Equine Feed Ingredients Complex carbs, such as alfalfa, grain hay, and beet pulp. Simple starches, such as barley, corn, and oats. Fats, including vegetable, corn, and fish oils. Proteins, such as dried whey, or linseed and canola meals. What is Read more…
Selenium can reach toxic levels quickly. Williams said the normal equine diet should contain one to three parts per million (ppm) of the mineral, but just 18 ppm is toxic. Can horses overdose on minerals? Magnesium deficiency and excess in Read more…
Even at a light level of work, horses should eat about 1.5 to 2 % of their body weight in forage. How much vitamins does a horse need per day? Rations for all classes of horses without access to fresh Read more…
Crops are a bit shorter and they are used to tap the shoulder of a horse, rather than reach behind the rider’s leg. To tap further back requires the rider to hold the reins in one hand while using the Read more…
A feedbag, feed bag, feeding bag, nosebag, or morral, is a bag, filled with fodder, and attached to the head of a horse, enabling it to eat. The main advantages are that only a small amount of the feed is Read more…
Overfeeding can lead to problems of obesity including equine metabolic syndrome and can lead to laminitis. If you find yourself becoming a master chef for a horse that doesn’t have any unusual or specific feeding requirements, you could be in Read more…
Although wild horses and burros are hardy and resilient creatures, they are susceptible to respiratory diseases just like their domestic cousins. While rare, respiratory infections do occur in the wild. What happens to wild horses that are rounded up? Using Read more…
The most common cause of hypoproteinaemia in horses is enteric protein loss, due to: Intestinal mucosal damage in inflammatory intestinal disease (enteritis or colitis) or with strangulating intestinal lesions. Intestinal malabsorptive disease. In addition, significant hypoproteinaemia can occur with blood Read more…
“Prolonged overfeeding of phosphorus can cause big-head disease or secondary hyperparathyroidism, and two ponies included in the study were beginning to show signs of the disease by the end of the study period. What does phosphorus do to horses? Phosphorus Read more…
Lack of coordination, weakness or paralysis of the hind limbs, muscle twitching, impaired vision, head pressing, aimless wandering, convulsions, circling and coma are some of the severe neurologic effects. What does a stroke look like? Sudden numbness or weakness in Read more…