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Lorna Button MSc BSc

Contact Details

Name: Lorna Button
Job Title: Current position: Programme Manager / Lecturer in HE equine science
Address: Duchy College, Stoke Climsland, Stoke Climsland, Callington, Cornwall, PL17 8PB
Tel: 01579 372286
Email: lorna.button@duchy.ac.uk

Research Details

Determination of benzimidazole resistance in horses using a delineating dose egg hatch test
Heart rates of mares during parturition
Effect of surface type on stride length
Relationship between protective leg wear and equine skin temperature.
Efficacy of nasal flair strips in exercising horses
Effect of boot material on limb skin surface temperature
Implications of strategies employed for warm up for short format eventing
Effect of different saddles on stride length

Selected Publications

Randle, H., Abbey, A. and Button, L. 2010. The effect of different rein types on the rein tension applied when taking up a "medium contact". Proceedings of the sixth International Society for Equitation Science Conference, Sweden.






Randle, H., Edwards, H. and Button, L. 2009. The effect of rider position on the stride and step length of the horse at canter. Proceedings of the fifth International Society for Equitation Science Conference, Sydney.


Randle, H. and Button, L. 2008. Fulfilling the educational aims of the International Society for Equitation Science (ISES). Proceedings of the fourth International Society for Equitation Science Conference, R.D.S., Dublin.


Phillips, P., Button, L. and Edwards, S. Chemical Horseplay Chem Brit 33(5): 21-24 May 1997


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