Feeding Fat Horses: A Weighty Matter

Most healthy horses have body condition scores between 4 and 6. Healthy horses can be thinner or heavier, and certain life stages may prompt scores outside this range. As researchers study metabolic issues that influence body weight, it is becoming obvious that maintaining horses in moderate body condition may be much healthier than keeping them even slightly overweight.

For more on the subject, read the following ten-page paper put together by the nutritionists and veterinarians at Kentucky Equine Research.

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