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What Can You Tell By Just Looking at Hay?
There’s a lot you can’t tell by looking but appearance does yield some useful information. Just the type of hay is a helpful start. Legumes (clover, peanut, alfalfa) are always high protein and calcium. Bermuda will be low protein unless … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, bleached, calories, color, grass, Hay, identification, legume, mold, Protein, seed heads, starch, sugar
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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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Spring Grass Laminitis
Spring is the peak time for grass-associated laminitis in most parts of the world. You can effectively treat or, better yet, prevent it but only if you understand the mechanism. Photo courtesy of Rebecca Scott A fat pony is the … Continue reading
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Tagged Chromium, Copper, grass, Hay, Insulin Resistance, iodine, Jiaogulan, Laminitis, Magnesium, muzzle, Nitric oxide, pain, phosphorus, Pregnancy, Selenium, spring, Zinc
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Speed Up Shedding
Wouldn’t it be great if horses just slipped out of their winter coat like a snake shedding its skin? Unfortunately, at best it’s not even close but there are factors that can slow it down which you should be aware … Continue reading
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Tagged Biotin, coat, exercise, fat, Hay, Lysine, Methionine, Protein, shedding, skin, vitamin A
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Three Supplements Every Horse Needs
A universal requirement for horses around the world is salt, primarily for sodium but chloride can also be deficient. The diet of all horses is deficient. Wait. If that’s true, how All equine feedstuffs are deficient in sodium and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Copper, deficiencies, Hay, iodine, Omega-3, salt, Selenium, Vitamin E, Zinc
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The Case for Vitamin E Supplementation
Nutritional minimalists take the position that supplementation of a “quality”[not defined] diet is virtually always a waste of money. I recently read this opinion about supplementing vitamin E: “…Vitamin E deficiencies are occasionally seen in horses that don’t have access … Continue reading
Adjusting Nutrition for Winter
For some of us, winter has already arrived. For others, it’s just beginning in earnest. For all, the horse is facing some challenges. Horses actually tolerate and enjoy the cold a lot more than most of us do. Their neutral … Continue reading
Hay Wars – Which is best?
Grass or Alfalfa. Timothy or Orchard. Grain hays. Is Bermuda safe? There is plenty of room for confusion in selecting a hay. Premium Grass Hay Legume hays, which include Alfalfa, Clover and in some areas Perennial Peanut and Birdsfoot … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfalfa, calcium, carbohydrates, curing, fungal toxin, grass, Hay, maturity, Protein, quality
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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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