Veterinary | Scottish Horse

Foaling – what to expect

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.
Joint supplements – do they work?

IT IS estimated that oral joint supplements account for around one-third of all equine supplement sales.
Lifesize model to help horse vet skills

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.
Vet links between Edinburgh and China

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

ONE of the country's leading experts in laminitis, the veterinary surgeon David Rendle from the Liphook Equine Hospital in Hampshire, is presenting a live online broadcast on how the veterinary profession's understanding of this debilitating and devastating disease has been completely revolutionised over the past five years.
Understanding equine herpes
Hope that Scottish study will help with grass sickness
New equine health guidelines

AN Equine Health Checklist has been launched by National Equine Welfare Council (NEWC).
Getting ready for the breeding season

THE 2012 breeding season promised much.
History of equine grass sickness

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