Professor Chris Proudman, Head of the University of Surrey Vet School, discusses findings from his recently published study which points to the potential of a racehorse found by analysing bacteria in a month-old foal’s gut.
Researchers at the University of Surrey analysed 438 faecal samples from 52 foals, who eventually went into training at 27 different stables in Britain and tracked veterinary issues and racecourse performance from birth to the age of three.