Food for Thought: Are Feeding Practices Hurting Your Horse?
Heather Smith Thomas
August 2, 2019
Are your feeding practices doing more harm than good? Experts share four ways to improve your horse’s digestive health.
Are your feeding practices doing more harm than good? Experts share four ways to improve your horse’s digestive health.
Can decreasing pasture size also decrease your horse’s weight even if turnout time doesn’t change? A researcher investigated and offers management tips based on her results.
Can horses with PPID be turned out on pasture and have grass? It depends, one researcher says. Here’s why.
Researchers found providing handfuls of forage to horses within hours after colic surgery improved gut healing.
Staff from the UK Horse Pasture Evaluation program recently observed ergot bodies in tall fescue pastures on several Central Kentucky horse farms. Here’s what to watch for.
Buttercups in horse pastures can cause problems, but their acrid taste usually deters livestock from grazing. Here’s what to know.
One study presented at the 2019 Equine Science Society Symposium found the answer. Also learn about how vibration plates really affect horses, if GPS accurately measures horse speed, and more.
Horses with grassy turnouts graze all day, so they don’t need extra forage when they’re stalled at night, right? Not so fast, our nutritionist says. Here’s why.
With routine blood work and a strategic supplementation protocol, you can help your horse avoid the negative consequences associated with vitamin E deficiency. Here’s how.
Moving north for the summer or south for the winter with horses can make feeding them a consistent diet challenging. An equine nutritionist offers tips to ease the transition.
Broadleaf plants, such as dandelions and ragweed, aren’t the only weeds that can infiltrate pastures. Here’s how to control grassy weeds that can be prominent in summer pastures, including crabgrass, yellow foxtail, and nimblewill.
Available forages for horses vary by region and season. Here’s a look at some of the most common.
Feed your roly-poly pony the way Nature intended to prevent obesity-related diseases such as laminitis and equine metabolic syndrome.
Learn more about alfalfa and whether this leafy green legume is a good choice for your horse.
Are your horses getting the nutrition they need? Find out during Equine Nutrition Awareness Month, brought to you by The Horse and ADM Animal Nutrition.
Researchers recently studied how horses and sheep interacted with each other and used pasture resources—plants, water, and shade.
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