Category: Equine Digestion

Amino Acids 101

Horses digest proteins and then use the amino acids to help grow and repair bodily tissues.

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What We’re Learning About Senior Horses

If you’ve got an old-timer out in the field, you’re one of the millions of horse owners worldwide benefiting from improved equine preventive care techniques and a better understanding of conditions seen in older horses.

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The Connection Between Moldy Hay and Heaves

According to the National Weather Service, Central Kentucky experienced higher-than-average rainfall in the early summer months of 2015 (especially in April, May, and June)

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Forage: Evaluating Quality and Balancing Rations

Water is always the most important ingredient in a horse’s ration.

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Mind the Gap: Feeding the Toothless Horse

The ability to bite and chew food so we can digest our meals (and, hence, absorb nutrients) properly.

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Colic Surgery: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

Many of today’s young riders will likely grow up with the notion that colic surgery is just another procedure their horses might undergo if the need arises.

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Do Blanketed Horses Get Enough Vitamin D?

Horses need sunlight to synthesize this vitamin that’s important for bone health. So does blanketing affect their ability to produce it?

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Antimicrobials’ Effects on Horses’ Intestinal Microbes

Previous studies on the matter have yielded conflicting results a group of researchers from the University of Guelph, in Ontario, Canada, recently decided to take another look.

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Prevalence of, Risk Factors for Ulcers in Jumpers Examined

A Canadian research team recently took a closer look at gastric ulcers in another common group of sport horses: show jumpers.

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Electrolyte Primer

“Electrolytes, in ther simplest form, are just molecules that regulate water content within the body,” says Carr. “They’re also important in generating electrical potentials (charges) across membranes, which are responsible for nerve conduction and muscle function as well as transport of molecules.”

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Gastric Ulcers: Common in Performance Horses and Foals

More than 90% of performance horses have gastric ulcers, as do between 25 and 50% of foals.

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Practicing Science-Based Horse Husbandry

Once you’ve finished up the day’s activities, you head back to the barn, brush him down, blanket him, and put him back in his clean stall for the night.

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Feeding Horses with Neuromuscular Disorders

In this article we’ll discuss best feeding practices for horses affected by any of the five neuromuscular disorders

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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. Nowadays many horses consume commercially prepared feed balanced for their energy, protein, vitamin, and mineral needs.

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Rotational Grazing: Time it Right for Optimal Pastures

Who wouldn’t rather look out of the stable to see happy horses grazing on healthy pastures?

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