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Help required with survey into behavioural changes pre EGS

THIS SURVEY IS NOW CLOSED. Thank you for all your responses, we will bring you more information about the project once the data has been analysed.   We have been […]

Strathearn Eventing Grass Sickness Hunter Trials raises £1000

Huge thanks to Strathearn Eventing for another fabulous spring hunter trials in aid of the Equine Grass Sickness Fund, raising £1000! The event was blessed by superb weather, making the […]

EGS – Logan’s diary

PONYMANDIUM · SUNDAY, 21 MAY 2017 Three years ago, I was asked to write about our experience with Equine Grass Sickness (EGS) for a website. I did, and then promptly […]

Survey into anthelmintic prescribing for livestock and equines

Anthelmintic resistance is a growing threat to the UK equine population. Our colleagues at Moredun have published a paper looking at the practices, attitudes and experiences of those prescribing anthelmintics […]

Happy smiles as hunter trials nets £1000 for grass sickness research

Happy smiles at the Royal Highland Show when Sarah Houlden and family dropped in with a magnificent cheque for £1000, raised at the 2016 Strathearn Eventing spring hunter trials. Since […]

Map of EGS locations 2015-2016

Many thanks to Becky Tatum of the Animal Health Trust for this map showing the location of recent EGS cases. Knowing where and when the disease strikes is extremely important […]

EGS orphan wins at Musselburgh races

One of our supporters sent us a Happy New Year note with this lovely story! ‘6 years ago we lost a lovely mare to EGS. This was terrible but what […]

Christmas and New Year Holiday Closure

We close for the festive break on Tuesday 22nd December and will reopen on Wednesday 6th January. All merchandise orders placed by 1pm on weekdays are sent out same day […]

Guernsey Charity Show raises £1600!

In February 2014 we were shocked to hear of two cases of acute EGS in Guernsey – the first ever recorded cases in the Channel Islands. Three shetland ponies, Eddie, […]

Pub quiz raises £1523 for grass sickness research

Congratulations to friends Mairi Reid and Lynne Clark whose pub quiz and raffle exceeded all their expectations in raising a fabulous £1523! Aberdeen University student Mairi was devastated when two […]