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Antibiotics save lives, but they also come with a raft of potential serious side effects in children and adults. Cate Montana rounds up the evidence and offers some effective alternatives

Lessons from the plague ships centuries ago can help protect our horses today. Fleur Whitlock MRCVS and Richard Newton FRCVS outline simple steps to safeguard your yard

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How can science help reduce the risk of fractures in racing, and in turn societal concerns about horses in sport? Christopher M Riggs FRCVS explains

Joint injections play an invaluable part in equine medicine, but complications can and do happen. Michael Duggan MRCVS outlines what may occur

Joanna Evans helps you find antibiotic-friendly probiotics, herbal tinctures and light therapy lamps