Suregrow Raises £600 for Equine Grass Sickness Fund

A successful facebook campaign by Suregrow has raised £600 to support the work of the Equine Grass Sickness Fund (EGSF) and helped to further raise awareness of this devastating disease.

Accepting a cheque from Suregrow, EGSF secretary Kate Thomson said, “The Equine Grass Sickness Fund is delighted to receive this generous donation from Suregrow. We are the only registered charity in the UK raising funds specifically for research into grass sickness and play a leading role in working towards identifying the cause and further improving the treatment of chronic cases. Recently, substantial progress has been made on the role of Clostridium Botulinum, but there is still much work to be done.

Jonathon Cox from Suregrow said simply, “Thanks to everyone who joined the Suregrow facebook community and helped make this so successful.”

Kate (left) is pictured with Joyce McIntosh, who has recently retired after many years with the EGSF as secretary.

Equine Grass Sickness

Grass is the most natural of feeds and turnout is widely recognised as important to wellbeing, yet grass sickness continues to kill otherwise healthy horses and ponies, making funding for ongoing research vital.

Mrs Philippa Gammell, chairman of the EGSF said, “Grass sickness is a devastating disease that causes gut paralysis in the horse. Research is continuing to find the cause and the Equine Grass Sickness fund would like to thank Suregrow for this novel and generous way of raising funds towards supporting research.”

The development of a special nursing regime, pioneered by a team at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies at Edinburgh University, has led to a substantial increase in the number of chronic cases of grass sickness being restored to health, throughout the UK. In addition to funding research, the EGSF continues to subsidise the treatment of chronic cases admitted to the 'Dick' Vet Large Animal Hospital.

To find out more about grass sickness and the work of the EGSF, visit the website at www.grasssickness.org.uk

Suregrow fertiliser

The choice of international event riders Oliver Townend, Ruth Edge and Caroline Powell, Suregrow Fertiliser is also used by dressage ‘icon’ Richard Davison, who says, “Our horses enjoy their turnout time and by ensuring the grass they graze provides a correct mineral and trace element profile, it offers the potential to contribute significantly to their diet and wellbeing, which is very important to me.”

Suregrow is a unique fertiliser specifically for horse and pony paddocks, containing a slower release form of nutrients proven in trials to produce more sustained, better quality grass growth over a longer period and to facilitate uptake of nutrients essential to wellbeing.

To find out more about Suregrow Fertiliser, contact technical support on 05601 126627 or visit www.suregrowuk.com