Nutrition Tips for Traveling With Your Horse
Clair Thunes, PhD
July 2, 2017
Travel stress can lead to gastric ulcers and colic. Use these strategies to help keep your horse healthy away from home.
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses
Travel stress can lead to gastric ulcers and colic. Use these strategies to help keep your horse healthy away from home.
I have a healthy 21-year-old retired gelding who will not eat any type of hay in his stall at night. I have concerns about him standing in his stall all night without chewing and developing ulcers as a result. What are my options?
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