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How to Choose Horse Feed for Easy Keepers
What is the best horse feed for easy keepers? How do you find a low-calorie diet with low starch and sugars? Why are diet balancers a good fit for overweight horses? Our equine nutritionists at Nutren...
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How to Choose Feed for Multiple Horses
What is the best feed for the whole barn? How do boarding barns and training programs feed multiple horses? What is a cost-friendly and efficient way to feed a herd? Our equine nutritionists at Nutren...
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How to Choose a Senior Horse Feed
What is the best horse feed for seniors? What ingredients should senior horse feeds list on their feed tags? What age should a horse be fed senior feed? Our equine nutritionists at Nutrena® break dow...
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How to Choose a Mare and Foal Feed
What is the best horse feed for growing horses? What nutrients do broodmares need? How can one feed support foals, weanlings, yearlings, and pregnant or lactating mares? Our equine nutritionists at Nu...
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How to Choose a Performance Horse Feed
What is the best feed for performance horses? What ingredients support energy, strength, and stamina? How can your horse’s diet help build muscle and recover from exercise? Our equine nutritionists ...
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Nutrena Nutrition Tips: Feeding Horses During Reduced Work
Learn our top tips for feeding your horse during reduced work. Tiffany Pattison, a consultant for Nutrena, shares valuable insights and recommendations....
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When Is It Time for Senior Horse Feed?
Horse owners are constantly asking “when should I switch my older horse to senior feed?” As nutrition experts we are here to help! The Growing Population of Senior Horses It is interesting...
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Transitioning Your Horse to a New Feed
You may be thinking your horse is in need of a senior diet, or perhaps there is a new feed available that you believe is even better for your horse. Maybe you are no longer happy with your curre...
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Flash Fred – Our Inherited Horse
We inherited Flash Fred (my daughter has a creative naming process) from a friend of ours. This horse was slowing down in his old age and could no longer keep up with the rigorous lifes...
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When Should I Feed a Complete Horse Feed?
A complete feed is a fortified grain/forage mix that is formulated with high quality fiber sources to raise the total percent fiber in the feed, so that reduced hay feeding can be done safely. Some f...
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Ration Balancers vs Regular Horse Feeds
I recently received a call from a horse owner that said she needed to put her horse on a diet. Her 1000 pound mare is a body condition score of 7. Her vet had recommended she put the mare on a ration ...
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Feeding Schedules for Horses
A few months ago, I received a call from a farm that was experiencing numerous cases of colic. They were concerned that their grain was the cause of the problem and asked me to visit their farm. When ...
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Leading a Horse to Water…
Good hydration is vital to optimal health and performance....
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Supplementing Horse Diets with Omega Fatty Acids
As you look at your horses' diet, it is important to remember that horses need a balance of both omega-3 and -6 fatty acids for optimal health and performance. One isn't necessarily better than the ...
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Pre and Probiotics in Horse Feed
coat, indicating good health shining from the inside out. While scanning information about various horse feeds, you may have come across the phrase 'contains prebiotics and probiotics'....Hmmm, sound...
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Feeding Tips for Stall Rest
Regardless of the diagnosis, when stall rest is on the treatment list, adjusting your feeding program to match your horse's lack of activity can improve the experience for both you and your horse....