Adding Fuel to the Fire: How Diet Affects Horse Behavior
Diane E. Rice
September 11, 2024
Find out how you can influence your horse’s behavior through feed management.
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Find out how you can influence your horse’s behavior through feed management.
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An owner asks for help feeding her mare who needs to gain weight but is proving to be a picky eater. An equine nutritionist shares some advice.
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Learn how to interpret feed tags and consider your horse’s specific dietary requirements so you can make informed decisions to maintain his health and performance.
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Dr. Avi Blake describes equine degenerative joint disease, how it occurs, clinical signs, diagnostics, and treatment options. Sponsored by American Regent Animal Health.
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Find out how you can keep your metabolically efficient horse healthy when he’s laid up with an injury or chronic illness.
There are right and wrong ways to bandage horses’ limbs, no matter the wrap’s purpose.
Is one grass hay variety more palatable than another? Should I feed my horse the first or second cutting of hay? Equine nutritionists answer these questions and more.
Find out how proper nutrition, including high-quality protein, could help improve muscling over your horse’s back.
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