Reading Time: 9 minutes To maintain a horse’s health, it’s important to provide regular care and adopt a forward-thinking approach to minimize long-term veterinary expenses. In this article, we present seven simple tips that can help you promote your horse’s health while also reducing the financial burden of veterinary costs over time. These tips
Reading Time: 4 minutes All sugars used in feed, whether in roughage, concentrates or supplements, come from natural sources. Sugar is produced in plants in a process called photosynthesis. The energy contained in sunlight is bound in the form of chemical energy. In addition to the green leaf pigment chlorophyll, the plant also needs
Reading Time: 10 minutes Free Faecal Water Syndrome (FFWS) is not just an annoying cosmetic problem because a sticky black tail simply looks unattractive. There is a tangible health problem underneath that should not be taken lightly. Unfortunately, there is no single cause for FFWS, just as there is no magic cure for it.
Reading Time: 4 minutes In the past, gastric ulcers (Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome, EGUS) were primarily associated with racehorses, but today we know they are more common among sport and leisure horses, and even weanlings, than previously thought. It is estimated that about half of all horses suffer from gastritis or gastric ulcers. Rarely
Reading Time: 11 minutes In summer, as long as the horses are out in the pastures, most of them are doing comparatively well with their digestion. The moment the pastures are closed for winter, the problems start again for many horses: faecal water, bloating, diarrhoea or regular mild colic are as much a part
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