Good morning Barnmice readers and welcome to this week’s jam-packed Equine Science News blog; today I’ll be chatting about Fell Pony Syndrome, Laminitis awareness and the problems that endurance horses can suffer with.
But first, it can’t have escaped many owners notice that this week has seen the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) meeting in Denmark to discuss the future of horse sport with Bute and Rollkur being top of their current agendas. Yesterday it was announced on…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on November 20, 2009 at 3:08am —
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Welcome back everyone to another edition of the Equine Science News blog, I hope all of you and your equines are healthy. This week obesity, equine metritis and horse dung have all featured in the news, but first I’m going to discuss equine welfare in the US.
The American Horse Council (AHC) have created a new national welfare code looking at the obligations of horse organisations to equine care. So far some of the large equestrian organisations in the United States, including the Americ…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on November 13, 2009 at 2:18pm —
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Welcome to this week’s edition of the Equine Science News blog – this week’s been a busy one for research news, so this post will be a quick overview of all the latest topics.
Many owners shoe their horses without a second thought, but ‘barefoot’ is slowly becoming more common place and now the public in the UK are being encouraged to comment on new standards for barefoot trimming. This comes after concerns have been raised about practitioners of ‘equine barefoot care’ (as it will now be…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on November 6, 2009 at 3:43pm —
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Welcome to this week’s slightly earlier edition of Equine Science News – I’m off to watch the dressage and show jumping competition Equita’Lyon in France this weekend and am flying to Geneva early Friday morning, but wanted to make sure that this week’s latest equine science news was still delivered to you all! So this blog post I’ll be chatting to you about laminitis, strangles and bitless bridles.
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new study…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on October 29, 2009 at 4:20pm —
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Welcome once again to the Equine Science News blog – I hope you’ve all had a good week with your four legged friends and are now ready to hear about the latest science news from the equestrian world.
A fortnight ago you may remember that I mentioned the concerns some vets have equine roundworms developing resistance to worming drugs. Well earlier this week
it was announced that £1.2million worth of research w…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on October 23, 2009 at 3:31pm —
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Caterpillars are one of the features of this week’s Equine Science Blog, but first I’ll be talking about news of strangles in the UK, Swedish nutrition research and why British weather may be contributing to laminitis.
Every owner knows how serious strangles can be. A highly contagious disease, it’s usually recognised by abscesses under the horse’s jaw as well as nasal discharge and general lethargy.
Caused by the
Streptococcus equi bacterium which gains entry to the horse throug…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on October 16, 2009 at 3:14pm —
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Hello everyone. As we near the end of yet another week, here’s another edition of the Equine Science News blog. This week I’ll be talking about worms, genetics and how you can get involved in an equine welfare survey.
Every horse owner knows how much of a nightmare worms can be for their horses. Worryingly vets are now concerned that such parasites may becoming resistant to traditional worming treatments.
Back in May this year, the Equine Cyathostomins [aka redworms] conference was held at the…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on October 9, 2009 at 11:51am —
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Happy October everyone – today I’ll be talking about antibiotic resistance in our equine friends, the bute battle and the problems wild poppies can cause. First though some positive news for those transporting horses into United States…
Equine babesiosis is an infectious disease caused in horses by several blood parasites, including Babesia caballi a parasite that is transmitted by ticks. Now a drug used to treat cattle and dogs for a blood parasite can completely eliminate the B. caballi pa…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on October 2, 2009 at 7:25am —
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Gosh, this week’s been rather quiet for science news in the equestrian world, so I’m afraid there isn’t that much to report, but here are a couple of stories to keep you informed.
Last week I reported that The Blue Cross were worried lots of horses would be carrying excess weight this winter but now over in Ireland the Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) have different concerns.
They believe that the economic crisis has led to lots of homeless horses who could…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on September 25, 2009 at 3:00am —
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Greetings to all our regular visitors and any of our first time readers – I hope you’re all well and for those of you in the Northern Hemisphere fitting in lots of riding before the winter nights start drawing in soon.
This week on Equine Science Blog I’ll be taking a look at equine obesity, horse feed packaging, how microchips may soon be replaced with iris readings and finally the science behind mucking out a stable!
With many of us now experiencing autumn weather (except you lucky people…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on September 18, 2009 at 3:09am —
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Welcome to this week's science round-up. Some further stories this week about equine diseases, but also good news for owners whose horses suffer with the dermatitis condition, greasy heel.
Just the other week, this blog considered the problems that ticks can cause our equine friends, and now it’s been revealed that several horses in Ireland have been quarantined with a tick-borne disease.…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on September 11, 2009 at 3:11pm —
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Hello everyone, I hope that the changing of the seasons are not affecting your equestrian plans too much – I know some of my British followers have been blighted by horrible weather this last week. So for those of you unable to exercise your horses at the moment, keep yourself entertained with this latest edition of Equine Science News which is jam-packed!
Firstly a couple of research-related stories, which I found on the amazing blog –…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on September 4, 2009 at 3:00am —
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This week’s blog takes a look at horse’s whinnies, overweight horses and overtraining, before testing how much you know about your equine’s heart.
But first, a happy story about a young foal who is able to walk again after pioneering treatment in Belgium. After a healthy birth, the filly Vittel suddenly lost movement in his hind legs and developed incontinence when he was three weeks old. She was found to have a cyst that was compressing her spinal cord and this was removed using ground-…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on August 28, 2009 at 11:00am —
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Welcome everyone to this week's (slightly late) weekly news blog post which this week doesn't just consider horse science, but looks at riders' fitness too, and also takes two looks at equine crib-biting.
However, first we have some news about a veterinary fund-raising appeal that horse owners should try and get involved in. Equine Recurrent Uveitis (ERU) is a painful inflammation of the inside of the eye and is the most common cause of blindness in horses. There is currently no simple t…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on August 23, 2009 at 11:50am —
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Welcome to a very different equine science blog this week. I’m currently on holiday so am unable to do a weekly news round up this week until Sunday August, 23. In the meantime, I thought I’d do a blog post about a condition and disease that is less well known: the effects of ticks on horses.
Ticks are external parasites of warm-blooded animals, such as horses, sheep and humans, that feed on blood to survive. They have 4-stages to their lifecycle but adult ticks are not parasitic – only the lar…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on August 22, 2009 at 7:00am —
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Sleep, saddles and social behaviour are just three of the things I'm going to be looking at in today's equine science weekly round up:
Researchers in South Africa have discovered that friendship with unrelated mares, can increase a wild mare's reproductive success. The scientists from the University of Pretoria in conjunction with colleagues from New Zealand studied the social relationships of feral horses in the North Island of New Zealand and found that mares who formed bonds with othe…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on August 14, 2009 at 7:13am —
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Welcome to the first August edition of the Equine Science blog. Here's this week's round up of science news from the equestrian world:
Tomorrow (Saturday Aug 8) sees a seminar on “Science of Horses” at Gloucester County College, in the US. The event is aimed to educate school teachers and those working in further education in agricultural and equine areas such as 4-H. The session covers basic horse behaviour, careers and education, nutrition as well as equine abnormalities. Event coordin…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on August 7, 2009 at 9:49am —
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Welcome to this week’s equine science blog. Research news is a bit quiet this week, what with many scientists enjoying their summer holidays. However, there’s still plenty to talk about in this week’s edition with reports on the latest equine diseases in the US, new veterinary equipment in New Zealand and some handy information sheets for our British followers.
Firstly, more bad news for the integrity of equestrian sport. With top dressage rider…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on July 31, 2009 at 6:00am —
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This week has been relatively quiet on the equine science news front, but there's still been some great stories in the news. Here's my weekly round-up:
Australian scientists have found that giving stabled horses one hour of exercise a day makes for happier horses.
Dr Raf Freire, a lecturer in animal behaviour and welfare from the School of Animal and Veterinary Sciences at Charles Stuart University carried out a study involving 24 horses each of which was allocated one of four daily exe…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on July 24, 2009 at 7:56am —
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Welcome to the first of many weekly posts rounding up the latest equine science news.
I’m
Chloé Sharrocks, a keen scientist with an interest in all things equestrian, and every Friday I’ll be blogging about the most recent research developments in the international horse-world. I’ll be covering everything from the latest veterinary science news through to nutrition, sports psychology and even research into the biomechanics of ri…
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Added by Chloé Sharrocks on July 17, 2009 at 8:30am —
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