Help horses: support the National Equine Health Survey
Abstract
If you are a horse owning veterinary nurse or work in equine practice National Pet Charity Blue Cross is urging you to support the National Equine Health Survey (NEHS) this month. Here's why all owners and keepers of horses should sign up.
The National Equine Health Survey (NEHS) is run by Blue Cross in partnership with the British Equine Veterinary Association. It's a 10-minute online snapshot survey enabling horse owners and keepers to give anonymous feedback on the health of their horses over the period of a week. The results are assisting with the identification of trends in endemic equine diseases to help the equestrian industry steer equine awareness, education and research to keep the nation's horses healthier. Already NEHS has helped to highlight the significance of types of lameness in the UK, and has raised awareness of the prevalence of atypical myopathy.
We have achieved so much over the past 7 years, with NEHS now regarded as one of the UK's most important endemic disease monitoring initiatives. The results are often referenced in veterinary and equestrian publications as guides and benchmarks for current and future research. In the longer term the data we have gathered will significantly help to improve day-to-day horse health and welfare.
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