UK HEADSHAKING SURVEY LAUNCHED Headshaking is a distressing condition for both horses and owners and is estimated to affect at least 10,000 horses in the UK. At present the reasons why particular horses develop headshaking are poorly understood and a wide range of different treatments are routinely used but at best these are recognised to be effective in only a small proportion of horses. An international team of researchers lead by Kirstie Pickles, John Madigan, Monica Aleman, Jane Williams and David Marlin are trying to understand why some horses develop headshaking behaviour and others do not. With a better understanding it is hoped that more effective treatments can be developed. The group have launched a simple online survey and the project is funded by UK based Science Supplements Ltd. The group want to hear from owners who have horses that headshake BUT just as importantly, from owners whose horses dont headshake. These horses will act as controls for the study. As an incentive, Science Supplements are offering a cash prize of £250 for one owner who fills in the survey, who will be selected at random. The survey takes around 10 minutes to complete and can be found here: https://surveymonkey/s/HEADSHAKING2014
Posted on: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:43:19 +0000
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