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    Hormones gone haywire

    Aug 18, 2022 4 minutes

    VET notes

    WHAT YOU’LL LEARN:

    • What equine metabolic syndrome is

    • How it affects horses

    • How it is treated and prevented

    MEET THE EXPERT

    LEONA BRAMALL, an equine vet at Oakhill Veterinary Centre in Lancashire, holds an advanced veterinary practitioner certificate in equine medicine. Although passionate about all areas of equine medicine, her primary areas of interest lie in dermatology, gastrointestinal disease and foal medicine. She also founded Oakhill’s Fat2Fit Club in 2021. oakhill-vets.com/equine

    EQUINE METABOLIC SYNDROME (EMS) was alluded to as early as the 1980s in veterinary literature, but it has only been in recent years that there has been an increase in knowledge and awareness of the issue. We now know that over 90% of cases of

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