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⚠️ Beware the buttercup

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If you are starting to take your horse out and about, be sure to reduce the risk of infectious diseases such as Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) which is related to human cold sores, chicken pox and shingles viruses.

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DID YOU KNOW?

The liver accounts for roughly 1% of your horse’s bodyweight and is thought to perform around 500 different functions. Find out more here ⬇️

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A charities report calls for fireworks regulations to change - what are your thoughts on how we can protect horses from fireworks?

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DID YOU KNOW?
Hot blooded horses such as the Thoroughbred have around 15 ml more blood per kilo of bodyweight than cold bloods such as the Percheron.

Find out more about how your vet can use a point-of-care diagnostic blood test that can provide critical information related to equine inflammation in 10 minutes

https://www.horsedialog.co.uk/Health/Organs/Its-in-the-blood.aspx

Do you know which part of your horse's leg is equivalent to the human wrist?

Check the link to find out ⬇️

https://www.horsedialog.co.uk/Health/Joints/Knees-up.aspx

⚠️ Ragwort will soon be flowering ⚠️
If you are planning to make hay, check your fields before mowing and remove any yellow perils because they are toxic to horses.

There's nothing sweet about Sweet itch.
Some horses are hyper-sensitive to the saliva of biting midges, which causes sweet itch. Try the following to help stop the itch:

🐴 Fly rugs and fly masks
🐴 Fly repellents
🐴 An insecticide from your medicines prescriber
🐴 Keeping horses stabled at dawn and dusk

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Which one is the average size of a horse's brain?

Find out more equine brain facts here https://www.horsedialog.co.uk/Health/Organs/Brainmatters.aspx

⚠️ Are you worried about the risk of LAMINITIS?

Don’t get caught out by this potentially fatal disease

🐴 Don’t let your horse get too fat
🐴 Control access to grass
🐴 Turn your horse out overnight
🐴 Feed a low sugar, low starch diet
🐴 Be vigilant
🐴 Speak to your vet

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IT'S A BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND - HAVE YOU GOT A PLEASURE RIDE PLANNED?

Did you know that mingling with horses from other yards can increase the risk of the spread of viral infections such as Equine Herpes Virus (EHV).

Help protect your horse by:

🐴 Avoiding contact with other horses,
🐴 Not sharing equipment, bowls or stables
🐴 Practicing good hygiene: humans can spread EHV indirectly via their hands or clothing if they have been in contact with an infected horse
🐴 Vaccinating as this will help tip the balance in favour of the horse’s immune system. Although vaccinated horses can still be infected with EHV, it significantly reduces the presence and spread of the virus in the environment.

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Are you taking part in the The British Horse Society Rideathon Challenge 2024?
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Save what you love, raise while you ride this July 💪​
​Walk. Trot. Canter. However you do it, let's ride to save our off-road routes and Keep Britain Riding.​

Find out how you can help 👉 https://bit.ly/3UtRhrf
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Did you know?

In Greek mythology the centaur was half-man and half-horse. One of the most famous Centaurs was Chiron, and it is sometimes said that he invented pharmacy, medicine, and surgery.

As part of our vital signs series this short clip provides important information on how to monitor your horse's heart rate

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🌟Congratulations to Caroline Powell and Greenacres Special Cavalier on their amazing win at Mars Badminton Horse Trials 🌟

‘This doesn’t happen to people like me’: rider shocked to win Badminton Horse Trials Caroline Powell produced an exhibition of eventing excellence on Greenacres Special Cavalier to top the leaderboard in the Badminton Horse Trials results

Anyone who spends time with horses should check out this excellent new guide.

Understand Horses contributors, Rosa Verwijs and Justine Harrison, have consulted with The British Horse Society Horse Care & Welfare team to produce a useful new guide explaining what stress is, what causes it, how it can impact the horse, how to recognise signs of stress and what you can do to reduce it.

ℹ️ You can find the guide on the BHS website here 👉 bhs.org.uk/horse-care-and-welfare/behaviour/equine-stress

DID YOU KNOW?
Saddles aren’t exclusively for horses………. camels, oxen, yaks, elephants and even reindeer, zebra and ostrich have been saddled up and ridden.

Read more about the history of saddles here ⬇️

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Can you tell the difference between unfit and unwell?

Check out this helpful graphic from Equus Magazine

Who's looking forward to lazy summer days?

How can I help my headshaker?

🐴 Nose nets can be effective in some cases as they reduce nasal irritation from dust, pollen and insects.
🐴 A new environment can sometimes cause headshaking to reduce or stop
🐴 Seasonal sensitivities are shown in some horses. They may display symptoms of headshaking in warm, sunny weather but may improve on cool days and over the winter.
🐴 EquiPens is a recently available therapy based on treatment of nerve pain in human patients.
🐴 Caudal compression surgery aims to reduce the input to the trigeminal nerve by damaging one of its branches in a controlled way.

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A horse or pony with Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) is at greater risk of developing endocrinopathic laminitis, but the good news is that it's preventable and reversible.

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Does your horse act all startled when you leave something like a wheelbarrow or a pile of logs in a different place?

'To the equine brain, each item in a new location is the equivalent of a brand new item,' says neuroscience expert Janet Jones. You can read more here ⬇️

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Somebody Moved Stonehenge! My green warmblood True and I have started riding around a 275-acre ranch after our work in the arena is finished. It’s a nice way for him to cool out and do some trail-riding kindergarten at the same time. On our first try, we sauntered around a 20- to 30-acre field where an arena is …