What Happens If Horses Eat To Much?

If a horse overfeeds on grain, some of the repercussions may include upset digestion, laminitis, diarrhea, and colic. Can you over feed a horse? Overfeeding. As horse owners, we usually enjoy looking after our companions and that often means providing them with the best feeds possible. However, it’s easy to Read more…

Can Horses Eat Rice Hay?

Most articles suggest that rice hay can be used as an alternative. However, research shows that the rice hays are poorly digested in terms of fiber. Feeding low quality coarse hay can potentially contribute to impaction-type colic in horses. Finally, rice hay has very little nutritional value. What hay should Read more…

Are Horses Short Day Breeders?

Horses are long-day seasonal breeders, with reproductive activity coinciding with the long days of spring and summer, while the non-breeding season is associated with the shorter days of autumn and winter. How many times can a horse breed a day? How many times a day can a stud breed? A Read more…

What Causes Imm In Horses?

Equine immune-mediated myositis (IMM) is a disease occurring in Quarter horses and QH-related breeds that typically causes rapid and severe symmetrical wasting of the topline muscles, often following exposure to or vaccination against respiratory infection by Streptococcus equi, the organism responsible for equine “ What causes rapid muscle loss in Read more…