EPQ on laminitis help please? :)

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Kayleigh313

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Hello,

I am 17 and currently doing an EPQ (extended project qualification) at school about equine laminitis and it's link to diet. As part of my project, I am trying to gain evidence and information from horse owner's who have or haven't experienced in their horses. I would be hugely grateful if anyone could spare a minute of their time filling in the following survey.

No details are needed!

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/FPXCJ6X

Thank you in advance:)

Kayleigh
 
Done, my horse is a six yo tb, he's been tested for EMS and cushings which were negative, he's purely sensitive to sugar and I'm just about to move yards as discussed with my vet as my yards grazing is purely rye grass which we feel he'd be better off on old pasture.
 
pinklilly said:
Done, my horse is a six yo tb, he's been tested for EMS and cushings which were negative, he's purely sensitive to sugar and I'm just about to move yards as discussed with my vet as my yards grazing is purely rye grass which we feel he'd be better off on old pasture.
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Thank you for helping! :) I researched about sugar and have wrote about that in my project so it's good to have some back up, I'll have to look into different types of grazing.. thank you so much!
 
Done. What are you hoping to learn from your survey?
Some problems you may wish to consider when evaluating your results:

1. Initially, you ask how many horses we own, but later questions appear to assume only one horse.
2. You seem to be assuming that the management of the horse has been the same throughout. For example, I answered the management question according to my current regime, but when he had his low-grade laminitic episodes, he was managed very differently. I explained this, but another respondent might not. Thus, you might be misled to conclude that their current management contributed to the horse's laminitis or lack thereof.
3. You don't appear to allow for non-stabled horses to be receiving feeds. Mine is out 24/7, but receives 2 feeds/day, as do many horses that live out.
4. You appear to consider only "stabled" and "at grass" as alternatives. Many horses are stabled part-time (often daytime only, if they are considered a laminitis risk), or live out, but not with access to grass (again, usually as a preventative measure).

This isn't meant to be discouraging; just something you need to consider when you get your results, as people's different ways of accommodating their individual circumstances to your somewhat restrictive options may influence the numbers you get. :)
 
it is difgicult i have 4 horses non of whom have had lami but in the past i have had 3 horses with lami... impossible to explain this in the survey...
 
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