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12.5.2022 Treating Equine Gastric Glandular Disease

By Sue Palmer on May 12, 2022

Sharing The Science A few weeks ago I visited a client whose horse had been diagnosed multiple times with gastric ulcers. Several times over the past few years he has been scoped, treated, and re-scoped clear, only for the ulcers to return a few weeks or months later. Thankfully the owner can recognise the symptoms. […]

22.3.2022 Sharing The Science: The 2020 Five Domains Model

By Sue Palmer on March 22, 2022

The 2020 Five Domains Model: Including Human–Animal Interactions in Assessments of Animal Welfare This is a really interesting review paper looking at the positive and negative effects of various things on the health and well being of animals. The study divides the assessment of animal welfare (not just equine) into five domains: nutrition, physical environment, […]

12.3.2022 Sharing the Science: How Happy Are Equine Athletes?

By Sue Palmer on March 12, 2022

The thoughts of focus groups on the welfare of the competition horse “The international governing body for equestrian sports, the Fédération Equestre Internationale (FEI), states that the welfare of the horse must be paramount and never subordinated to competitive or commercial influences.” However, there is often a conflict between the demands of competition, and the […]

2.3.2022 Sharing The Science: Investigation And Diagnosis of Lameness In Horses

By Sue Palmer on March 2, 2022

Pain Management In Horses Pain is an essential for survival. However, we know that sometimes we have to cause pain to horses, for example through surgery. And we know that there are various other ways in which horses end up in pain. What’s more difficult is how we recognise that pain, and how we manage […]

Study Supports Equestrianisms Social License To Compete

By Sue Palmer on February 26, 2022

Eventing placings related to how comfortable the horse is in his ridden work A study published yesterday found that horses with a lower score on the Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram were more likely to be placed in the top three at BE 90, BE 100, and BE Novice events. The most common score on the […]

25.2.2022: The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram - Research and Development

By Sue Palmer on February 25, 2022

Lameness investigation should include ridden assessment Subjective Gait Assessment of 57 Sports Horses in Normal Work: A Comparison of the Response to Flexion Tests, Movement in Hand, on the Lunge, and Ridden Normally, if we’re looking to see if a horse is lame, we watch him in hand and on the lunge. Sometimes, however, lameness […]

22.2.2022 Sharing the Science: Equestrians’ Perceptions of Horse Happiness?

By Sue Palmer on February 22, 2022

Investigating Equestrians' Perceptions of Horse Happiness: An Exploratory Study This study asked people, via a questionnaire distributed through social media, whether their horse was happy, and whether they felt that they could recognise happiness in their horse. The vast majority of respondents felt that they could recognise when their horse was happy (94%), and that […]

20.2.2022: The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram - Research and Development

By Sue Palmer on February 20, 2022

Why does your saddle slip? The interrelationship of lameness, saddle slip and back shape in the general sports horse population The saddle slipping to one side is usually blamed on the saddle fit, or sometimes on the rider or on the shape of the horse. This study, involving 506 sports horses, looked at how often […]

15.2.2022: The Ridden Horse Pain Ethogram - Research and Development

By Sue Palmer on February 15, 2022

Developing the RHpE Development of an ethogram for a pain scoring system in ridden horses and its application to determine the presence of musculoskeletal pain Despite evidence that nearly half of competition horses are perhaps lame, this lameness is not well recognised by owners or trainers. Another way of recognising pain in the ridden horse […]

2.2.2022 Sharing The Science: The Horse-Rider Relationship

By Sue Palmer on February 2, 2022

Symbiosis or Sporting Tool? Competition and the Horse-Rider Relationship in Elite Equestrian Sports by Rachel C. Hogg and Gene A. Hodgins Is the horse-rider relationship essential to success, irrelevant to success, or does it negatively impact on success? Is success determined by how the rider sees success, or by how others see success? As you […]

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