Dr. Martin Nielsen

<p>Jec talks with Dr. Martin Nielsen, a parasitologist at the University of Kentucky and one of our super-fantastic presenters at the Best Horse Practices Summit in Lexington, Kentucky, Nielsen’s backyard, in October.</p> <p>Martin has a host of popular <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_pDqB6sRvi1XJ8AHUapPCw" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">YouTube videos</a> that debunk deworming. Deworming is the traditional, not-best-practices method that many of us are familiar with.</p> <p>Perhaps you, too, have ordered that value pack from some website with four different dewormers for four times a year deworming. Yeah, that’s not the best thing to do for your horse, turns out.</p> <p>There might be more misinformation about deworming than there is about the 2020 election. I kid you not.</p> <p>Anyway, Nielsen has great insight here. Apologies for some less than ideal audio. </p> <p>We thank <a href="https://pharmaloe.com/pages/equine" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Pharm Aloe Equine</a> and <a href= "https://lucernefarms.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lucerne Farms</a> for their continued support. Pharm Aloe offers aloe pellets and gel and other products to support horses’ GI health, immune system, and other processes. When you are looking for aloe products, the high quality and effectiveness of active ingredients are really  important. Pharm Aloe’s got that. </p> <p>Lucerne Farms is a forage company based in Northern Maine. Lucerne has an array of products, with timothy or alfalfa or timothy and alfalfa, with a touch of molasses, or not, for feeding your horses.  Feeding forage is wwaayy better than feeding grain. That’s research based, but of course, your horses will tell you, too. </p> <p>We would like to thank <a href="https://redmondequine.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Redmond Equine</a>, <a href= "https://katesrealfood.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kate’s Real Food</a> and <a href="https://patagonia.com/workwear" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Patagonia WorkWear</a> for their continue