About

Danielle Smarsh is an Associate Professor of Equine Science at the Department of Animal Science at Pennsylvania State University. Her role involves advancing research and education in the field of equine science, contributing to the understanding and management of horses. Her work is part of a broader departmental focus on understanding animals for agriculture and companionship, emphasizing scientific, business, and technical aspects of animal management.

Research topics

• Biology
• Political Science
• Medicine
• Computer Science
• Toxicology
• Internal medicine
• Law
• Business
• Geography
• Virology
• Veterinary medicine
• Ecology
• Engineering

Selected publications

• Characterizing the effects of management practices on inflammatory markers in a population of horses in Pennsylvania

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2025-05-01

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• Changes in equine complete blood count parameters and inflammatory indices with inflammation

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2025-10-04 · 1 citations

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• Extension needs assessment of the Pennsylvania horse industry

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2025-05-01 · 1 citations

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• Physiological and behavioral responses of horses to high wet bulb globe temperature and shade access

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2025-05-01

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• Changes in equine complete blood count parameters and inflammatory indices with inflammation

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2025-05-01 · 2 citations

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• Effects of sample storage time and temperature on equine complete blood counts

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2025-05-01

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• Characterizing hay buying and feeding practices and attitudes among Pennsylvania horse owners

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2024-07-03

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• Knowledge and perception of equine ticks and tick-borne diseases of Pennsylvania horse owners and caretakers

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2024-05-10 · 3 citations

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• 166 Tick knowledge of Pennsylvania horse owners is related to disease diagnosis, concern, and tick-check frequency

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2023-05-01

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• 21 A comparison of assays measuring haptoglobin in equine plasma

  Journal of Equine Veterinary Science · 2023-05-01

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Frequent coauthors

• W.B. Staniar

  Pennsylvania State University

  9 shared

• Nares Trakooljul

  Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN)

  7 shared

• Wilfrid Carré

  7 shared

• Harold B. White

  7 shared

• Xiaofei Wang

  Japanese Foundation For Cancer Research

  7 shared

• Larry A. Cogburn

  7 shared

• Erika T. Machtinger

  Pennsylvania State University

  6 shared

• Laura B. Kenny

  6 shared