Adding Fuel to the Fire: How Diet Affects Horse Behavior
Diane E. Rice
September 11, 2024
Find out how you can influence your horse’s behavior through feed management.
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses
Find out how you can influence your horse’s behavior through feed management.
When fed and managed properly, horses can benefit from alfalfa’s high nutritive value. But is it right for your horse? Here’s what to consider when feeding this forage.
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.
Learn how to use high-quality forage, water, and fat to help your horse maintain a healthy body condition score in colder weather.
A nutritionist describes how you can protect your horse from this highly toxic antibiotic typically found in cattle feed.
Learn how to interpret feed tags and consider your horse’s specific dietary requirements so you can make informed decisions to maintain his health and performance.
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Find out how you can keep your metabolically efficient horse healthy when he’s laid up with an injury or chronic illness.
Two experts answer your questions about equine parasite control, deworming strategies, managing parasite resistance, and more.
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Find out how proper nutrition, including high-quality protein, could help improve muscling over your horse’s back.
As you consider ways you can help your foal—and his dam—through the weaning process, examine methods based on research.
An equine nutritionist describes how to promote weight loss in horses that cannot be ridden.
With so many supplements to choose from, it’s important to know what options are effective. Here’s a look at supplement ingredients that are backed by science.
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