Preparing your horse for an equestrian competition, our advice
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horse advice, Health Topics

Why is it important to prepare your horse for competition? It's important to remember that horse racing is a physically intense event that demands a certain amount of effort from the horse. To preserve its physical and mental health, it is important to prepare the horse for the competition period. To ensure your horse's performance, you need to [...]

My dog limps, does he already have arthritis?
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Dog Tips, Health Topics

Why does my dog already suffer from osteoarthritis? My young dog limps regularly after his walk, the X-rays are formal: my dog has osteoarthritis! What is osteoarthritis in dogs? Osteoarthritis, formerly known as rheumatoid arthritis, is a common disease in all breeds of dog, which progressively destroys the entire joint, including the cartilage and [...].

Lactates and lactic acid: good or bad for our horses?
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horse advice, Health Topics

Lactates and lactic acid: friends or foes of racehorses? Far from being an organic waste product, lactic acid is one of the main elements produced by muscles for energy. Lactates and lactic acid come from the action of glycolysis produced by the muscles, a natural process which transforms glycogen (a form of sugar stored in the [...]