Equine nutrition

You've got your hay analysis...now what? All these PPM's and % can be confusing! This article will explain your resutls!

Saliva is your horses natural stomach acid buffer. They only product saliva while chewing. Keep them chewing as much as possible with free choice hay, use of slow feed nets or time on pasture.

Just a handful of grain. Does it cut it? – Custom Equine Nutrition

We all want the best possible nutrition for our horses. When you walk into a feed store and see rows of grain options it is easy to become distracted from the most important aspect of your horses diet, forage.

Ever wonder exactly what the difference is between a forage balancer and a concentrate? They both provide you horse with nutrients right? Well yes, but there is much more to it that that!

Is your horse’s diet up to snuff? Let’s take it back to the basics of equine nutrition, with some diet tips from the pros.

How do the feeds you give your horse stack up against his nutritional requirements? By Laurie Bonnner for EQUUS magazine.

Avoid Feeding These Diets To Your Horse

🐴 🐴 IS YOUR HORSE 15 OR OLDER? Read on! (CREDIT: American Association of Equine Practitioners) With each passing year, horses are living longer lives and many survive easily to 25 years of age or older. While this is good news, it also means that horse owners need to be aware of changes occurring with age, so they can preserve the health and quality of life of their equine friends throughout middle age and the geriatric years. For example, Equine Cushing’s disease is one of the most common…

Seeing a jug of vegetable oil in a feed room is pretty common. Reasons may be for a shinny coat, weight gain or extra energy. Here are some important highlights about feeding your horse oil.

An equine nutritionist breaks down nutrition terms and acronyms, including NSC, WSC, and ESC. Understanding these concepts can help you manage horses with metabolic problems.

What's best to feed your horse -- oats, pellets, sweet feed? Equine nutrition expert Judy Reynolds, Ph.D., P.A.S., Divisional Equine Technical Specialist, ADM Alliance Nutrition, helps you sort through the myriad choices horse owners have today.

Contains descriptions and illustrations of body condition scores for horses from 1-9 (emaciated to obese) based on the Henneke body condition scale.

Kentucky Equine Research is a rich source of equine nutrition and management information for horse owners, veterinarians, feed manufacturers, industry professionals, and students.

Editor’s Note: Since this article was published, the ColiCare program has been upgraded to provide up to $15,000 in colic surgery reimbursement. Click here to learn more. What’s Inside INTRODUCTION Nature vs. Now CHAPTER 1 A Smarter Diet Focus on Forage Evaluate Energy Needs Round out the MVPs Add a Dash of Salt Balance Your

You learn where to find the nutrition and how much of it a horse needs.

Sugar cubes, apples and crispy carrots might be an equine favorite, but with the rise of Insulin resistance, sugar-free treats are the way to go!

Bute & Banamine – Commonly Used & Misused in Horses “Hey Doc… my horse has been colicky since last night. I gave her some Banamine® and she seemed OK for a while, but now she doesn’t look so good…” This scenario is unfortunately still common in my vet practice. Although my established clients know to call me before administering these medications, there are many horse owners who regularly use these two common but poorly understood prescription drugs without any veterinary guidance.