The equine stomach consists of an upper non-glandular or “squamous” area (food enters into this part from the oesophagus) and a lower glandular region, which are divided by a line in the stomach wall called the margo plicatus. Gastric ulcers can occur in both areas and the umbrella term “Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome” (EGUS) is used as a description.
Tying-Up In Horses And How To Manage It Exertional rhabdomyolysis (ER) or Tying-Up is a broad term that is frequently used to describe a wide variety of muscle disorders that affect the performance horse. Typical signs of Tying-Up include a horse which becomes stiff, sweats, and is reluctant to move. There is generally a massive…
The equine hoof is a complex structure made up of different parts with different functions and purposes.
Everything That You Need To Know About Electrolyte Supplementation Passive evaporative loss from the skin in horses not exercising in a moderate temperature (5-20oC) is expected to be around 6 litres per day or less. Increased core body temperature as a result of use of muscles during exercise or high environmental temperature result in the…
Nutraceutical Aspects Of Sales Preparation Dr. Michael Griffin Bsc. MVB. PhdWithin the sales ring the body condition, confirmation and overall appearance of a yearling can either add or subtract from its sales catalogue page. Thus, these visual attributes can directly affect the sales price of a yearling. With this in mind, the aim of preparation…
EIPH: Everything You Need To Know About “Bleeding” In Horses Exercise induced pulmonary haemorrhage (EIPH) is a disorder most commonly observed in Thoroughbreds, Quarter horses and Standardbreds during fast sprint work but which is also observed in other high performance horses in sports such as three day eventing, polo, reining and barrel racing. It occurs…
Plusvital Partner With New Zealand Breeders (NZTBA) Irish equine science company Plusvital has just announced a new partnership with the New Zealand Thoroughbred Breeders’ Association (NZTBA), who will offer their members detailed information and discounts on Plusvital’s range of genetic tests for Thoroughbred horses. Powered by Equinome’s cutting edge genomic tools, these genetic tests analyse the DNA…
MicroActive CoQ10: The Special Ingredient In Plusvital’s EnerGene-Q10 Absorption of crude ubiquinone powder is as low as 1% because: (i) Crude ubiquinone crystals have poor solubility as they are fat soluble and also clump together in the aqueous environment of the gut and are thus too large to absorb; (ii) CoQ10 has a melting point…
Using CoQ10 for Energy Generation and Recovery Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) is also known by the name ubiquinone for the reason that it is ubiquitous throughout all living cells in all animals and most bacteria. It was first discovered in 1940. Subsequently, it was first isolated from beef heart in 1957. It is a fat soluble…
Hagyard Equine Medical Institute To Provide Plusvital Genetic Tests Irish equine science company Plusvital is delighted to announce a partnership with Hagyard Equine Medical Institute on a range of genetic tests for Thoroughbred horses. Powered by Equinome’s cutting edge genomic tools, the genetic tests analyse the DNA of a horse to predict optimum race distance,…
Plusvital Launches the World’s First Nutrigenomic Supplement for Horses [vc_single_image image=”7766″ img_size=”full”]In a significant development for equine nutrition, Irish equine science company Plusvital today announced the launch of EnerGene-Q10, the world’s first nutrigenomic supplement for horses, that contains the compound Co-enzyme Q10 (CoQ10). In research published earlier this week*, scientists at University College Dublin and…
Nutrigenetics/Nutrigenomics In Horses With the sequencing of the equine genome in the last decade there is now an expanding and readily available spectrum of genetic technologies for a variety of applications in horses. Equine nutrition has always been an area of much research and interest in the past due to the effect diet can have on…
