Unsound and Overweight Horses
Christa Lesté-Lasserre, MA
August 21, 2024
Find out how you can keep your metabolically efficient horse healthy when he’s laid up with an injury or chronic illness.
Find out how you can keep your metabolically efficient horse healthy when he’s laid up with an injury or chronic illness.
Is one grass hay variety more palatable than another? Should I feed my horse the first or second cutting of hay? Equine nutritionists answer these questions and more.
Learn about some of the common plants toxic to horses and their effects in this article from The Horse‘s Fall 2024 issue.
Find out how proper nutrition, including high-quality protein, could help improve muscling over your horse’s back.
Choose safer times and grasses for your horses for turnout while safeguarding their feet from laminitis. Learn more in this article from The Horse‘s Summer 2024 issue.
An equine nutritionist describes how to promote weight loss in horses that cannot be ridden.
Vegetable- and marine-based sources can provide your horse with essential omega-3 fatty acids. Consider these factors when choosing an omega-3 supplement for your horse.
Does your horse devour his meals? Slowing your speedy eater at mealtime can help prevent issues such as choke and wasted feed.
Discover which horses can benefit from higher carbohydrate levels in their diets and the feeds that can supply them.
Dr. Frank Andrews describes how you can reduce your horse’s risk of hindgut ulcers while helping him safely lose weight.
An equine nutritionist explains how a broodmare’s nutritional needs change during her pregnancy.
As horses age, they might need additional nutritional support. Read advice for feeding senior horses.
Dr. Mary Beth Gordon describes common treatment protocols for hindgut ulcers in horses and the role horse owners play in treatment.
Electrolytes are important! Discover when, what, and the correct amounts of electrolytes your horse needs in the Summer 2024 issue of The Horse.
When fed correctly, alfalfa might help prevent gastric ulcer development. One expert explains the importance of timing and amount when feeding horses alfalfa.
Dr. Frank Andrews describes signs that might indicate hindgut problems in horses, from lethargy and colic to diarrhea and weight loss, in this Ask TheHorse excerpt.
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