Blogs

What It Can And Cannot Tell You This online podcast about microbiome testing was been sent to me by several clients so I thought I would share it with all of you. There is a lot of good information presented! The first half of this podcast is a discussion on allergy testing. I do not have an opin...

Toxins are ubiquitous in the equine environment. As horse owners, we’re on high alert regarding additives and chemicals that cause immediate toxicity (i.e. ionophores). However, despite an increasingly robust scientific record we tend to ignore the information related to the cascade of long-term ...

A 2019 episode of Shankar Vedantam’s Hidden Brain featured Cailin O’Connor, a professor at UC-Irvine who studies how social networks shape our core beliefs. Ms. O’Connor explains how social trust is at the heart of how people form their beliefs, and that few of our beliefs actually rely on direc...

Last month I wrote about protein and how the quality of the protein is more important than the % of protein in the diet. If you purchase a feed that lists that it is 14% protein but it is a poor quality protein, your horse is likely to become protein deficient. Quality matters and nothing matt...

What is a quality protein and why is it so important for your horse? The quality of a protein is defined by whether the protein has good availability of all the essential amino acids. The equine system is dependent on the presence of adequate quantity and quality of protein in the diet. I w...

What makes a quality protein for horses and why this should be your priority? Lately we've had a lot of questions about balancing vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates... It's clear that horse owners are working hard to understand how best to keep their equine partner healthy. A conversation at our ...

'Tis the season for horse allergies! You want to do everything you can to relieve your horse's allergy symptoms. Here's what you need to know about horse allergies and how to treat them!

Learn more about hindgut and its importance to the horse from professional vet Dr. Beech!