Whether you’re taking your horse on a back-country vacation, moving out of state, or traveling to the World Equestrian Games, don’t assume your horse’s feed will be available at your destination.
Have you cleaned your horse’s feed bucket recently? Dr. Clair Thunes shares tips on when, why, and how often you should clean your horse’s buckets and feeders.
Should you avoid purchasing hay treated with propionic acid (a preservative) for horses? Not necessarily, our nutritionist says.
An automated feeder that provides grain in multiple small meals throughout the day might help reduce the prevalence of gastric ulcers in horses in training.
Does your herd leader get too much to eat while the low man doesn’t get enough? Here’s our expert’s advice.
Nutritionist Dr. Clair Thunes explains why ration-balancer protein contents might seem high but aren’t.
Learn about vitamin B-12’s role in the horse’s body and when supplementation might prove beneficial.
A horse owner who also has beef cattle wants to know if all-purpose, multispecies feeds are okay for horses. Our equine nutritionist responds.
Why might replacing long-stem hay with hay pellets help resolve a senior horse’s loose manure? Our equine nutritionist weighs in.
Changes in the diameter of the caudal vena cava (a large vein that returns blood to the heart from the back half of the body) during respiratory cycles could be used to evaluate fluid volume in foals, researchers found.
Learn how to read supplement labels and the difference between ingredients that offer potential therapeutic benefits and those meant to improve flavor or act as preservatives.
Our nutrition expert explains how diet changes can help horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID).
Our nutritionist helps a reader make sense of horse feeds advertised as low-sugar, low-starch, lite, and more.
Find out why this grass is a popular hay for horses and how, in some cases, it might cause problems.
Our equine nutritionist offers suggestions for finding a grazing muzzle to fit your horse.
Vaccinating mares against the polysaccharide poly-N-acetyl glucosamine appears to effectively protect foals against R. equi pneumonia, researchers found.
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