WHAT'S IN A WORD?
The word ‘zoopharmacognosy’ comes from ancient Greek and can be broken down into ‘zoo’ meaning animal, ‘pharmaco’ meaning remedy and ‘gnosy’ meaning knowing.
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AS HORSE OWNERS we make educated guesses about what our animals need to eat and drink. We carefully devise diets to suit their individual needs based on our own knowledge and advice from experts such as vets and nutritionists.
Zoopharmacognosy is the practice of allowing animals tomake up their own minds about what they want to ingest. It recognises that certain animals — in this case horses — have an innate ability to forage plants, oils and other natural remedies to keep them healthy. It capitalises on this important survival trait and on their natural desire
