Equine

SRUC sweeps Lantra Scotland ALBAS awards with record-breaking 15 gongs
Students from SRUC scooped a record-breaking 15 trophies at this year’s Lantra Scotland Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (ALBAS).…
- SRUC
- 12/03/2025

Veterinary Diagnostics Company MI:RNA Raises $4 million Series A Funding
MI:RNA, the veterinary diagnostics company which originally spun out of SRUC, has secured $4 million in Series A funding. The capital will be used to continue global growth plans and revolutionise animal health testing, improving diagnosis and wellness among the pet, agriculture and equine sectors.…
- SRUC
- 03/07/2024

Prime 11 in ALBAS final
Eleven SRUC students and apprentices from a range of subjects and campuses have been selected as finalists in this year’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (the ALBAS).…
- SRUC
- 26/01/2024

SRUC robot horse is put through its paces
SRUC has unveiled a new £100k state-of-the-art robot horse – the first of its kind in Scotland.…
- SRUC
- 15/12/2023

National Day of the Horse Blog
In this blog by Pippa Morrision, Senior Lecturer at SRUC, she reflects on how horses have shaped her own life and how we use scientific research to continue to learn more about them.…
- Pippa Morrison
- 13/12/2023

Weight management is key to wellbeing of native ponies
Native ponies are at particular risk of obesity and insulin dysregulation (ID), which is a key risk factor for laminitis. However, certain management practices can help reduce the risk of laminitis and recent research has explored how commonly used some of these are in Scotland.…
- SRUC
- 06/12/2023

Winter Care for Horses
With recent cold weather moving in we hope these top tips below will be helpful in caring for your horses, ponies and donkeys over the winter. …
- Peter Hastie
- 10/11/2023

Gift horses for equine students
Two new horses have joined the stable at SRUC thanks to a generous donation. …
- SRUC
- 24/08/2023

Zoo poo and ‘hot dogs’
SRUC reveals activities for 2023 Royal Highland Show.…
- SRUC
- 12/06/2023

SRUC celebrates student successes at ALBAS
Agriculture, Horse Care and Engineering students from SRUC were among the top winners at this year’s Awards for Land-based and Aquaculture Skills (ALBAS).…
- SRUC
- 13/03/2023

SRUC offers UK first with new courses
An HND in Rural Animal Health is one of several new courses being introduced by SRUC as it moves towards growing the country’s first tertiary model of veterinary teaching and learning.…
- SRUC
- 12/07/2022

Getting a stranglehold on equine disease
SRUC is hosting a special event to promote Strangles Awareness Week (SAW) which aims to highlight the dangers of the highly contagious equine disease and help prevent an outbreak. …
- SRUC
- 15/03/2022