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In this month's issue of MHU e-Tips, we'll focus on feeding horses with metabolic issues. We'll also take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of feeding salt vs. trace mineral salt.
We'd love to hear what you think! If you want to see a topic addressed in our newsletter, let us know! You can email us at info@myhorseuniversity.com. Enjoy! |
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Monthly e-Tip  Feeding Equine with Metabolic Issues
The population of our geriatric equine companions is steadily increasing. As our horses live longer and we learn more about equine in general, we are able to diagnosis more conditions that before went unnoticed or possibly mistreated. Feeding older performance horses, retired horses and horses kept as companion animals can be difficult.
Many horses, ponies, and even donkeys can be considered "easy keepers," meaning they easily maintain their body weight on forage alone or forage and small quantities of grain. Equine who are easy keepers may become obese which lends itself to other problems such as laminitis or metabolic issues. Read on... |
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Did you know...?
 Salt vs. Trace Mineral Salt For instance, a young growing horse should be fed a diet formulated for their specific stage of growth, while an adult performance horse would require a different formulation that meets work requirements. Read on... |
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Question of the Month
What is the first organ of digestion?
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Photo of the Month
"Hello Kitty"
Marvelous Melvin the mule and Tom Tat the kitty cat are hanging out.
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