Nutrition and the Equine Topline
Clair Thunes, PhD
August 19, 2024
Find out how proper nutrition, including high-quality protein, could help improve muscling over your horse’s back.
Find out how proper nutrition, including high-quality protein, could help improve muscling over your horse’s back.
With so many supplements to choose from, it’s important to know what options are effective. Here’s a look at supplement ingredients that are backed by science.
Providing forage before an early morning ride can help reduce your horse’s risk of developing ulcers.
Dr. Mary Beth Gordon describes common treatment protocols for hindgut ulcers in horses and the role horse owners play in treatment.
Delve into nutrition topics key to keeping your horse healthy and happy.
Find out whether a horse diagnosed with ulcers should be on a special diet.
Learn to read the vast and varied signs of equine gastric ulcer syndrome.
Researchers believe adding alfalfa pellets to your horse’s diet might help manage and prevent ulcers in the lower region of the stomach.
Two experts weigh in on common equine hindgut problems and how you can manage them. Sponsored by Purina Animal Nutrition.
Getting back to basics and simplifying meals might be the key to keeping the horse’s hindgut healthy and functioning properly.
A nutritionist explains how meeting your sport horse’s dietary needs can help keep him healthy and performing his best.
When does a horse need selenium supplementation, and what’s the best way to provide it? An equine nutritionist weighs in.
Can supplements improve a senior horse’s joint health once he has started showing signs of stiffness? One expert weighs in.
Equine osteoarthritis often develops subtly and is a common result of aging. Learn how a horse’s joints inevitably wear with age and how to keep him comfortable.
Regularly monitor your horse’s condition and workload to ensure his energy requirements are being met with a forage-focused diet this show season.
Proper nutrition can make or break joint health. Here’s what you should know.
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