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Feeding the Broodmare During Lactation
Proper nutrition for the broodmare during lactation is essential to make certain that she produces adequate milk for the foal and also maintains her body condition so that she will re-breed successfully and safely carry the next year’s foal. The …
Feeding Broodmares
During a mare’s pregnancy, some significant changes happen that cause her nutrition needs to skyrocket. While bred mares should be fed a quality maintenance diet for the first half of their pregnancy, a maintenance feeding program just won’t cut it after the …
Nutrient Deficiencies in Horse Feed Diets
Horses, like all animals, have a range of nutrient requirements to meet their daily needs. These are spelled out as minimum nutrient requirements in the Nutrient Requirements of Horses, 6th Edition, published by the National Research Council of the National …
Types of Carbohydrates in Horse Feed Diets
The topic of carbohydrates for horses has gotten a lot of people asking questions and has created a certain amount of confusion, particularly when comparing carbohydrates in equine diets to human dietary recommendations. Starches, carbohydrates, sugars, non-structural carbohydrates (NSC) and …
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Posted in Horse Nutrition, Starches & Carbohydrates
Tagged as carbs in horse feeds, ESC, NFC, NSC, starch and sugars in horse feed, starch in horse feeds, WSC
Carbohydrates in Horse Diets
There is a lot of discussion these days about carbohydrates, the good and the bad. In reality, they are all related. Carbohydrates contain carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in varied chemical relationships. Sugars are the simplest of the carbohydrates and can …
