Online course helps fight colic in horses

An online brusk course of report designed to aid Equus caballus owners sympathise in addition to foreclose colic is on offering yesteryear Equine Guelph.

With colic beingness the pose out ane killer of horses (other than sometime age!), the eWorkshop aims to aid Equus caballus owners accept  preventative measures yesteryear next practiced stable administration practices.

The course, which takes house from March eleven to 24, costs $75 addition HST.

It volition encompass topics that volition aid Equus caballus caregivers trim back colic yesteryear identifying run a jeopardy factors, agreement unlike types of colic, detecting early on signs in addition to symptoms, assessing their administration plans in addition to developing preventative strategies.

Upon completion of the Colic Prevention eWorkshop, participants are eligible to have a certificate from Equine Guelph. This two-week online course of report also qualifies for Equine Canada coaches updating credits.

As purpose of the colic prevention program, Equine Guelph is also launching its latest gratis online wellness attention tool, the “Colic Risk Rater,” which volition assess in addition to calculate colic risk in addition to render useful feedback on administration practices.

Every calendar month inwards 2013, Equine Guelph will last providing a practical colic prevention tip in EquineGuelph’s e-News, which volition last capped off alongside the free of a Colic Prevention Tips poster inwards December.

Equine Guelph would similar to give thank you lot everyone who participated terminal autumn in Equine Guelph’s Canada-wide colic survey. “Understanding the Equus caballus owners’ experiences with colic has assisted Equine Guelph in developing a Colic Prevention Program tailored to the industry’s needs,” says Gayle Ecker, manager of Equine Guelph.

In add-on to funding from Alltech in addition to Standardbred Canada, investment inwards the projection has been provided yesteryear Agriculture in addition to Agri-Food Canada through the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP). In Ontario, the computer program is delivered yesteryear the Agricultural Adaptation Council.  Partners include: Central Ontario Standardbred Association, Horsemen’s Benevolent in addition to Protective Society of Ontario, Ontario Association of Equine Practitioners, Ontario Equestrian Federation, Ontario Harness Horse Association in addition to the Ontario Veterinary College.

 

More information: EquineGuelph.ca/eworkshops/colic.php. 

 

                              

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