Posts Tagged ‘Horses’
- Jun 23, 2024
Summer heat and humidity can be a dangerous combination for active horses. “Heat and humidity affect the horse, and with intense exercising, the excess heat has difficulty dissipating,” notes Dr. Glennon Mays, clinical associate professor...
- Jun 17, 2016
Free Choice Water For Horses A variety of "old horsemen's tales" once advised withholding water from horses under particular circumstances. For example, many people still adhere to the notion that offering cold water to a...
- May 15, 2014
In our continuing series regarding horse feeding pitfalls, we now turn to the need for salt in the equine diet. Sodium and chloride--the components of table salt--are electrolytes essential to many bodily functions. Both are...
- May 15, 2014
Horse feeds are formulated to provide the exact amount of calories and nutrition those animals need, and giving the wrong feed to the wrong horse can result in imbalances that can be harmful.
- May 15, 2014
Usually, the consequences of less-than-optimal feeding regimens are relatively minor, costing us extra money perhaps but doing no real harm. But the worst feeding mistakes can have serious consequences: Some deficiencies or excesses pose an...
- May 15, 2014
Ideally, the average horse's ration is primarily hay and pasture grass, with modest amounts of concentrates, such as grain, pelleted or sweet feed. But frequently, little emphasis is placed on the quality of forage offered,...
- May 1, 2014
The first few weeks of a foal’s life can be the highest risk period in the life of a horse. There are several gastrointestinal disorders that can quickly drain the health of your foal and...
- Mar 9, 2014
J & N Feed & Seed offers Purina Impact horse feeds, including sweet and pelleted horse feeds.