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🐴 Health Conditions
Understand common equine health conditions, including causes, signs, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing management.
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Health Conditions
Learn about over 20 common equine health conditions. See the featured conditions below.
Laminitis
Understand what laminitis is, recognise the early warning signs and learn the practical management steps that can support your horse.
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Joint Mobility and Stiffness
Joint stiffness is usually noticed when movement becomes less free. Your horse may take longer to loosen up, appear less willing to bend, struggle on tight circles, or seem more uncomfortable after rest, hard work, cold weather or travelling.
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Equine Metabolic Syndrome
Equine Metabolic Syndrome, commonly shortened to EMS, is a metabolic condition in which a horse or pony has an abnormal response to insulin. This is known as insulin dysregulation.
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Gastric Health
Gastric health describes the health, comfort and normal function of the horse’s stomach. The stomach begins the process of digesting food and produces acid to help break down the horse’s feed. Unlike people, horses produce gastric acid continuously, including during periods when they are not eating.
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Stress and Anxiety
🧠 What are stress and anxiety? Stress prepares the horse to respond to a demand, challenge or possible threat. In the short term this is normal and useful.…
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PPID (Cushings Disease)
🩺 What is PPID? PPID stands for Pituitary Pars Intermedia Dysfunction. It is a hormonal condition involving part of the pituitary gland, which is located at the base…
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Respiratory Health
🫁 What is respiratory health? Respiratory health describes the normal function, comfort and resilience of the horse's respiratory system. The respiratory system brings oxygen into the body and…
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