Icelandic horses vs. trotters, who are best at digesting forage?

Posted by Sara Muhonen on Oct 16, 2015 in Forage, Intestinal microflora | 0 comments

In this study six Icelandic horses and six Standardbred trotters ability to digest forage was compared. Two grass haylages were used and...

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Horses are hindgut fermenters

Posted by Sara Muhonen on Oct 13, 2015 in Forage, Health, Intestinal microflora | 0 comments

Horses are amazing hindgut fermenters! Here AgrD Sara Muhonen talks about the gastro-intestinal tract and how to choose the right forage...

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Small impact on hindgut ecosystem when changing from hay to haylage and silage

Posted by Sara Muhonen on Aug 31, 2015 in Forage, Health, Intestinal microflora | 0 comments

This study examined the impact of an abrupt feed change from hay (81 % DM (dry matter)) to haylage (55 % DM) and to silage (36 % DM) on...

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Small differences in digestibility between hay and silage

Posted by Sara Muhonen on Aug 14, 2015 in Forage, Health, Intestinal microflora | 0 comments

A study with trotters in training has shown differences in digestibility between hay and silage (Table 1). The hay and the silage were an...

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Horses are herbivores

Posted by Sara Muhonen on Jun 30, 2015 in Behaviour, Forage, Health, Intestinal microflora | 0 comments

Horses are large grass eating animals, herbivores, and free-living horses graze 14-18 hours of the day. The horse relies on hindgut...

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