Obie the Equine has arrived! The money munchin’ filly now graces the first mug in a new line of gifts. “Proud Member of SAGE, Spouses Against Gregarious Equines”. Just in time to rescue you from the headache of trying to figure out what to get your non-horse-loving spouse for Christmas (or anniversaries). My lemonade from [...]
Equine ulcers is a very important – and preventable -health (and pain) issue for horses, but the information about it is scattered all over the web; if someone else has organized it already, I have not found their site. See the ulcer page on my website. There is beginning to be a lot more data [...]
Probably not, and you are not even designed to be a grazing all day with a continuous output of gastric juices (i.e. acid). Yet somehow we expect horses to do just fine on two big meals a day separated by 10 hours or more. Back in 2005, the Journal of Animal Science published a study [...]
On Merial’s website for their ulcer preventive drug, Dr. Linda Schultz, DVM, PhD, writes a summary of the recently released study on ulcers and horses (mentioned in my earlier post of 9/28). In it, Dr. Schultz points out that: “Results showed that an amazing seven out of 10 horses transported and housed in off-site conditions [...]