Showing posts with label grass. Show all posts
Showing posts with label grass. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 01, 2020

How can horse owners restrict weight gain, prevent laminitis during time of inactivity and extended turnout?

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New research from Great Britain shows that a pasture management system known as strip grazing can help prevent weight gain in horses this...
Monday, March 28, 2016

Shoeing Rule Change in Great Britain: Racehorses Must Be Fully Shod

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On Friday, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) announced a change to its rules determining how racehorses must be shod in order to ...
Friday, July 11, 2014

Grass's (Missing) Link to Laminitis: Hormonal Imbalance Sets the Stage for Disease

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For years, laminitis has been characterized as a disease of the horse's foot. Treatment has centered on relieving pain to the foot and...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

What Do Laminitis and Wimbledon Have in Common?

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Lush grass at Wimbledon is being blamed for the literal downfall of several players this year. This much higher casualty rate is blamed on...
Tuesday, April 03, 2012

Grass Laminitis: What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You (and Your Horse) and Surprise the Researchers

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New ad promo and publicity from Boehringer-Ingelheim Vetmedica perhaps oversimplifies grass laminitis. But it might get the attention of h...
Wednesday, May 06, 2009

Laminitis: Obese Horses and Ponies in Greater Danger

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by Fran Jurga | 7 May 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog A British study has examined the factors that affect the likelihood of recovery f...
Friday, March 27, 2009

Grass Laminitis: Something Else to Blame on Global Warming?

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by Fran Jurga | 26 March 2009 | Fran Jurga's Hoof Blog This pony is demonstrating the typical stance of a horse that is in pain from...
Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Autumn Laminitis Warning: Restrict Grazing During Fall Months When Grass Risk is as High as Spring

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(The following health alert was received from Spillers Feed/Waltham Trust and is not an original post.) We all know that spring is a dange...
Thursday, September 16, 2004

OLYMPIC FOOTING: Controversy underhoof at the Athens Olympics Games

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It's either too hard or too soft. Too dry or too wet. Anyone who has ever worked in show management knows the importance of good foot...