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The Nitty Gritty on Salt

...loose salt or block salt? A study conducted by Kentucky Equine Research measured the voluntary intake of loose versus block salt over time and evaluated how salt intake affects water...
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Research Insights: Processing Blood Samples

...proteins, hormones, waste products, water, salts, enzymes, nutrients, and other molecules in the body. To collect plasma, red blood cells, or whole blood, whole blood samples are collected into a...
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Should Horses Be Given Loose Salt or a Salt Block?

...salt drank significantly more water than when offered block salt. Salt intake was more consistent from week to week when offered in block form. This report of KER’s 1998 research...

Q&A: Salt Blocks Versus Loose Salt

Is there any difference in the amount of salt consumed when horses are given a choice between a salt block and loose salt? Is one better than the other?

Voluntary Intake of Loose Versus Block Salt and Its Effects on Water Intake in Mature Idle Thoroughbreds

...salt intake from either loose or block sources was measured weekly. Horses with free-choice access to loose salt drank significantly more water than when offered block salt. Salt intake was...
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Salt for Horses: Form Affects Water Intake

...salt. The researchers measured the amount of salt and water consumed by four Thoroughbreds over two four-week periods. The horses consumed more loose salt than block salt during weeks 2...
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Ideal Salt Levels for Horses Examined

...supplementary salt, thereby negating concerns about metabolic acidosis seen in this study with low forage intakes. “It is not time to throw away the salt block, especially for horses that...
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Electrolytes and Performance Horses: Is a Salt Block Enough?

...exercise? Would free-choice access to a white or mineralized salt block negate the need for a daily electrolyte supplementation? Maybe, maybe not. “Without question, horses that sweat daily can benefit...
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Pass the Salt: Endurance Horses and Electrolytes

...consumed salt water actually had improved recovery of sweat fluid losses because they were more likely to drink later. When horses drank the salt water, the blood concentrations of salt...

Salt Block Overindulgence

My gelding has an obsession with salt blocks and appears to be overloading on sodium. He has gone through two large white salt blocks in about 40 days. He is on sparse pasture, has access to a round bale, and gets alfalfa hay along with a low-starch feed twice a day. He drinks a lot…
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Free-Choice Salt for Lactating Broodmares and Growing Horses

...the provision of a salt block or by adding salt to the grain ration at a rate of 0.5 to 1% DM to ensure that horses receive sufficient sodium and...
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Electrolyte Supplementation for Working Horses

...This sometimes happens when salt blocks are placed directly on the ground in or near mucky areas. Many feed stores sell containers made specifically for salt blocks, and these usually...
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Blocking Certain Hormones: Key to Equine Laminitis?

...dysregulation were given a feed challenge. They were administered a GLP-1 receptor-blocking peptide, known to block the activation of the receptor in several species and in in vitro studies of...

Q&A: Salt for Aged Horses at Maintenance

Regarding salt, my aged leisure horses do not touch salt blocks or licks regardless of what flavor they are (e.g., carrot, apple, mint, etc.) or whether they come from local salt mines or from the Himalayas. Exercise is light and climate mild. They are fed a full-spec vitamin and mineral supplement and a small amount…

Q&A: Soft Salt for Horses

I own a 13-year-old Tennessee Walking Horse gelding. He is moderately fleshy at 1,300 lb (590 kg), so he could stand to lose some weight. In the summer, I ride daily and occasionally take long trail rides that last up to five hours. In the winter, the gelding is idle. He maintains his weight easily…
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