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Feeding and Nutrition
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Skinny Horse Solutions
Sometimes, trying to get weight on a poor doer can feel like banging your head against the wall. Sometimes the answer can be as simple as feeding more calories, and sometimes the problem, or static or dropping weight, requires a deeper probe.
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Summer Feeding of Horses
Owning horses can be an absolute pleasure in the summertime, but just like the other seasons, summer feeding has its own problems to contend with, especially in the hotter and more humid regions of the country.
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Add Oomph with Omegas
Interest in omega-3 fatty acids has heightened among all
species in recent years, and equine researchers have begun
to study their effectiveness in horses and ponies.
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Leave the Clippings on the Lawn
The potential problems associated with feeding lawn clippings far outweigh the benefits. Certainly there's nothing wrong with offering your four-legged friend a treat, but it’s safest to stick to the usual gustatory delights such as carrots and apples.
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Metabolic Disorders Manageable
While the five metabolic disorders discussed here have very
different etiologies, all are either triggered or aggravated by excessive starch and sugar intake.
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First Do No Harm: Is Dr. Green the Best Remedy?
In nutrition circles, pasture grasses have been given the moniker 'Dr. Green'. Old-time veterinarians often prescribed this 'remedy' to horses when an accurate diagnosis of whatever was ailing their patients was difficult to pinpoint.
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Feeding Young Horses
Feeding systems to prevent developmental orthopaedic disease.
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Feeding Horses: Just the Basics
Everybody knows horses need forage and grain...but how much? How often? What kind? What else?
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Feeding Performance Horses
To achieve optimal performance in any equine sport, a conditioning program must be designed that improves cardiovascular function, flexibility, bone strength, increased muscle mass, increased energy storage and utilisation
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Source Of Omegas May Matter
Researchers believe the best omegas have marine origins
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