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Research and fundraising news from the Moredun Equine Grass Sickness Fund

Equine grass sickness (EGS) is a devastating and complex disease of equines, which unfortunately can occur anywhere in the UK, where sadly 80% of animals suffering from it will die. […]

Congratulations to Joy Leng and Chris Proudman of Surrey University, on the publication of their paper in Nature paper, as featured on BBC news: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1d75eqkdq5ohttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c1d75eqkdq5o EGSF are proud to have […]

Catch up with the latest progress in equine grass sickness research, on this webinar kindly hosted and recorded by World Horse Welfare

If you can’t make our in person event at World Horse Welfare Belwade Farm, Aboyne on 25th April, why not tune in to this online webinar on 10th April. FREE […]

Join us at World Horse Welfare Belwade Farm on Thursday 25th April, for an evening of presentations on grass sickness research and Q&A. Find out about all the progress currently […]

The Quarterly Equine Disease Report from Equine Surveillance is now available. Please see Page 12 for Equine Grass Sickness. https://equinesurveillance.org/landing/resources/reports/dsr20234.pdf An equine grass sickness (EGS) surveillance scheme was established in […]

The EGS Biobank underpins our research activity. Using the case data and samples from EGS cases and co grazers, plus soil and herbage samples and weather data, this helps us […]

Back in August we welcomed Dr Tanith Harte to the research team. Tanith has a PhD in Neuroimmunology plus a BSc in Micobiology and Immunology. She is off to a […]

If you missed the International Thoroughbred Breeders Federation webinar featuring grass sickness you can catch up here: ITBF Webinar recording Part One ‘An International Bloodstock Journey’The story of Kirsten Rausing […]