Restoring muscle glycogen, rehydrating, and ensuring a horse’s diet offers enough vitamin E all help with recovery after strenuous exercise.
Electrolyte loss through sweat can lead to dehydration, fatigue, and poor recovery. Here’s how to support your horse’s health during work and warm weather.
Find out why your horse might be more prone to impaction colic during winter and how you can reduce the risk.
Get tips for ensuring your horses gets the nutrition they need without eating all your money.
Horses on all-day pasture have more opportunities than stalled horses to meet their behavioral needs. Here’s what you need to consider.
An equine nutritionist shares tips to reduce impaction colic risk in senior horses, focusing on hydration, digestion, proper feeding practices, and more.
Researchers found that a herd of Icelandic horses survived after their water source froze amid snowstorms. But, as a rule, horses should always have access to fresh water.
Just because your horse has access to water does not guarantee he’s drinking enough. Learn more about how to keep horses hydrated.
When the temperatures drop, make sure your horses always have access to water and are drinking enough.
Horses tend to drink less as the temperature of their water drops. However, when given the choice between cold and warm water, horses consume the former.
These horsekeeping tips can help keep your farm running smoothly and horses healthy when winter weather arrives. Read more in the Winter 2024 issue of The Horse.
An owner seeks advice on managing a senior horse with PPID (formerly Equine Cushing’s) disease during a heat wave.
Remember these tips on leaving food and water for horses should you need to evacuate without them during a disaster.
One equine nutrition expert describes why a horse might choose to drink water with electrolytes over plain water.
Find out why your horse might benefit from a “dunk bucket.”
Water is one of the essential nutrients a horse’s body needs to carry out various vital functions. Here’s what to remember about supplying your horse with water.
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