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Proper Nutrition Can Make a Difference in the Life of Your Horse
Guelph, Ontario – October 5, 2012 – Recognizing the importance of proper nutri- tion plays a key role in equine health and welfare, and is an essential tool when it comes to mainte- nance, reproduction and performance of the horse. Equine Guelph, University of Guelph, will be offering Advanced Equine Health through Nutrition, a 12- week online course, which has been designed to increase nutritional aware- ness by incorporating the advances in research and evolving horse manage- ment practices.
“This course in par- ticular takes the basic nutri- tional recommendations and teaches students how to apply them, particularly when feeds may be causing problems in the horse,” says course instructor Dr. Kathleen Crandell, an Equine Nutritionist for Kentucky Equine Research in Versailles, Kentucky. “Anyone who owns or feeds a horse would benefit from a good understanding of what is the best way to feed and why you should feed it.”
Crandell, who has a master’s degree in equine nutrition and exercise physiology and a PhD in equine nutrition and repro- duction from Virginia Tech in Middleburg, Virginia, has been working in the
“While balanced nutrition is a focus of this course, we take it to the next level by exploring how nutrition can be applied to improve or maintain the health of the horse,” says Crandell. “Specific health issues that will be covered include laminitis, insulin resistance and Equine Metabolic Dis- ease, nutritional solutions for genetically linked rhab- domyolysis [the rapid destruction of skeletal mus- cle], gastrointestinal dis- eases such as gastric and colonic ulcers, hindgut aci- dosis and colic, and nutri- tional therapy for orthope- dic bone disease in grow- ing horses.”
horse nutrition industry as a consultant for over 15 years. She feels proper nutrition can make a differ- ence between a healthy, content horse and “one that is just getting by.”
Offered online start- ing January 2013 through the University of Guelph as part of its Equine Welfare Certificate, Advanced Equine Health through Nutrition will be of benefit to not only horse owners or caretakers, but vet techni- cians and veterinarians as well, as this nutrition course will explore new findings as they relate to functional foods for health by examining current research and evidence- based practice.
Other courses offered in Equine Guelph’s winter 2013 lineup include Equine Functional Anatomy, Equine Behaviour, Man- agement of the Equine Environment, The Equine Industry, and Marketing and Communications in the Equine Industry.
2012. Courses run from January 7 to March 31, 2013.
For more informa- tion, please contact the Centre for Open Learning and Educational Support at
info@coles.uoguelph.ca, call 519-767-5000 or visit www.equinewelfarecertifi-
cate.ca.
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Registration is now open, with early bird regis- tration ending December 7,
Equine Guelph is the horse owners’ and care givers’ Centre at the Uni- versity of Guelph. It is a unique partnership dedicat- ed to the health and well- being of horses, supported and overseen by equine industry groups. Equine Guelph is the epicenter for academia, industry and government – for the good of the equine industry as a whole. For further informa- tion, visit
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The Centre for Open Learning and Educational Support provides expertise and leadership to the Uni- versity of Guelph commu- nity and our partners in the following: the scholarship and practice of teaching, technology-enhanced edu- cation, open learning and professional development. We provide support for teaching and learning that is evidence-based, respon- sive, developmental, and based on best practices.
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