Transitioning Horses to Spring Pastures
Clair Thunes, PhD
April 28, 2025
Abruptly putting a horse on pasture can lead to colic or laminitis. Here’s advice to help avoid health problems.
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses
Abruptly putting a horse on pasture can lead to colic or laminitis. Here’s advice to help avoid health problems.
Find out how to make the weaning transition smoother for foals by meeting their nutritional needs.
Horses with cellulitis need medical intervention from a veterinarian, but these efforts can be supported through a balanced diet. Here’s why.
These 5 steps can help you prevent and eliminate odors on your farm and create a cleaner space for your horses.
One reader wants to know how she can manage her metabolic horse that is also prone to gastric ulcers. Here’s what she should consider.
Find out how to manage and remove horse waste from your farm in a safe and effective way.
If you can see your horse’s ribs or his topline is lacking, he might need to gain weight or muscle. But how can you tell which he needs?
Explore the methods used to diagnose food-related issues in horses and effectively manage their clinical signs.
Sustainable hay production involves practices that protect the environment while yielding high-quality hay. Here’s how to grow or source sustainably produced hay.
Horses with EMS are often overweight or obese and also at an increased risk of developing laminitis. Implement these 5 strategies to manage your EMS horse more effectively.
Learn how to feed growing horses correctly to avoid developmental orthopedic disease.
Scientists recently examined the role of dopamine in horses with PPID and ID, as well as how pergolide affects dopamine receptors to treat metabolic problems.
Some medications are critical for horses’ health but don’t taste great. Here are tips from an equine nutritionist to encourage them to eat their pills.
Feeding senior horses doesn’t have to be complicated. Some need nutrition adjustments based on their health status and body condition. Sponsored by Sentinel Equine Nutrition.
Find out which horses and ponies have a higher genetic risk for EMS and how to manage them.
Overweight horses and some breeds are predisposed to metabolic problems. Here’s how to feed horses with ID and calculate if your horse’s meal has a safe level of NSCs.
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