Rules for Feeding Horses Forage
Stacey Oke, DVM, MSc
January 10, 2025
An equine nutritionist emphasizes the importance of fiber in horse diets and shares 2 rules for safe fiber-feeding practices.
An equine nutritionist emphasizes the importance of fiber in horse diets and shares 2 rules for safe fiber-feeding practices.
Here’s how you can recognize the early signs and risk factors for EGUS, and how veterinarians diagnose and treat the condition.
Researchers believe exercise, stress, and diet can contribute to leaky gut in horses, but a prebiotic product might reduce the incidence.
Extruded horse feeds offer higher digestibility, longer consumption time, and decreased dust and pathogens, making them an ideal option for feeding some types of horses.
An equine nutritionist describes the connections between heat stroke and leaky gut in horses and what you can do to prevent these problems.
Equine neuroaxonal dystrophy (eNAD) and equine degenerative myeloencephalopathy (EDM) both plague the horse’s central nervous system.
Here’s why a horse’s gut microbiome might have a significant impact on his immunity and what owners can do to support equine gut health.
Researchers say this method of extracting horses’ cheek teeth could reduce complications during and after surgery when traditional extraction methods fail.
What could cause a horse to develop equine odontoclastic tooth resorption and hypercementosis (EOTRH)?
One veterinarian describes what management changes you can make to keep your arthritic horse comfortable.
Learn what you can do to help your horse recover from a joint injury and give him a better prognosis for the future.
Emerging technologies are giving veterinarians the tools they need to best address dental disease in horses.
Dental pain can often be mistaken for behavior problems, so it is important for owners to understand the signs of dental pain and disease.
Catching and diagnosing equine lameness early, when you first notice something is “not quite right,” gives your horse a better chance for a quick recovery.
Researchers in the U.K. say finances, emotion, and logistics all affect the outcome in cases of severe colic in horses.
Researchers have identified several benefits to this method for removing teeth in horses, such as reducing postoperative complications.
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