Researchers found blanketed horses during a Wisconsin winter ate 8% less free-choice hay than their unblanketed peers while maintaining similar body conditions.
From winter and summer annuals to perennials and biennials, learn how to prevent and manage pasture weeds.
Blending at least 15% chaff with a horse’s feed can increase consumption times and reduce health risks such as colic and choke.
While nutritionists working with ruminants tend to focus on the nutrient content of feeds on a dry matter basis, in equine nutrition we mostly focus on the as-fed value of nutrients.
Learn about how rain during harvesting can affect hay quality and whether you should feed rained-on hay to your horses.
Their names might sound the same, but their molecular makeups are different. Are organic or inorganic forms of trace and macrominerals better for horses?
To ensure your horse stays hydrated, provide him with fresh, clean, clear water at appropriate drinking temperatures. Here’s how.
If you live at northern latitudes, you might lack vitamin D. But what about your horse?
Learn about your horse’s health, behavior, and personality as you acclimate him to a new home, diet, and herd.
Though they make up only a tiny part of horses’ diets, micronutrients play big roles in major physiological functions, ranging from bone and muscle performance to digestion to hormone signaling.
Horse owners are rightfully concerned about their horses’ lung health after wildfire smoke exposure. But can the smoke and ash also affect their pastures and forage?
Vitamin E serves as one of the body’s most potent antioxidants, protecting various cells—including those of the immune system—from the harmful effects of free radicals.
Before you bring a horse home, there’s a host of things to prepare and much to consider. Our sources share their recommendations for owners making the transition to at-home horse care.
Human nutritionists encourage eating whole foods and avoiding processed ones. Does the same logic apply to our horses?
Copper is involved energy production, iron metabolism, connective tissue formation, central nervous system function, and melanin production. Is your horse getting enough? If you only feed forage, probably not.
Mares in good body condition have a reservoir of stored fat that can be used during cold winter weather.
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