Horses that are used to being on pasture during the spring, summer, and fall might experience nutrient deficiencies during the winter.
Get advice on encouraging a hard-keeper to eat more. The first step? Rule out health problems.
Choosing a high-quality feed and forage for your young horse is essential to ensuring her success in training while her body develops.
An equine nutritionist explains why your horse might waste concentrate and hay and how you can combat this.
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.
One expert explains whether horses that maintain body condition well on forage alone get enough protein from only eating hay.
Find out how to design an affordable feeding program while still meeting your horse’s nutritional requirements.
Here’s a look at what hair analysis and bloodwork each can tell you about your horse’s nutritional health.
Based on a recent horse owner survey, researchers report the most common mistakes made when creating equine diets. Oversupplying calories tops the list.
Horses might eat dirt due to nutrient deficiencies, among other causes.
My horse is turned out to pasture for at least part of each day. Every winter he gets scratches. Is there anything I can do nutritionally that might help prevent this?
How do you choose between plain white salt blocks, red mineralized blocks, and rock salt on ropes? One nutritionist offers advice on adding salt in your horse’s diet
Providing a balanced diet that meets your horse’s nutritional needs and being aware of possible shortcomings are vital for his care. Read about seven aspects of your horse’s diet that might not be up to par.
Veterinarians could soon determine which horses are at risk of certain neurologic diseases through a simple urine test that reveals how a horse breaks down vitamin E.
Horses might chew trees for a variety of reasons, such as boredom or nutritional deficiency. Learn about the benefits and risks, and how to protect your horses and your trees.
Vitiligo results in depigmentation of a horse’s skin and might be related to stress or a nutritional deficiency. Research into the condition is limited. Here’s what we know.
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