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Retired Associate Professor
204B Brehm
2505 River Drive
Knoxville, TN 37996-4574
(865) 974-7294
Fax: (865) 974-0429
Email: fharper@utk.edu
Extension Appointment: 100% |
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EDUCATION and TRAINING
Ph. D. Rutgers
University, Nutrition (Equine), 1974
M. S. Oklahoma State University,
Animal Nutrition, 1968
B. S. Iowa State University,
Animal Husbandry, 1960
EXTENSION INTERESTS
As the first Extension Horse Specialist in the U. S., Dr. Frederick
Harper originated the extension educational horse programs in New
Jersey and Tennessee. He is nationally recognized for initiating
numerous educational programs which have immensely benefited millions
in the horse industry. As an international speaker, he has addressed
thousands of horse owners/breeders on numerous horse topics and
spoken at several professional/scientific meetings. He is the most
popular technically read horse educator in the world with over 1,600
articles and publications. His writings have appeared in over 285
scientific journals and equine/farm publications reach up to 11
million horse owners/breeders annually. Another 11 million horse
owners/breeders/enthusiasts are reached yearly by the Internet.
He is the author of the popular Top Form Book of Horse Care with
approximately 450,000 copies in print. He was the research editor
for the recently published Feeding to Win II. Four of the fact sheets
in the new Horse Industry Handbook were written by him. For a number
of years, he was a horse breeder and an approved judge. Currently,
he is the Extension Horse Specialist at the University of Tennessee.
"Dr. Frederick Harper, renowned for bringing the practical
applications of science to the horse industry..." Andrew Clarke,
D.V.M., Former Director, Equine Research Centre, University of Guelph,
Guelph, Ontario, Canada. November, 1996.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
American Society of Animal Science (ASAS)
Equine Nutrition and Physiology Society (ENPS)
PAS, Equine (Professional Animal Scientist), ARPAS (American Registry
of Professional Animal Scientists).
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