Equine Nutrition

 

 

Body Condition

What kind of shape is your horse in? (Purina Mills, LLC., an AAEP Educational Partner)

 

Feeding & Digestion

Basic Concepts in Nutrition: (Michael Ball DVM, Member AAEP)

Basics of Feeding Horses: Reading the Feed Tag (Univ of NE Cooperative Extension)

Basics of Feeding Horses: Feeding Management (Univ of NE Cooperative Extension)

Basics of Feeding Horses: What to Feed and Why (Univ of NE Cooperative Extension)

How Horses Digest Feed: (Purina Mills, LLC., an AAEP Educational Partner)

 

Nutrition & Feet

Nutrition As It Relates To The Hoof  (Scott King, D.V.M. courtesy of Purina Mills, LLC.)

 

Manure

Composting Horse Manure (University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences)

 

Feeds & Water

High Fat Diets For Horses (North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service, NCSU)

High Fat Diets For Horses (Purina Mills, LLC., an AAEP Educational Partner)

Bran Products  (Nancy Loving DVM, Member AAEP)

Warm Water (Anton Anderson DVM, Member AAEP)

Feeding Beet Pulp (Karen Briggs; reviewed by Sarah Ralston, VMD, PhD, Diplomate ACVN)

 

Pasture & Hay

Pastures and Forage Crops for Horses (University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences)

10 tips for Choosing the Best Hay for your Horse  (American Association of Equine Practitioners)

The Danger of Feeding Hay Silage - Botulism in Horses

Hay Quality and Horse Nutrition: Evaluating Your Horse's Nutritional Needs (American Association of Equine Practitioners)

 

Overweight Horses

Ten Tips For Weight Reduction in The Obese Horse (American Association of Equine Practitioners)

Overweight Horse: Special Care and Nutrition (American Association of Equine Practitioners)

 

Performance Horses

Fat, Protein and the Performance Horse

Feeding The Performance Horse (Scott King, D.V.M. courtesy of Purina Mills, LLC.)

Nutritional Considerations For Athletic Horses  (Ray J. Geor, BVSc, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM, Member AAEP)

 

Pregnancy & Lactation

Nutrition for the Broodmare (Purina Mills, LLC., an AAEP Educational Partner)

Nutritional Management of Pregnant and Lactating Mares (Purina Mills, LLC., an AAEP Educational Partner)

Nutritional Management of the Pregnant and Lactating Mare (Univ of NE Cooperative Extension)

Nutritional Management of Pregnant and Lactating Mares (B. Scott, PhD, Dipl. ACAN; Professor and Extension Horse Specialist, Dept of Animal Science, Texas A & M University)

 

Older Horses

Special Care & Nutrition (American Association of Equine Practitioners)

Nutrition for the Older Horse

Cuisine for the Golden Years

Feeding the Geriatric Horse (D.G. Pugh, DVM, MS, Diplomate ACT, Diplomate ACVN, Member AAEP)

 

Foals & Young Horses

Feeding and Care of Orphaned Foals (Univ of NE Cooperative Extension)

Creep Feeding Growing Horses (Univ of NE Cooperative Extension)

Feeding Young Horses For Sound Development (B. Scott, PhD, Dipl. ACAN; Professor and Extension Horse Specialist, Dept of Animal Science, Texas A & M University)

Feeding Young Horses: Its Not The Protein!  (Sarah Ralston VMD, PhD, Dipl. ACVN, Member AAEP)

Foal Growth: Special Care and Nutrition  (American Association of Equine Practitioners)

Help Your Foal Grow with Proper Nutrition (American Association of Equine Practitioners)

 

Nutrition Related Diseases

OCD

OCD/DOD: It's Not the Protein! (Sarah Ralston VMD, PhD, Dipl. ACVN, Member AAEP)

Developmental Orthopedic Disease (DOD)

DOD: Managing to Prevent Equine Developmental Orthopedic Disease (Kathy Anderson, Univ of NE Cooperative Extension)

Equine Gastric Ulcers: Special Care & Nutrition (Scott McClure, DVM, Member AAEP)

Gastrointestinal Ulcers in Horses (Canadian Veterinary Medical Association)

Nutrition and ColicLupine

Vitamin E: Equine Motor Neuron Disease  (Harold Hintz, PhD, MS, Member AAEP)

Vitamin E/Selenium: White Muscle Disease

 

Poisonous Plants & Insects

Garden of Toxic Plants (Atlantic Veterinary College, UPEI)

Blister Beetles

Blister Beetle Poisoning (Benjamin Espy DVM, Member AAEP)

Fescue Toxicosis (Dr. D. L. Cross, Professor of Animal Sciences, Clemson University)

10 Tips For Fighting Fungus-Infected Fescue (American Association of Equine Practitioners)

Fescue in the Horse's Diet: Minimizing the Risk to Your Horse's Health (American Association of Equine Practitioners)

The Grass Isn't Always Greener: Symptoms & Treatment of Fescue Toxicosis  (Dr. D. L. Cross, Professor of Animal Sciences, Clemson University)

Poisonous Plants: Panic or Procrastinate? What to do if your horse has eaten a poisonous plant (American Association of Equine Practitioners)

 

You will be linked to the Purina Mills Website to view the following articles:

Poisonous Plants & Feed Related Poisonings  (Dr. Randel Raub, Purina Mills, LLC)

Salivation-Inducing Plants (This article is from "Feeding and Care of the Horse", second edition, by Lon D. Lewis, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1995)

Colic and Diarrhea Inducing-Plants (This article is from "Feeding and Care of the Horse", second edition, by Lon D. Lewis, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1995)

Primary Photodermatitis-Inducing Plants (This article is from "Feeding and Care of the Horse", second edition, by Lon D. Lewis, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1995)

Liver Disease-Inducing Plants (This article is from "Feeding and Care of the Horse", second edition, by Lon D. Lewis, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1995)

Neurologic Disease-Inducing Plants (This article is from "Feeding and Care of the Horse", second edition, by Lon D. Lewis, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1995)

Lameness and Muscle Weakness-Inducing Plants (This article is from "Feeding and Care of the Horse", second edition, by Lon D. Lewis, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1995)

Anemia-Inducing Plants (This article is from "Feeding and Care of the Horse", second edition, by Lon D. Lewis, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1995)

Sudden Death Inducing Plants (This article is from "Feeding and Care of the Horse", second edition, by Lon D. Lewis, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1995)


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