Nearly 250 veterinarians from across the country attended a continuing education conference sponsored by Purina Mills. A full day was spent touring the LongView Research Facility where Purina Mills conducts feed research for all types of animals, including horses.

Besides researching and developing horse feeds, which on average takes five years for a new feed to go from idea to feed store, Purina conducts research on how feeds affect and react with the physical animal. For example, feeds are absorbed differently (or not at all) in the foregut of horses (the digestive tract  mouth through the small intestine) versus the hind gut (cecum through large colon)