Nutrition

Grains (such as oats, corn, and barley) and grain byproducts (such as wheat bran, wheat middlings, and wheat mill run) Read more

Stereotypic behaviors such as wood chewing and cribbing are often displayed by stalled horses but are not usually seen Read more

At a workshop researchers presented their work on absorption of phytoestrogens in mares on clover-mixed pastures and alfalfa (lucerne) Read more

Directly measuring the amount of sugar in the horse’s ration is not easy to do and can be quite expensive. Instead, Read more

To accurately calculate the contribution that forage makes to the horse’s overall feeding program, forage intake as well as Read more

In the United States, barley ranks behind only corn and sorghum in terms of feed grain production. In general, barley has Read more

The energy-producing component of horse feed can be divided into three classes of nutrients: protein, fat, and carbohydrates. These Read more

Energy content is expressed as either digestible energy (DE) in calories or joules per kilogram or pound or as Read more

To a nutritionist, dry matter is important as a way to compare the nutritive values of different forages. Read more

Problems are more often due to poor feeding management rather than feed itself. Read more