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Fiber is Much More than Bulk
We humans are just starting to recognize dietary fiber benefits for ourselves in terms of preventing colon cancer, modulating blood glucose levels and supporting good bowel function. In horses, there is even more to it. Fiber is also a major … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged calories, fermentation, fiber, fructans, horses, insoluble, pectin, soluble
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The Real Cause of PAL – Pasture-Associated Laminitis
It isn’t fructan. It isn’t hind gut acidosis. Here’s the science. The AAEP’s Laminitis Working Group did a four year study with the goal of identifying laminitis risks. Other than diet, EMS pattern obesity, known EMS or PPID and use … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged acidosis, EMS, fermentation, fructan, insulin, Laminitis, PAL, pasture, pasture associated laminitis, PPID
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Equine Probiotics – Where Are We Now?
The World Health Organization definition of probiotic is a live organism which, when consumed in sufficient amount, confers a health benefit The microbiome is the microorganisms inhabiting a specific environment, like the gut. The number, complexity and diversity of organisms … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged Bacteroides, fermentation, Firmicutes, Lactobacillus, microbiome, pH, probiotic, Propionibacterium, Saccharomyces
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The Hind Gut Acidity Bandwagon is Dangerous
It’s the trendy diagnosis. Hind gut acidity, sometimes used synonymously with hind gut ulcers, is blamed for a staggering array of signs ranging from poor appetite to cracked hooves to right hind lameness and any undesirable behavior trait you can … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged acidity, bicarbonate, digestion, enteroliths, fecal pH, fermentation, hind gut, ranitidine
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Hay – Much More than Fiber
Hay used to be widely viewed as having little or no nutritional value beyond being a source of fiber which provided horses with chew time and made them feel full between meals. That has largely changed but even those who … Continue reading
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Tagged calories, fermentation, fiber, glucose, glycogen, Hay, minerals, Protein, vitamins, volatile fatty acids
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Fire in the Belly
You’ve heard your horse’s intestinal tract referred to as a furnace. Obviously that’s not literally what happens. It is where fermentation takes place. Fermentation reactions produce cheese and your favorite adult beverage but that’s not what is going on either. … Continue reading
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Tagged acetate, butyrate, fermentation, fiber, fructan, glucose, gut, lactate, propionate
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Worried about Hay Belly?
“Hay belly” refers to distention of the abdomen. When viewed from the front, the horse looks pregnant. However, it is not caused by hay per se. A horse can eat very large amounts of hay and still look trim. It’s … Continue reading
