Archive for the ‘Frontpage Article’ Category

Out of Work: How to Let Your Horse Down in the Off-Season

How to Let Your Horse Down in the Off-Season: The final show of the year is over. You drive back...

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Why is Feeding Frequency Important in Horse Management?

Why is Feeding Frequency Important in Horse Management? According to historical accounts, when horses were used daily for transportation, work,...

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Monitor Autumn Grazing to Prevent Laminitis in Horses

Monitor Autumn Grazing to Prevent Laminitis in Horses: Horses are at increased risk for laminitis when grass begins to grow...

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Possible Link Between Selenium and Cribbing in Horses

Stereotypic behaviors such as weaving, cribbing, and stall-walking occur commonly in high-performance horses as well as many companion horses. In...

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Preserving Horse Health in the Face of Low-Quality Forage

Preserving Horse Health in the Face of Low-Quality Forage: Horse owners often don’t have control over the hay given to...

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Forage for Endurance Horses

Forage for Endurance Horses: Forage is perhaps the single most important ingredient in an endurance horse’s diet. It a major...

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Nutrients in Horse Forage: Questions Answered

Nutrients in Horse Forage: Questions Answered: Owners must rely on preserved forage for feeding horses during certain times of the...

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Soaking Horse Hay Safely

Soaking horse hay safely should be as easy as washing your hair, right? Lather, rinse, repeat. But, alas, no. Like...

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Don’t Flake Out: Feed Horse Hay by Weight, Not by Flake

Don’t flake out: feed horse hay by weight, not by flake! Whoever invented modern hay-baling equipment garners far too little...

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Milkweed Toxicity in Horses

Milkweed toxicity in horses is something horse owners need to be aware of. Monarch butterflies require milkweed to complete their...

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