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Horse Nutrition

Winter Feeding

As winter draws closer, it’s time to start thinking about your horse’s feeding plan. Many people don’t realize that their…

14 years ago

Question of the Week: Vitamins for Horses

Q: My horses have Bermuda grass hay in front of them at all times, and I give them a flake…

14 years ago

Selecting the Right Hay for Your Horse

The foundation of every horse’s diet must be forage, which is most commonly provided in the form of either hay…

14 years ago

Vitamin D Requirements for Horses

Thirty to 90 minutes in the sun will give the average person all the required daily vitamin D. But a…

14 years ago

Horses on a restricted diet resort to eating bedding

When put on a restricted diet, overweight ponies have been shown to snack on stall bedding according to research from…

14 years ago

Protein and the Equine Diet

Did you know that there are literally hundreds of different proteins in a horse’s body? Dr. Juliet Getty offers this…

14 years ago

How to Safely Feed a Malnourished Horse

By Bryan Waldridge, DVM Few sights are worse than the tragedy of malnourished or starved horses. It is important to…

14 years ago

Slow feeding is best for horse health

Horses evolved as wandering herbivores, moving slowly for hours and taking bites of whatever forage they came across in their…

14 years ago

Does Your Horse Need Prebiotics and Probiotics?

Stress from travel, competition or a lack of turnout can upset the balance of beneficial bacteria in a horse's intestinal…

14 years ago

Feed extra forage at night for your horse’s digestive health

True or false? Horses don’t need as much hay during the night because they sleep. False, and dangerous. Equine nutrition…

14 years ago