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Muscle pain and impaired performance that occurs during or after exercise is known as exertional myopathy and more commonly as tying-up.

Dr. Stephanie Valberg, world-leading specialist in equine muscle myopathies explores the evolutionary, environmental and genetic factors that influence exertional rhabdomyolysis.

In the past 30 years, the understanding of equine gastric ulcer disease (EGUD) has advanced by leaps and bounds. Read the interview with veterinarian Al Merritt.

Back to basics feeding rules.

The clinical signs of EGUS can vary from horse to horse and can also be a reflection of that individual horse’s temperament.

Modern management often limits natural foraging, increases stress (training, early weaning), and uses high-starch diets with too little forage and fibre.

EGUS is a general term that is used to describe ulcers in the stomach, however as our understanding of EGUS has evolved the syndrome can now be split into two separate diseases.

The make-up of the diet and feeding practices can have a significant impact on the digestive health of horses.

At Saracen we believe that horses are part of the environmental solution. Grasslands – when properly managed – are powerful carbon sinks.