Improving Dry Equine Skin and Coats With Nutrition
Clair Thunes, PhD
April 20, 2025
Do you have a horse with flaky skin and a dry mane and tail? The right feed might help.
Do you have a horse with flaky skin and a dry mane and tail? The right feed might help.
Adding oil to your horse’s diet can improve coat quality and weight gain. An equine nutritionist describes factors to consider before choosing an oil to feed your horse.
Find out how to safely feed horses fat and if it’s a good weight-gain solution.
Cold weather often brings unwanted weight loss in hard-keeping horses. Two experts offer advice on preventing this as we prepare for temperatures to drop.
Does your otherwise healthy horse have trouble keeping pounds on? Here are 5 tips to consider when feeding the mature, healthy hard keeper.
Find out how you can influence your horse’s behavior through feed management.
Vegetable- and marine-based sources can provide your horse with essential omega-3 fatty acids. Consider these factors when choosing an omega-3 supplement for your horse.
Discover how energy factors into your horse’s diet and the different ways to manipulate it.
An equine nutritionist explains how horses use dietary fats for energy and why some metabolic horses might need additional fat sources.
A nutritionist answers questions about the nutritional needs of older equids, covering topics such as senior feeds, metabolic disease, and helping horses gain weight.
What should and shouldn’t horses with heaves (or equine asthma) eat? A nutritionist offers advice.
Before adding fat to your horse’s diet to improve his coat, be sure he’s on a balanced diet and that you’re grooming him regularly.
Decipher fact vs. fiction when it comes to the complicated world of feeding horses.
Fat can be a smart addition to the performance horse’s diet if you choose the right source and add it to the diet slowly.
My horse is turned out to pasture for at least part of each day. Every winter he gets scratches. Is there anything I can do nutritionally that might help prevent this?
How do you build a nutritional program that supports your high-intensity equine athlete? Three experts share their advice.
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