Equine Electrolytes, Exercise, and the Heat
Uckele Health and Nutrition
August 21, 2012
Always ensure horses are consuming their baseline sodium, potassium, and chloride requirements each day.
Always ensure horses are consuming their baseline sodium, potassium, and chloride requirements each day.
Eleanor Kellon, VMD, of Uckele Health & Nutrition, shares her thoughts on insulin resistance in horses.
Balancing the digestive system is key to maintaining equine health by improving nutrient absorption.
Recent studies show that gastric ulcers occur in a surprisingly high percentage of performance horses.
Proper electrolyte balance and hydration should be a main priority for horse owners. In stressful situations,
Poultice can help reduce tissue heat and swelling caused by high intensity training and performance.
Nutritional support in the form of antioxidant and digestive aid can help strengthen the immune system.
Healthy blood sugar is a major factor in equine health. When glucose is not efficiently delivered to or utilized by the target cells, a horse’s ability to produce sustained metabolic energy is greatly diminished. This can result in a series of
Research indicates that supplementing essential fatty acids in horses’ diets is useful and might be required.
When your mare is in foal, your main focus becomes her and the developing foal’s nutrition to support optimal health during gestation, lactation, and the first several months of the foal’s life. Improper nutrition during these key phases of development can have repercussions for the mare and foal for the rest of their lives.
Throughout a horse’s life, bone adapts and changes continually in relationship to its environment. Osteochondrosis (OCD) is the failure of the bone to develop strong cross-linkage of collagen fibers (which affects the cartilage) and is most commonly caused by poor nutrition, mechanical trauma, and rapid growth, with nutrition being the most important. Lesions caused by OCD can result in serious
Phytonutrients are a class of compounds showing value in controlling inflammation and its negative effects.
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