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- New threat to horses' teeth.
A new species of bacteria threatens horses' teeth. Research from Sweden implicates a previously unkn... - Insulin and laminitis.
Work at the University of Queensland has shown that prolonged high levels of insulin can induce lam... - Does tryptophan calm horses?
Research suggests that a single dose of tryptophan has no calming effect on horses....... - Equine Nutrition -Free Teleseminar.
What would you ask an Equine Nutritionist? Nutrition is the basis of all health in any animal, wheth... - Feeding behavior.
When horses are kept in a group, competition for food and the herd social hierarchy conspire to make... - Horses choose multiple forages in different locations.
Not only do horses like a choice of forage, it appears they prefer to find their food in different p... - Preference for water bowls.
Given a choice of four different automatic water bowls, horses in a study at Texas A&M University sh... - Preference for silage.
Research carried out at the Swedish University of Agricultural Science in Uppsala found that when h... - Underlying causes of laminitis.
Recent work has shed light on some of the underlying causes of pasture-associated laminitis. Workers... - More nutrition research available.
Laminitis, insulin sensitivity, and the influence of nutrition on respiratory health are among the ... - Contaminated hay causes colic.
The importance of checking hay to ensure it does not contain poisonous plants was emphasized recentl... - Favorite flavors.
Many horses are partial to an occasional mint. But what other flavors would they prefer if they had ... - Chaff slows eating.
A study confirms that adding chopped straw to concentrate feed makes horses eat it more slowly.... - Pasture mineral supplements needed.
Mineral levels in pasture may be insufficient to supply the requirements of growing foals.... - Hair analysis for plant toxins.
Hair analysis can identify past exposure to plant toxins such as the pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PAs) f... - Variability in pasture nutrient composition.
Growing horses raised only on pasture grasses as the main food, without any supplementary minerals,... - Variation in nutrient composition of foodstuffs.
To formulate suitable diets for horses, nutritionists need to know the composition of the individua... - Exhaled gases reveal gut activity.
Contrary to popular belief, fermentation of starch and fructan starts before they reach the hind gut... - Assessing colostrum quality.
Mares foaling for the third time make the best colostrum donors, according to a recent study. Simple... - Health effects of poor feed hygiene.
Colic, coughing and liver damage were among the most common problems found in horses being fed poor...