Avoiding Dehydration in Sport Horses During Summer
Clair Thunes, PhD
July 24, 2023
Keeping competition horses well hydrated isn’t always easy. One nutritionist offers tips to help prevent dehydration.
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses
Keeping competition horses well hydrated isn’t always easy. One nutritionist offers tips to help prevent dehydration.
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Learn how to help your horse shed his excess pounds safely.
Based on a recent horse owner survey, researchers report the most common mistakes made when creating equine diets. Oversupplying calories tops the list.
Learn how to choose the right type of forage for horses with metabolic problems.
Just because your horse has access to water does not guarantee he’s drinking enough. Learn more about how to keep horses hydrated.
Understanding the differences between these groups’ microbiomes and adjusting dietary and management practices accordingly could help improve domestic horse welfare.
Soaking hay for horses with PPID or insulin dysregulation can reduce the WSC and ESC values, making it safer for these horses to consume.
Grazing horses at night can help keep them at a healthy weight and reduce their sugar intake.
Researchers have determined that limiting horses’ access to hay might make them more likely to engage in abnormal and aggressive behaviors.
Tying-up is a painful muscle condition in horses. An equine nutritionist offers advice on how to balance your horse’s diet to decrease the likelihood of an episode.
Miniature Horses with allergies can be challenging to manage and might have different dietary needs than their larger counterparts.
New research shows that electrolyte supplementation might not be necessary for horses in light to moderate work.
Horses’ gut microbiomes changed less during stressful situations when the supplement was on board.
Horses with insulin dysregulation can experience increased sugar absorption in the intestines, which could cause changes in blood glucose levels.
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