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VETERINARY

Measuring horses and ponies – ongoing controversies

Few equestrian issues attract quite as much controversy as the measurement of horses and ponies.

Insect bite hypersensitivity – what’s new?

Insect bite hypersensitivity – or IBH, the technical term for sweet itch – makes the summer months a misery for many horses, ponies and donkeys.

Summer colds and sore legs

FOR SOME this has been the driest start to a summer for more than 50 years and it is starting to take its toll on horses of all types.

FEEDING

H is for... Hay for your horse

FORAGE, whether in the form of hay, haylage or grass, should be the major contributor to all horses’ diets.

G is for...grazing season

The majority of horse owners look forward to this time of the year; all the horses are out and there is less mucking out to do and more time to spend with your four legged friends.

F is for...fuel

ENERGY IS required by your horse for maintenance.

FARRIERY

‘Master farrier’ is now a trusted trademark

This week the term master farrier became a trademark and can now only be used by associates and fellows of the Worshipful Company of Farriers (WCF).

Scot wins farrier title

Sixty farriers from 15 nations battled it out in a fierce competition at the European Farrier Championships held in Bordeaux (February 5-7 2010).