Focus on Diet for a Healthy Equine Microbiome
Shoshana Rudski
September 22, 2022
Evaluating what your horse is eating, and making gradual changes, can promote a healthier gastrointestinal microbiome.
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses
Evaluating what your horse is eating, and making gradual changes, can promote a healthier gastrointestinal microbiome.
Discover how each region of your horse’s digestive system works in this visual guide.
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Using a focus-on-forage approach, a veterinarian specializing in equine nutrition explains how she plans a diet for easy keepers.
Equine digestion is full of twists and turns, and a lot can go wrong during the process. Learn how colic, diarrhea, ulcers, and other ailments can affect your horse’s GI tract and what steps to take to optimize his digestive health.
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Start by analyzing what your horse is eating when evaluating whether you’re meeting his nutritional goals.
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