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96% of equine vets are hurt on the job. Please work with your horse when they are healthy to feel comfortable receiving a shot (practice gently with a blunt object in the neck area and give a reward afterward), a razor shaving their hair (for stitches), and comfortable being touched everywhere including ears, mouth, nose, and reproductive organs. No one wins when our equine vets end up in the hospital from a reactive and unconditioned horse.

🔗: https://equimanagement.com/vet-wellness/injury-risk-and-prevalence-in-equine-practice/

In February 2018, EquiManagement conducted an online survey to assess injuries to equine veterinarians. To follow up on the prevalence of getting hurt on the job, we conducted a similar survey in June 2025.

Ninety-six percent of respondents in both surveys reported being injured during their work as equine veterinarians, and it was not uncommon for respondents to be hospitalized as a result of their injuries.

Incredible!

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Post credit to American Association of Equine Practitioners

Carrots are not high in sugar, comparatively.

IT'S CARROTS AND SUGAR TIME AGAIN 🥕◻️🥕

Carrots are a useful succulent for horses on mostly-dry diets e.g. hay and bucket feed, with limited grass intake.

Carrots are LOW IN SUGAR on a fresh basis at around 5%.

Compare this to a typical sugar content of hay of 8%:
🥕 1 medium carrot (60g) = 3g sugar
🟨 1 small bale slice of typical meadow hay (1kg) = 81g sugar

Owners often consider carrots to be high in sugar but that's on a dry matter basis i.e. if you dry the carrot.

Most of a fresh carrot is water - around 80% - and this means its sugar content is diluted.

Some vets recommend not to feed carrots to overweight, laminitic or EMS horses or ponies, but this is due to the risk of the owner over-feeding carrots (the risk of 1 becomes, 2, becomes 3, becomes half a bucketful) NOT the sugar content of a single carrot.

Please share to help me spread the truth about feeding carrots! 🥕🐴🍏

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