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VETERAN FEEDING Winter Feeding and VETERAN CARE Shorter days, colder weather and less inclined to go out? It means exactly the same to your horse. However, unlike ourselves where lights, central heating and a change in our routine allow us to adapt, the horse potentially, and the veteran especially, has a more difficult time. Life is a balance between two biochemical parameters. Anabolism is the building up of systems and catabolism is the breakdown. These two drives are in balance for most of an animal’s life, the obvious time when anabolism has the upper hand is during growth of the young. What is less obvious is that during old age catabolism gains; we don’t get such dramatic cues but bones become less dense, it is harder to keep condition and processes in the gut may decline. The major challenge over winter is to maintain body heat within the Zone of Thermoneutrality – the environmental temperature range within which a horse can maintain its core body temperature without resorting to extreme methods; that is shivering or sweating. For a mature animal the lower temperature is around 7oC, but for the veteran it can be considerably higher. What we have to do is ensure that heat loss is minimised, so the energy we put into the veteran is more efficiently used. Insulating the veteran is the first step. Stabling, or a good coat, are physical steps we can take, but feeding up during autumn will add a layer of fat beneath the skin – the best insulation you can get. The second step is providing internal heat. Feeding a hot mash where possible, and avoiding icy water in his bucket can help. It may seem a small thing but keeping the feed warm means the veteran does not have to waste energy warming the gut. And another reason is that a mash is far easier for an animal with compromised dentition to eat. Grass, the natural diet for a horse, is about 80% moisture, it makes sense to provide the same when feeding fibre. During winter, 80% of metabolisabled energy is used to maintain body temperature in the veteran and this can be supplied by Super Fibres. These products have high fibre levels but they are more readily fermented by the hind gut bacteria to improve slow release energy. Products containing beet pulp, alfalfa, oat fibre and soya hulls are regarded as Super Fibres. Speedi-Beet and Fibre- Beet are both Super Fibre providers, and have fermentation patterns of slow release energy that can help maintain the cells of the hind gut, and so mitigate the ageing process. Using Super Fibres to partially replace traditional forage – hay, haylage or winter grazing - will increase the energy density of the diet without overloading the small intestine digestibility. As importantly, the end products of fermentation of these products help maintain the correct environment of the hind gut and so avoid those negative factors mentioned previously. We can’t know exactly how bad winter is going to be and need a regime that does not chop and change if the weather is warmer or colder than expected. Using a Super Fibre reduces the risk of ration change as the amounts can be changed without disruption of the nutrient flow. For more information on Fibre-Beet or Speedi- Beet please contact British Horse Feeds on 01765 680300 or visit www.britishhorsefeeds.com. Equine Hospital, Referral Centre and Equine Fertility Services We are a long established equine hospital with purpose built facilities and an extensive range of diagnostic equipment. As a clinical associate of the University of Nottingham Vet School we benefit from their specialist staff who work alongside our experienced veterinary surgeons and nurses. Together they provide the highest level of veterinary care and expertise as required by our RCVS Tier 3 hospital status. A complete equine veterinary service is available from routine yard visits to specialist diagnostics and surgery. ✓ 24 hour emergency service available at yard or hospital ✓ Competitively priced yard visits ✓ Routine healthcare including vaccinations, passport ID, microchipping and dentistry ✓ Prior to Purchase examinations ✓ Digital Radiography, Ultrasonography, Endoscopy and Gastroscopy www.oakhamvethospital.co.uk find us on Facebook Equine: 01572 722647 Ashwell Road Oakham Rutland LE15 7QH ✓ MRI and Scintigraphy ✓ Weekly remedial farriery clinic ✓ Specialist medicine and surgery ✓ In house lab providing rapid results ✓ BEVA approved AI service ✓ DEFRA approved semen collection, freezing, storage and distribution to the UK and Europe ✓ 24 hour, CCTV monitored foaling service 28 November 2016 Equestrian Life
WORMING EquiSal Tapeworm: the saliva test to detect tapeworm burdens in horses Until now, it has been difficult to detect tapeworm burdens in horses as worm egg counts do not reliably detect tapeworm eggs and blood tests are very costly and inconvenient. The EquiSal Tapeworm Test has been developed by experienced scientists at Austin Davis Biologics Ltd. It works like a blood test but, instead, uses saliva that you collect yourself. The test is scientifically proven to diagnose tapeworm burdens with high accuracy (published in Veterinary Clinical Pathology) – it tells you if your horse has a burden and whether you need to worm or not. It is especially important to correctly control tapeworms, as they are considered a common cause of serious colic. Routine worming strategies can cause worms to build up resistance, enabling them to survive the worming. It is becoming increasingly important to avoid routine worming to ensure wormers stay effective in the future. A suitable worm control programme should include regular worm egg counts, together with EquiSal Tapeworm testing every 6 months. Horses only need worming if testing identifies that the horse has a worm burden or for encysted redworm which should be treated routinely every winter. To test for tapeworm, all you need to do is collect saliva from your horse using the specially designed swab and return it to the lab using the freepost bag included with the test kit. A preservative solution provides sample stability for over 3 weeks, ensuring the sample arrives to us in good condition. Results will be emailed to you with low, borderline or moderate/high diagnosis and whether worming is recommended. Test kits are available through stockists or online at www.equisal. com. For more information contact: enquiries@equisal.com EQUINE ENDO EQUINE ENDO Faecal worm egg counts, for horses and other large animals. At Equine Endo it is our priority to assist you in making sure that your horse is happy, healthy and free from endo (internal) parasites. We will work with you the owner to ensure that you are able to select the correct targeted worming programme for your horse, following on from a worm egg count and the Equisal Tapeworm test. Reg SQP and Approved by the VMD to prescribe and supply Equine wormers and other health care products, including the Equisal Saliva kits Also offering Mobile weighing clinics with state of the art weigh bridge, No bars or wires to get tangled up in. You can combine all these services and have your horses weighed, faecal egg counts processed and your wormer prescribed all in one visit, the option is yours. All visits are tailored to your individual needs. Friendly professional service. Always happy to give free advice. Willing to travel Please get in touch for further details or to book a visit Sandy 07967660655 info@equineendo.co.uk follow on FB Twitter and Google+ THE SALIVA TEST FOR TAPEWORM Scientific validation published by Veterinary Clinical Pathology • Proven accuracy, equivalent to blood testing • Test every 6 months as part of your worm control programme (tapeworms cannot be reliably detected by egg counts) • Current statistics show that 77% of horses do not need worming for tapeworm By Austin Davis Biologics Ltd. THE SCIENTIFIC APPROACH TO ANIMAL HEALTH Mobile service • Faecal worm egg counts Weighing clinics • individualy tailoured to your needs Reg SQP to prescribe & supply wormers • Happy to travel Friendly professional service and always happy to give free advice please get in touch for more details or to book a visit. Sandy 07967660655 • info@equineendo.co.uk follow on FB Twitter and Google+ ENDORSED BY TIM STOCKDALE “I take my horses’ welfare very seriously and this professional scientific approach to diagnosing worm burdens is the way forward.” Available at www.equisal.com or through stockists www.equestrianlifemagazine.co.uk 29
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