At the initiative of students from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Utrecht and students from the Animal Sciences programme at Wageningen University, Equilin organised a day excursion with them on the importance of good horse nutrition and management.
" On February 29, 2024, we as Animal Sciences students from Wageningen had a workshop on horse nutrition by Drs Annette van Weezel Errens at the HIT-Aktiv stable of Tjeerd and Karin Schraa as a beautiful location. At a HIT-Aktiv stable, horses are kept in an environment that supports their natural behavior. The horses are outside in groups all day or inside if they want. And they can get roughage and concentrates at special feeding stations at several times a day via a special collar, so that they can be fed individually.
We organized this day excursion in collaboration with the Vhiver students of Veterinary Medicine from Utrecht, because we notice in both studies that horse nutrition is discussed very little. This while horse nutrition is a very diverse and interesting subject!
Annette took us through the whole concept of 'Het Nieuwe Voeren', starting with basic background information about horse anatomy and digestion and ending with an explanation of how her products work. The importance of providing good quality roughage was discussed a lot, where we could also practice with real roughage analyses and the associated hay. Finally, Annette had many examples of real horses that had visibly improved after providing her products in combination with enough roughage. That was very inspiring to see! It was a successful day for us. "
We are delighted that we at Equilin are at the forefront of the new generation. We hope to continue to work with this and other passionate groups of young professionals in the future.
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