Nutrition

June 14, 2021
Strip-Grazing: Management Tool to Fight Obesity
Frustrated with muzzle maintenance, some owners implement a management technique called strip-grazing to successfully limit forage intake.

June 09, 2021
Forage Choices for Aged Horses with Dental Problems
As horses age, dental diseases crop up more frequently making it harder for horses to chew their hay. Try

June 04, 2021
Historical Feedstuffs for Horses: Horse-Bread
Long before commercial concentrates became commonplace, some high-performance horses, like those being prepared for racing, were given “horse-bread.”

June 02, 2021
Horse Management: Grazing Muzzle Musings
Like other pieces of equipment, muzzles come with a few challenges. Let’s have a look at two everyday nutritional

May 31, 2021
Ligament Inflammation in Horses: Consider Bone Supplements for Layups
What can be done while a horse is recovering from a soft tissue injury to encourage a sound reentrance

May 26, 2021
Baby Weight: Keep Broodmares in Healthy Body Condition
Obesity has been linked to anovulatory follicles and extended periods between estrus, making it difficult to predict ovulation.

May 21, 2021
When to Offer Joint Supplements to Horses
Research shows that prophylactic administration of joint supplements may delay the onset of osteoarthritis.

May 17, 2021
Automatic Forage Stations for Horses
As an alternative to free-choice feeding, automatic forage stations that control individual feed intake using a time-based system are

May 10, 2021
Minimize Gastric Ulcers in Rapidly Growing Weanlings
Gastric ulcers occur frequently in Thoroughbred foals and yearlings. Reports suggest one-quarter to one-half of foals have gastric ulcers.

May 05, 2021
High-Tech Detection of Hindgut Acidosis in Horses
Detecting hindgut acidosis remains an inexact science, but scientists are looking closely at the population of specific microbes as