Equine health advancement

Equine health questionnaire.

RESEARCHERS and veterinary clinicians from the University of Liverpool have launched a research programme exploring horse owners’ understanding and experiences of equine health. The current study, funded and supported by the Animal Welfare Foundation (of the BVA), is inviting horse owners to participate in a questionnaire to share their views and experiences of equine health and disease with a ...

Field Report – Equine Health

Almost every day, horses with unspecified lameness and locomotor disorders are being examined in numerous equine orthopaedic surgeries all over Germany. "In most cases, young horses with particularly strong movements are concerned that perfectly reflect today's breeding goals for sport horses", reports FEI veterinarian Dr. Mark Kaminski. The veterinary specialist in equine orthopaedics at the e...

Equine Health Update

Laminitis (also known as Founder) is one of the most devastating and feared diseases from which horses can suffer . It is caused by extremely painful inflammation in the sensitive laminae in the hoof, and can result in death or permanent lameness . Recent research has shed new light on the causes of laminitis . Most importantly, we now know what owners can do to minimize their own horse’s risk ...

GRADE for the advancement of public health.

The recent debate in this journal about the applicability of the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach to public health interventions is both important and timely. 2 To say it upfront, we are enthusiastic about the transparent, systematic, comprehensive and nevertheless straightforward way in which GRADE guides its users in judging the quality of evi...

Silicon and Equine Bone Health