
Managing Overweight Performance Horses
Find out what health conditions overweight horses might be more likely to develop and how you can help your horse safely lose weight to improve his performance.

Find out what health conditions overweight horses might be more likely to develop and how you can help your horse safely lose weight to improve his performance.

An equine nutritionist offers alternatives to soaking hay for horses that live in subfreezing climates during winter.

Performance horses’ lifestyles put them at a greater risk of developing gastric ulcers. An equine nutritionist explains how to combat this.

How can you support young horses’ growth and development during this critical time? An equine nutritionist explains.

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A horse owner asks if Bute or firocoxib is better for her older performance horse. The answer? Maybe neither.

An owner asks for help feeding her mare who needs to gain weight but is proving to be a picky eater. An equine nutritionist shares some advice.

Learn how to use high-quality forage, water, and fat to help your horse maintain a healthy body condition score in colder weather.

Learn how to interpret feed tags and consider your horse’s specific dietary requirements so you can make informed decisions to maintain his health and performance.

Internal parasites can damage horses’ digestive tracts, causing lifelong issues with nutrient absorption.

Horses can consume hay pellets or cubes rapidly. How can we slow them down to increase their time spent chewing?

Find out how proper nutrition, including high-quality protein, could help improve muscling over your horse’s back.

An equine nutritionist describes how to promote weight loss in horses that cannot be ridden.

Discover key signs that could indicate 2 types of gastric ulcers in your horse so you can take proactive steps to ensure his peak health.

When refeeding skinny or emaciated horses, feed forage first to avoid fatal refeeding syndrome.

Researchers found horses with gastric ulcers are under greater oxidative stress and concluded the animals might benefit from additional antioxidant therapy.
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