Is Rained-On Hay Any Good for Horses?
Equine Disease Quarterly
October 19, 2020
Learn about how rain during harvesting can affect hay quality and whether you should feed rained-on hay to your horses.
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses
Learn about how rain during harvesting can affect hay quality and whether you should feed rained-on hay to your horses.
Their names might sound the same, but their molecular makeups are different. Are organic or inorganic forms of trace and macrominerals better for horses?
Vitiligo results in depigmentation of a horse’s skin and might be related to stress or a nutritional deficiency. Research into the condition is limited. Here’s what we know.
To ensure your horse stays hydrated, provide him with fresh, clean, clear water at appropriate drinking temperatures. Here’s how.
Study: Horses stalled on nonedible bedding ‘rebounded’ during the day, consuming their daytime rations faster with fewer pauses than horses living on straw.
Good nutrition and attention to GI health are the best ways to prevent leaky gut syndrome and heal horses with leaky guts.
If you live at northern latitudes, you might lack vitamin D. But what about your horse?
Scientists reviewed research on this painful disease that affects a horse’s teeth, gums, and bone.
Learn about your horse’s health, behavior, and personality as you acclimate him to a new home, diet, and herd.
Here’s a list of questions all horse owners should answer before their horses colic.
British researchers reviewed more than 150 equine microbiome studies. From colic to laminitis to pregnancy, here’s what they found.
Dr. Thunes offers advice for a horse who isn’t chewing quite right.
Though they make up only a tiny part of horses’ diets, micronutrients play big roles in major physiological functions, ranging from bone and muscle performance to digestion to hormone signaling.
Horse owners are rightfully concerned about their horses’ lung health after wildfire smoke exposure. But can the smoke and ash also affect their pastures and forage?
Vitamin E serves as one of the body’s most potent antioxidants, protecting various cells—including those of the immune system—from the harmful effects of free radicals.
Before you bring a horse home, there’s a host of things to prepare and much to consider. Our sources share their recommendations for owners making the transition to at-home horse care.
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