Your horse needs essential nutrients from the diet to stay healthy. An equine nutritionist explains how to meet those needs through proper feeding.
While steeped in tradition, feeding bran mashes can cause GI distress in horses. Learn why, and discover alternatives.
Understanding the equine gut microbiome can help you create and support healthy microbial populations in your horse’s digestive system.
Here’s how to feed your horse smarter to improve his performance and overall health.
Researchers have shown feeding horses alfalfa prior to riding can help buffer stomach acid and offers relief for ulcer-prone horses. But is hay or a pellet better?
Careful dietary management helps horses with EMS stay in work while reducing laminitis risk.
Discover what scientists are learning about this dynamic area of research and how we can use it to promote equine health.
Proteins and the amino acids that form them play important roles in the horse’s body, from muscle building and function to neurotransmission and hormone synthesis.
Find out how to safely feed horses fat and if it’s a good weight-gain solution.
Is your horse’s hay meeting his nutritional, health, and welfare needs? Learn how to make informed forage decisions.
An equine nutritionist explains how different energy sources function in your horse’s feed and how to incorporate them to improve his performance.
Two veterinarians answer your equine supplement questions in this Ask TheHorse Live podcast. Sponsored by SmartEquine.
Here’s how to choose a high-quality ration balancer for your mule that provides essential nutrients without supplying additional calories.
Veterinarians and a nutritionist outline how forage, concentrates, and supplements fuel performance horses and how to adjust diets for each horse’s job and temperament.
An equine nutritionist offers advice for feeding horses on competition days to support energy, digestion, and performance.
An equine nutritionist explains how to balance a performance horse’s diet to improve his energy levels and help him build muscle.
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