Nutrition

Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses

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Practical Electrolyte Use in Horses

Electrolytes play an important role in hydration and cellular function in horses. Learn more about electrolytes, when you might need to supplement them, and what research has shown about how they affect performance horses.

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Heat Advisory for Horses

Veterinarians from UC Davis offer 10 important tips to prevent heat-related problems in horses.

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PPID: An Endocrine Disease

Pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID, or equine Cushing’s disease) is caused by an enlargement of the pituitary gland’s middle lobe (the pars intermedia), which results in an overproduction of hormones that regulate bodily functions. Learn more about this disease in our slideshow.

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How To Get a Horse’s Coat To Dapple

A dappled coat might be a sign of optimum equine health and nutrition, but the reality is more complicated. One equine nutritionist offers advice on bringing out the bloom in your horse’s coat.

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Equine Safety and Yellow Buttercups

Buttercups can cause mouth pain and blisters, drooling, oral and gastric ulcers, colic, and diarrhea in horses that eat them.

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