Trace Mineral Basics: Selenium
Nettie Liburt, MS, PhD, PAS
December 2, 2019
Selenium is required in very small amounts in the equine diet, but it has an important role in maintaining horse health.
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses
Selenium is required in very small amounts in the equine diet, but it has an important role in maintaining horse health.
While we might enjoy sneaking our horses peppermints and other sweet treats, we need to understand how it can reinforce good or bad behavior and how it fits into your horse’s dietary scheme.
And if a foal has experienced stunted development, can proper nutrition correct any long-term health issues?
Are there any special considerations I need to make when hauling, housing, and showing my healthy senior gelding?
Improper pasture management of horses during the winter and early spring can adversely affect pasture quality and the environment. Using drylots can help.
Are young horses with poor or limited nutrition or exercise likely to develop problems later in life? If so, can these be reversed? Dr. Brian Nielsen responds.
Why might our horses drink from an ice cold creek or tank rather than from the heated water buckets? Equine behaviorist Dr. Sue McDonnell explains.
Blood testing provides a clearer picture of potential cobalt misuse.
Do you have a young horse in your life? Learn about young horse growth, development, exercise, and nutrition during this Q&A.
Discover the differences between these two trendy, omega-3-packed seeds that can be used to supplement equine diets.
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Dr. Clair Thunes explains what certain feed label terms mean and how to spot potential trouble.
Our equine nutritionist explains what the term “maintenance diet” means and how it applies to your horse.
By prolonging feeding time and stimulating more saliva production, large pellets of concentrated feeds could extend mealtime and offer protection from gastric ulcers.
Researchers investigated whether microbiome composition could be breed-specific and, therefore, influence horse health and behavior.
Bluegrass is an excellent horse pasture forage because it’s nutritious, palatable, and tolerant of close grazing.
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