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Treats
There are many behavioral and safety reasons not to give your horse treats but for those who can’t resist, this is for you. If you must give treats, at least do no harm. This feral horse skull shows remarkably clean … Continue reading
The Benefits of Feeding Flax
Even fans of feeding flax may not realize all its benefits. It’s a very healthful supplemental feed item for horses of all ages, classes and uses. People usually feed flax for its high omega-3 fatty acid content. There are two … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged amino acids, cyanide, fat, fiber, flax seed, Omega-3, prebiotic, Protein, starch, sugar
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Co-Products, not By-Products
There is a trend these days to label many highly nutritious feed ingredients as worthless wastes. This particularly falls on anything that might be classified as a by-product, including beet pulp, wheat mids, soybean hulls and distiller’s dried grains. Do … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged Beet Pulp, brewers' grains, by-products, co-products, copra, corn meal, fiber, molasses, oil, prebiotic, soybean hulls, starch, sugar, wheat germ, wheat mids
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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
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged analysis, bleached, calories, color, grass, Hay, identification, legume, mold, Protein, seed heads, starch, sugar
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No Quick Fix for Laminitis Risk
It’s perfectly natural to want a silver bullet that will instantly remove the threat of devastating health problems like laminitis but it’s just not that simple. The classical laminitis stance is something you never want to see. The latest … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged Acetyl L-Carnitine, exotoxins, Jiaogulan, Laminitis, minerals, starch, sugar, vaccine
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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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The Pros and Cons of Bran Mash
Warm bran mashes have a very long history of use in equine feeding, especially in winter, but lately have come under attack. Is this the yummy comfort food it has been claimed to be, or actually potentially harmful? As is … Continue reading
Posted in Equine Nutrition
Tagged bones, bran, horse, laxative, phosphorus, phytate, Protein, starch
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