magic104
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Our vet practice had a evening covering issues relating to breeding. OCD was mentioned & what came about was it is a combination, breeding, feeding & production. It is more common in other parts of Europe because they are forcing their horses in preparation for selling (like the racing industry).
It may well be easy to just blame breeding but if a stallion is popular then he will have more offspring going through the same process. I suppose we will only know if youngsters are kept more naturally & given more time to mature before being asked to work in readiness for the sales. If they are developing OCD as yearlings, feeding can not be ruled out as one of the causes.
It may well be easy to just blame breeding but if a stallion is popular then he will have more offspring going through the same process. I suppose we will only know if youngsters are kept more naturally & given more time to mature before being asked to work in readiness for the sales. If they are developing OCD as yearlings, feeding can not be ruled out as one of the causes.