Abnormal Eating Behaviors: Your Horse Ate What?
Roy A. Johnson, MS
December 25, 2013
Anytime a horse is consuming unusual material, a thorough review of the diet is a good idea.
Anytime a horse is consuming unusual material, a thorough review of the diet is a good idea.
Researchers found that steaming appears to increase horses’ consumption of good-quality hay.
Of 1,286 voters, 841 (65%) indicated they feed beet pulp to their horses.
Taking preventative measures though diet and exercise are the best defenses against EMS development.
Dr. Amanda Adams shares information about how nutrition can impact the immune responses of geriatric horses.
Perilla mint is toxic to horses and the greatest risk of consumption is in late summer or early fall.
Hay replacers can be extremely useful, but they come with some guidelines to keep horses happy and healthy.
Of the 1,473 voters, 684 (46%) said that they feed their horses hay on the ground or do not use a hay feeder.
As winter approaches, remember that horses require access to clean water at an appropriate temperature.
Researchers studied whether horse farms use best management practices to reduce environmental contamination.
This plant contains toxins that can cause digestive issues, appetite loss, and neurologic problems in horses.
Feeding hay before grains appeared to reduce the intensity of cribbing episodes in a recent study.
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Though not toxic, burs found on the plants can cause mechanical damage if horses consume them.
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