What’s All the Hype? Feeding the Energetic Horse
Kristen M. Janicki, MS, PAS
May 21, 2018
Find out how some simple diet changes might help calm your hyperactive horse.
Find out how some simple diet changes might help calm your hyperactive horse.
Find out why this grass is a popular hay for horses and how, in some cases, it might cause problems.
Lactating mares’ nutritional requirements increase drastically in order to maintain weight while providing nursing foals with enough critical nutrients.
Consider these dietary changes to help reduce the laminitis risk and discuss with your veterinarian whether certain medications could help your horse.
Horses consuming crude protein at 12% of total dry matter intake excreted more nitrogen, which led to greater ammonia emissions.
A forage-only diet and transported before exercise could positively impact horses’ exercise performance, researchers found.
Learn how to plan forage purchases with this practical guide to hay cuttings, types, and quality.
Need to stretch your hay supply? Consider adding hay cubes, complete feeds, or forage byproducts.
Learn what distinguishes PPID, EMS, and IR from each other and how to care for “metabolic” horses.
Learn more about nutrition’s role in the development and management of equine endocrine disorders and how you can reduce your horse’s risk of developing a secondary disease.
Our nutritionist weighs whether steaming or soaking hay is more effective at reducing NSC levels for horses with insulin resistance.
Here are a few ways to make feeding time more efficient without sacrificing your horse’s dietary balance.
The domains focus on horses’ nutrition, environment, health, behavior, and mental experiences.
Ensure horses and livestock have adequate shelter, water, dry bedding, and feed to make it through the cold spell.
Zinc-deficient horses can exhibit reduced growth rates, inappetence, and skin abnormalities, among other issues.
On average it took horses about 30% longer to eat from both slow feeders compared to the ground, researchers found.
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