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Protein-to-Energy Ratio in Young-Horse Diets

...yearling, long yearling, and two-year-old horses have specific requirements for protein, and especially lysine, that are higher than those for mature horses. The protein-to-energy ratio and lysine-to-energy ratio are only...

The Young Years: Nutrition from Birth to Two Years of Age

...to copper should be 3:1 to 4:1. Yearling Growth The amount of supplementary concentrate required to maintain a desired growth rate varies, and it is important to feed each horse...

Different Horse Feeds for Different Needs

...protein, vitamins, and minerals still remain higher in the yearling than in the adult horse. While yearlings can eat more than weanlings, they still require a feed which is more...

Osteochondritis Dissecans Genetic Factors Probed

...as contrasted with unaffected yearlings from the same farm. Yearlings in this group had the same sires and similarly bred dams, and had been raised with the same nutrition and...

Diet and Conditioning for the Halter or Sales Horse

...between fit and fat. It may come as a surprise that one would consider the stock-type halter horse and the Thoroughbred sales weanling and yearling in the same context. However,...

Changing Horse Diets: New Research

...forage-based diet and another six yearlings pasture only for three weeks. At that point, fecal samples were collected and the population of microorganisms was analyzed. Immediately after, the yearlings fed...

Sudden Changes in Horse Diets: New Research

...forage-grain diet and another six yearlings pasture only for 3 weeks. At that point, fecal samples were collected and the population of microorganisms was analyzed. Immediately after, the yearlings fed...

Bone Chips and Racing Potential in Horses

Bone chips are a fairly common finding on radiographs of yearling Thoroughbreds aimed for racing careers. In a study of radiographs from 5,000 yearlings offered for sale between 2004 and...

Feeding Horses on Stud Farms in Australia and New Zealand

...into young horses. However, demands by yearling purchasers for large, fat yearlings at sales force many breeders to overfeed yearlings. Creep feeding is relatively uncommon, but foals usually have the...

Feeding to Prevent Developmental Orthopedic Disease

...extra body condition that is often expected in a sales yearling. Bone-related problems of the knee, namely physitis, are often a major concern with yearlings that have been pushed for...

Mare, Foal Nutrition Impacts Lifelong Health

...of included yearlings) were diagnosed with OC lesions, but no difference in OC based on maternal nutrition was identified; and The testicles of yearlings from forage-fed dams were less mature...

Extending Photoperiod for Muscle Development in Young Horses

...used artificial lighting on young, growing Thoroughbreds and found that extending a yearling’s photoperiod in winter increased muscle mass. The use of artificial lights to manipulate muscling may offer a...

Feeding and Fitting Young Horses for Show and Sale, Part Two: Fitting Tools

...every time that they work. Over a period of a week you can work weanlings up to seven minutes both directions and yearlings up to 10 minutes both directions. Always...

Developmental Orthopedic Disease in Horses

...and 32 yearlings, respectively; five stallions and 46 mares were also radiographed). No complete clinical examinations or lameness diagnoses were made. Radiographic lesions were found in 31 (25%) of the...

Growth of Thoroughbreds Around the World

...also heavier and taller than all other countries between 15 and 18 months, while American yearlings are heavier than English yearlings during the same period. These differences are most likely...