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Ultimate Equine Podcast

Ultimate Equine Podcast

Written by: Dr Nicolle Wiechula
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For horse owners by horse vets We answer all your tough questions about how to keep you horse happy, healthy and performing at their very best
Episodes
  • Ep 46. Nutrition Mini Series Part 4: The Gut Microbiome with Dr Nerida McGilchrist
    Jan 14 2025

    We are joined by the lovely Dr Nerida McGilchrist to talk all things Equine Nutrition! Nerida has a PhD in equine nutrition, has published lots of research on equine nutrition and works with high level competition and race horses around the world. One of her passions is educating horse owners about how to feed their horses for both every day wellness and particular nutrition related conditions.

    In Part 4 of this 4 part mini series, Nerida explains to us: what is the gut microbiome? Why is it such a hot topic right now and what research is coming out of the horse world? How do we know if our horse has good or bad gut microbiome and what are the implications? And most importanly, how can we improve our horse gut microbiome both as a foal and an adult?

    If you want more from Nerida you can find her at: www.myhappy.horse

    As discussed in the episode, here is a link to an organisation in Australia that does microbiome testing: https://www.equigi.com/home

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    33 mins
  • Ep 45. Nutrition Mini Series Part 3: Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome and Nutrition with Dr Nerida McGilchrist
    Jan 14 2025

    We are joined by the lovely Dr Nerida McGilchrist to talk all things Equine Nutrition! Nerida has a PhD in equine nutrition, has published lots of research on equine nutrition and works with high level competition and race horses around the world. One of her passions is educating horse owners about how to feed their horses for both every day wellness and particular nutrition related conditions.

    In Part 3 of this 4 part mini series, Nerida explains the important role nutrition has when it comes to Equine Gastric Ulcer Syndrome. We talk about how horses have developed over the years and why this is a disease of domestication, how what we feed and how we feed it is important to prevent, manage and treat EGUS and most importantly, why everyone should be feeding horses prior to work.

    If you want more from Nerida you can find her at: www.myhappy.horse

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    34 mins
  • Ep 44. Nutrition Mini Series Part 2: Building muscle using nutrition with Dr Nerida McGilchrist
    Jan 14 2025

    We are joined by the lovely Dr Nerida McGilchrist to talk all things Equine Nutrition! Nerida has a PhD in equine nutrition, has published lots of research on equine nutrition and works with high level competition and race horses around the world. One of her passions is educating horse owners about how to feed their horses for both every day wellness and particular nutrition related conditions.

    In Part 2 of this 4 part mini series, Nerida discusses how we can use nutrition to help our horses build muscle and top line. She explains the building blocks of protein, all the different 'on/off' switches, protein quality and what we need to look for in a diet. Nerida also explains nutrition labels and how to read them to make sure you are buying the right products.

    If you want more from Nerida you can find her at: www.myhappy.horse

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    35 mins
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