This Business of Horses
Welcome to This Business of Horses, the podcast that brings you insights, inspiration, motivation and solutions to maintain, sustain and grow your facilities led equestrian business. In each episode we will be talking to and getting to know the personalities, brands, product and service providers who are well placed to facilitate and fulfill not only your short term daily business requirements, but also your longer term business goals.
This Business of Horses
Getting to know...Biosecurity with Redwings
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The Equestrian Index
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Season 1
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Episode 4
Episode summary introduction: In this episode we talk to Nic de Brauwere, Head of Welfare and Behaviour and Welfare Vet at Redwings Horse Sanctuary about the critical subject of yard biosecurity - why biosecurity should be a priority, what infectious diseases are out there, the stigma surrounding diseases, biosecurity best practice and tips, encouraging client buy in, first steps if you suspect an infectious disease is present at your facility and what support is available. Oh, and not forgetting Strangles Awareness Week 2022…
Topics discussed in this episode:
- Why yards should prioritise biosecurity [00:39]
- Infectious diseases that could harm the health/welfare of our horses [03:40]
- The stigma of infectious disease and why people should talk about it more [09:03]
- Redwings biosecurity practices [18:34]
- Practical tips to improve yard biosecurity [25:28]
- How to encourage biosecurity practice ‘buy in’ on your yard [30:09]
- First steps if you suspect infectious disease is present on your yard [38:27]
- What support/resources are available to you [42:44]
- Plans for Strangles Awareness Week 2022 [49:48]
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Redwings – www.redwings.org.uk/strangles & www.facebook.com/StranglesAwarenessWeek
- Equiflunet – https://equinesurveillance.org/equiflunet/
- EIDS Surveillance reports - https://equinesurveillance.org/landing/
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