It’s an unfamiliar look for a horse: a long coat all year, abnormal sweat patches, and unusual body fat distribution. Yet a proportion of aged horses may be exhibiting these signs as part of the chang...
WikiVet and Mars Petcare have launched new veterinary educational materials focused on cat and dog nutrition and its role in health and wellbeing. Through an exciting collaboration, WikiVet and Mars P...
Toy dogs may look cute, but many were bred for work. The Yorkshire Terrier, for instance, was reared to hunt rats in the cotton mills of Northern England. This accounts not just for its size, but also...
Science is about constantly expanding our knowledge and understanding. At Waltham, our research is focused on uncovering how we can help improve the lives and health of pets. Although, perhaps not the...
Grazing muzzles can be an effective tool to help with equine weight management, according to new research, but longer grass can be more difficult for muzzled ponies to graze. This can cause frustratio...
At Mars Petcare, we’re dog lovers, and our teams are obsessed with learning as much as we can to offer dogs the best life possible. Investing in research for over fifty years has led to big scientif...
Let’s take it back to basics. The foods and liquids we consume enter our digestive tract, which is essentially a tube that goes from our mouth to our anus. The body secretes enzymes and biochemicals i...
We're advancing microbiome research because the more we understand about the combinations of bacteria, the better equipped we are to prevent diseases and improve pets' nutrition. But what have we lear...