What’s So Special About Lysine?
Clair Thunes, PhD
February 3, 2020
A nutritionist explains why horses need this amino acid in their diets and what happens if they don’t consume enough.
A nutritionist explains why horses need this amino acid in their diets and what happens if they don’t consume enough.
Horses with recurrent exertional rhabdomyolysis require different diets than horses that tie up because of PSSM.
A horse’s bloodwork isn’t back to normal after a bout with coronavirus. Leaky gut might be the culprit.
An Appendix Quarter Horse is unable to maintain his weight on a ration balancer and hay, so our nutritionist makes recommendations for increasing his calorie consumption.
A horse owner doesn’t think her horse needs the manufacturer’s daily recommended serving of performance feed. Our equine nutritionist recommends a balanced approach to avoid nutritional deficiencies.
Buying hay and feed in bulk quantities can save money up front. Find out how long you can store hay, grains, and feed.
Your feed store is having a big sale, but here are some tips before you stock up.
Discover the differences between these two trendy, omega-3-packed seeds that can be used to supplement equine diets.
Nutrition changes, high-carb diets, and more: Discover the nutritional factors that can cause loose stool in horses.
Dr. Clair Thunes explains what certain feed label terms mean and how to spot potential trouble.
Our equine nutritionist explains what the term “maintenance diet” means and how it applies to your horse.
While experts recommend barley straw as donkey forage, its availability is limited in the United States. Our equine nutritionist offers alternatives.
While copper, zinc, iron, and selenium get a lot of attention in equine diets, manganese, iodine, and cobalt are also important for horse health.
Do you want to give your horse the benefit of omega-3-rich flax but aren’t sure if you should feed it whole, ground, stabilized, or as an oil? Our nutrition expert helps sort through the differences.
Here’s how to react if your horse consumes feed designed for another animal.
An equine nutrition expert shares tips for feeding horses during natural disasters.
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