Restoring muscle glycogen, rehydrating, and ensuring a horse’s diet offers enough vitamin E all help with recovery after strenuous exercise.
Grass sugar content fluctuates with the time of day, season, and weather. Timing turnout for horses with EMS, IR, or a history of laminitis can help prevent problems.
In any discipline cross-training is the key to keeping a horse’s neck and back healthy, says Dr. Kevin Haussler of Colorado State University.
Your horse needs essential nutrients from the diet to stay healthy. An equine nutritionist explains how to meet those needs through proper feeding.
Does your old horse need additional vitamin supplementation in his later years? An equine nutritionist shares how to ensure your senior horse gets the nutrition he needs.
Our editorial director reflects on the loss of her longtime horse, Happy, and the lasting bond they shared over a decade together.
Here’s why you should consider how closely horses graze, along with compost, water, and rest to cultivate healthy soil in horse pastures.
Abruptly putting a horse on pasture can lead to colic or laminitis. Here’s advice to help avoid health problems.
Find out how to make the weaning transition smoother for foals by meeting their nutritional needs.
Horses with cellulitis need medical intervention from a veterinarian, but these efforts can be supported through a balanced diet. Here’s why.
These 5 steps can help you prevent and eliminate odors on your farm and create a cleaner space for your horses.
One reader wants to know how she can manage her metabolic horse that is also prone to gastric ulcers. Here’s what she should consider.
Do you have a horse with flaky skin and a dry mane and tail? The right feed might help.
Find out how to manage and remove horse waste from your farm in a safe and effective way.
Explore the methods used to diagnose food-related issues in horses and effectively manage their clinical signs.
Sustainable hay production involves practices that protect the environment while yielding high-quality hay. Here’s how to grow or source sustainably produced hay.
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