Unlike many countries, most horses in New Zealand do spend most of their life out in the pasture, eating relatively lush grass, all year around. This has benefits and risks, and the more you know about grazing your horse on grass, the better you can care for their health (and gut health).
Felicity Davies is an Australian Horsemanship & Mindset Mentor, who hosts the Equestrian Perspective Podcast. She is obsessed with helping hors...
As a horse owner, you may see problems like anxious behaviour, girthiness, laminitis, poor performance, loose manure and weight challenges and accept them as ‘normal’ for your horses. But are they? And if they aren’t, what is causing them?
By Nerida McGilchrist, B.Rur Sc. PhD (RAnNutr) Zeolites are mineral compounds composed mainly of aluminium, silica and oxygen. There are many diffe...
By Dr Nikita Stibbard, BVetSci/VetBio (Hons). If you are having issues relating to your horse's gut health and overall nutrition, Winter is when you will most likely see it most! Here are the three most common equine gut health related problems I see as an equine veterinarian during winter, and how to help your horse.
The Horse's Gut
That 30m tract of gut does so much more than digest food. It is responsible for your horse’s health and well-being!
It keeps bad things out and good things in by having an intact gut wall protected by a mucosal lining, and when this defence mechanism isn’t working toxins, pathogens and harmful substances can enter through the gut wall and create havoc.
This can lead to life threatening illnesses, poor performance, pain, behaviour change, weight-loss and whole gut inflammation (ouch).
What is scoping? Scoping (aka gastroscopy) is an important tool for detection of gastric (stomach) ulcers and their location within the stomach. S...
Often as horse owners we undertake this exercise when something is not quite right with our horse or we have seen a change in their behaviour, performance or physical well being. However, anytime is a good time to review our horses diet and there are some crucial pieces of information we should gather in order to do this exercise properly.
By Dr Erin Roddy A lot of horse owners wonder (but might not want to ask)… Why does my foal eat its Mum’s poo? It might not appeal to us very much,...
There is a truism that feeding horses is as much an art as it is a science. It is our failure to remember this that sometimes gets us into trouble...
What is Colic in Horses? Apart from being a word that strikes fear into the heart of every horse owner, colic is the term used to describe any abdo...
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