The purpose of this study was to determine the perception of sustainability among horse owners in the Netherlands and their willingness to switch to more sustainable feeding practices. A survey was distributed to a target group of horse owners in the Netherlands via social media channels. Data (n=338 …

Echinoderm mass mortality events shape marine ecosystems by altering the dynamics among major benthic groups. The sea urchin Diadema antillarum, virtually extirpated in the Caribbean in the early 1980s by an unknown cause, recently experienced another mass mortality beginning in January 2022. We investigated …

Equestrianism is currently facing a range of pressing challenges. These challenges, which are largely based on evolving attitudes to ethics and equine wellbeing, have consequences for the sport’s social licence to operate. The factors that may have contributed to the current situation include overarching …

Introduction: Individuals working in the field of veterinary care are regularly affected by their profession. High levels of responsibility to often provide life-saving health care to animals combined with having to manage owners' expectations and irregular working hours can cause considerable levels …

Dr. Gülşah Kaya Karasu was previously known for her funded research study on 'Colic Risk factors in Horses' at the Veterinary University of Vienna, Austria. Now, she has achieved another success at Van Hall Larenstein University in the Netherlands with her innovative research project 'Sustainable horse …

A substantial part of graduate education in veterinary medicine is spent in clinical practice. During the clinical experiential phase, it is difficult to monitor students' actual knowledge development: they build individual records of experiences based on the cases they have to deal with, while mainly …

The Department of Pathobiology of the Veterinary Faculty at the University of Utrecht is investigating the causes of the death of stranded porpoises. The causes of death of porpoises are assessed by internal and external investigation at the Utrecht University. At dissections, the organs of the dead …

The 2014 congress of WSAVA would be the first congress in which WSAVA is using services of a Professional Congress Organizer company which is Kenes Group. Kenes group wants to increase the number of participants in the congress and that’s why company wants to have a marketing plan, which will lead to …