What is a Nutraceutical?
Clair Thunes, PhD
November 2, 2020
Are you confused about nutraceuticals in your horse’s diet? Learn more from our equine nutrition expert.
Are you confused about nutraceuticals in your horse’s diet? Learn more from our equine nutrition expert.
While nutritionists working with ruminants tend to focus on the nutrient content of feeds on a dry matter basis, in equine nutrition we mostly focus on the as-fed value of nutrients.
Their names might sound the same, but their molecular makeups are different. Are organic or inorganic forms of trace and macrominerals better for horses?
Vitiligo results in depigmentation of a horse’s skin and might be related to stress or a nutritional deficiency. Research into the condition is limited. Here’s what we know.
If you live at northern latitudes, you might lack vitamin D. But what about your horse?
Dr. Thunes offers advice for a horse who isn’t chewing quite right.
Horse owners are rightfully concerned about their horses’ lung health after wildfire smoke exposure. But can the smoke and ash also affect their pastures and forage?
Human nutritionists encourage eating whole foods and avoiding processed ones. Does the same logic apply to our horses?
Copper is involved energy production, iron metabolism, connective tissue formation, central nervous system function, and melanin production. Is your horse getting enough? If you only feed forage, probably not.
What’s the best way to soak horses’ hay to reduce dust and sugar content?
Both NSAIDs induced GI tract inflammation, but phenylbutazone might result in more severe inflammation in the lower GI tract.
How do you ensure a horse that’s reluctant to use his salt block and refuses to eat loose salt in his ration is getting enough?
A horse owner wonders if a vitamin C supplement will help her horse with swollen legs.
A horse in Arizona is low-energy and losing weight in the summer heat. Find out what might help.
A reader’s horse who doesn’t like to drink when traveling recently tied up while running cross-country at an event. Our nutritionist offers advice to get the horse to hydrate in the future.
Planning a weight-reducing diet is easy until faced with the loving eyes of a pony begging for his alfalfa.
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