
What You Need to Know About Your Horse’s Gut Microbiome
Understanding the equine gut microbiome can help you create and support healthy microbial populations in your horse’s digestive system.
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses

Understanding the equine gut microbiome can help you create and support healthy microbial populations in your horse’s digestive system.

An equine nutritionist explains her approach for a group of horses needing a low-sugar diet that still spend time on pasture.

Find out why some horses might not fully recover from gastric ulcers and how veterinarians manage these cases. Sponsored by Kelato.

Here’s how to feed your horse smarter to improve his performance and overall health.

Many horses fall short on key nutrients despite adequate feeding. These gaps can affect hoof quality, recovery, and overall health.

Study: Essential oil blend might help metabolic horses manage insulin.

Researchers have shown feeding horses alfalfa prior to riding can help buffer stomach acid and offers relief for ulcer-prone horses. But is hay or a pellet better?

Do you struggle to get pills into your horse? A nutritionist offers advice and some precautions.

An equine nutritionist explains how to address common nutrition challenges when feeding horses with the dental condition EOTRH, before and after surgery.

Kelly Vineyard, PhD, shares expert insights on spring horse nutrition and common concerns such as metabolic health and pasture sugars.

What does it take to optimize a horse’s immune response and fight off disease?

Do you have a horse with flaky skin and a dry mane and tail? The right feed might help.

Careful dietary management helps horses with EMS stay in work while reducing laminitis risk.

Moisture meters can help you determine when to bale and store your horses’ hay and can protect against barn or storage building fires.

Selecting the right forage and concentrate for your horse and reassessing supplements can help reduce feed costs.

The correct choice depends on a horse’s diet, workload, and overall nutritional picture. Learn more in the Spring 2026 issue of The Horse.
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