Good biosecurity helps prevent the spread of disease, keeping our horses safer. British Equestrian has some great posters you can download here: ⬇️
https://t.co/NLOfDW0bpD
#horsehealth#equinehealth#biosecurity
You may feel chilly 🥶 but your horse probably doesn't! So remember not to rug based on how cold you are feeling!
Learn more from the British Horse Society here: https://t.co/QxguW8YktO
#horsehealth#horserugs#equinehealth
BE COLIC-AWARE
🐴 Keeping horses stabled
❄️ Cold weather
🚰 Decreased water intake
can all contribute to increased risk of impaction colic.
Read more here 🔽
https://t.co/yEmE08r7Bq
#horses#colic#horsehealth#becolicaware
Thanks to the American Association of Equine Practitioners Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) for this brilliant explanation of lymphangitis.
You can read more on their website at https://t.co/9SbR6500iP
#horsehealth#equinehealth
Any horse, no matter how much cotton wool it's wrapped in, can be prone to an accidental injury and some seem to be magnets for accidents 😱. Are your first aid skills up to scratch?
https://t.co/H5Q3hgtbxV
#horses#horsehealth#equinefirstaid
"They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning,
We will remember them.” Laurence Binyan
DID YOU KNOW?
Equine Herpesvirus (EHV) enters the horse's body through breathing in virus from other horses or from their environment.
Read more here: https://t.co/EfpcjhkG93
#horses#horsehealth#equinehealth#EHV
If you lunge (referred to as longe in the USA) your horse regularly, you might want to read this.
https://t.co/5IcoNEnKeF
#horses#horsewelfare#horsehealth