The Herbal Horse

Beryl: Horserider, mother, herbalist. I am neither a woo-woo 'herbs cure all', nor a hard-core 'anything less than schedule five is not going to work' person. I walk the line between science and nature, and try to figure out that most elusive thing - the truth.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Kelp - Friend or Foe to Animals?

A lot has been written about the dangers of feeding kelp (seaweed) to animals (and humans). To quote Owens & Huntington in "What...

5-HTP versus Tryptophan

When your brain wants to send a message from one neuron to the next, it uses chemical substances called neurotransmitters. One of the major ...

Protein and Making Muscles

What is Protein? Your horse's body is made up of more than 100 000 different proteins. There are proteins in hair, in eyes, in blood, in...

Thiamine - a Contradiction in Terms

Thiamine, otherwise known as Vitamin B1, is an interesting vitamin from the standpoint of horses. It is used in the horse world for two main...

Herbs in Competition

The new zero tolerance attitude to drug use in competition horses is both welcome and overdue. I'm sure that most of us agree that ridin...

Sweet Itch

Sweet Itch is an allergic reaction by horses to the saliva of the biting midge Culicoides. Previously prevalent in ponies in the northern he...

No Foot, No Horse - Calling Biotin

Biotin is part of a group of vitamins called "water-soluble vitamins". These vitamins are exactly that - soluble in water. Biotin ...

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Beryl: Beryl: Horserider, mother, herbalist. I am neither a woo-woo 'herbs cure all', nor a hard-core 'anything less than schedule five is not going to work' person. I walk the line between science and nature, and try to figure out that most elusive thing - the truth.

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