Equinutrition

21/09/2024

Successful day but definitely felt the change of season 🍂

17/09/2024

The Good Doer Project has been a long time in the making, but so excited that it’s come to fruition 😊

13/09/2024

12/09/2024

Today’s Good Doer Project Lab supplies arrival 🧪 salivette’s (aka salvia tubes). I’m so excited to investigate if biomarkers for stress & inflammation in horse saliva reduce as they approach ideal Body Condition.

09/09/2024

Yeah! Todays lab 🧪 equipment has arrived. Saliva sponges at the ready for the start of the Good Doer Project. 😁

07/09/2024

Biotin in feed or supplements has NOT been shown to cause Malanders & Sanders in horses. Biotin is a B-vitamin (B-7) that is water soluble, so it can be easily excreted in urine. In fact in other species a lack of biotin has been shown to cause Malanders & Sanders. Just another example of misinformation regarding an ingredient or nutrient that is widely quoted as if it’s a given fact, when it’s not.

06/09/2024

Todays lab purchase, deposit put down on this beast 🥶 🧊 still some spaces available on the Good Doer Project

05/09/2024

Ensuring the best care for our horses can feel stressful at the best of times… AND the sheer volume of miss information out there does NOT help. BUT when suppliers of certain supplements push their products by falsely claiming other supplements and feeds are full of “rubbish” and implying they are potentially harmful to our horses, it’s down right wrong and irritating!
I’d like to offer the following advice;
1) Is the person providing the advice qualified? Ideally they should be a RNutr, these letters will appear after their name. Otherwise the responsibility of assessing their qualifications & experience falls to you?
2) Will they personally benefit from you following their advice, financially or otherwise?
3) Are any claims explained, backed up (with more than 1 reference), and can you easily check them?
and finally….
4) does the information make sense or does it feel like scare mongering?

02/09/2024

The Good Doers Project has welcomed its 1st Mini to the program. Everyone that knows me, knows I love a mini, and they are rarely included in non-breed specific research, but this research has now officially included them. Ps. Yes that’s a lavender wearing mini in my lounge.

01/09/2024

Honestly if after an accident the police ever have to go through my phone they are going to wonder why all the pics are of 🐴 🍑 or 💩 🤣🤣🤣

Shiny, happy bums, supported via Equinutrition

29/08/2024

🤣 when you accost a friends son to help you get the refrigerated centrifuge upstairs & into the home lab, unwrap it, find the manual and read the words “use fork lift”. 🥵 😝

28/08/2024

28/08/2024

I first met this mare in March as she was struggling with her schooling. It quickly became apparent that her excessive body weight was a likely key factor. A personalised diet plan was created, and her owner really stepped up to the challenge. Just 5mths on and she’s working well, looking great and to quote her owner “she’s so much happier”. If you know someone who might be struggling with their good doer, please feel free to share this post with details of the Good Doer Project.

27/08/2024

27/08/2024

Change of date. Now Oct 13th

Jennifer Little Equinutrition will be holding an informative talk Managing the Good Doer Over Winter on Sunday 13th October 2024 11am - 1pm here at the Centre. Tickets are £10 per person all bookings via Horse Monkey https://horsemonkey.com/search?s=RDA%20Unicorn%20centre

27/08/2024

Jennifer Little Equinutrition will be holding an informative talk Managing the Good Doer Over Winter on Sunday 13th October 2024 11am - 1pm here at the Centre. Tickets are £10 per person all bookings via Horse Monkey https://horsemonkey.com/search?s=RDA%20Unicorn%20centre

25/08/2024

The Good Doer project still has some available spaces. This is a part funded PhD research program that provides owners with 1:1 support from a Registered Nutrition for their good doer for 6mths. During which time individual rations will be calculated, weight and BCS monitored, PLUS their wellbeing assessed with the Horse Grimace Scale and hormone levels in their saliva. Did you know you can measure pain or stress from facial expressions? AND that these expressions return to normal with weight loss?

24/08/2024

22/08/2024

It was great to get to introduce the findings of facial expressions and horse wellbeing from my pilot study, at Sarah Tubbs - Marwood Equestrian Coaching clinic.

22/08/2024

Todays delivery of lab equipment 🧪

22/08/2024

Really looking forward to chatting with everyone at this event and introducing a new way to use facial expressions to measure the good doers wellbeing. 😝🤨😖

20/08/2024

Today’s lab purchase, a thermometer for the portable fridge for the transport of saliva samples. Did you know you can measure markers for stress and inflammation from horse saliva? 🤤

19/08/2024

The 1st pieces of the Good Doer Project research equipment have started to arrive🔬. Still some spaces left, just message if you’d like to receive the information document.

18/08/2024

The maturing shoulder. It always amazes me how the shoulder starts to ‘pop’ out in the maturing horse. During consults with physical immature younger horses I frequently find myself discussing how their shoulder still appears to come straight down (instead of out) from the wither. This is an important phase to ensure strong and healthy growth. Correct nutrition should supply all the required nutrients, but not in excess, as that could increase the risk of development issues. If you have a ‘still needs to mature’ horse and are unsure on how their diet fits their needs, please feel free to reach out 📱 💻.
Photo courtesy of a progress update photo following a remote consult (8weeks between pics)