Already pining for 2020 to be over? What a year....us too! Why not get The Horse Trust 2021 calendar? Dream of 2021 a little early with the NEW Horse Trust 2021 calendar! A 12 month showcase of some of our…
The Horse Trust last week launched a year of celebrations to commemorate its 125th anniversary. The charity also announced a new strategy that will build up the links between its sanctuary in Speen, Buckinghamshire, the equine research it funds and…
A research project funded by The Horse Trust has succeeded in killing equine sarcoid cells in vitro by silencing a gene in the virus that causes sarcoids. The researchers are now hoping to obtain funding for clinical trials using the…
A research project funded by The Horse Trust has discovered how proteins in horse's mucus change with the development of equine respiratory disease. The researchers are now investigating how these changes are regulated, which may enable the development of new…
A research project funded by The Horse Trust has discovered that a racehorse's performance does not markedly change after it has recovered from a tendon injury. The research was led by Bryan O'Meara, who is in the final year of…
A research project funded by equine charity The Horse Trust has discovered that proteins in a commonly-injured tendon are renewed less frequently in older horses, which is likely to lead to an increased risk of tendon injury. The research was…
A research project funded The Horse Trust has confirmed that stabling horses results in increased exposure to environmental ammonia and that this is associated with respiratory problems. The presence of ammonia in stables, which is caused by the decomposition of…
A research project funded by equine charity The Horse Trust has developed and validated two simple techniques that can be used to monitor respiratory problems in horses and ponies. These techniques could potentially be used by vets to screen for…
Laminitis is an extremely painful condition and more than 8000 ponies and horses in the UK suffer an acute attack for the first time each year. Many of these animals become chronically debilitated and prone to recurrent attacks, joining the…
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