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Teff Hay for Horses
The growing popularity of teff is due to its ability to produce high-quality hay in a relatively short growing season and the fact that when growth is managed it can be as low as 5% in sugar.
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Nutrition for Mares and Foals: Monitor Their Special Needs
When raising foals, the goal is to optimize health and growth, and this means proper and adequate nutrition, while avoiding extremes that could lead to problems.
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Prevent Sand Colic in Horses
When grazing sandy pastures or eating hay off the ground, horses often pick up bits of sand that can lead to a colic hazard.
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How to Help Your Aging Horse Live a Vibrant Life
Changes come about gradually, but as your horse starts to show signs of aging, the diet you've been feeding may now be obsolete and in need of an adjustment.
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Extruded Rice Bran - What Is It? and Why Is It Good for Horses?
More recently, equine feed companies have developed methods of extruding rice bran into stabilized nugget form for easier feeding to horses.
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Poisonous Plants in Your Paddock? What Every Horse Owner Should Know
While there are potentially dozens of plants hazardous to horses in each region of the United States, this article covers the three most common toxic plants in each geographic area.
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Triticale Hay for Your Horse
Is triticale a good hay for horses?
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Feeding Starved or Malnourished Horses
Feeding a malnourished horse must be undertaken with special care. Improperly feeding a starved horse can lead to illness or death. This article provides general guidelines for feeding a malnourished horse.
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Pros and Cons of Feeding Grain Hays to Your Horse
The nutrition the horse needs, the cost of the hay, and the availability of the feed needs to be carefully balanced to make owning a horse possible for many people.
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How to sample your horse's hay
The nutritional content of your hay depends on a lot of factors. Because of this, it is important to test your hay for proper nutritional balance, especially if your horses are dependent on the hay as their only source of nutrition.