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Survive the Summer Heat & Prize Bundle
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Survive the Summer Heat & Prize Bundle

Watch our Facebook Live with Equilibrium Products

Temperatures are set to rocket in the UK this weekend with some areas forecast to make 34 °C! We had a very timely chat this week with Laura Szuca from Equilibrium Products on a Facebook Live to talk all things summer horse health including the lowdown on the latest research on cooling horses.

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SURVIVING SUMMER COMPETITION
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SURVIVING SUMMER COMPETITION

NOW CLOSED

COMPETITION HAS CLOSED Ease in to summer and enjoy your horse time more with a chance to win these fab prizes! We're delighted to be teaming up with Equilibrium products to bring one lucky winner this 'Surviving Summer' Bundle, worth £280 for your horse.

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Poo Picking for Parasites
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Poo Picking for Parasites

but what about the dung beetles?

To poo pick for parasite infection or to preserve habitat for dung beetles, it’s a tricky conundrum! The two can seem counter intuitive at the outset. On one hand poo picking is the best way to break the lifecycle of parasites on the pasture without having to rely on chemicals. But fresh dung is also essential for our dung beetles. So how do we get the balance right?

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Summer Parasite Control 2022
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Summer Parasite Control 2022

Plan for the season ahead

🌻 For a healthy adult horse we usually recommend thinking about parasite control as a seasonal thing. So as we head into June and the transition to Summer, Hurrah! it's a good time to consider our plan for the season ahead. ✅ Worm egg count every 8-12 weeks ⚠️ If you tapeworm tested or gave Equest Pramox in the winter it's time to do an EquiSal Tapeworm test. ✅ Look out for bots, pinworm and ticks ✅ Control flies and other insects

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Jubilee Bank Holiday Opening & Testing Days 2022
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Jubilee Bank Holiday Opening & Testing Days 2022

Opening & Testing Days 2022

If you're sending samples soon, be aware of potential post disruption due to the two Jubilee bank holidays. Please try and send your samples no later than Monday 30th May to ensure you receive your results. We're open and testing every day there's a post delivery, so everything will still be tested and reported back to you on the day that we receive them.

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Tails From Behind The Tests
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Tails From Behind The Tests

NEW! Live Series on Facebook

We love to meet the horses whose samples we test. This Bank Holiday weekend sees the launch of a new series of short video lives where we catch up with a few of our favourites to find out a bit more about them and how their owners approach this important aspect of horse health.

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Climate Change - Some Like it Hot!
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Climate Change - Some Like it Hot!

Some Like it Hot!

Climate change is already having visible effects on the world. The earth is warming, rainfall patterns are changing, and sea levels are rising. According to the Met Office it’s estimated that within the next 50 years our winters in the UK will become between 1 and 4.5°C warmer and up to 30% wetter.1 This has the potential to impact horse health in all sorts of ways we may not have considered, one of those being parasite control. Worms thrive in mild, wet weather so incremental temperature increases, particularly in winter, are going to bring increased parasite challenges to our horses.

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Wormer Resistance; Looking for Trouble
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Wormer Resistance; Looking for Trouble

why we should be using reduction testing to check wormer efficacy every time we need to treat

Wormer resistance is a big topic; a concept that hangs over the very health of our horse population but one that is hard to get hold of and even more difficult to quantify, especially when we’re not looking! So where do we start with managing it in our own horses and those we prescribe for? It’s time to take the bull by the horns, First published in ‘Equestrian Trade News’ Claire Shand, Equine RAMA parasite control specialist explains how.

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Easter Opening and Testing Days 2022
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Easter Opening and Testing Days 2022

Lab and Office Hours

If you're sending samples over the next week or so please be aware of post disruption due to the two bank holidays. Please try and get your samples posted by Monday 11th April to ensure you receive your results before the Easter weekend. We're open and testing every day there's a post this Easter so everything will still be tested and reported back to you on the day that we receive them.

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