Nutrition and the Equine Topline
Clair Thunes, PhD
August 19, 2024
Find out how proper nutrition, including high-quality protein, could help improve muscling over your horse’s back.
Find out how proper nutrition, including high-quality protein, could help improve muscling over your horse’s back.
With so many supplements to choose from, it’s important to know what options are effective. Here’s a look at supplement ingredients that are backed by science.
The steps you take to care for your horse both immediately after a competition and once you’re back home are important to his athletic longevity.
Protecting your young horse’s musculoskeletal system can help reduce his risk of injuries later in life.
Varying the surfaces on which you exercise your horse can help produce a strong, well-rounded equine athlete.
Learn about 5 reasons to use complementary therapies such as acupuncture and chiropractic for your horse and the research behind them.
Learn about fibrotic myopathy, MFM, botulism, PSSM, and HYPP and how they affect horses.
Learn how young horses’ bodies adapt to exercise and how to prepare them for successful careers.
Explore the causes of and treatments for this common muscular problem in horses, along with prevention methods.
Gait-altering conditions such as EPM, wobbler syndrome, and Lyme disease can be tricky to spot and even more difficult to diagnose.
One expert shares 9 reasons why your horse might not be meeting your expectations and recommends taking a realistic look at both his and your athletic potential.
Learn why this antioxidant is important for muscle health and how to supplement it safely.
Find out what a veterinarian might look for when examining a horse that loses his balance after jumping a fence.
How to help performance horses of all types reach peak fitness.
Researchers are studying these behaviors and how they can affect equine health and welfare.
The decision about riding horses recovering from EPM and other diseases, one vet says, involves balancing rider safety, liability concerns, and animal welfare.
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