Day: June 28, 2015

The Sport of Dressage

From the United States Dressage Federation, an AQHA Alliance Partner Dressage is one of the Olympic equestrian sports. The modern Olympics commenced in 1896, with equestrian events appearing in the 1900 Paris Games. It was the 1912 Stockholm Games where the “military test” first appeared and evolved into the separate Olympic disciplines of dressage, eventing and stadium jumping. Horses have been used as mounts for the military since early history. As the horses had to be obedient and maneuverable, a system of training was developed, first documented in the writing of the Greek Xenophon. The system of training was built upon

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Antimicrobials’ Effects on Horses’ Intestinal Microbes

Previous studies on the matter have yielded conflicting results a group of researchers from the University of Guelph, in Ontario, Canada, recently decided to take another look.

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Electrolyte Primer

“Electrolytes, in ther simplest form, are just molecules that regulate water content within the body,” says Carr. “They’re also important in generating electrical potentials (charges) across membranes, which are responsible for nerve conduction and muscle function as well as transport of molecules.”

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