
Changes in Senior Horses’ Chewing Ability
Making dietary changes as horses lose their ability to grind long-stem hay will help prevent weight loss and other issues that can affect older horses.
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses

Making dietary changes as horses lose their ability to grind long-stem hay will help prevent weight loss and other issues that can affect older horses.

Learn how to read supplement labels and the difference between ingredients that offer potential therapeutic benefits and those meant to improve flavor or act as preservatives.

A successful equine slim-down program includes frequent weight assessments, smart feeding techniques, and various forms of exercise.

Practitioners must use clinical signs and laboratory testing to distinguish between these sometimes similar ailments.

These findings could eventually help veterinarians tailor medical care, feeding, and training to individual horses.

By adopting key planning and management strategies, owners can keep horses successfully on small properties. Learn about zoning regulations, manure management, insect control, insurance, and more in this free report!

Iron deficiencies are rare in horses, especially in those with access to good-quality pasture and hay.

Our nutrition expert explains how diet changes can help horses with pituitary pars intermedia dysfunction (PPID).

Our nutritionist helps a reader make sense of horse feeds advertised as low-sugar, low-starch, lite, and more.

Find out how some simple diet changes might help calm your hyperactive horse.

These findings help us better understand how and why horses’ teeth wear as they do, researchers said.

Colic incidence is relatively low, affecting only about 3% of the Kenyan equine population each year. But researchers say that figure doesn’t include many cases not reported to vets and treated with home remedies.

Find out why this grass is a popular hay for horses and how, in some cases, it might cause problems.

Minimize your horse’s risk of ingesting a deadly plant by identifying and eliminating harmful species.

Is your parasite control program right for your horses? Find out and get your deworming questions answered!

Our equine nutritionist offers suggestions for finding a grazing muzzle to fit your horse.
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