Nutrition for Show Horses
Masa Williams, PhD
April 29, 2024
Focusing on consistent and balanced nutrition will help reduce your horse’s stress levels at shows.
Focusing on consistent and balanced nutrition will help reduce your horse’s stress levels at shows.
Grass sugar content fluctuates with the time of day, season, and weather. Timing turnout for horses with EMS, IR, or a history of laminitis can help prevent problems.
Two equine nutritionists answer 11 common questions about feeding horses beet pulp.
Learn about the nutritional needs of a mare with a foal at her side as she gets started back into work.
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An equine nutritionist answers a reader question about how her horse’s diet might play a role in his poor coat quality and hair loss.
What should and shouldn’t horses with heaves (or equine asthma) eat? A nutritionist offers advice.
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When switching your horse to a forage-focused diet, first obtain a hay analysis and choose a ration balancer that fills the nutritional gaps.
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Don’t balk at the S-word on the feed label. It might be just what your adult horse needs.
Is your senior horse a picky eater? Be sure he has regular veterinary dental examinations and consider changing his forage or concentrate feed.
Learn about 10 common plants, chemicals, organisms, and toxins your horse should never eat.
One expert explains whether horses that maintain body condition well on forage alone get enough protein from only eating hay.
An equine nutritionist offers advice about soaking beet pulp and ensuring it’s safe for horses to eat.
Taking these steps might help protect your mare and her foal.
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