Broken-Wind, Heaves, COPD, SPAOPD, IAD, RAO, SPARAO and Equine Asthma – Why do they keep changing the name? A short…
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(Note: The advice here refers to ponies and horses suffering from endocrinopathic laminitis, causes by Obesity, Equine Metabolic Syndrome or…
Laminitis is an emergency and must never be underestimated. How a pony is managed from the first day can have…
One in four horses are euthanised by vets every year because of intractable laminitis, usually after a prolonged and painful…
There have been a large number of horses with colic in the clinic recently. The term colic refers to any…
A horses liver weighs around 1% of its bodyweight, so around 5kg in a 500kg horse.The liver is one of…
Electrolytes are single chemical substances that can have a positive or negative charge.Electrolytes dissolved in water conduct electricity. The main…
A 500kg horse has around 5 square metres of skin surface.Depending on breed and age and body condition the skin…
General Advice Colic (abdominal pain) has many different causes in the horse. The majority of cases are mild but some…
Cooling boots for horses Cool boots or cooling boots for horses are very popular but why? One of the reasons…
