2016 BEVA Congress: Thursday’s Top Tweets
The Horse Staff
September 8, 2016
Top take-homes from presentations on laminitis, grass sickness, atypical myopathy, sedation, and more.
Proper feeding practices for foals, adult horses, and older horses
Top take-homes from presentations on laminitis, grass sickness, atypical myopathy, sedation, and more.
I have a 30-year-old hinny who is very skinny and is losing weight. Is there anything that I could give him to make him more comfortable, help him gain weight, and not cause him harm?
Of the 1,413 respondents, 936 (66%) said their horses get water from a trough or bucket that they fill manually.
Too much dietary selenium can cause toxicity or even death. But too little selenium can be life-threatening, as well.
Red clover provides excellent forage quality when grazed or harvested before the flower blooms.
Last year Old Friends developed and implemented plans for improving all the paddocks on the farm.
Blue-green algae can produce toxins that cause health problems and even death in animals, including horses.
Basic pasture management is relatively simple but requires diligence and understanding.
You can’t just toss your equine athletes, seniors, youngsters, and retirees the same feed and call it a day.
Performance horses have special nutritional needs. Here are some tips on how to get the most out of your athlete’s diet.
A lack of water in your horse’s diet can have serious consequences. Here’s what to remember.
Weight loss is possible in most situations, provided the owner remains actively involved in the nutrition program.
Together the groups have studied fescue toxicosis, equine gut health, and other horse health and management aspects.
Large crabgrass is very palatable to horses and has a high nutrient content, making it useful for grazing in the south.
For cool-season pastures, fall is the ideal time to overseed to thicken a stand and fill in bare areas.
Two horse owners allege that feed manufacturer ADM knowingly sold and distributed horse-feed tainted with monensin.
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