Can You Feed Horses Urea?

Commercial feeds containing urea, a non-protein nitrogen source, should not be fed to horses, as they cannot utilize non-protein nitrogen as effectively as cattle. Can urea be fed to horses? Yes they can. However a horse cannot utilize urea like ruminants as urea is quickly absorbed from the small intestine Read more…

Where Is Fermentation In Horses?

hindgut fermenter. The horse is a hindgut fermenter, meaning that the large intestine is the site of fermentation of ingested fiber. This is in contrast to ruminants, such as cattle, goats, and sheep, that are foregut fermenters with a rumen and multicompartment stomach. Where does fermentation occur in horses? hindgutThe Read more…