Horse Feeding Basics
Sarah Evers Conrad
December 13, 2019
Confused about your horse’s diet? We’re here to help. Here’s how to craft the proper hay and grain ration.
Confused about your horse’s diet? We’re here to help. Here’s how to craft the proper hay and grain ration.
Selenium is required in very small amounts in the equine diet, but it has an important role in maintaining horse health.
Improper pasture management of horses during the winter and early spring can adversely affect pasture quality and the environment. Using drylots can help.
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.
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.
After a horse has had a bout of laminitis, can she be brought up slowly on grass again? If so, how soon can this be done?
More than four hours without feed is fasting for a horse and can lead to issues. The solution for evening feeding? Slow feeders extended nighttime “grazing” time by 95-105%, researchers observed.
Learn about this important piece of the equine nutrition puzzle. Is your horse getting enough?
Tips include ensuring constant forage access, providing pasture turnout, and limiting concentrate intake, among others.
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.
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