The Equine Digestive System

The horse has a complicated digestive system. It has a relatively small stomach, about the size of the football. The small stomach lends itself to the horse being a “trickle feeder”; horses prefer small meals often. Food does not stay in the stomach long, but a rapidly eaten large meal does have the potential to cause gastric rupture.
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