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Carbohydrates In Equine Nutrition

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Pagan, J.D. 1998. Carbohydrates in equine nutrition. In: J.D. Pagan (Ed.) Advances in Equine Nutrition. pp. 29-41. Nottingham University Press. Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Carbohydrates are an extremely important part of a horse’s diet since about 75% of all plant matter is comprised of carbohydrates. There are a number of different types of carbohydrates in horse feed and they vary considerably in how well horses digest and utilize each one.

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