Trace Mineral Basics: Selenium
Nettie Liburt, MS, PhD, PAS
December 2, 2019
Selenium is required in very small amounts in the equine diet, but it has an important role in maintaining horse health.
Selenium is required in very small amounts in the equine diet, but it has an important role in maintaining horse health.
While we might enjoy sneaking our horses peppermints and other sweet treats, we need to understand how it can reinforce good or bad behavior and how it fits into your horse’s dietary scheme.
Improper pasture management of horses during the winter and early spring can adversely affect pasture quality and the environment. Using drylots can help.
Why might our horses drink from an ice cold creek or tank rather than from the heated water buckets? Equine behaviorist Dr. Sue McDonnell explains.
Blood testing provides a clearer picture of potential cobalt misuse.
Do you have a young horse in your life? Learn about young horse growth, development, exercise, and nutrition during this Q&A.
Nutrition changes, high-carb diets, and more: Discover the nutritional factors that can cause loose stool in horses.
Our equine nutritionist explains what the term “maintenance diet” means and how it applies to your horse.
By prolonging feeding time and stimulating more saliva production, large pellets of concentrated feeds could extend mealtime and offer protection from gastric ulcers.
Bluegrass is an excellent horse pasture forage because it’s nutritious, palatable, and tolerant of close grazing.
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.
As autumn approaches, consider whether you need to make changes to your horse’s diet in preparation for winter.
Horses with conditions such as muscle or metabolic disease might have special hay needs to stay healthy.
As we move into fall, here’s a quick list of recommendations from the University of Kentucky to help manage pastures.
Just six or seven months ago, Kentucky was dealing with overabundant rainfall and soaked pastures, but now things are close to bone dry. Kentucky needs rain, and fast.
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