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.
An equine nutritionist describes how to promote weight loss in horses that cannot be ridden.
Does your horse devour his meals? Slowing your speedy eater at mealtime can help prevent issues such as choke and wasted feed.
Dr. Frank Andrews describes how you can reduce your horse’s risk of hindgut ulcers while helping him safely lose weight.
As horses age, they might need additional nutritional support. Read advice for feeding senior horses.
Two experts weigh in on common equine hindgut problems and how you can manage them. Sponsored by Purina Animal Nutrition.
Getting back to basics and simplifying meals might be the key to keeping the horse’s hindgut healthy and functioning properly.
When does a horse need selenium supplementation, and what’s the best way to provide it? An equine nutritionist weighs in.
Discover what, when, and how to feed horses with metabolic issues such as EMS, ID, and PPID.
Proper nutrition can make or break joint health. Here’s what you should know.
Use these tips to make smart mealtime decisions when feeding many types of horses.
A nutritionist answers questions about the nutritional needs of older equids, covering topics such as senior feeds, metabolic disease, and helping horses gain weight.
Two equine nutritionists answer 11 common questions about feeding horses beet pulp.
When switching your horse to a forage-focused diet, first obtain a hay analysis and choose a ration balancer that fills the nutritional gaps.
Don’t balk at the S-word on the feed label. It might be just what your adult horse needs.
Is your senior horse a picky eater? Be sure he has regular veterinary dental examinations and consider changing his forage or concentrate feed.
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