On a holiday, a friend presented me with an unusual gift. After reading the inscription on the label, at first I was even offended: "Is this a hint?" The thing is, the gel and shampoo presented to me were intended for ... horses.
It turns out that some of my friends have been using horse shampoo for a long time. One of them first tested this "miracle drug" on herself at the beginning of last year. Since then, he has not changed. He assures that the hair after him is exactly like a horse's mane: shiny, thick, silky. That no brands of horse shampoo are competitors. In what is from cosmetic product- human or for animals - sparse and thin hair can turn into lush hair, I never believed. But she did not dissuade her friends: what sacrifices you will not make for the sake of beauty! After all, even if the shampoo doesn't work, you can wash your hair with anyone else. But is it worth rubbing with horse gel ?! What if it is dangerous for the skin, for health? My friend, of course, tried to dispel my doubts. Say, she, and her mother, and colleagues have been using "horse" preparations for more than a month, and they still haven't harmed anyone. But they helped a lot. They are much better than conventional gels and ointments to relieve pain in joints, lower back ...
The miraculous power of horse gels, as it turned out, was also tested by other friends of mine. “These gels are different: warming, cooling, restoring, relaxing, so you can choose the one that suits you,” the professional athlete instructed me. - A warming one is more suitable for me personally. WITH knee joints Problems. So I rub them for the night for a day or two - and the pain relieves as if by hand ”. According to this athlete, many of his friends have stocked up with such a tool thoroughly. We bought both ourselves and our relatives. Most grandmothers suffer from sciatica, so good grandchildren make their life easier.
"Outlandish remedy" is sold in veterinary pharmacies, cat and dog food departments. True, having visited some of them, I did not find a large selection of gel. “So it gets scattered quickly. In general, many of our clients today buy gels and shampoos not for horses, cats and dogs, but for themselves, ”the sellers did not hide. “Take it, do not hesitate,” two friends immediately recommended, who bought 4 bottles of horse gel and shampoo in my presence. - They are more efficient than the usual ones. And, importantly, it is cheaper. " It may be so. But after all, many ointments intended for people should be used after consulting a doctor. And when buying horse gel for yourself, with whom to consult? Well, I don’t go to the vet!
In the Mogilev city veterinary station, where I called, they explained that they do not treat horses, so they do not recommend buying such drugs to their clients. However, the local veterinarians have heard that people use them. One doctor even admitted to having tried this gel on herself. Because I am sure: he cannot bring any harm to a person. But the head of the burn department of the Mogilev hospital No. 1, Yevgeny Loban, is categorical on this issue: people should not use gels for animals. According to him, human stupidity is sometimes too expensive. True, they still have not had patients who have suffered precisely from horse ointment. But dozens of people are admitted to the hospital every year after self-medication. Among them are not only village grandmothers who are accustomed to using “ folk remedies”, But also the intelligentsia, the advanced youth. They will smear themselves with it is not clear what ointments, without consulting a doctor, without even reading the instructions, and then - a serious burn ... The tolerance of medications in people is different. In addition, in the production of conventional drugs, the characteristics of the human body are taken into account. And this is not required from veterinary pharmaceuticals. So those who plan to purchase horse gel, doctors still recommend forgetting that "we are all a little bit of a horse" ...
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Another thing is how horses are in demand. In the age of machines and the Internet, they are further and further removed from production, because one Horsepower cannot be compared with dozens or even hundreds of the same ones hidden under the hood of this or that car.
As of January 1, 2012, the total number of horses in Belarus was 100.4 thousand. Including 39.5 thousand heads in agricultural enterprises, 0.6 thousand heads in farms and 60.3 thousand in the private sector. As you can see, the horse remains a reliable companion of man today. Perhaps not on the same scale as before.
Nowadays, horses are kept in their farmstead mainly by residents of villages and small regional centers. Most often they prefer a horse to motoblocks and other technical devices. She is unpretentious. The night in the meadow will be scared, and in the morning you can harness and hit the road. For the winter, an adult horse needs 3 tons of hay and a ton of oats. Stocking them up isn't a problem today. It is not surprising that about 80 percent of the total horse population in the republic belongs to the so-called work-use direction.
In agricultural organizations
Agricultural organizations account for about 40 percent of the horses available in the republic. This, we note, taking into account the horse breeding farms themselves. Without them, the figure looks much more modest.
Basically, horses are used for transporting feed on farms and complexes. But even there they are gradually being replaced by tractors and other equipment. To what extent this is justified is a moot point. With the current high cost of fuel, it is hardly reasonable to rely on equipment at every step, because the cost of its depreciation, the cost of fuel and lubricants and the salary of a tractor driver or driver are included in the cost of production. It is unlikely that we will achieve its reduction with this approach. Maybe 2013, declared the Year of Thrift, will help our business executives take a different look at this problem.
Meanwhile, the use of horses in agricultural organizations can be much wider. I recall the experience of one of the farms in the Kormyansky district. Unlike others, horse mowers were used annually to harvest hay in flooded meadows. And in our country this year, in the majority of agricultural organizations, flooded meadows remained untouched, because the equipment, due to waterlogged soil, got stuck in mud even on cultivated land.
Under the protection of the state
14 out of 20 horse breeding farms are included in the Republican program on breeding in animal husbandry for 2011-2015 with the allocation of appropriate subsidies from the state budget. The government believes that even with all the coldness of agricultural producers towards the horse as an object of production, horse breeding in the country should not fade away. In addition to the horses of the work-user direction already known to us, Belarusian horse breeders generally quite successfully breed sports and so-called leisure horses that are used for rental, tourism, hippotherapy or are hobby animals. The export direction is also considered very important.
At the beginning of this year, there were 2,700 breeding horses of various breeds on certified breeding farms in the country. According to Tamara Drakina, a specialist at Belplemzhivsoobedinenia, given the relatively small number of breeding stock, the genetic makeup of the horse herd in the republic is quite diverse. As a result of long-term selection, peculiar types of horses have developed, possessing a number of valuable economic and biological qualities. The main breed among horse breeders is the Belarusian harness breed. The next are heavy trucks - Russian and Soviet. From riding - the Hanoverian, Holstein, Russian trotting breeds. A small number of ponies are also kept.
Belarusian horses are well known outside their country. For example, at the 2011 Hipposphere horse show in St. Petersburg, the stallion Grokhot from ZhodinoAgroPlemElita State Enterprise took second place in the sled dog ring and was sold to Russia. And the stallion Vozgon from JSC "Polochany" was twice recognized as the best stud stallion in terms of the quality of offspring in the Russian rating of riding stallions.
Horse breeding in Belarus continues to develop with government support. Breeders offer horses to choose from. The average price for different horse manufacturers from a year and older is from 32 to 35 thousand rubles per kilogram of live weight.