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Natural movement and a ready supply of forage are equally important to horse health.
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Embracing horses’ need for near-constant movement

Horse Health: Don’t discount natural movement; it’s important for horse health and weight management

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Equine professionals, horse owners and caregivers increasingly emphasize the significance of giving horses continual access to long-stem, high-fibre, low-calorie forages. Interwoven with this ongoing forage availability, however, is another requirement that must be met: the horse’s inherent and almost constant need to move. Horses operate as grazing athletes. Their innate eating behaviors include a spectrum
Dandelions are among the bitter plants that horses are drawn to.
Livestock

The benefit of bitters for horses

Horse Health: Bitter plants can provide a natural booster for horses’ gut health

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Domestic horses are known for their preference for lush green pastures and sweet hay, yet their natural foraging behaviour intrigues equine professionals, scientists and horse owners: their attraction to a specific group of plants known as bitters. Horses, with their remarkable sense of taste and intuition, display a strong and deliberate inclination toward certain plants
Comment: Horse health research will help humans stay healthy too
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Comment: Horse health research will help humans stay healthy too

The body of work can provide insights on reining in issues like diabetes and obesity

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As a veterinary science researcher, equine surgeon and sports medicine and rehabilitation specialist, I’ve seen firsthand the similarities between horses and humans. Both horses and people with endocrine disorders like Type 2 diabetes can suffer multiple types of musculoskeletal issues. For example, horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction – similar to Cushing disease in people
Activities like jumping require horses to have an enhanced ability to know how to move in relation to their surroundings.
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Garden-grown proprioception

Proprioception gardens mix different types of footing, obstacles and terrain to build a horse’s body awareness

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Proprioception is a natural ability shared by humans and horses. It involves the body’s inherent awareness of its position, movement and balance in relation to the surrounding environment. In horses, this perception varies. Different lifestyles and occupations require variable levels of proprioception to navigate daily tasks without stumbling or tripping and when encountering obstacles. However,
This seven-year-old red mare in southern Alberta was bought just above slaughter price in May.
Livestock

The ‘rescue’ horse

Horse Health: With the proper approach, rescue horses can prosper and be public ambassadors for horse care

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Rescue horses bring great awareness to equine welfare and serve as powerful reminders of the significance of responsible horse ownership. Like equine ambassadors, they provide valuable feedback and insights into the industry. These horses showcase the powerful outcomes that can be achieved when their fundamental needs change from absent to fulfilled. The term “rescue horse”
There is growing interest in the use of calming supplements to manage horse anxiety and stress levels. However, these remedies may provide only temporary relief without identifying and addressing the underlying issue.
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The root of anxiety management in horses

Horse Health: Calming supplements might plaster over deeper issues

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Horses, like humans, can experience anxiety and become emotionally distressed. Anxiety affects a horse’s focus, behaviour and performance and it can also have a profound impact on their health and soundness. There is growing interest in the use of calming supplements to manage horse anxiety and stress levels. However, these remedies may provide only temporary
Long term horse health starts at birth and incorporates every aspect of the foal’s life.
Livestock

Epigenetics delves into environment’s interaction with horses

Horse Health: Genes are only part of the story of horse development and health

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Epigenetics is an emerging branch of genetic science that examines the impact of the environment on an organism’s development. This field shows that genes can be switched on or off through life events without changing DNA sequences. The epigenome serves as a type of biological software that directs the genomic hardware of cells to determine gene expression, affecting
The critical role of magnesium in horse health
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The critical role of magnesium in horse health

Short-changing a horse on magnesium can impact both physical health and temperament

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Magnesium is an essential macro-mineral that plays a crucial role in the health and wellbeing of horses. It is essential for more than 350 biochemical processes in the body of the horse, including generation of cellular energy and decoding genetic information. Understanding the importance of magnesium at the cellular level and its impact on health issues can help
The constant stepping and chewing of grazing is better for horse fitness.
Livestock

Why movement matters to horses

Regimented exercise cannot replace the natural gentle movements of grazing in an adequately sized paddock

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Cinema portrays wild horses to be “running free,” but the truth is that wild horses spend hours and hours a day “walking free,” moving slow and steady as they graze, browse and forage. Step, bite, chew, repeat. Horses were designed to move and it keeps them physically healthy and mentally content. The No. 1 function
While the whisker hair itself does not ‘feel,’ it is anchored into a blood-rich follicular sac that is extensively innervated and feeds directly into the brain’s sensory cortex.
Livestock

Watch the whiskers and you’ll learn more about your horse

Horse Health: An animal’s whiskers are important sensory organs and trimming them could be a bad idea

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Veterinary professionals and cat owners have recently begun diagnosing and addressing whisker stress or whisker fatigue in felines. Simply put, the theory is that a cat’s whiskers can become over-stimulated from the unnatural habit of touching the sides of standard food and water dishes, leading to whisker stress or whisker fatigue. Although there is no solid science to support the

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