Equine Research Institute
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| At hot spring for racehorses at the Rehabilitation Research Center - Joban Branch |
Equine Research Institute
- Sports Science Research Center was established in
1959 under the name "Equine Health Laboratory"
for the purposes of maintaining racehorse resources
and preventing racehorse accidents to ensure
the smooth operation of horseracing. As
international movement of horses become more
active, it is becoming increasingly important to operate
racing under safe and fair conditions. Therefore,
the Institute conducts extensive examination
and research on the themes of improving the quality
of horses, preventing racehorse from accidents
and disease, providing medical care, and improving
racecourse facilities such as tracks. With these
as the primary objectives, the Institute is the only
research facility in Japan dedicated to equine sport
science. The Institute has two branches: Joban Rehabilitation Research Center -
Branch and Epizootic Research Center - Tochigi Branch. The primary function of
the Institute's Joban Branch is to provide rehabilitation
facility which includes balneotherapy and
physiotherapy. Various forms of medical research
are also conducted at the Rehabilitation Research Center. The Epizootic Research Center was established as a research laboratory for equine infectious diseases
in June 1970. This unit is the only laboratory
conducting research needed for the prevention
and control of equine infectious diseases in Japan.
It is engaged in epizootiology of domestic and
overseas equine infectious diseases caused by
protozoa, bacteria and viruses, as well as the elucidation
and diagnosis of etiological agents and
pathogenesis, and research on the development of
diagnostic and prophylactic methods.
Also, the institute has an affiliated institution, Hidaka Training and Research Center - Equine Science Division.
URL:
Equine Research Institute- Sports Science Research Center: http://www.equinst.go.jp/EG/f00.html (English)
- Rehabilitation Research Center - Joban Branch: http://www.equinst.go.jp/EG/f00.html (English)
- Epizootic Research Center - Tochigi Branch: http://www.equinst.go.jp/EG/f00.html (English)
