Nutrition

August 15, 2017
How Does Dietary Rice Bran Affect Glycemic Response in Horses?
The objective of this study was twofold: to measure the starch content of rice bran, whole oats, and corn, and

August 14, 2017
Color of Horse Hay: What Does It Mean?
Though the color of hay is not the end-all, be-all method for determining hay quality (that would be forage analysis by

August 14, 2017
Managing Horse Wounds? Include Biotin
When a horse owner is faced with an unexpected soft-tissue injury, a flurry of questions immediately springs to mind.

August 08, 2017
Is Nutrient Digestibility Affected by Antibiotic Use in Horses?
This experiment was designed to test whether chronic administration of sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim affects digestibility in mature horses. Chronic

August 07, 2017
Performance Horse Fatigue
Exercise requires an integration of many systems, each containing varied elements, and any factor that upsets this integration could

August 07, 2017
Performance Horse Fatigue
Horse owners often have trouble identifying fatigue because its multidimensional nature varies with activity, training and physiological status of

August 07, 2017
Understanding Different Types of Horse Digestive Supplements
Probiotics and hindgut buffers are two of the most common ways to both prevent microbiota shift during times of

August 01, 2017
Electrolytes Vital for Performance Horse Diets
Because sweating isn’t the same day in and day out workload and weather conditions dictate the amount of electrolyte

August 01, 2017
Grinding or Cracking Corn: Does It Affect Digestibility by Horses?
This study was conducted to evaluate how cracking, grinding, or steam processing affects starch digestibility of corn, using glycemic

July 27, 2017
Can Kefir Keep Horses’ Hindguts Healthy?
The apparent positive effect of kefir, however, must be validated in live horses prior to its widespread endorsement.