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Changes in Red Blood Cell Fatty Acid Composition in Exercised Thoroughbred Horses Supplemented with Either KER EO-3 or Flax Oil for a Two-Month Period
The present study clearly demonstrates that daily intake of EPA and DHA from KER EO-3™ significantly increases RBC membrane EPA and DHA but that a similar amount of omega-3 in the form of ALA from flax (linseed) oil does not.
Nutritional Management of Horses on a Breeding Farm
Assembled by the nutritionists and veterinarians at Kentucky Equine Research (KER), this easy-to-use guide includes practical feeding and management strategies for young horses and breeding stock, including foals, orphan foals, weanlings, yearlings, two-year-olds, gestating and lactating mares, and stallions.
Principles Of Sound Growth
Few animals are as precocious as the horse. Within 20 minutes of birth a foal may stand and within hours can be ready to run at speeds no human athlete will ever achieve.
Development Of The Equine Gastrointestinal Tract
Foals have a long gestational period (about 320 days) and are precocious at birth, standing and nursing within 20 minutes to 1 hour after birth.
Nutritional Management of Mares – The Foundation of a Strong Skeleton
Nutritional Management of Mares – The Foundation of a Strong Skeleton PJ Huntington, E Owens, K Crandell and JD Pagan NZ Eq Vet Pract Dec 2007 p 14 – 35
Body Weight and Condition of Kentucky Thoroughbred Mares and Their Foals as Influenced by Month of Foaling and Season
Several studies have assessed the effect of birth month and season on foal body weight; however, none of these studies evaluated the effect of season on changes in body weight or body condition in the lactating mare. Thoroughbred mares (n=3,909) and their foals were weighed monthly to assess the influence of month of foaling, season, […]
Energy Requirements Of Lactating Mares And Suckling Foals
Lactation places higher nutrient demands on the mare than any other stage of her life.
Maternal-Offspring Bond of Ponies Fed Different Amounts of Energy
Houpt, K.A., H.F. Hintz, and J.D. Pagan. 1983. Maternal-offspring bond of ponies fed different amounts of energy. Nutrition and Behavior 1:157-168. This study was designed to find the effect of varying the caloric level of the maternal diet during lactation on the response of 23 mares and their suckling foals to separation. Pony mares were […]
Digestible Energy Requirements of Lactating Pony Mares
The National Research Council’s (1978) estimates of the energy requirements for lactation are based primarily on theoretical calculations. Some experiments have evaluated the accuracy of these recommendations (Jordan 1979; Sutton 1977), but in these studies not only was the digestible energy adjusted to different levels, but all of the other nutrients as well.