The foal’s birth report: how, when and where it takes place Avvocato/Layer Michela Masoero – Horses & Law According to the legislation on the Equine Registry and as provided by the regulations of each Studbook, when a foal is born, the breeder/owner is required, following the European Regulation EU 2015/262, to communicate the birth within…
Broodmares revenge DOTT.SSA EMANUELA VALLEDIP. SCIENZE VETERINARIE – UNIVERSITÀ DI TORINOEBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition Choosing the best-bred stallion to breed a quality foal might seem like the most obvious choice, but horse breeding is a complex task that requires patience and expertise and simple solutions do not exist when dealing with…
What you need to know to make travelling more comfortable for your horse DOTT.SSA EMANUELA VALLE DIP. SCIENZE VETERINARIE – UNIVERSITÀ DI TORINO EBVS® EUROPEAN SPECIALIST IN VETERINARY AND COMPARATIVE NUTRITION Travelling is not that simple even when a horse is used to it. Stress caused by transportation results in tensions and worries, determined by…
The basic principles for training the young horse Michel RobertHORSE-ACADEMY.FR When training a young horse, my first piece of advice would be to vary between mounted, lunging and loose schooling. Where there is the opportunity, work on the lunge can be performed not only in the arena but, if possible, in a field as long…
Do we know how and how much our horse drinks? Dott.ssa Emanuela Valle – Dip. Scienze Veterinarie, Università di Torino EBVS® European Specialist in Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition There are 420 litres of liquid in the body of a horse weighing 600 kg, including metabolic water, intra and extra cellular, the water from the plasmatic…
A horse’s gut is even more complex that one thought. There are thought to be trillions of microorganisms living in the gut and affecting the health of the horse. They make up the microbiome. The intestinal microbiome is therefore an exceptionally complex ecosystem consisting of both beneficial and harmful bacteria that must be kept in…
