30/22
Project: Research project