How Can I Combat My Senior Horse’s Loose Manure?
Clair Thunes, PhD
June 18, 2018
Why might replacing long-stem hay with hay pellets help resolve a senior horse’s loose manure? Our equine nutritionist weighs in.
Why might replacing long-stem hay with hay pellets help resolve a senior horse’s loose manure? Our equine nutritionist weighs in.
Making dietary changes as horses lose their ability to grind long-stem hay will help prevent weight loss and other issues that can affect older horses.
A successful equine slim-down program includes frequent weight assessments, smart feeding techniques, and various forms of exercise.
These findings could eventually help veterinarians tailor medical care, feeding, and training to individual horses.
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While an average 1,100-pound adult horse at rest or lightly exercised requires only 400 milligrams per day, this mineral is important to bone and cartilage development.
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Foals with a selenium deficiency are at risk of developing white muscle disease, which leads to skeletal and cardiac muscle abnormalities.
While tiny quantities of some substances were found in samples, researchers say it’s not necessarily cause for concern.
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Two horses at the same farm that consumed Nutrena SafeChoice Senior died three days apart.
Western Milling will pay more than $500,000 in fines in connection with its manufacture of monensin-contaminated feed.
A Cargill product, Progressive Nutrition Soothing Pink, was found to contain the banned substance ractopamine.
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