Vitamin D needed in the diet of non-grazing racehorses, say researchers
Researchers set out to test the hypothesis that the management of stabled, non-grazing racehorses is a risk factor for low vitamin D.
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Researchers set out to test the hypothesis that the management of stabled, non-grazing racehorses is a risk factor for low vitamin D.
There is a quote that goes 'You do not need to know all the answers, as no one is smart enough to ask all the questions.'
Scientists set out to identify fungi in the gastrointestinal tract of affected horses that might be responsible for the disease.
The launch of a five-year research plan hopes to “shine a new light” on equine grass sickness. The Equine Grass Sickness Fund (EGSF) has revealed its plans for 2021-2025 as the charity works together with scientists to look at the disease in “new ways and from fresh angles”. A spokesman for EGSF said the research will be focused on the charity’s aims; cause, prevention and treatment. “There are still questions to be answered about specific causal agents, and these will remain a focus of research, including mycotoxins and clostridium botulinum,” he said. “We will also undertake...