Managing Feed for Weanling and Yearling Horses
...a salt block or supply a salt supplement. Trace minerals such as copper, zinc, manganese, and selenium are important components in the diet for most growing horses. They need to...
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Practical Nutrition Management for Stables
...condition. Finally, all horses should have free-choice access to salt and fresh, clean water. Salt blocks in the areas where horses spend the bulk of their time (stalls or paddocks)...
Feed Management for Weanling and Yearling Horses
...regularly being longed can lose 30–50 g of salt per day in their sweat and urine, especially during hot weather, so provide a trace mineralized salt block or supply a...
Why Horse Supplements?
...access to a salt block for free-choice sodium and chloride replacement. Horsemen should not rely on a hard-working horse to consume sufficient electrolytes from a salt block and should make...
WEG 2018: Halfway There
...increased the demand for electrolytes. We’re offering powder and paste versions of our electrolyte products, as well as traditional salt blocks. So far we’ve distributed 73 of our 600g packs...
Nutrition of the Breeding Stallion
...block or a trace-mineralized salt block. If the stallion is consuming a well-balanced diet, the addition of other vitamins and minerals will not enhance fertility. Although much information has been...
Nutraceuticals and the Horse
...become popular in the equine industry also. The theory behind the mode of action of nutraceuticals is to provide functional benefits by increasing the supply of natural building blocks in...
Sunburn and Photosensitivity in Horses
...during the hours of most intense sun, and avoid turning horses out without access to shade. Use a child-safe human sunblock preparation on areas that are likely to burn. Be...
How Do Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Medications Work?
...Health, and others). The NSAIDs effectively reduce pain and fever in horses. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs reduce inflammation by blocking a different enzyme pathway than steroids, another class of potent anti-inflammatory...
New Target Identified for Managing Equine Arthritis Pain
...or proteins, that bind to NGF and therefore block its action. “Anti-NGF therapy could inhibit signaling of growth and repair early in the course of disease when the antibodies block...
Eye Medications for Painful Horse: Which One?
...and antifungal medication, a cycloplegic agent to dilate the pupil, and an antiprotease to limit additional breakdown of the cornea. In addition, a local anesthetic block can make affected horses...
Electrolyte Oversupplementation: A Real Risk for Horses?
...dehydrated horse, further dehydration will occur, causing significant fluid-balance problems, including the possibility of salt toxicity.” Signs of salt toxicity are irregular heartbeat, muscle tremors, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and central...
Adding Fat to Horse Diets
...name suggests, calcium salts of fatty acids (CSFAs) are created through the saponification of long-chain fatty acids, in this case those derived from palm oil, with calcium ions, resulting in...
Manure Eating in Horses: Multiple Explanations Exist
...start leaving the hay. Offer only as much hay as the horses will eat. The act of consuming soil is referred to as geophagia. Mineral deficiencies, particularly salt, are thought...
Nutritional Support of Kidney Disease in Horses
...urine. Salt supplementation (1-2 ounces, 1-2 times per day) may encourage horses to drink and urinate more. However, studies in several other species have shown that salt supplementation can worsen...