An owner asks for help feeding her mare who needs to gain weight but is proving to be a picky eater. An equine nutritionist shares some advice.
A nutritionist describes how you can protect your horse from this highly toxic antibiotic typically found in cattle feed.
Get advice on encouraging a hard-keeper to eat more. The first step? Rule out health problems.
Follow these 5 tips for feeding horses with recurrent colic while awaiting a diagnosis or targeted treatment.
Does your horse devour his meals? Slowing your speedy eater at mealtime can help prevent issues such as choke and wasted feed.
What can you do to protect your horse’s sensitive stomach against gastric disease?
When refeeding skinny or emaciated horses, feed forage first to avoid fatal refeeding syndrome.
Delve into nutrition topics key to keeping your horse healthy and happy. Sponsored by Sentinel Equine Nutrition.
Learn to read the vast and varied signs of equine gastric ulcer syndrome.
Do certain concentrates increase gastric ulcer risk? A nutritionist answers this commonly asked question.
Researchers believe adding alfalfa pellets to your horse’s diet might help manage and prevent ulcers in the lower region of the stomach.
The equine hindgut breaks down fiber, which makes up most of the horse’s diet. Learn how diet and management can affect this important part of your horse’s GI system.
Choosing a high-quality feed and forage for your young horse is essential to ensuring her success in training while her body develops.
Horses evolved to eat frequent, small roughage meals throughout the day, so why do we only feed them twice? Read more in The Horse‘s 2024 Preventive Care issue.
An equine nutritionist explains why your horse might waste concentrate and hay and how you can combat this.
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.
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