It’s hard to imagine that perhaps 25 years ago virtually no one had heard of gastric (stomach) ulcers in horses. Today it would be hard to find a horse owner who is not aware
Year: 2022
The Mare and Foal Sanctuary has launched a new equine assisted wellbeing programme for women…
All the latest research and information about Strangles. A truly nasty disease that strikes fear into every horse owner. Dr. Kirstie Pickles will help us to understand Strangles better and discuss what we can do to protect our horses from it.
A close friend was thrown from her horse on Boxing Day whilst out with a…
We are starting 2022 with a bang! Don’t miss out on the webinars we have…
On Thurs 20th Jan Dr Gillian Tabor and Emma Davis are holding a webinar on…
Can you really increase your horse’s muscle mass by feeding it the right nutrients? Yes, to an extent. The one key requirement more than what you feed is that a horse won’t develop more muscle unless it is in regular training. Even anabolic steroids work best when used in people or animals that are exercising. Of course, anabolic steroids are banned from being used in horses except in rare cases where they are used for specific medical reasons. Interestingly, a study in horses showed that the use of anabolic steroids in yearlings did increase muscle mass but by the time they were two years olds there was no clear difference between those that had and those that had not had anabolic steroids.
Dr David Marlin discusses the topic of Nutrition This podcast is loosely based around a Facebook…