Stable Science from Dr David Marlin's Animalweb

A short podcast on a reason why your horse might not be building topline. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Electrolytes are essential for health and performance.  But this is a topic that is poorly understood with large amounts of misleading advice circulating on the internet and social media.  It doesn’t need to be like this.  In this 30min podcast we will explore some basics, discuss what to feed (when and why) and dispel the myths.  Electrolytes are involved in many bodily functions including regula...

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Dr David Marlin discusses why does your horse cough.  A cough in one form or another is something we hear a lot whether it's us, the family member, horses, cat, dog, we all recognise what a cough is of course during covid anyone coughing, gets a very wide berth. But what is a cough and what's his function? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr David Marlin discusses the topic of Nutrition This podcast is loosely based around a Facebook Live event done by Dr David Marlin recently. Nutrition and specifically looking at the sort of information David has collected over the past 5 to 10 years from horse owners on the problems that they have with their horses, particularly from a nutrition point of view. The nutrition questionnaire that Da...

Dr David Marlin discusses the topic of Respiratory Problems in Horses. How to recognise, manage and avoid and what we're going to cover is what does the respiratory system do? How's it put together? What causes respiratory problems? How can we avoid respiratory problems and how can we manage and treat respiratory problems once they occur? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

Dr Kirstie Pickles discusses and answers attendes questions on the topic of Vaccinations.  Answering questions such as; Q. Can vaccines cause issues for a horse that suffers with allergies if they are given at the time of year? Q. Are we over vaccinating? And are annual boosters really necessary? Q. Are annual boosters buying in an older retired horse? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mo...

Dr. Gillian Tabor discusses the topic of Cupping for horses. Cupping has been around for thousands of years, but past anecdotal and hearsay what evidence and research are there and what are Dr. Gillian Tabor’s thoughts are about this style of therapy. Is it positive or detrimental? Does it improve recovery or damage the tissue? Gillian looks at the history of cupping, what cupping actually does to...

Dr David Marlin discusses the topic of cold therapy for horses. Many people are now aware that there is an Anti RICE movement, (Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation) growing in human use. RICE has been used widely for the treatment of acute soft tissue injury in human therapy for years and RICE is still widely used in professional sport despite some medics campaigning against it.  However, in the equ...

Dr Gillian Tabor discusses a rehabilitation exercises paper by Ellis & King. Dr Gillian Tabor, a Chartered Physiotherapist who specialises in the treatment and rehabilitation of horses, takes a look into a journal article that was published last year by Ellis & King. Discuss what they did, how they measured it and what they found. The article references the rehabilitation exercises that Gillian al...

Dr Gillian Tabor on Equiband and the use of training aids. Dr Gillian Tabor, a Chartered Physiotherapist who specialises in the treatment and rehabilitation of horses, discusses training aids. Although training aids aren't compulsory, they are useful in the right context with the right horse, at the right time and set up correctly. Gillian talks about the use of this specific system made by a comp...

Dr David Marlin discusses the topic of Stress in Horses and Riders. When most of us hear the word “stress” we probably immediately think of it as something bad.  So is there such a thing as “good stress?”. What is too much stress?  Can you have too little stress?  In this Podcast we’ll look at stress from a different perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr Gillian Tabor is the Programme Manager and lectures on the MSc Veterinary Physiotherapy course at Hartpury University and is undertaking research, both her own equine projects and supervising students. Gillian discusses Underperformance in horses and how it can be linked to Gut Health - This podcast accompanies Dr David Marlins Gut Health Webinar, click here Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...

Dr David Marlin discusses the topic of Stress and is it always a bad thing? When most of us hear the word “stress” we probably immediately think of it as something bad.  So is there such a thing as “good stress?”. What is too much stress?  Can you have too little stress?  In this Podcast we’ll look at stress from a different perspective. This is the full discussion with Dr David Marlin. Hosted on...

Dr David Marlin discusses the topic of Stress and is it always a bad thing?   When most of us hear the word “stress” we probably immediately think of it as something bad. So is there such a thing as “good stress?”.  What is too much stress? Can you have too little stress? In this Podcast we’ll look at stress from a different perspective. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dr David Marlin follows on from his webinar and Q&A with a podcast on rugging, to view all of Dr David Marlins work see www.drdavidmarlin.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is tapering? Tapering is reducing the amount of training time on the days prior to your competition.  Tapering is not about reducing the intensity or effort that you or your horse puts into training but the actual duration that you work them for, this is key.  Tapering is a tried and tested method to improve performance at your competition and has been used successfully in human athletes over...

Over the years I've come across many horse owners who bring a horse home and then find they are having problems with it in the first few days or even weeks, whether that be changes in temperament, illness or both.  Moving home is extremely stressful for some horses and can even lead to colic, tying up and respiratory problems to name just a few.  We cannot overestimate the stress of travelling and...