Category: Feeding Performance Horses

How to Feed Fat to Horses

The only source to avoid is the rumen-protectant variety of fat designed for cattle, which horses will find at best indigestible and at worst, toxic. (You won’t run into this one unless you ask for it specifically at the feed store.)

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EMS: Equine Enemy No. 1

Equine metabolic syndrome doesn’t just cause equids’ girths to expand; it can also lead to other very serious health conditions

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Benefits of Feeding Fats to Horses

Research showed that their blood glucose levels decreased less, and for a shorter duration, than did those horses on high-carb diets. ……

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Study: Post-Exercise Snacks Benefit Horses

Your horse just had a fabulous workout, got really sweaty, and used up a lot of energy

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Hay Grid Feeders Can Reduce Horses’ Intake

How can we lengthen meal time while reducing calorie intake in obese horses?

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Energy and Carbs in the Equine Diet

If forages provide the “maintenance” energy horses need for the workings of everyday life then cereal grains are the turbocharged portion of the diet

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Finding Fiber in Horse Feeds

For the vast majority of horses around the world, pasture grasses and hay (dried grasses and legumes) are the most common sources for that all-important fiber fix, and rightly so, because horses have evolved to eat these plants.

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Assessing Fiber Quality in Horse Feed

Not all fiber is created equal. Depending on its origins, it can vary widely in terms of quality and digestibility. Read Complete Article

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Common Nutrient Deficiencies in Horses

For the most part, horse owners have little to fear when it comes to nutrient deficiencies in their horses’ diets.

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Understanding Protein in Horses’ Diets

Of all the components of your horse’s diet, protein is probably the most misunderstood.

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Do Horses Select Feed based on Macronutrient Needs?

Grazing comes naturally for horses, but there’s more to it than just chewing pasture.

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The War Against Obesity

Who doesn’t love to see a herd of rotund shiny-coated horses grazing greedily in a sea of green grass?

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Diagnosing and Managing Endocrine Disorders in Senior Horses

More than 20% of aged horses are known to suffer from equine Cushing’s disease (also known as pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction, or PPID)

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