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  • HORSES' gestation period of 11 months means that mare owners – even those with plenty of experience – have plenty of time to get nervous about foaling.

  • IT IS estimated that oral joint supplements account for around one-third of all equine supplement sales.

  • Vet students will be better prepared to tackle a common condition in horses by practising on the first life-size equine model of its kind in the UK.

  • The role that vets in China can play in safeguarding animal welfare will be strengthened by an agreement enhancing the country's veterinary training.

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  • Like many of you, I was fit for bursting with Scottish pride when the former 'Braw Lad' from Galashiels, Ryan Mania, romped home to victory on Auroras Encore in the Grand National earlier in the month.

  • THE snow showers over the past week have reminded me of the old National Stallion Show at Scotstoun where snow, frost and fog hampered many a start to proceedings.

  • THE events of the past few weeks have reminded me why I never eat economy branded hamburgers and ready meals and in my view, bacon rolls are the only safe options at fast food outlets.

  • WITH news of the recent awards scheme for Scottish-bred ponies and horses started by the Scottish Equine Breeders Association (SEBA) it comes as little surprise that the initiative has come from the association's chairman, Dougal Dick, whose life-long service to the pony world continues.