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Myth Busting
It’s easy for opinions or hypotheses that are repeated often enough to eventually morph into what passes as a fact and from there to a myth that’s difficult to eradicate. These are three commonly repeated, but wrong, horse feeding myths. … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged Alfalfa, cortisol, glucose, Hay, Insulin Resistance, myths, restricted feeding, starch, stomach acid
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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
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged calories, fermentation, fiber, glucose, glycogen, Hay, minerals, Protein, vitamins, volatile fatty acids
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Flagging Energy
A common concern this time of year is horses that lack energy for exercise. There are no apparent health or lameness issues but the horse is either “flat” or starts out well but hits a wall that is at a … Continue reading
Do Any Horses Benefit from Grain?
The current wisdom is that all horses should be fed forages only and never any grain. While it’s certainly true that most horses do not need grain calories and are better off in many ways on a forage diet, there … Continue reading
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Tagged diet, endurance, eventing, fat, forage, glucose, glycogen, grain, performance
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Hay Before Grain? The Feeding Order Debate
It’s a discussion that keeps resurfacing. Should you feed hay before grain, or vice versa. Should you even worry about it? What happens? Some say you should feed grain first because the horse knows it’s coming, won’t eat the hay … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged acidosis, feeding order, glucose, grain, Hay, hind gut, insulin
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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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