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Hello everyone...
We have made our way through to a place called Koekenaap - a small farming community about 30km from Vredendal in the Western Cape Province. We are staying at the 22 Nama Karoo B&B owned by Naide and Doug Halstead. www.22namakaroo.co.za. This is home from home for us and we are being housed, fed, watered - well taken care of. Thanks Naide and Doug!
We are now 5145km into our journey and we want to say thank you to all our sponsors for supporting us thus far and making Riding for Horses possible.
The last few days we transported Roan and Himba down to Riversdale for some rest time. Roan has a slight swelling on his hock and we don´t want to risk an injury. It was very sad for us to part with them as we have lived side by side for over 6 months now. Sorina and Willie Geldenhuys from Montblanc adventure farm just outside Riversdale were kind enough to take care of our 2 boys for the next few weeks. Thank you Sorina and Willie.
Tomorrow we ride south in the direction of Lamberts Bay with Fever and Tarwood. We will ride down to Capetown and up the East Coast to Still Bay, about 40km from Riversdale, where we will pick up Roan and Himba in a few weeks from now. Through the busy areas around Capetown it is far safer for us to ride with one horse without leading another horse.
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ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE: THERAPY OR QUACKERY? |
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THE AFRICAN HORSESICKNESS PERSPECTIVE.
Dr. L. A. Gouws BVSc (Pret)
From the outset I must make perfectly clear that I am not in the least anti-alternative therapy. On the contrary I regularly advise on and prescribe homeopathic remedies to my clients if they so prefer. I also do aqua-puncture on horses on a regular basis and the solution injected is purely homeopathic ( saline, Vit.B 12 and Traumeel). The South African Equine Veterinary Association of which I am a member has it’s own Alternative Medicine Group and I totally support their initiative.
Unfortunately over the past few years we have seen numerous websites spring up as well as advertisements in other media where the authors claim to have found a “miracle cure” for AHS. Some even claim that their products will cure all infections and even cancer. You can find useful things on the internet, free stuff on Gumtree and even some scientific-based advice about AHS, but these 'miracle cure' sites are to be avoided. Ridiculous unsubstantiated figures are quoted of horses that survived AHS by means of these miracle drugs where “conventional medicine has failed”. What is most disturbing is the dangerous and irresponsible misinformation that can be found in the promotional material for these products. Rightfully the Advertising Standards Authority of S.A. have managed to close down most of these websites for advertising unregistered products as stock remedies, making unsubstantiated claims, spreading dangerous information and misleading the public. Common comments found on these websites and other promotional materials are the following:
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