1. Farewell to a diminutive equine star Tanya Buckingham-Lloyd has paid a special tribute to her 15hh eventing partner Dovecote Miss Scally, who took her rider from Pony Club to the junior Europeans and advanced eventing. The mare was put down last Friday (9 February), aged 29, having spent the past 18 years “living life […]
The prosecution of a man who used coconut oil for his horse’s painful skin condition shows the need to seek veterinary advice rather than use home remedies. Daniel Banham, 24, of Carters Hill Park, Reading, was banned from keeping horses for eight years, and given an eight-week prison sentence suspended for 12 months, at West […]
Using the plastic packets in which sutures are sent could be an economical and effective method of treating serious wounds. This is the conclusion of research published in the Equine Veterinary Journal, investigating a “novel tension relief technique to aid the primary closure of traumatic equine wounds under excessive tension”. Study author Dylan Gorvy, a […]
Two new bodies have been created to offer training and set standards in the area of equine genital hygiene. British Equine Hygienists Association (BEHA) is a group of “independent sheath cleaners and mare hygienists, who have come together to launch the equine industry’s first-ever association of recognised professionals here in the UK and Ireland with […]