Reading Time: 4 minutes The horse’s immune system operates tirelessly day and night to maintain the organism’s fitness and health. Its varied functions encompass defending against invading bacteria, fungi, or viruses—whether through the respiratory tract, intestines, or skin—to marking foreign or toxic substances and facilitating the regeneration of damaged or inflamed tissue. This underscores
Reading Time: 4 minutes When observing horses in the pasture or offering different treats, one notices significant differences in their eating behavior. Some horses are “hoovers” and devour everything without much thought. Others carefully sample and may even spit out certain foods they don’t like, savouring others with pleasure. There are also some very
Reading Time: 2 minutes Many horses come out of the grazing season a little “chubby”. At first, this is a completely normal process: the horses gain weight over the summer and lose it again in the winter. It is therefore not of any drama if the horse is now carrying around a bit of
Reading Time: 2 minutes For a long time, the trace element zinc was always a focal point when dealing with issues related to the coat, skin, or hooves. However, new studies indicate that problems in this area are often associated not only with zinc deficiency but also with sulphur deficiency. This mineral has received
Reading Time: 6 minutes What is FFWS (Free Faecal Water Syndrome)? When the grazing season comes to an end, the faecal water season begins again for many horses. While horses with diarrhoea produce piles similar to cow pats, those with FFWS exhibit a shape more akin to normal horse droppings. During or after defecation,
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